the o2h kickstarter competition exclusively for BII funded startups
give your startup boost a boost of chemistry...
Register your interestabout o2h kickstarter
The o2h kickstarter competition has been designed to provide a boost to small molecule focused biotechnology companies which have raised some initial funding and need to supercharge their chemistry efforts to meet their next funding milestone. Winners will be able to give their projects a chemistry boost to accelerate to support hitting key project milestones. We at o2h discovery are driven by innovations in medicinal chemistry drug discovery research that develops new drugs and therapies for various diseases, satisfying the unmet needs for healthy human life and well-being.
winners feedback from the first competition
More than 30 companies applied from across the globe, and here are the six companies who made it to the winners list.
Dr Neil Benson
CEO
Winning the o2h Kickstarter competition will significantly increase our chemistry resource and in turn accelerate delivery of our goals.
Chris Moody
Co-founder
The o2h kickstarter competition promises to be an excellent scheme allowing early-stage companies like ours to get access to synthetic chemistry.
Vid Stojevic
CEO & Co-founder
The kickstarter provides vital access to chemists with the skills and knowledge to deliver on the promise of our technology.
Jason Rutt
CEO
We are absolutely delighted to win an inaugural kickstarter award. It's fantastic that one of Britains top CROs is prepared to back companies like ours.
Dr Janette A Thomas
CEO
I am thrilled that Five Alarm Bio has been awarded the Kickstarter program. We will benefit from the extensive knowledge and enthusiasm of the o2h leadership and laboratory scientists.
Beth J Hoffman
President & CEO
The Kickstarter will enable us to thoroughly explore our nascent SAR and advance our lead program more rapidly.
highlights
team
Dedicated team of six FTE synthetic chemists of which two are fully trained and four are trainees.
cost
Six synthetic chemists at the standard cost of one FTE.
inventory
Access to a large inventory of chemicals and reagents for synthesis.
duration
The programme would be offered up to six months.
eligibility
The competition is for pre-seed stage small molecule focused biotech companies which have secured initial funding from BioInnovation Institute, has exciting drug target and ability to scale.
Know moreevaluation
The applications will be evaluated by the o2h Kickstarter committee and winners will be announced. This is a time bound competition. If supportive to the global biotech ecosystem we will run this again.
evaluation committee
Sunil Shah
CEO - o2h ventures and Co-founder - o2h group
CEO - o2h ventures and Co-founder - o2h group
Gayathri Sadasivam
Head of Biology, o2h discovery
Head of Biology, o2h discovery
Andy Morley
Chief Scientific Officer, o2h discovery
Chief Scientific Officer, o2h discovery
Hemal Soni
Head of Chemistry, o2h discovery
Head of Chemistry, o2h discovery