The registration procedure for the Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge 2025 has started! Are you working on a lab-animal free innovation, process or service within the life sciences? Register yourself and your team for the Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge before January 12, 2025 and turn your innovation into a business! Sign up now via the button below and receive the registration form directly in your inbox.
From the lab to the industry
In 2021 Proefdiervrij set up the first Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge. We want to accelerate and increase the impact of animal-free research on the use of laboratory animals. One way to achieve this, is by strengthening the position of animal-free models by setting up a commercial organization. Unfortunately, due to lack of experience and knowledge on the part of scientists this isn’t done as often as we would like. In order to tackle this, mentoring by experts is invaluable.
The Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge offers this mentorship.
The program
During a 3 months-long program teams are guided through setting up a venture plan, which takes an animal free scientific breakthrough in the life sciences and transforms it into a solid business case. Participants will learn various skills needed to build or expand a company. During the program, the teams will work on their ‘pitch’ and will be introduced to Life Science experts, investors and experienced entrepreneurs. The teams will be mentored by the team of the GameChanger Challenge BV, who have over 10 years of experience in guiding start-ups to success.
The program consists of two 3-day bootcamps, weekly coaching sessions and to close it off a final pitch with a festive award ceremony. The bootcamps combines plenary sessions with groups assignments and presentations from guest speakers with real-life experience. During the final, the teams will present their start-up plans to a jury made up of experts from the science and business world and a panel of potential investors.
More information
“With the help of the Proefdiervrij Venture Challenge, animal-free models can make the step from development to real application. In this way, they can contribute even better to a world without test animals.”
Anne Burgers, science & innovation advisor at Proefdiervrij
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