ABOUT

BioCity Nottingham Part of Pioneer Group
The CRO collective

“Our decision to become BioCity Nottingham tenants was and keeps continuing to be an excellent decision” Peter Ridgway, Reach Separations

BioCity Nottingham is a short walk from the city centre, this former Boots R&D site has been transformed into a centre of excellence for pharmaceutical and biotech CROs.

BioCity Nottingham is a dedicated, interactive and close-knit community. With floors of flexible lab space and offices across four unique buildings, this space is the perfect fit for budding businesses and life science start-ups and scale-ups that will benefit from joining the collaborative CRO cluster in the East Midlands.

Community

Entrepreneurs, investors, experts, academics, industries, and associations come together at Pioneer Group. Creating a UK-wide business collective.

We surround businesses with people who share a common goal with us and with each other – to help science entrepreneurs tackle global challenges. Individuals with diverse expertise, experience and resources who can open the doors, make the introductions and identify the opportunities; that help businesses grow.

Allowing even the smallest of ventures to be part of, and do something, big.

 Venture Building

Not just for start-ups and spin-offs, Pioneer Group coaches entrepreneurialism at every stage from idea to exit. We help businesses get off the ground and continue to grow, entrepreneurially via the Pioneer Group Accelerator Programme.

After working with Alex Osterwalder, the originator of the Lean Methodology, Pioneer took the principals of Lean Start-up and applied a framework of commercial science to create evidence-based entrepreneurship specific to those wanting to turn their science into business.

Pioneer runs Accelerators throughout the year across our locations and in partnership with other organisations, including AHSN, AbbVie and Astellas.

Despite this, we focus on the quality, rather than quantity of applicants, awarding a limited number of places only to entrepreneurs and ideas we think can ‘make it’. Those entrepreneurs who successfully secure a place work closely with our coaches in an intensive eight-week programme specifically designed to help scientific entrepreneurs launch and grow sustainable businesses from their science.

Investment

The idea is just the start. Turning that idea into something that will impact people’s lives can be a long and challenging process. Pioneer are here from the beginning and have been for nearly 20 years, bringing our hands-on, tailored approach to getting your business off to the best possible start.

We operate several funds that invest in young businesses and specialise in pre-seed and seed funding. We like to get involved early. Pioneer Group provides vital life sciences investment and funding primarily to companies that we have worked with through our Accelerator Programme or with companies based at our sites across the UK. That way, we get to know the people, technology and business well before investing.

Expert Network

Part of Pioneer Group, the Expert Network are altruistic individuals our entrepreneurs can call upon for help. They are leaders of industry, working at the highest levels in the areas of commercial science (regulatory, safety and toxicology, finance, legal, acquisition etc.) that life science entrepreneurs will tackle at some point.

The Expert Network give their time, share their knowledge and offer guidance at the crucial moments, when getting it right, really matters.

Laboratory, office and coworking spaces

BioCity Nottingham offers rentable lab and office space with easy-in easy-out leases for early stage businesses, allowing them to scale-up and down for new projects and new people; without the risk of lengthy leases. We offer longer-term leases to corporate established companies and brands, working together to modify spaces to make them right for their specific needs.

PAYG Services

To lessen operational costs and capital expenditure, we provide services, resources and equipment on a pay-as-you-go basis.

• Sample analysis
• Daily lab rental
• Equipment rental
• OBN group purchasing scheme
• Business services
• Meeting rooms & event spaces

To join BioCity Nottingham contact:

e: enquiries@biocitynottingham.com

Website: CLICK HERE