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Shaker Lab Biotech – Edition # 8
Shaker Lab Biotech – Edition # 8
Do you have an innovative start up project in the biotech sector? Apply to Shaker, a Genopole-certified programme!
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Those who have already completed the programme have enjoyed success...
Cearitis
Marion Canale, Chair and founder of Cearitis, a company established in March 2020 that offers biocontrol systems to combat agricultural pests, notably the olive fly, which are responsible for major crop losses. A prototype has been developed and is currently in place in an olive grove in the Bouches du Rhône for field tests.
« I was alone at the time, I had not yet recruited my business partner. Shaker’s support on a human level was therefore very important to me at that time. I had just left school, with no experience of employment, let alone entrepreneurial experience. I had really wanted to set up my own company since fourth grade. The regular follow-up meetings with the business managers from Genopole Entreprise and the Shaker training courses gave me the guidance to do so. Otherwise, the process of setting up the business would have taken much longer. At Shaker, you are dealing with the specifics: the concepts of the business plan, intellectual property, communications … you are taught about these things and you apply them immediately. You work on your project and for your project. This is about much more than just theoretical awareness of entrepreneurship, as can be found elsewhere. I also greatly appreciated the cohesive nature of the class. We ate together all the time at the start-up incubator, we talked about where everyone was up to and how their projects were developing. It is very nice to work on your personal project in this kind of atmosphere! »
« I was alone at the time, I had not yet recruited my business partner. Shaker’s support on a human level was therefore very important to me at that time. I had just left school, with no experience of employment, let alone entrepreneurial experience. I had really wanted to set up my own company since fourth grade. The regular follow-up meetings with the business managers from Genopole Entreprise and the Shaker training courses gave me the guidance to do so. Otherwise, the process of setting up the business would have taken much longer. At Shaker, you are dealing with the specifics: the concepts of the business plan, intellectual property, communications … you are taught about these things and you apply them immediately. You work on your project and for your project. This is about much more than just theoretical awareness of entrepreneurship, as can be found elsewhere. I also greatly appreciated the cohesive nature of the class. We ate together all the time at the start-up incubator, we talked about where everyone was up to and how their projects were developing. It is very nice to work on your personal project in this kind of atmosphere! »
SynHelix
Irina Gbalou is Chair of the company SynHelix, which she co-founded with Ahmed Said in February 2019. The company is developing an enzymatic DNA production process to improve the productivity of players developing biotherapies (cell and gene therapies, vaccines, antibodies and so forth) or synthetic biology projects.
« For me, the centrepiece of Shaker’s system is access to an equipped laboratory. Without this, we would not have been able to test our idea and confirm our theories. This Biotech Lab is a real opportunity because, when you start an entrepreneurial adventure, you do not necessarily have relationships or the ability to secure space in a research laboratory. SynHelix was born following our participation in Shaker class 3. All our energy was focused on achieving scientific results. We succeeded in doing so, which was a sign for us to continue on that path and to formalise things by establishing the company. And the most interesting thing about all this is that Genopole is also planning to launch another system, Booster, to adapt to the launch of an innovative company. What is really noticeable is this continuity of support for project owners until the project matures and the first funding is obtained, which is a real vote of confidence. »
Structurys Biotech
Quentin Bernard currently Chair of Structurys Biotech, a company created with his two partners Paul Caroen and Pierre Tourame, specialising in the development of anti-biofilm surface treatments in an industrial environment:
« To my knowledge, this does not exist elsewhere: the fully- equipped Biotech Lab is Shaker's major added value. When you do a master's degree in a laboratory, the framework is set, and intellectual property rights usually revert to the laboratory. At the Biotech Lab, you are free and independent to conduct your research. You have six months to produce your proof of concept and you remain the owner of the results. In parallel, Shaker's second strength is entrepreneurship awareness. I was a student when I started at Shaker and I had a lot of business skills to learn. Thanks to Shaker's training, I was able to structure my project and better qualify it so that, alongside Pierre and Paul, my two business partners, we could set up our company on a healthy footing. It is very simple: if Shaker had not existed, Structurys would very probably not exist today ».