Petri Bio

Petri Bio develops pre-seed companies working where biology meets engineering. It holds that the future of biotech is founder-led, and surrounds founders with the resources needed to build teams, protect intellectual property, find customers and raise money. It was co-founded and funded by Pillar VC.

What Petri Bio offers

• Mentorship: one-to-one coaching and feedback from a network of experts.
• Peer community: membership of a group of fellow founders.
• Capital: pre-seed funding and access to a wide network of investors.
• Partner and customer connections: early introductions to business development and corporate venture groups.
• Talent recruiting: direct access to a talent network drawn from major universities.

Who it serves

Next-generation biotech founders at the earliest stage. The programme is personalised to each company's questions and led by people who have built companies before.

Key facts

• Stage: pre-seed.
• Backer: co-founded and funded by Pillar VC.
• Founders: business leaders alongside academics in bioengineering.