CWOD 2026 VENUES & COMPANIES...
The Babraham Research Campus is considered to be the UK’s leading campus to support early-stage bioscience enterprise and is distinct in its co-location of bioscience companies with the Babraham Institute, a world-renowned research organisation. The Campus provides companies with state-of-the-art laboratory and office space together with access to outstanding scientific facilities in an ideal geographical location at the core of the Cambridge cluster.
The Maxwell Centre is the centrepiece for industrial engagement with the physical scientists and engineers working on the West Cambridge Science and Technology Campus.
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst is a leading location for companies to develop and commercialise cutting edge therapeutics. The Campus is home to major organisations including GSK, the Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing Catapult and LifeArc alongside a growing cluster of life sciences start-up companies which together have raised £2.9bn in funding. The facilities have been designed to foster cooperation, scientific and commercial dialogue and interaction between entrepreneurs. Access is offered to business support, equipment and facilities that would otherwise be beyond the reach of small or medium-sized companies.
Since 1987, we’ve been Cambridge’s home for innovation, helping startups and growing businesses thrive. As the first innovation centre of its kind in Europe, we’re proud of our history of supporting knowledge-based businesses and driving innovation. At SJIC we offer a dynamic and supportive environment where ambitious, innovative firms can accelerate their growth. We’re here to support companies every step of the way, from startup to scaleup.
The Press is positioned at the heart of the Cambridge ‘Southern Cluster’, home to the UK’s highest concentration of BioTech companies. It situation along Station road in the village of Foxton is a short 5 minute walk to Foxton Station, pubs and other local amenities.
Allia Future Business Centres offer flexible workspace and a vibrant community for small businesses who are creating change. Allia Impact runs free business support programmes and innovative funded projects. Together, they are dedicated to supporting businesses to thrive, grow and create jobs, so that they can make a positive impact on their community, as well as addressing social and environmental local & global challenges.
The Cambridge Science Park was established 52 years ago when Trinity College Cambridge embraced the concept that would change the hi-tech sector in Cambridge, the UK and beyond. It’s home to 7000 people at over 130 companies, ranging from exciting start-ups to some of the world's leading technology businesses.
The EpiCentre provides office and lab space to early stage and growing businesses, as well as those more established businesses looking for a base near to the thriving Cambridge science and tech cluster.
Unity Campus is an exciting new urban innovation district in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside. Campus owners Howard Group, a Cambridge-based family business with a 50-year track record as a long-term property investor and developer, is transforming the site of a former tannery into a stunning modern workplace.
The Wellcome Genome Campus is home to a growing community of world leading institutes, organisations and experts in genomics, biodata, health data and data science, using machine learning and AI to discover new science, and improve lives for everyone.
AstraZeneca are a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company. They are dedicated to transforming the future of healthcare by unlocking the power of what science can do for people, society and the planet.
ET Capital Limited, founded in 1992, is an investor in high-growth technology businesses based in southern England. The firm has raised and managed a series of funds focused on the globally significant cluster of science-based businesses around Cambridge, Oxford and London. Its first two funds, now closed, were backed by HSBC and the European Investment Fund.
The Cambridge Female Founders Network (CFFN) is a grassroots community of female entrepreneurs dedicated to providing networking opportunities, strategic support, and funding resources. They believe in the collective strength of women supporting each other to achieve greater success.
Cambridge Research Park is an exciting, self-contained community capable of providing office, laboratory, hi-tech and industrial accommodation.
o2h discovery has an integrated drug discovery platform operating from its state-of-the-art research centres in Ahmedabad, India and The Mill SciTech Park, Cambridge, UK. Constantly innovating our people, project management and technology leading to outstanding results for our collaborators.
Granta Park is an inspirational estate which perfectly captures the essence of Cambridge and the life science community. Established for over 20 years, Granta Park offers 120 acres of truly inspirational surroundings, creating a perfect environment for a work-life balance and has a scientific population of over 3,700 people working on the future technologies of the world.
o2h co-work labs operates the mill scitech park in Hauxton, Cambridge, a place for entrepreneurs, scientists, techies & dreamers. Supported by high specification labs to create a genuinely unique environment for creativity and innovation to thrive.
The West Hub is a versatile meeting place for university members, businesses, entrepreneurs, and the community, offering open workspaces, social areas, and bookable conference rooms. It's a free-access venue featuring a library, café, restaurant/bar, media lab, post office, and convenience store, meeting various needs in one location. The hub hosts diverse events like exhibitions, concerts, seminars, workshops, and sports activities, engaging both university and external audiences.
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy. For over three decades, CISL has built individual and organisational leadership capacity and capabilities and created industry-leading collaborations, to catalyse change and accelerate the path to a sustainable economy.
The University of Cambridge is one of the world's foremost research universities. The University is made up of 31 Colleges and over 150 departments, faculties, schools, and other institutions. Its mission is 'to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence'.
Part of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge Enterprise is responsible for supporting the translation of University research to create globally leading economic and social impact. We facilitate knowledge transfer by helping innovators, experts, and entrepreneurs to use commercial avenues to develop their ideas and expertise for the benefit of society, the economy, themselves, and the University.
Co-Labs by journey will bring forward affordable, fully-fitted urban labs catering to Cambridge’s start-up community across two phases, due for delivery in summer 2024 and spring 2025. Co-Labs is ideal for collaboration-minded businesses looking for a base near the city centre, with a programme of events and networking to foster knowledge-sharing and development. All labs and offices come fully fitted and furnished, so you can move in right-away. We can cater to scientists just starting out and require a bench, or those with multiple fund raises secured and in need of private space.
Co-located with a community of innovators and seed stage companies in o2h co work labs at Hauxton House, Cambridge, UK. o2h technology is a division of the o2h group which seeds new ideas in life-science, technology and green innovation. o2h tech specialises in support for seed and early stage companies with their software development requirements.
The o2h Ventures ‘Human Health’ SEIS and EIS funds make tax-efficient investments in Pre-Seed and seed-stage companies that address human disease: we fund the development of novel therapeutic treatments; we help build new services and tool offerings throughout the biotech ecosystem, and we spur the creation of software & artificial intelligence that will change healthcare.
Mission Street, a real estate investor and developer, specialising in the sciences and innovation sector. The company has a track record of delivering successful, complex projects for new build R&D buildings and creative conversions of industrial and retail buildings.Through a JV with BentallGreenOak, a leading real estate investment manager, Mission Street currently has 1.5 million square feet of development projects in the key innovation ecosystems of Cambridge, Oxford, and Bristol. The company continues to scale with aspirations of becoming the partner of choice for the UK’s research and innovation sector, supporting the entire lifecycle from discovery, to R&D, to manufacturing.