OPENCELL

OpenCell is the brainchild of founders Helene Steiner and Tom Meany. Whilst getting their own biotech startup off the ground, they discovered that getting lab space as an early stage company was difficult, if not nearly impossible. The labs they found were overpriced and half a century out of date. As their frustration grew, so did an obsession with creating the perfect lab for startups which solved all the problems they were experiencing... But also because we are scientists, we also understand that the business of biotechnology has some pretty high barriers to entry and success, especially if you're a startup or small business. The cost of just getting set up for your R&D is high, you can only buy lab consumables in bulk (and then good luck finding storage for it all), regulation and compliance is incredibly complex and intellectual property reads like foregin language, and all of this before you even have your proof of concept. And where are you even meant to do the science? Lab..

Also known as: OpenCell Labs