Paris Life Sciences Meetup

You're invited to join this exclusive breakfast networking event in Paris on 19 November 2026. Following successful events in Cambridge, UK and Munich, Germany, CDD are bringing together the biotech ecosystem and the Startup Studio network in Paris, France. This meetup offers an engaging morning of networking and knowledge sharing, specifically focused on high-impact growth development strategies for early-stage ventures. The event will take place at Future4Care, one of Paris's premier innovation hubs and digital health accelerators, providing the perfect, forward-thinking backdrop for conversations on how to scale ventures efficiently and replicate startup success. Agenda: 8:45 – 9:15 Registration 9:15 – 9:20 Welcome note from Future4Care, Yannick Menel 9:20 – 9:30 Mark Harding, Collaborative Drug Discovery: "Best Practices for Scientific Data Management" Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) provides CDD Vault, a modern web-based informatics platform designed to securely manage, organize, and share chemical registration, biological assay, and ELN data across multidisciplinary teams and external CRO partners. 9:30 – 9:40 Romain Clement, ArcaScience: "The Flow, a new era for benefit-risk analysis and prediction" ArcaScience provides AI-powered Benefit-Risk Assessments by unifying clinical, preclinical, and real-world evidence through its platform, the Flow, to deliver regulatory-compliant safety assessments for faster, smarter drug development decisions. 9:40 – 9:50 Rémy Hoffmann, Pharmacelera: "From an academic lab to a company: Use of AI/ML to support the Drug Discovery community" Pharmacelera S.L. is a deep-tech company combining 3D Quantum Mechanics and AI to design novel molecules from ultra-large chemical spaces for accelerated small-molecule drug discovery. 9:50 – 10:00 Nicolas Babault, NAXIA: "Accelerating Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Discovery" Naxia Discovery is a TechBio company with a chemistry-driven platform designed to support and accelerate the development of oligonucleotide therapeutics across multiple disease areas. 10:00 - 10:10 Nicolas Billiald, Argobio Studio: "From Academic Science to Fundable Companies" Argobio Studio, a premier European venture builder, sharing how to successfully translate early-stage academic breakthroughs into VC-ready biotech spinouts with immediate industrial rigor Why Attend? This event will provide an opportunity to: Connect with startup studio builders, growth product managers, and venture innovators from across the thriving French ecosystem Explore strategies for improving collaboration, data management, and operational efficiency within studio portfolios Expand your professional network in an informal, collaborative, and engaging environment We look forward to welcoming the Paris tech and venture community this November and will share further details soon. Register on this page to secure your spot. Please use your company email. Spaces are limited. Don't miss your chance to connect with the minds shaping the future of startup growth and innovation!