BRIDGES

Start-up Studios

As an integral component of our multi-pronged BRIDGE partnerships, Evotec has initiated and invested into selected Startup Studios in Europe and North America which are aiming to accelerate the validation and commercialization of early-stage drug discovery concepts from top-tier academic researchers.

Autobahn-LABS

In June 2020, Evotec announced the launch of “Autobahn-Labs”, a novel virtual incubator, together with Samsara BioCapital, a leading life sciences investment firm and KCK Ltd., a family investment fund. Based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, Autobahn-Labs has been partnering with top academic and research institutions to catalyse early-stage drug discovery and development.

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Argobio

In March 2021, the launch of Argobio was announced. Argobio is a start-up studio dedicated to life sciences which was initiated by Kurma Partners, a leading Paris and Munich-based healthcare venture capital firm, Bpifrance, the French national investment bank, Angelini Pharma, a private international pharmaceutical company, Evotec, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, and the Institut Pasteur, internationally renowned center for biomedical research.

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Extend

In October 2022, Evotec announced the launch of Extend, a translational BRIDGE in cooperation with CDP Venture Capital Sgr and Angelini Ventures, the Corporate Venture arm of the multi-business industrial group Angelini Industries. The Milan-based joint venture is developing translational drug discovery partnerships with renowned universities and research centers in Italy.

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Thomas Hanke

Thomas Hanke, PhD

EVP Head of Academic Partnerships

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Evotec has the right technologies & disease understanding to meet our partners' evolving needs: a comprehensive knowledge at the molecular level and the matching cutting-edge technologies & platforms to translate the data into effective precision medicines.