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BIO-Europe
November 3–5, 2025
Vienna Congress and Convention Center, Vienna, AustriaNovember 11–12, 2025 | Digital Partnering

Startup Spotlight at BIO-Europe

This exciting competition offers entrepreneurs an affordable opportunity to engage with top-tier investors and other important players in the biotech industry to take their business to the next level. Who will follow in the footsteps of previous winners like STAb Therapeutics? Join us to find out as we blend Vienna's historic coffee culture with tomorrow's biotech breakthroughs!

The next Startup Spotlight will take place at BIO-Europe Spring in Lisbon, Portugal. Applications are now open, you can learn more here.

Congratulations to our selected finalists!

The Startup Spotlight will be taking place Tuesday, November 4, 2025 15:30 - 17:30 in Room 2

Meet this years Startup Spotlight Finalists

Much like Vienna's renowned coffee houses where ideas have been brewing for centuries, BIO-Europe 2025 creates the perfect atmosphere for innovation to percolate. In a city where Kaffeehauskultur has inspired great minds from Mozart to Freud, our finalists will have their moment to shine while we all enjoy Vienna's legendary hospitality and rich tradition of collaborative thinking over the perfect cup.

Fusix Biotech

fusixbiotech.de

Year founded: 2022

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Oncology

Lead product status: Preclinical


Immunokey

immunokey.co.uk

Year founded: 2023

State of ownership: Public

Area of focus: Cell and Gene Therapies

Lead product status: Discovery

LigniLabs GmbH

lignilabs.com

Year founded: 2022

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Immunology

Lead product status: Discovery

MyoPax

myopax.com

Year founded: 2022

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Cell and Gene Therapies

Lead product status: Preclinical

OncoLab Co., Ltd.

oncolab.co.kr

Year founded: 2024

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Oncology

Lead product status: Preclinical

Oragen Therapeutics

oragen-therapeutics.com

Year founded: 2025

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Immunology

Lead product status: Preclinical

P3 Therapeutics

p3therapeutics.eu

Year founded: 2024

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Immunology

Lead product status: Discovery

ReEngage Therapeutics

reengagetx.com

Year founded: 2023

State of ownership: Private

Area of focus: Oncology

Lead product status: Phase I

How has the Startup Spotlight impacted previous winners?

Hear from former Startup Spotlight winner Yemi Onakunle, Founder & CEO of Mabswitch, as he talks about what he is up to now since taking home the gold.

Hear from the 2025 BIO-Europe Spring Startup Spotlight winner

Hear from Carolina Pola, CEO of STAb Therapeutics, who took home the winning prize for the Startup Spotlight pitch competition at BIO-Europe Spring in Milan this year. Carolina highlights the benefits and value of pitching to the judges and global life science audience.

A picture of a Kadence Bio team holding a certificate along with the Startup Spotlight judges

Last Years Startup Spotlight Winner

Congratulations to the Startup Spotlight at BIO-Europe 2024 winner, Kadence Bio

Kadence Bio is a clinical stage therapeutics company whose mission is to develop innovative therapeutics to address critical unmet needs in sexual and mental health.

Thank you to Bayer for sponsoring the 2024 competition, and to all our other finalists and entries.

Marek Ty

CEO & Founder

Founder at Innovation Forum

Startup competitions are really important in Europe to present what’s new, what innovations are in the labs, and this kind of competitions with the support of EBD events are really important to give them the step towards success.