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B4-RNA and Guska Move to the Next Stage of Pasaporte Emprendedor

B4-RNA and Guska Move to the Next Stage of Pasaporte Emprendedor

B4-RNA and Guska, two startups supported by LAB+, have been selected for the next stage of Pasaporte Emprendedor. The program, organized by Ingenio Business Incubator (LATU), the National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII), and Endeavor, provides training, mentorship, and key tools to help scale growing startups. After several days of...

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Visit from the Embassy of the Netherlands

Visit from the Embassy of the Netherlands

On September 4, Vanessa Mock and Nadji Eliska Bilik visited the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo on behalf of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Buenos Aires. During their visit, they toured the institute and met with Carlos Batthyány, Director of the institute and General Partner at LAB+, and Paul Elberse, CEO of FICUS Advisory and GP at LAB+. The...

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Locbio, B4-RNA and Guska join the Draper Founders Program

Locbio, B4-RNA and Guska join the Draper Founders Program

Locbio, B4-RNA, and Guska, —startups backed by LAB+ Company Builder— were selected to participate in the Draper Founders Program. Draper Startup House supports startups with intensive training programs, mentorship, and connections to a global network of investors and founders. This event took place in Montevideo and Punta del Este in August....

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LAB+ in the Media:

Local

Radio Sarandí – Interview with Matías Machado about Scaffold Biotech’s cattle tick vaccine

El País – The five key features of the Uruguayan vaccine that could change the fight against ticks

Radio Sarandí – Carlos Batthyány talks about Lab+, the vaccine developed by Scaffold Biotech, and the drug from Eolo Pharma

InfoNegocios – A Uruguayan startup dedicated to early cancer diagnosis adds a former dLocal member as CEO

Forbes Uruguay – Interview with Carlos Batthyány about LAB+ and the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

Búsqueda – International call for startups, interview with Carlos Batthyány and Paul Elberse

En Perspectiva – Agustín Correa and Matías Machado, from Scaffold Biotech: Uruguayan company works with protein engineering to reach a ‘new frontier in vaccination’

Modo País (Channel 5) – Guska, created by Pilar Moreno and Gonzalo Moratorio

En Perspectiva – Felipe Trajtenberg, from LoCBio: reprogramming bacteria to treat colorectal cancer

La Diaria – What do the first four start-ups of the LAB+ seek to develop?

Telemundo  (Channel 12) – Scaffold Biotech: more efficient vaccines for animals

En Perspectiva – Director of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo talks about the LAB+ iniciative and Gonzalo Moratorio explains the science behind the start-up Guska

Subrayado (Channel 10) – LAB+ closed its first financing cycle

Radio Carve – Director of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo talks about LAB+

La Diaria – Conversations with the first four biotech start-ups funded by LAB+

El País (Business) – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its first four start-ups

Uruguay XXI – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its first four start-ups

Telenoche (Channel 4) – Juan Pablo Tosar talks about the start-up B4-RNA

Ambito – The Institut Pasteur will invest US$25M in Uruguayan start-ups

El Observador – Four start-ups from the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo obtained financing for US$ 5 million: which are they?

Telenoche (Channel 4) – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presented its LAB+ Company Builder initiative

Montevideo Portal – The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo presents a program to support scientific-technological companies