RebelBio is one of several SOSV backed startup accelerators, and is the first accelerator in the world to focus solely on life science startups. RebelBio began in 2014 in Cork, Ireland, but relocated to the Imperial College of London in 2018 for a more business friendly environment. They offer funding, co-working space, mentorship and access to the RebelBio network of alumni, investors, corporate partners, and media partners.
During RebelBio's accelerator program Startup teams compete to be selected. Once selection is complete, each team member is referred to as a "rebel for the duration of the program. The teams head to Imperial College London for RebelBio's 3 months accelerator program. Their accelerator program encourages scientists to participate, and attempts to transform them into entrepreneurs. Each startup focuses on developing life science based products, and learns how to grow their business during the three month accelerator program. Each accelerator cohort finishes with Investor Month; a month where teams get to pitch their businesses to investors in hope of receiving more funding and create important business connections.
Accelerator Cohorts
Cohort 1 (2014)
RebelBio's first cohort in 2014 consisted of: Afineur, Hyasynth, Kilobaser, and Perfect Day.
Cohort 2 (2015)
RebelBio's second cohort in 2015 consisted of: Aranex Biotech, BioCellection, GlowDx, PILI, Prospective Research Inc., Saphium, Sothic Bioscience.
Cohort 3 (2016)
RebelBio's third cohort in 2016 consisted of: Anu Dairy, Cell Reserves Inc, Chinova Bioworks, The Banana Chronicle, Helixworks, Hexafly, Magenta Biolabs, MicroSynbiotiX, MilisBio, Moirai Biodesign, Spira, and Unibiome.
Cohort 4 (2017)
RebelBio's fourth cohort in 2017 consisted of: Alternative Plants, Canuevo Biotech, Cell Free Tech, CyCa OncoSolutions, Hemoalgae, Galactica Biotech, Khonsu Therapeutics, NuLeaf Tech, OaCP S.R.L, Phyteau, Plantedit, SwaLife Biotech, and VALANX Biotech.
Cohort 5 (2018)
RebelBio's fifth cohort in 2018 consisted of: Algiknit, Biomimetic Solutions, Caura, Chronomics, DaekiTech, Encelo Laboratories, Magellan Life Sciences, NeuroCreate, Visusnano Ltd, and VivoKey.
Timeline
Cohort 5 (2018)
RebelBio's fifth cohort in 2018 consisted of: Algiknit, Biomimetic Solutions, Caura, Chronomics, DaekiTech, Encelo Laboratories, Magellan Life Sciences, NeuroCreate, Visusnano Ltd, and VivoKey.
Cohort 4 (2017)
RebelBio's fourth cohort in 2017 consisted of: Alternative Plants, Canuevo Biotech, Cell Free Tech, CyCa OncoSolutions, Hemoalgae, Galactica Biotech, Khonsu Therapeutics, NuLeaf Tech, OaCP S.R.L, Phyteau, Plantedit, SwaLife Biotech, and VALANX Biotech.
Cohort 3 (2016)
RebelBio's third cohort in 2016 consisted of: Anu Dairy, Cell Reserves Inc, Chinova Bioworks, The Banana Chronicle, Helixworks, Hexafly, Magenta Biolabs, MicroSynbiotiX, MilisBio, Moirai Biodesign, Spira, and Unibiome.
Cohort 2 (2015)
RebelBio's second cohort in 2015 consisted of: Aranex Biotech, BioCellection, GlowDx, PILI, Prospective Research Inc., Saphium, Sothic Bioscience.
Cohort 1 (2014)
RebelBio's first cohort in 2014 consisted of: Afineur, Hyasynth, Kilobaser, and Perfect Day.
Founding of RebelBio
RebelBio began in 2014 and is based out of Cork, Ireland and the Imperial College of London.
People
Bill Liao
Founder
Caitriona Kelleher
Analyst
Eleonora Mantovani
Program Associate
John Carrigan
Chief Scientific Officer
Rodrigo Mallo Leiva
Program Manager
Steven O'Connel
Associate Director & Program Manager
Susannah Wiilliams
Scientist in Residence
Further reading
Charlie Taylor
SOSV looks to raise $250m to help early-stage start-ups
News Article
David Barreto Ian
RebelBio and Imperial College London join forces to accelerate the next generation of life sciences startups
Web article
Ian Hathaway
What Startup Accelerators Really Do
Web article
John Kennedy
15 life sciences start-ups to watch at RebelBio Demo Day 2017
Web article
Vallabh Rao
With a focus on life sciences, RebelBio has incubated more than 50 startups
Web article
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
42 Questions with RebelBio - How to build the future with biology
October 1, 2017
CEOs of the Biotech future! What start ups are shaking up RebelBio?
March 13, 2018
Elsa Sotiriadis on Moonshots (RebelBioFuture)
March 16, 2017
Reinventing biotech startup acceleration - Fireside Chat with Steve O'Connell from RebelBio
July 12, 2017
Companies
Afineur
Camille Delebecque
New York
Controlled Natural Fermentations
BioCellection
Miranda Wang
San Francisco
Next Generation Industrial Plastic Waste Upcycling
Cell Reserves Inc
Ravinder Sardana
Ottawa
Biomolecular shields for therapeutic molecules
Chronomics
Tom Stubbs
London
Personalised Epigenetic's & Wellness Testing
GlowDX
Blaine Doyle
Mexico
Simple to Use Diagnostics for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Hyasynth
Kevin Chen
Montreal
Yeast Derived Endo- cannabinoids
Kilobaser
Alex Murer
Graz
On-site Nucleotide Synthesis
Pili Bio
Jeremie Blache
Paris
Biotechnology Colour Pigments
Prospective Research
Adam Hill
Beverly Hills
Crowdsourced Drug Discovery
Saphium Biotech
Christoph Winkler-Hermaden
Kapfenstein
Sustainable Bioplastics
Sothic Bioscience
Steven Geary
Cork
Cellular Agriculture Derived LAL for Pyrogen Testing
References
Categories
Startup acceleratorSupport startups with funding, mentoring, training and events for a definite period (usually three months), in exchange for equity.
StartupA startup company is an entrepreneurial venture in the initial stage of its operations. Startups are typically young businesses aiming to grow quickly and meet a marketplace need by developing or offering an innovative product, process or service.
Related Topics
IndieBioA startup accelerator for biotechnology companies located in San Fransisco, California.
SOSVSOSV (formerly SOS Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan that provides growth, seed, and venture capital funding to startups. SOSV runs six seed accelerator programs: HAX Accelerator, Chinaccelerator, MOX, IndieBio, RebelBio, and Food-X.
Y CombinatorY Combinator (also known as YC) is a US based seed accelerator, which was started in March 2005.
Cellular agricultureCellular agriculture is an interdisciplinary scientific field drawing from several disciplines such as synthetic biology, genetic engineering, molecular biology, tissue engineering, biochemistry, and food science to design organisms capable of producing a wide variety of agricultural products.
Contributors
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Dawson Sewell
Dawson Sewell is a STEM journalist and biologist seeking to explore startups and their technologies. - 2
Steven O'Connell
An experienced & dedicated business professional with experience in building over 40 early-stage biotech companies to date. - 3
Melanie Manipula
Researcher | Writer | Former Librarian - 4
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Previously Co Founder of Heyzap. Investor in 100+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). - 5
Tianchang He
Stanford EE MS, interested in machine learning, front-end and all things tech.