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Investing in health: Unlocking finance for Welsh Life sciences / Buddsoddi mewn iechyd: Datgloi cyllid ar gyfer Gwyddorau Bywyd Cymru

Event details

  • Location:
    Space2B at The Maltings, East Tyndall St
    Cardiff
    CF24 5EA
  • Date: 1 October 2025 - 1 October 2025
  • Time:

Business Finance Week 2025

30 September - 9 October 

With a host of free nationwide and regional in-person events, webinars and more, Business Finance Week helps smaller businesses learn about the different finance options that may be available to them to support their individual needs.

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About the event

Join us for an insightful session exploring funding opportunities for the MedTech and Life Sciences sector in Wales. 

Featuring panels with leading funders, ecosystem experts, and innovative businesses, this event will uncover the financial pathways driving growth, research, and commercialisation in one of Wales' most dynamic industries.

This event will be delivered in partnership with MediWales.

This event will be of interest to those interested in early stage and scaling finance options for life sciences companies.

This event is aimed at individuals new to finance. 

Am y digwyddiad

Ymunwch â ni am sesiwn llawn gwybodaeth am gyfleoedd ariannu ar gyfer sector Technoleg Feddygol a Gwyddorau Bywyd Cymru.

Gyda phaneli o arweinwyr blaenllaw, arbenigwyr mewn ecosystemau, a busnesau arloesol, bydd yr achlysur yma’n datgelu’r llwybrau ariannol sy’n gyrru twf, gwaith ymchwil, a masnachu yn un o ddiwydiannau mwyaf deinamig Cymru.

Cyflwynir yr achlysur hwn mewn partneriaeth â  MediWales.

Bydd y digwyddiad yma o ddiddordeb i’r rhai sydd â diddordeb mewn cyllid cyfnod cynnar a chyllid i ehangu cwmnïau gwyddorau bywyd.

Mae’r achlysur hwn ar gyfer unigolion y mae cyllid yn beth newydd iddynt. 

Speakers/ Llefarwyr

Investor landscape panel:

  • Mary Canning, Ph.D., Partner, Epidarex
  • Dr Imelda Juniarsih, Investment Director, Pioneer Group
  • Mark Wyatt, Deputy Fund Manager, Development Bank of Wales
  • Izzie Fuller, Investment Manager - Patient Capital, British Business Bank
  • Jessica Phillips-Harris, Senior Manager - Wales, UK Network, British Business Bank (moderator)

Sectoral support panel:

  • Simon Hoad, Executive Director, Pioneer Group and Trinity Investment Management
  • Adrian Hill, Director of Health Tech, Healthy Living and Agriculture, Innovate UK
  • Iwan Palmer, Innovation Specialist, Welsh Government
  • Julie Russell, Business Development Manager - Inward Investment, Welsh Government
  • Laurence Glennon-Alty, Senior Programme Manager, National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • James Hindley, Director, MediWales (moderator)

Business panel:

  • Simon Ward, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Draig Therapeutics
  • Iestyn Foster, Chief Executive Officer, Amotio
  • Emma Hayhurst, Chief Executive Officer, Llusern Scientific

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