News and Insight - October Members’ Meetup – A Cancer Platform Special
The October Members' Meet-Up in Partnership with Cancer Platform
Last month, we were delighted to host our members’ meetup in partnership with the team behind Cancer Platform, who are building a platform to help those living with cancer to navigate resources, groups and information online.
Cancer Platform is a product being created by global charity organisation, Cancer Awareness Trust. When launched, their free-to-use platform will utilise AI to pick out the most relevant information from a base of trusted sources, to educate and improve peoples’ cancer journeys.
The team joined Level39 back in 2022, as one of our first life science and charity members. Level39 and Canary Wharf Group joined Cancer Platform as Founding Partners, supporting their ambition and mission to help and empower people living with cancer. Since then, they’ve grown the team, the product, the partner network and hosted several high-impact cancer community events at Canary Wharf. It’s been a pleasure to welcome events such as The Big Cancer52 Conversation, the common voice for rare and less common cancers, and as well as Cancer Black Care, which provides insights to Cancer Platform to improve the lives of all people facing all types of cancer.
Cancer Platform joined Level39 through Hot Desk membership, offering their team access to our community of technologists and innovators, as well our coworking space, collaboration areas and dedicated facilities.
Level39 and Canary Wharf – a place for Health and Life Sciences
Most will know Level39 as a fintech community, being home to companies such as Revolut, eToro and WiseAlpha – a sector which it remains focussed on at its core. But what we’ve been interested to see is how the community has organically evolved, welcoming innovators in AI, sustainability, and most recently, healthtech. The emergence of healthtech at Level39 is in response to the growing life science cluster developing here at Canary Wharf. Several years ago, Level39’s parent company, Canary Wharf Group joined forces with Kadans Science Partner to launch 40,000 sq ft of wet lab space, the first of its kind available at Canary Wharf. The 20 Water Street Innovation Centre is home to businesses such as AviadoBio and HVIVO, with the wider Canary Wharf ecosystem now including Genomics England, MHRA, NHS, HCA and more.
Canary Wharf Group has broken ground on the development of Europe’s tallest and most technically sophisticated purpose-built commercial laboratory, a vertical campus totalling approximately 800,000 sq ft. A space for research, collaboration, thought leadership, industry engagement and more. The building of One North Quay represents an exciting and compelling future for Canary Wharf and London as a global hub for life science and innovation excellence.
About our Monthly Members’ Meetup Series
The monthly members’ meetup convenes the Level39 startup and scaleup community for an evening of networking in a casual, relaxed and welcoming environment. Newest members of the community are often invited to do an introductory ‘pitch’ to present themselves to the network, improving awareness of new businesses and new connections. Our meetups complement our ecosystem curriculum of mentor sessions, investor sessions, industry sessions and events. With a range of nibbles, a selection of drinks, and a breathtaking view over the London skyline, the monthly meetup series provides our members with the opportunity to build and strengthen their personal and professional networks at Level39.
An article by:
Daisy Harris
