PROXIDRUGS and Futury initiate strategic cooperation to promote life science start-ups

The Cluster4Future PROXIDRUGS and the innovation platform Futury GmbH have formed a strategic partnership with the aim of setting new standards for the transfer of bioscientific research into viable business models. The aim is to promote the sustainable formation and growth of research-based start-ups in the Rhine-Main region.

The Focus of the collaboration is the creation of specific support structures for start-ups in the life sciences and biotechnology sectors. PROXIDRUGS will contribute scientific expertise as well as life science and pharmaceutical know-how, while Futury will contribute its extensive network of universities, industry partners and investors in the start-up sector.

‘With Futury, we are gaining a strong partner with many years of experience who has already initiated over 200 start-up and industry collaborations. Together, we want to utilize the enormous potential of our cluster research even more effectively and accelerate the transfer to application by supporting founders on their journey from an initial idea to a  market-ready biotech company’, explains Kersti Koch, lead of the innovationmangement at PROXIDRUGS.

Futury's goal is to initiate over 1,000 new start-ups in the Rhine-Main region by 2030, with a particular focus on scalable innovations in research and education. The cooperation with PROXIDRUGS is intended in particular to facilitate the Cluster access to start-up expertise, pilot partners from industry and capital.

‘The future of the healthcare sector lies at the intersection of excellent research, entrepreneurship, and industrial collaboration. With PROXIDRUGS at our side, we are strengthening this interface and creating new opportunities for bioscientific innovations made in Germany’, explains Charlie Müller, Managing Director of Futury.

About Futury:

Futury is an innovation and start-up platform based in Frankfurt. In collaboration with leading universities and over 100 corporate partners, investors, and supporters, Futury fosters sustainable start-ups throughout their development, promotes entrepreneurial thinking in research and teaching, and facilitates the application of scientific knowledge. At Bertramshof, the headquarters of Futury GmbH, a new start-up space comprising over 150 workspaces is being created across more than 2,000 m² – a vibrant hub for entrepreneurs, innovation teams, and the intersection of science and business. Futury is taking part in the lighthouse competition of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the outcome of which will be announced in the second quarter of 2025. Futury has already emerged as one of the winners in the first of two selection processes. More information at www.futury.eu