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Introduction

About unlock_

unlock_ – part of startup incubator PLNT Leiden – is where Life Science and Health entrepreneurs, startups and scale-ups in the Netherlands crack open global health problems. At the Leiden Bio Science Park, unlock_ provides the startup support, structure, programs, network and the instruments you need to turn an idea into a solution.

Startups at the Leiden Bio Science Park find the keys for making humanity healthier; solutions that have a huge effect on all our well-being. These could be drug innovations, but also medical instruments, or a new technology that doesn’t exist yet.

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Tailored to help you make lives healthier and longer

Tailored to help you make lives healthier and longer

May 15, 2024

Incubation program 2024: the new cohort

The unlock_ Incubation program introduces a new cohort of visionary thinkers and doers. This new...
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Programs

Our Programs

We provide tailored entrepreneurship programs that open doors for Life Science & Health startups to the rich ecosystem of businesses, research institutions and knowledge centers at the Leiden Bio Science Park.

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Phase

01

Activation

Entrepreneurship should be engrained in society, a valid carreer option for everyone with a great idea. unlock_ provides a place to encourage these ideas and the people behind them.

Phase

02

Pre-incubation

Is your idea an idea worth creating a company for? This is the central question in the pre-incubation phase. The Pre-incubation Program helps students, researchers, entrepreneurs and employees validate all their assumptions they made in their business cases.

Phase

03

Incubation

Starting your LSH or Biotech company comes with many challenges. The goal of the Incubation Program is to support early stage founders, researchers, and employees, in successfully navigating the first stages of your startup or spin-off.

Phase

04

Acceleration

Full speed ahead, the Acceleration Program is the final program of unlock_. In this phase we find out what companies need to help them grow as fast as they possibly can.

Featured events

Wed, November 27, 2024
  • 14:00
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  • 18:00

Advancing cell & gene therapy – optimising lentiviral vector design and production

This program is about meeting the demand for innovative treatments based on cell and gene therapy and delivering the essence of rapid and cost-effective solutions.

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Wed, April 2, 2025
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Global Investor Forum 2025

Want to grow as a startup? Then put the April 2 and 3, 2025 Global Investor Forum & Innovation for Health in your calendar. The 12th edition of this conference will be held in Rotterdam.

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Thu, December 12, 2024
  • 08:00
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  • 17:00

Dutch Life Sciences Conference 2024

The Dutch Life Sciences conference provides attendees with an excellent opportunity to network and share ideas with the aim of creating new partnerships and business opportunities.

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Tue, November 19, 2024
  • 13:00
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  • 18:00

Show Me The Money, Soft Money

Do you need funding for your startup? And are you interested in ‘soft money’? Curious to see what grant programs are available? Then come to the speed dating sessions of Show Me The Money, Soft Money.

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