Mentor & Speaker: Laura Holberger, BioLabs

Laura Holberger, PhD

Vice President Strategic Partnerships, BioLabs

Laura Holberger PhD is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Biolabs, a scientist-entrepreneur and investor-founded network of shared laboratory workspaces located in key cities with proven biotech innovation clusters. In this role, Laura and her team work closely with startups, strategic partners, and venture capitalists to de-risk early stage projects and to clear the path for investment and partnership opportunities. During her tenure at BioLabs, Laura has supported the growth of over 140 life science startup companies.

Laura did her graduate work in Molecular Biology and Technology Management at the University of California Santa Barbara. After receiving her graduate degree, Laura was an Investigator at ViThera Pharmaceuticals where she led their R&D program for GI indications. She went on to co-found Cambridge BioLabs, a coworking laboratory space for early stage biotech start-ups that was the predecessor to LabCentral and the BioLabs network.