The 2025 Yale Life Science PitchFest showcased Yale’s most promising life science discoveries, from new ways to target tumors to breakthroughs in generative AI and novel biology. Thirty-three faculty-led teams presented new technologies under consideration for the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, alongside 16 ePosters from Blavatnik-associated startups that highlighted the region’s accelerating life sciences momentum. The event drew more than 630 attendees—PitchFest’s largest audience to date. “PitchFest and the Blavatnik Fund continue to fuel the translation of Yale life sciences discoveries into real-world impact,” said Morag Grassie, director of the Fund. Over the last decade, the Blavatnik Fund has supported 98 projects and helped launch 47 ventures, collectively raising more than $486 million. Read more here.
Yale Life Science PitchFest 2025 Breaks Records in Attendance and Awards
Learn More
Discover the cutting-edge science we fund
Providing many of the world's best researchers, scientists, and universities with support, and funding to discover breakthroughs that solve humankind's greatest challenges.
See how we support great cultural institutions around the world
The Foundation contributes to renowned institutions that showcase the breadth of arts and culture, including performance, exhibition and education.
Visit the Blavatnik Archive
The Blavatnik Archive is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving and disseminating materials that contribute to the study of 20th-century Jewish and world history, with a special emphasis on World War I, World War II, and Soviet Russia.