{"id":14453,"date":"2019-06-28T19:03:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T17:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/?p=14453"},"modified":"2019-07-02T19:05:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:05:50","slug":"the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/","title":{"rendered":"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First-in-class drugs through targeted stabilisation of protein complexes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the Dutch Biotech Event where biotech companies of all sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups,\u00a0meet and get\u00a0inspired,\u00a0the\u00a0LifeSciences@Work\u00a0Venture Challenge was annouced. This year\u2019s winner of the Spring edition became\u00a0AmbAgon.\u00a0The\u00a0Eindhoven-based\u00a0start-up\u00a0develops small-molecule therapeutics for breast cancer\u00a0by augmenting the tumor-suppressing functions of the 14-3-3 protein.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the jury, led by Carine van den Brink, AmbAgon has a strong team that, with their unique combination of expertise, has discovered a new approach towards developing drugs for metastatic breast cancer. A ground breaking method that change the future of cancer patients and their therapy accurance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AmbAgon has developed small molecule screening technologies focused on discovering molecules that stabilize the direct interaction of oncogenic transcription factors with so-called 14-3-3 proteins, thereby inhibiting their pathological activities. This approach, to augment the endogenous tumor-suppressing functions of 14-3-3 within different breast cancer types with small molecule drugs, provides for a radically new entry. A method that has been long sought for by the pharmaceutical industry and which is urgently needed in the clinic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luc Brunsveld, AmbAgon: “The Venture Challenge has been a fantastic learning experience for us. It brought us into contact with the Dutch biotech community. Winning this challenge is the absolute icing on the cake.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Venture Challenge Spring 2019 started in April this year and ended today at the Dutch Biotech Event, where AmbAgon<\/a> takes home the \u20ac25.000 prize money to invest in their growth. The other highly-motivated participating teams were:\u202f MissionMS<\/a>, MULTISCREENING<\/a>, Praxa Sense<\/a>, and UFO Biosciences<\/a>. Participating in the Venture Challenge leads to a clear venture plan, as well as to investor-ready pitches. The\u202f LifeSciences@Work Accelerator<\/a> \u202fis powered by \u202fHealth~Holland<\/a>, Top Sector Life Sciences & Health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Luc Brunsveld<\/a> for more information about AmbAgon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venture Challenge Fall 2019:
Call open! – Deadline: 5 September 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our specialised coaching focuses on developing your initial idea into a solid business during a series of\u00a0boot camps and\u00a01-on-1 coaching and mentoring sessions.\u00a0Startup teams learn\u00a0to\u00a0identify key risks, analyse customer value propositions, develop a validation strategy, learn to build a venture plan\u00a0and, ultimately,\u00a0get connected\u00a0to Life Sciences experts, investors and seasoned entrepreneurs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Health~Holland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First-in-class drugs through targeted stabilisation of protein complexes During the Dutch Biotech Event where biotech companies of all sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups,\u00a0meet and get\u00a0inspired,\u00a0the\u00a0LifeSciences@Work\u00a0Venture Challenge was annouced. This year\u2019s winner of the Spring edition became\u00a0AmbAgon.\u00a0The\u00a0Eindhoven-based\u00a0start-up\u00a0develops small-molecule therapeutics for breast cancer\u00a0by augmenting the tumor-suppressing functions of the 14-3-3 protein. According to the jury, led by Carine van […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ijzersterk-innovatieklimaat","category-innovatieklimaat"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon - hollandbio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon - hollandbio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First-in-class drugs through targeted stabilisation of protein complexes During the Dutch Biotech Event where biotech companies of all sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups,\u00a0meet and get\u00a0inspired,\u00a0the\u00a0LifeSciences@Work\u00a0Venture Challenge was annouced. This year\u2019s winner of the Spring edition became\u00a0AmbAgon.\u00a0The\u00a0Eindhoven-based\u00a0start-up\u00a0develops small-molecule therapeutics for breast cancer\u00a0by augmenting the tumor-suppressing functions of the 14-3-3 protein. According to the jury, led by Carine van […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"hollandbio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-28T17:03:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-02T17:05:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hb-opengraph_illu.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hollandbio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hollandbio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hollandbio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hollandbio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"hollandbio\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/833d6a25b39946e61c6101af1fa96fbb\"},\"headline\":\"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-28T17:03:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-02T17:05:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"IJzersterk innovatieklimaat\",\"Innovatieklimaat\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/\",\"name\":\"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon - hollandbio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-28T17:03:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-02T17:05:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/nieuws\\\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"hollandbio\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"hollandbio\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/HollandBIO_logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/HollandBIO_logo.svg\",\"width\":218.664,\"height\":29.659,\"caption\":\"hollandbio\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/hollandbio\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/hollandbio\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hollandbio.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/833d6a25b39946e61c6101af1fa96fbb\",\"name\":\"hollandbio\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon - hollandbio","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon - hollandbio","og_description":"First-in-class drugs through targeted stabilisation of protein complexes During the Dutch Biotech Event where biotech companies of all sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups,\u00a0meet and get\u00a0inspired,\u00a0the\u00a0LifeSciences@Work\u00a0Venture Challenge was annouced. This year\u2019s winner of the Spring edition became\u00a0AmbAgon.\u00a0The\u00a0Eindhoven-based\u00a0start-up\u00a0develops small-molecule therapeutics for breast cancer\u00a0by augmenting the tumor-suppressing functions of the 14-3-3 protein. According to the jury, led by Carine van […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/","og_site_name":"hollandbio","article_published_time":"2019-06-28T17:03:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-02T17:05:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/hb-opengraph_illu.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"hollandbio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@hollandbio","twitter_site":"@hollandbio","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"hollandbio","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/"},"author":{"name":"hollandbio","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/833d6a25b39946e61c6101af1fa96fbb"},"headline":"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon","datePublished":"2019-06-28T17:03:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-02T17:05:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/"},"wordCount":431,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["IJzersterk innovatieklimaat","Innovatieklimaat"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/","name":"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon - hollandbio","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-06-28T17:03:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-02T17:05:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-winner-of-the-venture-challenge-spring-2019-is-ambagon\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2019 is AmbAgon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/","name":"hollandbio","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#organization","name":"hollandbio","url":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/HollandBIO_logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/HollandBIO_logo.svg","width":218.664,"height":29.659,"caption":"hollandbio"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/hollandbio","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hollandbio\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/833d6a25b39946e61c6101af1fa96fbb","name":"hollandbio"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}