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10 March 2026, 18:30 – 19:30

THEN Event: How to scale-up in Cambridge?

  • LocationLeslie Stephen Room, Trinity Hall
  • CostFree of charge
  • Booking closing dateTuesday, 10 March 2026 12:00pm
  • Event typeSeminar
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A roundtable discussion on the experience of female founders of later-stage startups.

Join Trinity Hall alumna Laura Grimwood (2010, Natural Sciences; CEO, Co-Laboratories), Ben Hartley (Director, ideaSpace), and Xann Schwinn (Co-founder, Cambridge Female Founders Network) for this in-person roundtable discussion open to all interested in the Cambridge entrepreneurship ecosystem.

This is the second in a two-part series with Trinity Hall exploring the founder’s journey in Cambridge, spotlighting the technical ingenuity and practical realities of women-led startups across the cluster.

Participants

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Laura Grimwood
Currently CEO of a Science and technology incubator and services company called Co-Laboratories, founded in partnership with Lab Launch. Laura has a history of working in early stage biotechnology with an entrepreneurial perspective. Skilled in cell culture, cellular assays, science to business communication, event management, lab building and problem solving. Laura studied Natural Sciences focused on cellular development, pathology and neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She is extremely interested in groundbreaking tech, brains and how scientific collaboration will save the world.

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Ben Hartley
Ben is the Director of ideaSpace, the University of Cambridge’s startup community and incubator, supporting founders and early-stage ventures. With a background spanning entrepreneurship, film production, and service as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot, he brings a practical, high-performance mindset to building thriving startup ecosystems. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has a strong interest in performance psychology.

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Xann Schwinn
Xann is a Co-Founder & CEO of the Cambridge Female Founders Network, a founder-led non-profit built as a coalition community model to drive collective success for women entrepreneurs. As part of this work she spends much of her time working directly with founders to identify needs, strength collaboration, and shape the systems that enable women-led ventures to thrive. She is also a music healthtech founder pioneering voice-based wellbeing tools.

Bookings

Spaces are limited and booking is essential. Please email Oleno on then@trinhall.cam.ac.uk to guarantee your space, or if you have any queries.

Bookings close on 9 March 2026. You will receive an email reminder by 15:30 on the day of the event. If you do not receive this email, please check your spam box before contacting us.

Please join us in the Leslie Stehen Room at 18:25, ready for a prompt 18:30 (GMT) start. Tea and coffee will be offered, and attendees are welcome to bring their dinner with them.

Trinity Hall Entrepreneurs Network (THEN)

This event is proudly offered by the Trinity Hall Entrepreneurs Network. THEN has been launched to encourage entrepreneurship amongst Trinity Hall members, compliment the work of the University Enterprise Network and raise the profile of the College through increasing engagement with the sphere of innovation and entrepreneurship. Funds are available to support those in our community who are starting out and pursuing new ideas. For established social entrepreneurs we partner with the Judge Business School to offer the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.