Life sciences

Building world-class life science companies

Hamill Life Sciences is the advisory practice of Stefan Hamill, helping to transform exceptional science into exceptional companies.

Stef is a PhD scientist, exited founder, investor and former top-ranked life sciences analyst, working with ambitious companies and investors on strategy, capital raising and growth.

Stefan Hamill (Stef Hamill)
#1
Life sciences ranking
20+
years experience
100s
Companies analysed
Multiple
$B+ success stories
How we work

Adding value

Hamill Life Sciences helps companies make better decisions, tell a stronger story, win in the battle for capital and build more valuable businesses.

We typically work with founders, boards and investors in venture-backed technology spinouts and growth-stage companies, in the UK and internationally.

Support can be provided as a fractional executive, board member or strategic adviser, with a strong preference for equity-aligned partnership.

Fractional executive

Embedded leadership: part-time, in-seat: for teams that need senior experience now.

Board member

Adviser, NED or observer: strategy, capital markets and pattern-matching from prior builds.

Strategic adviser

Hands-on support on strategy, operations and fundraising: for defined pieces of work.

Investment adviser

Advisory services to capital allocators to drive long-term outperformance.

Why work with us?

Perspective gained from hundreds of companies

Founders spend every day inside one company. We've spent more than two decades studying hundreds.

Pattern recognition

Learn from experience of hundreds of life science companies.

Strategy

Focus on the decisions that will have the greatest impact on long-term value creation.

Capital

Tell a stronger story to investors, partners and boards.

Company building

Transform exceptional science into valuable and enduring businesses.

Experience

Scientist. Founder. Investor. Analyst.

Twenty years analysing, advising and building life science companies, most of them before anyone else had heard of them.

Selected companies

Public

Abcam $5.7B exit → Danaher Oxford Nanopore $5B+ peak mkt cap Syncona $2.5B+ peak mkt cap IP Group $2B+ peak mkt cap Clinigen $1.8B exit → Triton PureTech Health $1.5B+ peak mkt cap Vectura $1.4B exit → PMI Ergomed $900M exit → Permira

Private

Oxford Science Enterprises Exscientia Genomics UCL Business CeQur Gemina Labs SMi OBD Exymes

Career highlights

Clients & mandates

  • Recent clients include SMi Systems, Gemina Labs, Oxford Nanopore, Oxford Biodynamics, UCLB, major London hedge fund & others
  • Corporate Analyst for Abcam, Clinigen, Vectura, PureTech, Syncona, Ergomed & others
  • Adviser to Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE) during formation & early years
  • PhD in protein folding from University of Cambridge

Notable transactions

  • Lead analyst on Oxford Nanopore's $700M IPO (2021)
  • Lead analyst on PureTech's $170M IPO (2015)
  • Advised & analysed multiple businesses through journeys to $B+ valuations & exits

Rankings & recognition

  • #1 Healthcare Stock Picker (StarMine)
  • #1 ranked UK Healthcare & Life Sciences team for 8 years running
  • Top-three analyst rankings for 14 years
  • Largest UK small/mid-cap investment banking franchise (25+ clients) at Numis (2015-22, now Deutsche Bank) & Peel Hunt (2010-15)

What companies say

"Stef is a specialist in identifying early-stage healthtech companies and supporting management teams to deliver multi-billion-dollar success"
Gemina Labs announcement
"We are very excited to have Stef join us, especially since we are now entering the commercialisation phase"
SMi announcement

Great science is only the beginning

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