Rufus Scientific - who we are

Rufus was founded in 2002 by William Bains. William is an internationally recognised innovator in the life sciences, with a track record of successfully predicting where new science and technology will lead, and building companies around that understanding that apply new science and make money for investors and entrepreneurs.

After a research career in academia he has worked in technological consulting, venture capital and with start-up biotech companies. In 2000 he founded Amedis Pharmaceuticals, and lead the company through its seed and first round funding, recruitment of a management team, filing its first patents and closing its first pharmaceutical company collaboration. In 2002 he founded Delta G Ltd., a company exploiting teh growing field of biogerontology. A short CV can be downloaded here.

Rufus is proud to work with The Round Table, a collaborative group of independent advisors and executives in the life sciences, and with Consilient Ltd., a Cambridge (UK) based technical and marketing consultancy.