| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.11.2024 | £5M in Funding Opens for Scotland’s Bio-Based Innovators | Businesses operating in Scotland’s bio-based manufacturing industry are being invited to apply for support packages of between £25,000 and £1 million as Innovate UK opens Round 2 of its Launchpad funding programme.
Total investment of up to... |
| 28.10.2024 | Novosound Creates ‘World’s First’ Ultrasound Blood Pressure Monitor | Glasgow-based tech company Novosound has developed what it claims to be the world’s first ultrasonic blood pressure monitor.
This breakthrough allows for the miniaturisation of blood pressure monitoring in wearable devices, including smartw... |
| 23.10.2024 | Bridging Gaps: The Digital Revolution in Prison Education and Women’s Entrepreneurship | In the landscape of education and entrepreneurship, two initiatives are reshaping lives. One is unlocking the potential of inmates through digital learning. The other is paving pathways for women in business. Both are driven by a vision of ... |
| 21.10.2024 | Pathways Forward Announces Third Cohort of Pledge Partners | A third cohort of companies have become Pledge partners with Pathways Forward, committing to actionable steps aligned with the principles set out in the Pathways report for supporting women in business.
The latest cohort comprising EY, FDM ... |
| 10.10.2024 | Neuranics Announce £2.4M Wearable Tech Project | Neuranics has secured an £800,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise (SE) to support a £2.4 million project aimed at transforming how humans interact with machines through innovative wristband technology.
The Glasgow-based quantum sensor develo... |
| 07.10.2024 | Scotland and the City are leading the way to net zero | - |
| 24.09.2024 | Invizius Secures £950K to Revolutionize Dialysis Treatment | In the heart of Edinburgh, a biotech company is on the brink of a breakthrough. Invizius has raised £950,000 in funding, a crucial step toward transforming dialysis treatment. This funding round, led by Mercia Ventures, is a beacon of hope ... |
| 24.09.2024 | Invizius raises £950,000 for dialysis treatment | Invizius, an Edinburgh-based biotech developing breakthrough treatments for patients on dialysis, has raised £950,000 in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and supported by Calculus Capital, Syensqo, the University of Edinburgh's Old Co... |
| 21.09.2024 | MiAlgae: The Green Revolution in Omega-3 Production | In a world where fish stocks dwindle and environmental concerns rise, MiAlgae emerges as a beacon of hope. This Scottish biotech startup is turning waste into wealth, harnessing the power of microalgae to produce omega-3 fatty acids. With a... |
| 19.09.2024 | MiAlgae nets $18.5m to scale production of omega-3s from microalgae | MiAlgae—a startup growing microalgae in fermentation tanks to produce omega-3 fatty acids—has raised a £14 million ($18.5 million) series A round to fund a new commercial-scale facility in Scotland.
The round was funded by SWEN Blue Ocean, ... |
| 17.09.2024 | Scotland's Green Future: Hydrogen and Space Ventures Take Flight | Scotland is on the brink of a green revolution. With new funding for hydrogen projects and the appointment of a space envoy, the nation is positioning itself as a leader in both energy and space industries. This dual focus is not just ambit... |
| 17.09.2024 | Glasgow-based MarTech Platform Triyit Raises £1.1 Million | Glasgow-based marketing technology platform Triyit have announced that they have raised £1.1 million growth funding finance as they gear up for global expansion.
The business, which specialises in connecting fast moving consumer goods (FMCG... |
| 16.09.2024 | Scots Green Hydrogen Projects Get £7M Funding | Up to £7 million in Scottish Government funding has been announced to help launch green hydrogen projects throughout the country.
The funding is being offered to support the development stage costs of green hydrogen production projects with... |
| 11.09.2024 | SOLASTA Bio: A New Dawn for Sustainable Agriculture | In the world of agriculture, the battle against pests is relentless. Farmers wield traditional insecticides like swords, but these weapons are losing their edge. Resistance is rising, and the environmental toll is becoming too heavy to bear... |
| 11.09.2024 | Solasta Bio: A Green Revolution in Crop Protection | In a world grappling with the dual challenges of food security and environmental sustainability, Solasta Bio emerges as a beacon of hope. This Glasgow-based agri-biotech company has recently secured $14 million in Series A funding, a signif... |
| 11.09.2024 | Glasgow-based Solasta Bio raises $14M Series A for green insecticides | Solasta Bio, an agri-biotech company providing green insecticides, has completed a $14M Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its peptide-based, nature-inspired bioinsecticides – the first of their kind to be developed wor... |
| 11.09.2024 | SOLASATA Bio raises $14m, plans to commercialize peptide-based biopesticides in ‘half the time’ it takes for synthetics | UK-based ag biotech startup SOLASTA Bio has closed a $14 million oversubscribed Series A round, bringing its total funding to $19 million.
Forbion (via its Bioeconomy fund), FMC Ventures, and Corteva (through its recently launched Corteva C... |
| 11.09.2024 | Solasta Bio Closes $14M Series A Funding | Solasta Bio, a Glasgow, Scotland, UK-based agri-biotech company specialising in green insecticides, raised $14M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total raised to date to $19m, was led by Forbion, FMC Ventures and Corteva Cat... |
| 30.08.2024 | Nandi Proteins Secures £500,000 for Egg White Replacer for “Undesirable Ingredients” | Food science innovator Nandi Proteins has secured over £500,000 in funding through a convertible loan from investors including Nesta, the UK’s social innovation agency, and Scottish Enterprise.
The new capital will support the development o... |
| 29.08.2024 | Empowering Change: Women Entrepreneurs and AI in Education | In a world that spins faster every day, two initiatives are emerging as beacons of hope. One champions women in entrepreneurship, while the other aims to lighten the load for teachers through artificial intelligence. Both are about progress... |
| 27.08.2024 | Ana Stewart’s Pathways Forward Announces 2nd Pledge Cohort | Pathways Forward has announced its second cohort of Pledge partners, with Converge, The Open University in Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, SIS Ventures, Social Investment Scotland, South of Scotland Enterprise, and th... |
| 09.08.2024 | Scottish Firm Logan Energy Wins Biggest Hydrogen Power Contract to Date | Logan Energy, the Edinburgh-based alternative fuel specialists, have announced a deal with Czech firm ČEZ ESCO, under which the Scottish firm will supply critical equipment for ten hydrogen-powered buses in the town of Mníšek pod Brdy.
The ... |
| 01.08.2024 | Shot Scope: Revolutionizing Golf with $8.5 Million Boost | In the world of golf, precision is key. Every swing, every putt, every yard matters. Enter Shot Scope, a Scottish tech firm that has just secured $8.5 million in Series B funding. This infusion of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s... |
| 31.07.2024 | Edinburgh-based Shot Scope raises €7.8 million Series B to make golfers improve their game | Golf technology firm Shot Scope has raised €7.8 million in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures which invested €3.69 million. The funding round also included investment from key participants; Scottish Enterprise, Growthdeck, Th... |
| 31.07.2024 | Scots Golf Tech Firm, Shot Scope, Raises $8.5M in Funding | Golf technology firm, Shot Scope, has raised $8.5m (£6.6m) in a Series B funding round led by Guinness Ventures which invested $4m (£3.1m).
The funding round also included investment from key participants; Scottish Enterprise, Growthdeck, T... |
| 29.07.2024 | Scots Fintech Aveni Secures £11M Investment | AI fintech Aveni.ai has announced one of the largest Series A investments in a Scottish business this year, amounting to £11 million.
The investment is led by Puma Private Equity with participation from Par Equity and financial services ind... |
| 18.07.2024 | Offshore Wind Tech Accelerator Now Open for Applications | Innovative companies based in Scotland can now apply to join the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s award-winning Launch Academy programme.
Launch Academy is an industry-backed tech accelerator programme created to support the comme... |
| 17.07.2024 | Scotland’s Economic Growth Outpaces Some UK Regions Despite Challenges | The Scottish economy is predicted to grow more this year compared with last year, with real GVA expected to be 0.9% higher across 2024 – according to the latest PwC UK Economic Outlook.
While considered subdued, the rate of growth north of ... |
| 17.07.2024 | £40m Hub Set to Anchor High-growth Spinouts in Dundee | The new £40m Hub, scheduled to open early next year, will anchor new high-growth spinout companies in Dundee.
The facility will provide laboratory and office space to spinouts from the University’s School of Life Sciences and spin-ins looki... |
| 15.07.2024 | Scottish Enterprise Launches £35m Manufacturing Property Challenge | Scottish Enterprise is launching a new £35 million Manufacturing Property Challenge Programme to develop 1,000,000 sq. ft. of new industrial space, aiming to boost innovation and attract inward investment to Scotland.
The programme’s first ... |
| 10.06.2024 | Scottish Space Network Partners With Sustainable Alpha | The Scottish Space Network has announced a strategic partnership with New York-based Sustainable Alpha to open up investment opportunities for the Scottish, UK and international space sectors.
The collaboration will initially focus on ident... |
| 05.06.2024 | Edinburgh-based Sofant Technologies Raises Additional £3.4M | Edinburgh-based wireless tech specialists, Sofant Technologies, has successfully raised £3.4 million in additional funding.
The investment, which has come from Scottish Enterprise, Kelvin Capital, and EMV Capital, is to be used to complete ... |
| 03.06.2024 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | May 2024 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
Last month, Scotland’s tech sector saw some big funding wins in cleantech, the space sector, and the broader innovation economy.
For a recap on those standout stories, here’s our roun... |
| 29.05.2024 | Craft Prospect | Navigating Growth in the Scottish Space Sector | Glasgow-based Craft Prospect recently completed its preliminary design review for Ops-Sat VOLT, a €17 million (£14.5m) satellite mission backed by the European Space Agency (ESA), the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and involving a majority of UK an... |
| 27.05.2024 | Scottish SpaceTech Lands £320K Investment | An Edinburgh-based space firm has landed more than £320,000 to aid growth in one of the UK’s fastest growing industry sectors.
Aurora Avionics specialises in producing the electrical systems necessary for flight, called avionics, which is d... |
| 22.05.2024 | Scottish Enterprise on Track for 2030 Employee Ownership Target | A new census commissioned by Scottish Enterprise has revealed the national economic development agency is on track to meet the Scottish Government target of growing Scotland’s employee-owned business (EOB) community to 500 companies by 2030... |
| 21.05.2024 | ITZA to Launch Climate Change Learning Modules for Scots Schools | ITZA, the Edinburgh-based e-learning specialist, is set to launch its One Planet digital resource on climate change and building a sustainable economy for Scottish schools.
An interdisciplinary online programme that helps teachers facilitat... |
| 17.05.2024 | Scottish Enterprise Links Manufacturers with Energy Transition Work | A new campaign by Scotland’s national and international economic development agency Scottish Enterprise aims to alert businesses – particularly SMEs – to potential supply chain opportunities in the energy transition sector.
Spending on offs... |
| 10.05.2024 | Nami Surgical: Pioneering the Future of Robotic Surgery with Innovative Ultrasonic Technology | Nami Surgical, a dynamic medtech company hailing from Scotland, is making significant strides in the realm of robotic-assisted surgery with their cutting-edge ultrasonic medical devices. Spearheaded by the visionary leadership of CEO Nico F... |
| 08.05.2024 | Scots Medtech Spinout Nami Surgical Secures £3.2 Million | Nami Surgical, the Scots medtech company and spinout from the University of Glasgow, has secured £3.2 million in investment and grant funding.
St Andrews-based impact investment firm Eos led the seed £2.5m round alongside the Investment Fun... |
| 07.05.2024 | Scots SMEs Urged to Apply for £120M Energy Decarbonisation Framework | Scottish businesses in the energy, renewables, and retrofitting sectors can put their names forward to secure a spot on a new major framework worth up to £120m over four years to support the delivery of crucial retrofitting and decarbonisat... |
| 25.04.2024 | Glen Clova Scientific raises £4M to combat autoimmune diseases | Scottish biotech startup Glen Clova Scientific has closed a £4M Seed round, led by Norcliffe Capital. The investment will be made in two tranches of £2.5m and £1.5m.
Founded in 2022 as a spin out from the University of Dundee, GCS is develo... |
| 24.04.2024 | Increased Support Needed for Household Transition to Green Energy | A new study from Cardiff University sheds light on the challenges facing households as they navigate the transition to green energy sources, urging financial assistance and guidance.
The report, published in Nature Energy looks into househo... |
| 12.04.2024 | Biovitae has been selected by the UK Government Innovation Agency to participate in the UK Inward AMR Mission | The mission, organised by AMR Insights, Innovate UK, Innovate UK EDGE and Scottish Enterprise, will take place across the UK from 2-7 June '24. ROME, ITALY, April 12, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The fight against antimicrobial resistance:
Bi... |
| 11.04.2024 | Biovitae has been selected by the UK Government Innovation Agency to participate in the UK Inward AMR Mission | The mission, organised by AMR Insights, Innovate UK, Innovate UK EDGE and Scottish Enterprise, will take place across the UK from 2-7 June '24. ROME, ITALY, April 11, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The fight against antimicrobial resistance:
Bi... |
| 10.04.2024 | Scottish Enterprise Interim Chair’s Appointment Extended | The appointment of Scottish Enterprise’s interim chair Willie Mackie has been extended for him to continue in the role until 31 December 2024.
This will ensure continuity while a further appointment round is run for a chair to succeed Lord ... |
| 09.04.2024 | Knowvate Hub Launches Platform Aiding Minority Ethnic Entrepreneurs | Innovation community group Knowvate Hub, founded to support entrepreneurs from minority ethnic backgrounds in Scotland, has launched a digital resource platform aimed at educating its members and facilitating connections with ecosystem part... |
| 06.04.2024 | EnteroBiotix: Pioneering Microbial Therapeutics | EnteroBiotix, a Glasgow-based biotech company, secures a hefty £27M funding round to advance its cutting-edge microbial therapeutics. The funding, a mix of fresh equity and converted loan notes, comes from a consortium of investors, includi... |
| 05.04.2024 | Scotland’s EnteroBiotix closes €31.4M funding round to advance its clinical-stage microbial therapeutics | Read this article in:
EnteroBiotix, a Glasgow-based biotech firm specialising in full-spectrum microbiome therapeutics, announced that it has closed a funding round totalling £27M (approximately €31.46M).
EnteroBiotix’s financing includes £... |
| 04.04.2024 | Glasgow Biotech Company EnteroBiotix Lands £27M Funding Round | This substantial financial boost, backed by both new and existing investors, marks a significant milestone for the company as it looks to improve the landscape of microbiome therapeutics.
The funding round was made up of £15.7m in equity fu... |
| 03.04.2024 | Scots Dental Biotech Firm Secures £5M Funding Boost | Calcivis, the Edinburgh-based biotechnology firm, has secured £5 million in new funding to roll out its early tooth decay detection tech.
The latest investment round was led by £4m of funding from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB... |
| 02.04.2024 | Navigating Scotland’s Skills Gap with Neurodiversity and Inclusion | According to ScotlandIS, which represents over 1,000 companies in the Scottish digital technology sector, the tech industry is growing 1.5 times faster than any other industry in Scotland, meaning 1 in 10 job openings here are in tech.
Howe... |
| 21.03.2024 | New Forging Research Hub Launched in Renfrewshire | Scotland’s reputation as a beacon of manufacturing and engineering innovation has been strenghtened with the launch of an industry scale, fully digitally enabled, forging research platform at the University of Strathclyde’s Advance Forging ... |
| 19.03.2024 | Women-led AI Startups Left Behind When It Comes to Investment | New research from The Alan Turing Institute has found that UK-based, women-led artificial intelligence (AI) startups are being left behind when it comes to investment, despite the influx of cash.
The national institute for data science and ... |
| 18.03.2024 | Business Leaders in Scotland ‘Quite Confident’ About Growth | Business leaders in Scotland’s financial services sector have expressed their confidence about business growth for the second quarter of 2024, according to new research from KPMG UK.
The quarterly survey of senior executives – 150+ UK adult... |
| 13.03.2024 | Biotech Funding Levels-up IBioIC’s Scale-up Facility | Spearheaded by Scottish Government’s minister for small business, innovation, tourism and trade, Richard Lochhead, the money is poised to improve the landscape for bio-based businesses across the nation.
The capital will be channelled throu... |
| 21.02.2024 | Adarma Announces Neurodiversity Strategy in Partnership with Scottish Enterprise | The partnership will address the digital skills gap by encouraging diversity and inclusivity, making a career in cybersecurity accessible to all EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, February 21, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Adarma, an independent leader in d... |
| 30.01.2024 | New Carcinotech funding to expand tumor 3D printing commercialization | Edinburgh-based tumor 3D printing specialists Carcinotech has successfully raised £4.2 million in an investment round led by Eos Advisory (Eos) and the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS).
This is the first equity deal from the £150 million ... |
| 15.01.2024 | Scottish Enterprise Reveals New Focus With Big Ambitions | Scottish Enterprise has unveiled its future focus in a bid to help unlock thousands of new jobs and billions of pounds of global growth opportunities to deliver a ‘more successful, greener and fairer economy’.
The global economy moves quick... |
| 14.11.2023 | Scotland’s Glox Therapeutics raises €4.9M to combat antimicrobial resistance | Read this article in:
Glasgow-based Glox Therapeutics, a company that aims to advance its precision antibiotic therapies, focusing on naturally occurring bacteriocins, has secured £4.3M (approximately €4.93M) in a seed round of funding.
The... |
| 03.11.2023 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | October 2023 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
From funding to underrepresented founders, £3 million to a Scots cleantech, to a groundbreaking metaverse museum experience, you’ll find the standout funding stories from October belo... |
| 01.11.2023 | Aberdeen Street-side EV Charging Startup Nabs £500K Grant | Aberdeen-based Trojan Energy landed a £500,000 grant from the Low Carbon Manufacturing Challenge Fund in a stride towards cleaner and more sustainable energy.
Trojan Energy specialises in designing, manufacturing, installing, and maintainin... |
| 17.10.2023 | Edinburgh-based Beta Bugs raises €1.46M to scale up sustainable insect farming for animal feed production | Read this article in:
Scottish insect genetics company Beta Bugs announced that it has raised €1.46M to scale up the production, sale, and supply of its black soldier fly (BSF) eggs and larvae. The insect farming sector will use them as a s... |
| 04.10.2023 | Scottish EDGE Appoints New Chair | Simon Hannah is taking on the role of chair at Scottish EDGE, succeeding David Shearer who completed a nine-year term in the position at the end of September.
Hannah brings with him experience and leadership from his role at a fifth-generat... |
| 11.09.2023 | UK’s Microplate Dx raises €2.9M to advance its antibiotic diagnostic technology | Read this article in:
Microplate Dx, a diagnostics spinout company from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, announced that it has secured £2.5M (approximately €2.91M) in a seed round of funding.
The company is working on a point-o... |
| 30.08.2023 | Scots Gov Announces Ecosystem Fund Expansion | A fund to help inspire more entrepreneurs to start or scale up their businesses has been relaunched.
The Ecosystem Fund is being widened this year to include initiatives encouraging young people to consider entrepreneurship from an early ag... |
| 21.08.2023 | Mycoprotein Startup Enough Raises €40M to Produce One Cow’s Worth of Protein Every 2 Minutes by 2027 | 4 Mins Read Scottish-Dutch food tech company Enough has raised €40M in Series C funding to accelerate the production of its mycoprotein product, Abunda, which is used in plant-based alternatives like chicken breast, mince and dairy. The bra... |
| 21.08.2023 | Scottish biotech Enough raises €40M to scale its plant-based protein production | Glasgow biotech firm Enough produces a sustainable protein used in alternative meat and dairy products, it comes from fermenting fungi. Although using alternative protein sources for meatless products is nothing new, Enough feels they have ... |
| 20.08.2023 | Alt protein isn’t dead yet says ENOUGH as it raises $43.6m to scale up mycoprotein production | Glasgow-based alt protein startup ENOUGH has raised €40 million ($43.6 million) in a series C round led by World Fund and CPT Capital to expand production of ‘ABUNDA’ mycoprotein, a meat alternative made from fungi.
Other investors in the r... |
| 10.08.2023 | Scotland's Cytomos bags £4M to expand its team, and biotech solutions | Scottish-based biotech firm Cytomos has raised a funding round of £4 million which was led by existing investors Archangels and includes participation from Old College Capital, Scottish Enterprise and new investor British Business Bank.
Cyt... |
| 08.08.2023 | Archangels leads €4.6M round in Scotland’s life science firm Cytomos: Know more | Read this article in:
Edinburgh-based Cytomos, a life science company that has developed a new approach to analysing cells, announced on Tuesday that it has secured £4M (approximately €4.64M) in a fresh round of funding to scale up market-t... |
| 26.04.2023 | Scottish AgTech Company, Crover, Launches Grain-surfing Robot | Funded by the likes of Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK, the T-shaped robot has been designed to offer farmers and grain aggregators better insight into the environmental conditions of grain crops — such as barley and wheat — when stored... |
| 11.04.2023 | Scottish startup SOLASTA Bio secures €4.5M to scale up nature-inspired pesticides | SOLASTA Bio, a Glasgow University spin-out that specialises in the next generation of green insecticides, announced that it has secured further funding in its pre-Series A round totalling £4M (approximately €4.56M).
The company has now rais... |
| 08.03.2023 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | February 2023 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup column, featuring some of the top investment, acquisition and expansion news stories from February, 2023.
Scotland’s digital technology sector saw a number of notable deals across the ... |
| 16.02.2023 | Finalists for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023 | The finalists have been revealed for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2023, the annual celebration of business-academic partnerships, hosted by Interface.
Twenty-two nominees have been shortlisted in the eighth Scottish Knowledge Exch... |
| 13.02.2023 | DIGIT Deal RoundUp: January 2023 | Funding and Investment Scottish Enterprise
£150,000 of funding awarded by the Scottish Enterprise will go towards two university projects focusing on green energy and renewables.
The High Growth Spin Out funding is directed at products and ... |
| 06.02.2023 | Smart Green Shipping Gets £1.35m for Sustaininable Maritime Tech | Dumfries-based design and engineering company, Smart Green Shipping, has secured £1.35 million in an investment round backed by MOL Drybulk Ltd and Scottish Enterprise.
Smart Green Shipping will now see further growth in their development o... |
| 18.01.2023 | Bayer swoops Edinburgh university spinout Blackford Analysis | Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has agreed to acquire Blackford Analysis, a strategic imaging AI provider to radiology labs that's worked alongside Bayer previously.
The deal will not officially close until later this year. Blackford will retain... |
| 13.01.2023 | Movers and Shakers | December 2022 | Recruitment KPMG
KPMG UK have promoted ten colleagues to director positions across its three Scottish offices. Laura Wiseman (Audit) and Meredith Casey (Deal Advisory) become directors in KPMG’s Edinburgh office.
Along the M8, six new Glasg... |
| 12.01.2023 | PneumoWave wraps up £7.5 million series A for lung monitoring device | Glasgow, Scotland-based remote monitoring device startup PneumoWave closed £7.5 million in a series A round and is now looking to transfer into larger operational premises to prepare for its proposed 2024 regulatory submission.
The round in... |
| 09.01.2023 | Scottish Enterprise Funds Two Green Energy University Spin Out Projects | £150,000 of funding awarded by the Scottish Enterprise will go towards two university projects focusing on green energy and renewables.
The High Growth Spin Out funding is directed at products and companies formed from university work and a... |
| 09.12.2022 | AccelerateHER Confirms Scottish Enterprise as ‘Key’ 2023 Partner | Economic development agency Scottish Enterprise has been named as a key partner supporting the AccelerateHER Awards 2023.
The 2023 awards were launched last month with the deadline for applications set for next Monday (12 December) and the ... |
| 01.12.2022 | Boost to Scots Medical Tech with New Pharma Innovation Centre | Tech innovation catalyst CPI has opened its Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Scotland to ‘raise the bar’ in pharma manufacturing.
CPI is working alongside 23 partner organisations from pharma, government, business, and academia ... |
| 28.11.2022 | Making hearing tests easier and more reliable, Hearing Diagnostics raises £1.1 million | Edinburgh-based healthtech startup Hearing Diagnostics has raised £1.1 million as it aims to expand commercial efforts in both the UK and the US. As opposed to traditional hearing tests, Hearing Diagnostics is employing a spatially-locali... |
| 06.09.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | August 2022 | Funding Smplicare
Edinburgh-based startup Smplicare has secured £750,000 in funding to explore the use of wearable technologies to predict the risk of falls and other age-related health issues.
Provided by UKRI and a host of private investo... |
| 04.08.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | July 2022 | Recruitment Mark Logan
Scotland has officially appointed its first ‘Chief Entrepreneur’, with former Skyscanner executive Mark Logan selected for the role.
The new position has been created specifically to ensure entrepreneurship is “embedd... |
| 04.08.2022 | Edinburgh University Spin-outs Secure £500k in Grant Funding | Five startups founded by students and recent graduates from Edinburgh University have secured almost half-a-million pounds in grant funding awards between them.
The startups, all supported by the university’s commercialisation service, Edin... |
| 25.07.2022 | New Digital Tool to Help Scots Firms Accelerate Net Zero Plans | Scottish Enterprise is launching a free online Net Zero Accelerator tool to support Scottish firms to further develop net zero plans.
The new tool will help businesses by making recommendations across five key areas on how they can adapt an... |
| 12.07.2022 | Gigged.AI Targets Global Expansion After Funding Boost | Glasgow-based tech startup Gigged.AI has been awarded £100,000 in funding to scale development of its digital talent sourcing platform.
The Scottish Enterprise grant will be used to re-platform the firm’s product following a period of heigh... |
| 06.06.2022 | Feasibility Trials Underway for Oil and Gas Tool by Clearwell Technology | Energy tech start-up Clearwell Technology has undertaken a feasibility testing programme for a new tool to reduce costs in the oil and gas sector.
The Aboyne-based firm’s tool could potentially halve the costs and emissions of well decommis... |
| 05.04.2022 | Keeping the Kingdom neat and tidy, this smart lawnmower company has grown £2 million in a seed round | Kingdom Technologies, the Glasgow-based firm that claims to be the “pioneering developer of autonomous robotic lawn mowers for large terrain” has raised £2 million in a seed round. The funding aims to see the startup aerate the production l... |
| 05.04.2022 | Scots Female Business Founders Get Support with New Online Initiative | Scottish Enterprise is set to work with AccelerateHER on a new online training initiative to support the growing number of female business founders in Scotland.
Using the Thinkific online platform, AccelerateHER will deliver its series of f... |
| 21.03.2022 | Expansion Ahead for Innovatium After £900k Funding Success | Scottish renewable energy tech company Innovatium has secured over £900,000 in funding to enhance its pioneering new liquid air battery technology.
Led by Kelvin Capital alongside Scottish Enterprise, the investment round will support the c... |
| 18.03.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | February 2022 | Funding and Investment FutureX
Business education and community platform FutureX will expand its Silicon Valley Scale programme after securing funding from the Scottish Government Tech Ecosystem Fund.
With the new funding, the group will be... |
| 25.02.2022 | Unique Camera Tech set to Fundamentally Change High-speed Imaging | High-speed imaging tech from Heriot-Watt University has received funding from the Scottish Enterprise High Growth Spinout Programme to begin commercialisation.
The project is set to fundamentally alter how biomedical science, engineering, a... |
| 23.02.2022 | Security Tech Firm Sonis Lands Scottish Enterprise Funding | Scottish security tech firm Sonis Smart Security has secured funding to accelerate the launch of its NoEntry smart security system.
Sonis announced that it has secured funding through TRICAPITAL, a leading early-stage angel investor syndica... |
| 22.02.2022 | Scots Biotech Cumulus Oncology Secures £4.1m Investment | Scottish biotech Cumulus Oncology has secured a £4.1 million ($5.6 million) investment led by St Andrews-based firm Eos Advisory.
Scottish Enterprise invested alongside Eos Advisory as Cumulus plans further scale, while an additional £1.5 m... |
| 13.01.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup Column | December 2021 | Funding and Investment Filament STAC
Filament STAC has announced the backing of a series of major tech giants from the US to create an IoT cluster in Scotland.
US firms Twilio, Plexus Corp., Intel Corporation, Keysight, and Arrow Electronic... |
| 27.12.2021 | DIGIT’s Biggest Scottish Deals of 2021 | Despite a difficult two years due to the pandemic and the impact of Brexit, Scottish companies have continued to see strong growth and gain access to extra funding.
Sectors such as banking, e-commerce, space and life sciences all saw substa... |
| 15.11.2021 | Edinburgh Laser Specialist Chromacity Targets Key Partner in Japan | Ultrafast laser firm Chromacity and MSH Systems will work together to supply and distribute ultrashort pulse lasers in Japan.
The collaboration will see MSH Systems, with its base in Tokyo, make use of Chromacity’s fixed wavelength femtosec... |
