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TRICAPITAL Angels leads £2.1 million investment into Scottish insect genetics firm Beta Bugs
Pioneering Scottish business Beta Bugs has secured a multimillion-pound investment as it looks to become a global leader in insect genetics.
TRICAPITAL Angels led a £1.7 million investment into the business in 2023 – and has now followed up with a fresh £2.1 million cash injection alongside Scottish Enterprise.
Beta Bugs creating a buzz around insect farming in Britain
Beta Bugs is featured in The Guardian ‘British firms strive to create a buzz around insect farming’. Based on the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus, Beta Bugs is looking at ways to breed better black soldier flies and sells larvae and eggs to businesses wanting to farm their own insects.
Source: The Guardian