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Cytomos secures £5 million of scale-up investment
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Cytomos secures £5 million of scale-up investment

Cytomos has raised £5m to scale up production of its cell analysis technology.

New investment will allow the Edinburgh-based biotechnology company to drive sales of its first commercial product, Celledonia, built on its cell-analysis technology platform AuraCyt.

Source: Business Insider

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Cream of Scotland's dealmaking community celebrated at inaugural awards in Edinburgh
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Cream of Scotland's dealmaking community celebrated at inaugural awards in Edinburgh

Scotland's finest corporate financiers, accountants, bankers, funders, lawyers and mergers and acquisitions professionals have been celebrated at the Scotland Dealmakers Awards in Edinburgh.

The Dealmaker of the Year was Kerry Sharp at Scottish Enterprise whose team invested £52 million into more than 100 companies over the year, leveraging in additional funding of £152m from private sector investors. 

Source: Business Insider

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Veterinary diagnostics company opens new US lab
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Veterinary diagnostics company opens new US lab

MI:RNA is accelerating its growth plans with the opening of a new laboratory in the United States.

The veterinary diagnostics company using cutting-edge technology and science to transform animal health diagnosis, and which originally spun out of SRUC, has secured $4 million in Series A funding.

Source: Business Insider

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W2W aims to increase Scottish female angel investor numbers
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W2W aims to increase Scottish female angel investor numbers

Scotland’s first all-female business angel syndicate, Investing Women Angels (IWA), and its sister organisation AccelerateHER have launched a new initiative designed to attract more businesswomen into angel investing – an imperative in addressing the equity gap between male and female-led companies.

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Exciting development in Equine Grass Sickness case reporting
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Exciting development in Equine Grass Sickness case reporting

Equine grass sickness (EGS) is a devastating and complex disease of equines, which unfortunately can occur anywhere in the UK, where sadly 80% of animals suffering from it will die. In a new approach for answers, the Equine Grass Sickness Fund (EGSF) and Moredun Research Institute (MRI) launched a new project three years ago.

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Second round of bio-based manufacturing fund opens
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Second round of bio-based manufacturing fund opens

Businesses in Scotland’s bio-based manufacturing industry have been invited to apply for support packages of between £25,000 and £1m, as Innovate UK opens the second round of its Launchpad funding programme. A total of up to £5.25m is being channelled into the Launchpad for Scotland in this round, with grant funding available for projects from micro to small or medium-sized enterprises, or consortia.

Source: Business Insider

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Hutton hunts for soil ambassadors across Scotland to help dig deep
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Hutton hunts for soil ambassadors across Scotland to help dig deep

Scientists at The James Hutton Institute are leading a nationwide soil sampling campaign to help major European project, ECHO, to collect a total of 16,500 samples across Europe.

This call to participate in a citizen science project may be of interest to individuals in Midlothian Science Zone.

If you’d like to become involved as a soil ambassador, find out how you can participate here > https://echosoil.eu/become-an-echo-ambassador

Source: The James Hutton Institute

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