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Scottish entrepreneurs backed by Greg Hands on visit to Edinburgh

Visiting the brand new Entrepreneurial Centre in Edinburgh, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands met with Scottish entrepreneurs.

SIB plans to invest £75m in Scottish businesses

The Scottish Investment Bank has relaunched its co-investment funds, with the aim of investing up to £75m into companies across Scotland over three years.

Edinburgh BioQuarter awarded funding to create companies

Edinburgh BioQuarter’s Commercialisation Team has been awarded approximately £500,000 to support business creation activity.

Scottish synthetic bone graft company secures £3million funding

Sirakoss, an innovative medical device company based in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has announced it has secured £3.1m in Series-A financing from a syndicate of investors led by Epidarex Capital.

Heriot-Watt celebrates research funding success

Heriot-Watt has achieved its best-ever levels of research funding, bringing in more than £40.6million across the university in the 2014/15 financial year.

Food chain start-up sinks teeth into £2m funding deal

A specialist in food chain traceability born out of the Entrepreneurial Spark hatchery has received a seven-figure funding injection.

Biotech company raises $42.5m to treat sight loss

Edinburgh researchers are scientific co-founders of a new medical therapeutics company developing treatments for a common cause of blindness.

£4m for research to aid sustainable livestock production in Africa

Research to improve the health and productivity of farmed animals in tropical climates has received a £4 million boost from the UK Government.

Converge Challenge alumni launch leading university programme to attract next generation of entrepreneurs

Converge Challenge is aimed at staff, students and recent graduates from all Scottish universities, inspiring them to develop their ideas into viable and successful ventures.

£1.7M of Innovate UK funding will help tackle silent killer that could affect one in four Scots

Funding will help develop new treatments for the commonest cause of chronic liver disease.

CALCIVIS raises £3.15m to fund PMA approval of CALCIVIS® Imaging System ahead of a planned US launch

CALCIVIS, a medical devices company focused on revolutionising the management of tooth decay and enabling preventive dentistry, announces it has closed a £3.15 million equity funding round from existing investors Archangel Investors, Julz and the Scottish...

Enterprise Fellowship Programme now open to applications

The next RSE Enterprise Fellowship Programme is now open to promising business ideas and the deadline for application is 31st October 2018.

Censo Biotechnology awarded SMART funding to develop new stem cell technology

Roslin-based Censo Biotechnologies been awarded a Scottish Enterprise SMART:SCOTLAND grant to undertake an innovation project that will develop new methods to create stem cells for medical research.

Censo Biotechnologies announce new funding for COPD research

Censo Biotechnologies has announced that it is extending its stem cell based research platform to support the development of treatments for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

ECCI to help deliver on UK climate targets

ECCI will help deliver a new £3.5 million initiative to boost climate action in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds.

Scottish EDGE launches Circular Economy EDGE Award

Businesses with innovative circular economy business ideas could be in the running for up to £100k support from Scottish EDGE thanks to a new funding award supported by Zero Waste Scotland.

Scotland’s next generation entrepreneurs unlock their ambition

Scotland’s most promising and ambitious entrepreneurs have achieved significant growth in the last 12 months following RSE Enterprise Programme.

Scottish EDGE Round 15 launches

Scottish EDGE, the UK’s largest business funding competition, is on the hunt for Scotland’s most innovative entrepreneurs.

£2.75 million spinout deal offers dialysis hope

An Edinburgh spinout whose innovative products could save kidney patients’ lives has raised £2.75m in a new funding deal.

New £10m investment in aquaculture

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre has received a £10m, 5-year funding package to support the sustainable growth of the sector and re-affirm Scotland’s position as a global leader in innovation and seafood production.

Data-Driven Innovation grants to fight COVID-19

Projects to help Edinburgh and the surrounding region recover from Covid-19 are to be supported by a new £100,000 fund.

SRUC to research Covid-19 in rural Scotland

SRUC is one of 15 Scottish universities and research institutions contributing to global efforts to combat coronavirus and its wider effects.

Scottish EDGE19 now open for applications

In 2021, Scottish EDGE awarded 71 early-stage, start-up Scottish businesses with prize funding in excess of £2.5m and returns for Round 19 bigger and better than ever!

Oral vaccine development provides sustainable solution to combat salmon lice in the aquaculture industry

A multidisciplinary team of scientists led by Moredun Research Institute has been awarded £1.5M from the BBSRC to combat salmon lice in farmed Atlantic salmon through the development of an oral vaccine.

Greengage accepted into the Pearse Lyons Global Agritech Accelerator

Greengage, a Midlothian-based agricultural technology company, has been accepted into the Pearse Lyons Global Agritech Accelerator programme.

BBSRC awards £29.3m towards strategic research at The Roslin Institute

The funding will support three large research programmes at The Roslin Institute as well as the Institute’s core capabilities until 2022.

Cattle healthcare technology moo-ves closer to commercialisation

Well Cow, the Roslin-based company focusing on cattle healthcare technology, and Ziconix have completed a trial of a new farm reader as part of a SMART:Scotland feasibility study project.

New funding to test novel techniques to evaluate efficacy of control strategies against Poultry Red Mite

Poultry Red Mite (PRM) is a significant economic and welfare concern to the industry worldwide.

Significant research grant awarded for Type 1 diabetes research

Professors Helen Colhoun and Paul McKeigue of the MRC Centre for Genomic & Experimental Medicine receive award from Diabetes UK for Type 1 diabetes research.

£2.4m boost for brain tumour research

Scientists at Edinburgh are to receive £2.4 million to find new ways to tackle brain tumours.

Spinout deal offers dialysis hope

An Edinburgh spinout whose innovation could save kidney patients’ lives is the first to benefit from a new funding deal.

£11.6 million for university research and innovation

Scottish universities are getting a funding boost to help them compete for research projects together with industry partners.

Rugby star pledges new funds for drug screening research

The My Name'5 Doddie Foundation has pledged £250K to the University of Edinburgh's Euan MacDonald Centre for a drug screening programme.

Global green start-up contest comes to Edinburgh

The world’s largest green business ideas competition is being hosted in Scotland for the first time by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI).

Crohn's disease research to benefit from £1.8m funding

An international philanthropic trust has awarded significant funding to aid scientists' understanding of the currently incurable condition known as Crohn's disease.

Record number of applications to Converge 2019

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Scotland’s Universities as submissions to this year's Converge programme grow in number and breadth.

Cancer study to ease plight at advanced stages of illness

University of Edinburgh Researchers awarded almost £1m from the Medical Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, to enable a cancer study.

Funding for rural innovation

A digital system to monitor gluten-free oats is among several innovative SRUC projects to share in nearly £275,000 of Scottish Government funding.

J.K. Rowling donates £15m to MS research

The author J.K. Rowling has donated £15.3m to the University of Edinburgh to help improve the lives of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and similar conditions.

Record numbers of academic entrepreneurs apply to Converge 2020

Converge, Scotland’s largest company creation programme for the Higher Education sector, has received record numbers of applications to its 2020 programme, despite concerns about the impact of Covid-19.

Major funding award for Scotland fintech centre

World-first collaboration between University of Edinburgh, FDATA and Fintech Scotland receives grant from UK Government.

An innovative approach to Equine Grass Sickness research as a new Fellowship is funded

Moredun Foundation and Equine Grass Sickness Fund have launched an innovative Fellowship for fresh, multi-disciplinary approaches into Equine Grass Sickness research.

Novel study of poultry red mites awarded key funding

A grant worth almost half a million pounds has been awarded to the Moredun Research Institute to develop a novel way of studying poultry red mites which greatly reduces the number of hens required.

Converge heralds new era with increased support to the next generation of academic innovators

Converge, Scotland’s largest company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector, has officially opened applications for its 2022 programme – with the largest prize pot available in its 11-year history.

Scottish immunotherapy company secures over £6m in funding

TC BioPharm has secured more than £6.25 million to press ahead with the development of innovative cancer treatments.

£2.2m AgriTech funding offers new R&D opportunities

Special funding of more than £2.2m - just awarded to SRUC - means three exciting new research facilities can be built.

Converge Challenge cements position as leading opportunity for universities

The leading academic initiative had received 211 applicants when entries closed from 19 of Scotland’s universities and research institutes.

TC Biopharm gets €4m Horizon2020 grant

TC BioPharm has been selected for EU Horizon 2020 Funding to progress novel, mass-market cell therapies to clinical trial.

£5.5m bid to boost livestock health in Africa

Vet experts are delivering a £5.5 million initiative to improve the health and productivity of farmed animals in sub-Saharan Africa.

New grant to improve hen health and productivity

Scientists at Roslin and two other institutions receive funding from FFAR to improve health and productivity of egg-laying hens.

Synpromics awarded £1.9m grant from Scottish Enterprise

Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control, today announced it has been awarded a £1.9m research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise.

Investing in research and innovation

Businesses will benefit from investment of £5 million into the national Interface programme, helping to match them to Scotland’s world-leading academic expertise.

Biotangents secures further investment in development of livestock diagnostic technology

Biotangents, based at Pentlands Science Park, is developing a device to detect infectious disease in livestock.

£6m boost to train doctors in cancer research

A multimillion pound boost to transform training for doctors undertaking cancer research seeks to retain women scientists in the field.

GALVmed to manage multimillion-dollar AgResults Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Challenge Project

The competition aims to encourage the development and uptake of an improved vaccine for East Africa.

Converge announce University-led innovation finalists

The finalists for Converge 2019 illustrates how Scotland’s Universities are competing on the global stage with ground breaking innovations.

Life science enterprises in Scotland raise the commercial ambition

Life Sciences Scotland industry survey shares insights on the extent of the commercial ambition amongst the sector’s small and medium sized enterprises.

Scots scientists explore options on organic oilseed

Scientists have teamed up with farmers and industry to explore the possibility of growing organic oilseed rape (Canola) in Scotland for the first time.

Research to probe how Covid-19 affects people

Dr Kenneth Baillie, is leading a major new research project that seeks to increase our understanding of COVIDー19 and its impact on the body, with £4.9m from the UK Government’s rapid response call.

New centre boosts Scottish biomedical sector

A new research centre to develop and manufacture medical devices in Scotland has been launched.

Investing in Scotland’s entrepreneurs and innovators

A comprehensive package of support for innovative early stage businesses whose routes to investment and growth have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) has been announced.

Project gets funding to develop digital dairy

New funding for an SRUC led project will help create a more efficient and resilient dairy industry.

University of Edinburgh joins quantum leap in computing

A team of Edinburgh scientists are part of a national consortium that will build and operate Britain’s first commercial quantum computer.

Research consortium receives funding for Smart Sheep project

The UK research consortium, led by the Moredun Research Institute, brings together leading academic institutes, industrial partners and sheep health experts.

For flocks sake – let’s stop scab together

A group of experts led by researchers at Moredun Research Institute receive funding from DEFRA for an initiative to demonstrate effectiveness of community-led approaches aimed at controlling sheep scab - a disease which costs the sector £70-£200m per year...

Scottish Enterprise partnership to support female business founders achieve global growth

AccelerateHER and Scottish Enterprise are partnering to increase support for female-led companies to maximise their global growth potential.

Kickstarting in Midlothian Science Zone

The Kickstart Scheme results in success for Cambrex Edinburgh and provides an opportunity for one young person to climb the career ladder.

Study aims to produce lice-resistant salmon

£1.7m study aims to identify genetic mechanisms that could make Atlantic salmon resistant to a key parasite.

The Moredun Foundation Award Scheme relaunches for 2022

The Moredun Foundation Award recognises the value of education, collaboration, experience and travel in improving knowledge of farming and livestock industries. Deadline to apply is 30 June!

Crover leads the way in grain monitoring

A cutting-edge grain analysis project has won £366,000 in innovation funding under the Defra Farming Innovation Programme from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Scottish EDGE returns bigger and better to mark the 20th round of awards

Scottish EDGE Awards now open for submissions for what will be its 20th round of funding in the last eight years.

Donation from Blackface Sheep Breeders Association to support Moredun’s research

Moredun Research Institute have received a donation of £2000 from the Blackface Sheep Breeders Association in support of their research into finding solutions to combat diseases of sheep.

$3 million grant to tackle costly pig virus

Research funding will help to understand how one of the world's most costly animal diseases spreads.

Hannah Dairy Research Foundation awards three new research grants

The latest round of funding from the Hannah Dairy Research Foundation includes projects with two Midlothian Science Zone partners.

Converge shatters ‘entrepreneur’ myth as it launches challenges for 2023

Converge is Scotland’s premier company creation programme for staff, students and recent graduates of all Scottish Universities and Research Institutes.

BBSRC and Defra invest in zoonotic livestock disease research

BBSRC and Defra announce joint investment into 10 innovative projects, including projects led by Moredun and the Roslin Institute, focused on international animal health research.

Seizing the benefits of start-ups

The Scottish Government pledges £17.5 million in startup-focused funding to unleash entrepreneurial talent.

£3.3m award supports research into tackling bird flu

A team of scientists, involving the Roslin Institute, has been awarded £3.3 million to further investigate the study of bird flu, including understanding immunity in wild birds.

Partnering across continents to improve livelihoods

Research by SRUC Professors Raphael Mrode and Mike Coffey has helped farmers in both Scotland and East Africa.

Moredun Research Institute awarded £1.2M grant to tackle resistance to sheep scab treatments

Moredun Research Institute, in collaboration with partners, has been awarded £1.2 million grant to explore the resistance mechanism to ML injectables in the sheep scab mite.

Gates Foundation announce new $40 million investment in GALVmed to boost British livestock research for world’s poorest people

The Gates Foundation announce an additional $40 million over five years for the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed), a public-private partnership which develops livestock vaccines, medicines and diagnostics.

Ministers’ visit puts seal on City Region Deal

UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon have visited the University of Edinburgh to formally agree the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

All 18 Scottish Universities pledge financial support to Converge

The 2019 Converge programme is now open for applications and the Converge search is on for new academic entrepreneurs.

Synpromics deal significantly exceeds returns for investors including Calculus and Scottish Investment Bank

Synpromics has been bought by AskBio, the American pioneer in gene therapeutics with support from Calculus Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank.

£1 million project to tackle antimicrobial resistance in poultry

A new treatment to control the spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in poultry is to be developed by researchers in the UK and China.

Cow gut study could help tackle disease

The ways in which bacteria cause a deadly gut infection in cows in the UK and worldwide will be the focus of a new £1 million study

£5m precision technology project to focus on sheep welfare management

Techcare, a project led by SRUC, involves nine countries and aims to revolutionise the use of precision technology in sheep and goat farming.

Biotangents secure funding to develop next generation mastitis testing

Biotangents have been awarded seed funding from CIEL to work with researchers at the Roslin Institute to develop a proprietary mastitis test.

Beta Bugs launch new insect breeding facility and create jobs

Agri-food biotechnology company, Beta Bugs, based on Easter Bush Campus, launches a new insect breeding facility and creates five new jobs.

Get Sm@RT with small ruminant farming

A multinational team of researchers have been awarded €2m from Horizon 2020 to improve uptake of new digital technologies, increasing the efficiency and sustainability of small ruminant farming systems in Europe and beyond.

Student award aids efforts to safeguard hedgehogs

Student Experience Grant enables further measures to encourage and protect wildlife at Easter Bush site.

Investment in agri production technology innovator

Dyneval secure over £1.8m funding to establish a new quality control standard for semen analysis that will benefit users across the livestock production chain.

Scientists gather to solve a 100 year mystery

A unique event hosted by the world-renowned Moredun Research Institute in Midlothian Science Zone has created a blueprint for future research to solve a 100 year mystery afflicting horses across the world.

Biotangents secures £2.2m additional funding and strengthens management team

Midlothian-based Biotangents has secured £2.2m of new funding and strengthened the management team and Board to further support the next phase of development and roll-out of its ‘on farm’ rapid disease technology.

Bringing home the bacon with lab-grown meat breakthroughs

Roslin Technologies and the University of Edinburgh have developed a new approach to cell generation that eliminates variations between how different batches of cells grow.

Rhizocore Technologies receives £3.5 million backing to revolutionise the future of reforestation

A start-up company in Midlothian Science Zone, producing special fungi to ensure trees survive and thrive, is poised to transform the future of reforestation after attracting multi-million funding.

Flower power at heart of methane reduction research

SRUC scientists’ research into reducing cattle methane emissions using a chemical from daffodils is part of a project awarded £2.8 million by the Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Seagrass planting robot to reinstate vanishing ocean meadows and tackle climate change

Converge, Scotland’s springboard for university founders, is now open for applications to join the 2024 programme to help turn innovative business ideas into a commercial reality.

2019 AccelerateHER Awards finalists announced

Eight aspirational female-led Scottish companies have been shortlisted as finalists for this year’s AccelerateHER Awards.

Green Bioactives completes £2.6m seed financing

Green Bioactives completes £2.6m seed financing to advance its sustainable plant products biomanufacturing platform.

£35.5m investment supports next phase of Roslin research

The Roslin Institute is benefiting from a share of £376m to support its research into pioneering animal bioscience.

Sustainable marine-based poultry feed alternative receives innovation funding

A consortium, led by sustainable aquaculture innovators Aquanzo Ltd, has received Innovate UK funding to investigate farming marine proteins for poultry feed.