Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's primary economic development agency, functioning as a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. Established in 1991 and based in Glasgow, it aims to enhance Scotland's economic landscape by fostering an innovative and productive economy with a strong international presence. The agency collaborates with both public and private sectors to identify and leverage opportunities for sustainable economic growth. It supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by connecting them with appropriate funding sources, facilitating access to finance, and assisting in management and growth strategies. Scottish Enterprise specifically targets sectors such as food and drink, creative industries, financial services, renewable energy, healthcare, and biotechnology. Additionally, it partners with various investors, including business angels and venture capitalists, to strengthen the funding landscape for Scottish businesses, ultimately contributing to the broader objectives outlined in its business plan.

Reuben Aitken

Managing Director, International Operations

Rhona Allison

Managing Director, Business Growth

Mark Hallan

Global Director, Strategic Relationships

Jane Martin

Managing Director Of Business Services

Jim McFarlane

Managing Director of Operations

Charlie Smith

Managing Director of Scottish Development International and Group Head of Strategy and Technology

Past deals in Life Science

Solasta Bio

Grant in 2023
Solasta Bio specializes in the development of environmentally friendly agricultural products focused on crop protection. The company offers a range of biological pesticides and neuropeptide-based insect control solutions designed to address the challenges posed by pests, including those resistant to traditional synthetic chemicals. By providing effective natural alternatives, Solasta Bio aims to assist farmers in managing pest populations while enhancing crop production sustainably and safely. Its innovative approach aligns with the growing global demand for effective and eco-conscious agricultural practices.

Solasta Bio

Seed Round in 2023
Solasta Bio specializes in the development of environmentally friendly agricultural products focused on crop protection. The company offers a range of biological pesticides and neuropeptide-based insect control solutions designed to address the challenges posed by pests, including those resistant to traditional synthetic chemicals. By providing effective natural alternatives, Solasta Bio aims to assist farmers in managing pest populations while enhancing crop production sustainably and safely. Its innovative approach aligns with the growing global demand for effective and eco-conscious agricultural practices.

Biotangents

Venture Round in 2022
Biotangents was founded upon their Leapfrog Assembly™ platform technology for building complex genetic constructs from multiple DNA parts. This was developed through a SMART: Scotland award from Scottish Enterprise and was exe0mplified through the generation of their terpenoid biosynthesis strains. During that successful first year they also developed their DNA randomisation technology, Short Sequence Randomisation™. In 2016, having formulated a concept for a modular cell-free nucleic acid detection technology, Moduleic Sensing™, and with support from SynbiCITE, they commenced development of their first diagnostic test, a highly specific and sensitive solution for pen-side diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock.

Elasmogen

Venture Round in 2022
Elasmogen is developing soloMERs: fully humanized, next generation, single chain therapeutics for auto-inflammatory diseases, ophthalmology, oncology and intracellular delivery. soloMERs are proprietary humanized clinical candidates derived from VNARS (variable new-antigen receptors) which exist naturally in sharks as high affinity binding domains. With a different ancestral origin from antibodies this example of 400 million year old convergent evolution places VNARs outside of the complex patent landscape that describes and protects antibody drug discovery and has produced the smallest (9% of the size of an antibody) and most robust naturally occurring binding domain. Elasmogen is unique in its capacity to isolate and develop soloMERs, with a multi-layered IP position covering the platform, products and process including an exclusive license to over 20 patents granted in the US, Europe and other territories together with the entire know-how and VNAR pipeline/product output from the Scottish Biologics Facility, University of Aberdeen.

ŌGI Bio

Seed Round in 2022
ŌGI Bio is a start-up company emerging from The University of Edinburgh, focused on transforming microbial cultivation and management. The company has developed a modular culturing system that aims to replicate traditional manual flask culturing methods. This innovative system consists of a base unit, which can be customized with retrofittable modules that allow users to add or remove features according to their specific measurement and control needs during the culturing process. By offering this flexible approach, ŌGI Bio seeks to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of microbial research and applications.

Axol Bioscience

Venture Round in 2022
Axol specialize in human cell culture. Axol Bioscience sells live human cell cultures and provides services such as genome editing to researchers. These are iPSC-derived cells and the media and reagents required to successfully culture these cells. The company also do iPSC reprogramming and differentiation to various cell types as a service for customers that wish to use their own patient-derived samples. Axol is headquartered and maintains production on the Chesterford Research Park, a location renowned for inspiring innovation and success, located in Cambridge, UK.

Valneva

Grant in 2022
Valneva is a pharmaceutical company developing prophylactic vaccines to treat infectious diseases. The company focused on developing and commercializing prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Valneva has leveraged its expertise and capabilities both to commercialize two vaccines successfully and to rapidly advance a broad range of vaccine candidates into and through the clinic, including candidates against Lyme disease, the chikungunya virus, and COVID-19.

Solasta Bio

Seed Round in 2021
Solasta Bio specializes in the development of environmentally friendly agricultural products focused on crop protection. The company offers a range of biological pesticides and neuropeptide-based insect control solutions designed to address the challenges posed by pests, including those resistant to traditional synthetic chemicals. By providing effective natural alternatives, Solasta Bio aims to assist farmers in managing pest populations while enhancing crop production sustainably and safely. Its innovative approach aligns with the growing global demand for effective and eco-conscious agricultural practices.

Solasta Bio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Solasta Bio specializes in the development of environmentally friendly agricultural products focused on crop protection. The company offers a range of biological pesticides and neuropeptide-based insect control solutions designed to address the challenges posed by pests, including those resistant to traditional synthetic chemicals. By providing effective natural alternatives, Solasta Bio aims to assist farmers in managing pest populations while enhancing crop production sustainably and safely. Its innovative approach aligns with the growing global demand for effective and eco-conscious agricultural practices.
Asklepios BioPharmaceutical is a biotechnology company developing adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies for genetic disorders and other rare diseases. It offers proprietary AAV technology, manufacturing capabilities, and a robust pipeline of in-house clinical programs for clients in the medical biopharmaceutical industry. Its pipeline includes clinical-stage programs in Pompe disease and congestive heart failure and a diverse preclinical portfolio of therapeutics targeting neuromuscular, CNS, and other diseases, as well as out-licensed clinical indications for hemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The company’s gene therapy platform includes Pro10, an industry-leading proprietary cell line manufacturing process, and an extensive AAV capsid, and promoter library. Asklepios BioPharmaceutical was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Censo

Venture Round in 2020
Censo Bio is a specialist CRO with exceptional skill in complex cell biology, specializing in human neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and inflammatory disease models.

Censo

Venture Round in 2020
Censo Bio is a specialist CRO with exceptional skill in complex cell biology, specializing in human neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and inflammatory disease models.

Wobble Genomics

Grant in 2020
Wobble Genomics specializes in maximizing RNA and DNA sequencing efficiency for the discovery and detection of nucleic acid biomarkers.

Censo

Venture Round in 2019
Censo Bio is a specialist CRO with exceptional skill in complex cell biology, specializing in human neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and inflammatory disease models.

Biotangents

Series A in 2019
Biotangents was founded upon their Leapfrog Assembly™ platform technology for building complex genetic constructs from multiple DNA parts. This was developed through a SMART: Scotland award from Scottish Enterprise and was exe0mplified through the generation of their terpenoid biosynthesis strains. During that successful first year they also developed their DNA randomisation technology, Short Sequence Randomisation™. In 2016, having formulated a concept for a modular cell-free nucleic acid detection technology, Moduleic Sensing™, and with support from SynbiCITE, they commenced development of their first diagnostic test, a highly specific and sensitive solution for pen-side diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock.

Synpromics

Grant in 2018
Synpromics develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Biotangents

Seed Round in 2018
Biotangents was founded upon their Leapfrog Assembly™ platform technology for building complex genetic constructs from multiple DNA parts. This was developed through a SMART: Scotland award from Scottish Enterprise and was exe0mplified through the generation of their terpenoid biosynthesis strains. During that successful first year they also developed their DNA randomisation technology, Short Sequence Randomisation™. In 2016, having formulated a concept for a modular cell-free nucleic acid detection technology, Moduleic Sensing™, and with support from SynbiCITE, they commenced development of their first diagnostic test, a highly specific and sensitive solution for pen-side diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock.

TC BioPharm

Venture Round in 2018
TC BioPharm develops safer, cheaper, consistent, and durable CAR-T drugs for hematological and solid tumors. TC BioPharm’s mission is to develop and commercialize innovative cell-based products to treat disease, improving patient health and quality of life. TC BioPharm is a clinical development company with a cell-based product pipeline capable of treating a variety of disorders, including cancer and severe viral infections. TCB is currently conducting Phase II/III clinical studies of its lead product, ImmuniCell, in renal cell cancinoma, non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma patients.

Lamellar Biomedical

Series C in 2017
Lamellar Biomedical Ltd. is a biotechnology company based in Bellshill, United Kingdom, focused on developing and commercializing medical devices and pharmaceuticals that leverage mimetics of extra-alveolar lamellar bodies. The company offers Lamellasomes, a synthetic product designed to replicate the functions of lamellar bodies, primarily targeting respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis, as well as conditions like dry eye disease and radiotherapy-induced xerostomia. Established in June 2007, Lamellar Biomedical acquired the intellectual property rights to this innovative technology, which aims to improve treatment outcomes through anti-infective properties that enhance antibiotic efficacy and facilitate the delivery of genetic material for pulmonary disease therapies. The company's efforts are directed towards providing transformative solutions for complex and rare respiratory conditions.

Synpromics

Venture Round in 2017
Synpromics develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Elasmogen

Seed Round in 2017
Elasmogen is developing soloMERs: fully humanized, next generation, single chain therapeutics for auto-inflammatory diseases, ophthalmology, oncology and intracellular delivery. soloMERs are proprietary humanized clinical candidates derived from VNARS (variable new-antigen receptors) which exist naturally in sharks as high affinity binding domains. With a different ancestral origin from antibodies this example of 400 million year old convergent evolution places VNARs outside of the complex patent landscape that describes and protects antibody drug discovery and has produced the smallest (9% of the size of an antibody) and most robust naturally occurring binding domain. Elasmogen is unique in its capacity to isolate and develop soloMERs, with a multi-layered IP position covering the platform, products and process including an exclusive license to over 20 patents granted in the US, Europe and other territories together with the entire know-how and VNAR pipeline/product output from the Scottish Biologics Facility, University of Aberdeen.

Elasmogen

Grant in 2017
Elasmogen is developing soloMERs: fully humanized, next generation, single chain therapeutics for auto-inflammatory diseases, ophthalmology, oncology and intracellular delivery. soloMERs are proprietary humanized clinical candidates derived from VNARS (variable new-antigen receptors) which exist naturally in sharks as high affinity binding domains. With a different ancestral origin from antibodies this example of 400 million year old convergent evolution places VNARs outside of the complex patent landscape that describes and protects antibody drug discovery and has produced the smallest (9% of the size of an antibody) and most robust naturally occurring binding domain. Elasmogen is unique in its capacity to isolate and develop soloMERs, with a multi-layered IP position covering the platform, products and process including an exclusive license to over 20 patents granted in the US, Europe and other territories together with the entire know-how and VNAR pipeline/product output from the Scottish Biologics Facility, University of Aberdeen.

TC BioPharm

Series A in 2017
TC BioPharm develops safer, cheaper, consistent, and durable CAR-T drugs for hematological and solid tumors. TC BioPharm’s mission is to develop and commercialize innovative cell-based products to treat disease, improving patient health and quality of life. TC BioPharm is a clinical development company with a cell-based product pipeline capable of treating a variety of disorders, including cancer and severe viral infections. TCB is currently conducting Phase II/III clinical studies of its lead product, ImmuniCell, in renal cell cancinoma, non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma patients.

Clyde Biosciences

Series A in 2015
Clyde Biosciences is a provider of cardiac cell analysis solutions.

Synpromics

Venture Round in 2014
Synpromics develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Elasmogen

Grant in 2014
Elasmogen is developing soloMERs: fully humanized, next generation, single chain therapeutics for auto-inflammatory diseases, ophthalmology, oncology and intracellular delivery. soloMERs are proprietary humanized clinical candidates derived from VNARS (variable new-antigen receptors) which exist naturally in sharks as high affinity binding domains. With a different ancestral origin from antibodies this example of 400 million year old convergent evolution places VNARs outside of the complex patent landscape that describes and protects antibody drug discovery and has produced the smallest (9% of the size of an antibody) and most robust naturally occurring binding domain. Elasmogen is unique in its capacity to isolate and develop soloMERs, with a multi-layered IP position covering the platform, products and process including an exclusive license to over 20 patents granted in the US, Europe and other territories together with the entire know-how and VNAR pipeline/product output from the Scottish Biologics Facility, University of Aberdeen.

Lamellar Biomedical

Series A in 2013
Lamellar Biomedical Ltd. is a biotechnology company based in Bellshill, United Kingdom, focused on developing and commercializing medical devices and pharmaceuticals that leverage mimetics of extra-alveolar lamellar bodies. The company offers Lamellasomes, a synthetic product designed to replicate the functions of lamellar bodies, primarily targeting respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis, as well as conditions like dry eye disease and radiotherapy-induced xerostomia. Established in June 2007, Lamellar Biomedical acquired the intellectual property rights to this innovative technology, which aims to improve treatment outcomes through anti-infective properties that enhance antibiotic efficacy and facilitate the delivery of genetic material for pulmonary disease therapies. The company's efforts are directed towards providing transformative solutions for complex and rare respiratory conditions.

Lab901

Venture Round in 2009
Lab901 Limited engages in the development and production of automated gel electrophories in the United Kingdom. It offers ScreenTape P200 variant, which allows scientists in expressing and purifying recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies to carry out SDS-PAGE and analysis; ScreenTape R6K that is developed for reproducible RNA characterisation and quality control; and ScreenTape D800, which separates DNA fragments.

BigDNA

Venture Round in 2008
Big DNA Ltd was set up in 2007 by Dr John March, as a spin out company from the Moredun Research Institute at Edinburgh University, to further develop and commercialise new vaccination technologies. Based at Roslin BioCentre, the company currently employs 7 people.

Lab901

Venture Round in 2008
Lab901 Limited engages in the development and production of automated gel electrophories in the United Kingdom. It offers ScreenTape P200 variant, which allows scientists in expressing and purifying recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies to carry out SDS-PAGE and analysis; ScreenTape R6K that is developed for reproducible RNA characterisation and quality control; and ScreenTape D800, which separates DNA fragments.

BigDNA

Venture Round in 2007
Big DNA Ltd was set up in 2007 by Dr John March, as a spin out company from the Moredun Research Institute at Edinburgh University, to further develop and commercialise new vaccination technologies. Based at Roslin BioCentre, the company currently employs 7 people.

DC Biosciences Ltd

Seed Round in 2007
DC biosciences provides pharmaceutical and biotech companies with novel technologies and proteomics services to support the development of safer drugs faster. We are best placed to apply our knowledge and experience in a wide range of bioscience disciplines including quantitative proteomics, chemical biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics and cell biology to provide solutions in key areas of drug discovery and development.

Lab901

Venture Round in 2005
Lab901 Limited engages in the development and production of automated gel electrophories in the United Kingdom. It offers ScreenTape P200 variant, which allows scientists in expressing and purifying recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies to carry out SDS-PAGE and analysis; ScreenTape R6K that is developed for reproducible RNA characterisation and quality control; and ScreenTape D800, which separates DNA fragments.
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