Accelerating Innovation - What We Do
Building Scotland’s Biotech Ecosystem
We create opportunities for knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer between industry and academia, foster new biotech partnerships and build consortia, de-risk early-stage collaborations, provide support for fundraising and build major programmes that strengthen Scotland's bioeconomy cluster.
Early-stage companies, academic spinouts and entrepreneurs developing biotech innovations face distinct challenges such as securing funding, building strategic partnerships, scaling processes, and navigating regulation.
IBioIC supports Scotland’s universities, colleges, and research institutes, spin-outs, start-ups, and SMEs to overcome these challenges and scale biotechnology-driven innovations. We do this through partnership development between universities, colleges, research institutes, and industry, collaboration building, project funding, and strategic programmes.
From cutting-edge research to real-world impact, we connect you with the expertise, investment, and networks to succeed in Scotland's bioeconomy.
Meet Our Impact Management Team
Our Impact Managers are embedded across Scotland's bioeconomy sectors and have deep expertise in academic research capabilities and the biotech industry landscape. They understand the specific challenges facing academic researchers exploring commercialisation, university spinout teams, startups, and SMEs working across industries like pharmaceuticals, materials, agriculture, food manufacturing and speciality chemicals. They work with you to understand your stage, sector and needs, then connect you with the right support.
Start a conversation with our Impact Management team about the support you need today: info@ibioic.com
Biotech Funding, Partnerships, and Entrepreneurial Support
Securing investment is one of the biggest barriers to scaling biotech innovations, whether you are a researcher with a commercial opportunity, a spinout company, or an established business.
We support academic researchers and entrepreneurs by signposting to external funding opportunities across Scotland, the UK, Europe and beyond. We can help you find consortia partners, develop a compelling business case, and strengthen your investment applications.
IBioIC also provides direct funding for biotech startups, academic spinouts and early-stage SMEs.
What we offer:
Direct funding for biotech startups, spinouts and early-stage SMEs
Support for academic researchers exploring commercialisation pathways
Guidance on external funding opportunities and grant applications
Help identifying and recruiting consortia partners
Business case development and investment support
Sector-specific expertise
Take advantage of our funding opportunities to progress your R&D activities. Use our expanding network to find consortia partners. Work with the IBioIC team to build a compelling business case that attracts investment.
Biotech Programmes for Startups, Spin-outs, and SMEs in Scotland
Early-stage biotechnology companies face distinctive challenges from securing research funding and scaling processes to recruiting specialised talent and navigating regulations. Our accelerator programmes provide practical, hands-on support tailored to overcome these barriers.
Real-World Success: Spin-out support, entrepreneurial support, and collaborative R&D
See how academic researchers have commercialised innovations, university spinout teams have built successful companies, and biotech startups have scaled with IBioIC support. Our case studies showcase researchers and companies across multiple sectors that have secured funding, built partnerships, scaled manufacturing, and brought new products to market.
Resources and Insights for Strategic Planning
IBioIC works with other stakeholders to help identify, and unblock, the barriers to harnessing Scotland’s natural resources and building new supply chains.
Access to reliable data accelerates decision-making. We offer access to Scotland’s biomass volumes, insights into commercial opportunities arising from difference feedstocks, and data and insights on Scotland’s industrial biotechnology landscape.
Use these resources to evaluate feedstock availability, identify local supply chains, assess market opportunity, and build the case for investment. Whether you are sourcing raw materials, scoping project viability, or planning manufacturing location, we can support your strategic planning.
Membership and Networking in Scotland’s Bioeconomy
Join our community of academic researchers, spinout companies, biotech businesses and investors.
IBioIC membership provides access to networking events, sector updates, early notice of funding calls, and introductions to collaborators and funders. Members benefit from strategic connections and staying connected to Scotland’s growing biotech sector.