BBNet has announced that the BBNet Scale-up Funding Call ‘Opening the road to commercialisation: scale up feasibility studies’ is now open.

A unique website that brings together all public sector support available to businesses in Scotland in one place has reached a significant milestone.

A total of 42 businesses with high growth potential from across Scotland benefitted to the tune of over £1.6million, after being rewarded in the twentieth round of the Scottish EDGE Awards.

Scotland’s top academic innovators were celebrated recently at the Converge Awards ceremony in Edinburgh, with life sciences innovations dominating alongside start-ups in various technology, product design and net zero-related fields.

Fishing businesses and marine organisations in Scotland’s coastal communities will benefit from Marine Fund Scotland’s latest round of funding.

In a global first, marine growth found on the legs, known as jackets, of decommissioned oil and gas platforms could form the basis of new novel livestock and aquaculture feeds, as researchers look at ways to reuse the material, which can include seaweed, mussels and corals.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Innovate UK invest £7.5m to support National Biofilms Innovation Centre Phase 2 roll out.

A group of Scottish-based female company founders will be heading west to California later this month to attend a five-day, market-building trade mission.

AccelerateHER Awards 2023 target ‘force for good’ female founders

Report defining and estimating green jobs is published

The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has launched a new call for funded feasibility studies, with an increased grant limit reflecting the rising costs of crucial early-stage research and development activities across the bioeconomy.

Roslin Tech, an Edinburgh-based food & ag tech company, is pleased to announce the closing of its series A capital raise led by Novo Holdings, a leading international life sciences investor. This £11 million funding round will fuel the company’s next wave of growth in its mission to become the leading provider of animal cell lines to the emerging cultivated meat sector.

15 of Scotland’s top academic entrepreneurs are named as winners or runners-up at awards ceremony in Edinburgh for their ground-breaking innovations including life sciences, tech, and net zero

Researchers in Scotland have taken a big step forward in demonstrating the cost-effective scale-up of pig cell lines for cultivated – or lab-grown – meat production, addressing key challenges for the industry in the UK.

On 16 September 2022, foodtech company ENOUGH celebrated the completion of its Flagship plant with a ribbon-cutting event. The plant is one of the world’s largest protein facilities and aims to add game-changing capacity to the protein market.

Innovative veterinary diagnostics company MI:RNA has welcomed a new report from the National Farmers Union, saying their pioneering diagnostic test can play an invaluable role in helping the industry reach its ambitious net zero goal.

The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has appointed a new senior business engagement manager to accelerate the growth of Scotland’s bioeconomy and achieve ambitious targets set out in the National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology.

Early-stage companies bringing new products and services into Scotland’s bioeconomy are to be offered free support through Biotech Innovators – a new accelerator programme that will provide SMEs, spinouts and start-ups with access to commercial and technical expertise.

The eighth Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards has opened for entries today (5 October 2022) to celebrate exceptional business-academic partnerships.

Biotechnology company Ingenza is delighted to announce that its recent partnership with Johnson Matthey has been selected to receive vital funding of £441,632.88 from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as part of the £1 billion fund from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which aims to slash emissions and energy costs.