uFraction8 Secures £3.4M to Optimise Cell and Biomass Production
uFraction8, a Scottish biotech engineering company with a fully owned subsidiary in Poland, has secured £3.4 million in an investment round led by Foresight Group. The round also includes funding from the University of Edinburgh’s in-house venture investment fund Old College Capital, along with Scottish Enterprise, Alwyn Capital, Thia Ventures, and a grant from the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. uFraction8 has developed microfiltration technology designed to optimise cell and …
Polish Government Backs LabFarm With €2M Grant for Cultivated Chicken
Poland’s first cultivated meat startup, LabFarm, has received over PLN 9 million (around €2 million) from the National Centre for Research and Development (NCRD), the executive agency of the Polish Ministry of Education and Science co-financing R&D projects at the intersection of science and business. Founded in 2022 by molecular biologist Stanisław Łoboziak (CTO) and entrepreneur Wiesław Macherzyński (COO) in Warsaw’s Wilanów district, LabFarm focuses on cultivated chicken. The company is privately …