Scottish Enterprise Backs Green Bioactives with £1.1 Million Grant for Plant-Derived Product R&D
Green Bioactives, a Scottish biotechnology company specializing in sustainable plant-based natural products, has secured a grant of up to £1.1 million from Scottish Enterprise. This funding will support an 18-month research and development project focused on scaling up the production of plant-derived bioactive ingredients using the company’s proprietary Plant Cell Culture Technology platform. The project will help enhance the company’s ability to meet growing demand for eco-friendly and ethically sourced …
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 …
Roslin Tech Raises £11M, Aims to Be Leading Animal Cell Line Provider for Cultivated Meat
Scotland’s Roslin Technologies has raised £11 million in a Series A funding round, fuelling its mission to become the leading provider of animal cell lines for use in cultivated meat. The round was led by life sciences investor Novo Holdings. Roslin is notable for being the only commercial supplier of pluripotent stem cells, which can self-renew infinitely and grow into numerous types of animal tissue. The company already supplies customers …
Scotland’s Roslin Technologies Reveals Breakthrough Tech, Plans Cultivated Haggis
Roslin Technologies has made a breakthrough in scaling up the production of cultivated pork. Roslin’s CEO has also announced a personal ambition to develop cultivated haggis by Burns Night next year. In collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Roslin has found a new method that removes variations between batches when generating cells. The method, which could be used on an industrial scale, should reduce …
Dolly the Sheep Scientists Backed by UK Government to Develop Cultivated Meat Future
Scottish biotech firm Roslin Technologies has received a £1 million grant from the UK government to develop its cultivated meat facilities. Connected to Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute – home of Dolly the world-famous cloned sheep – the startup’s funding comes amid discussions on conventional animal agriculture at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. “We are engaging with cultivated meat producers globally to drive adoption” In order to produce cultivated meat and improve …
Dolly the Sheep’s Lasting Legacy as UK Cell-Cultured Meat Leader Roslin Technologies Appoints New CEO
Scottish biotech firm Roslin Technologies is set to become a major player in UK cell-cultured meat with the appointment of Ernst van Orsouw as its new chief executive. Working closely with the Roslin Institute – home of Dolly the world-famous cloned sheep – Roslin Technologies will begin a commercialization drive for its animal stem cell platform for cell-cultured meat production. “Roslin Technologies is the jewel in the crown of Scottish …