Scottish Enterprise

St Andrews-based Pneumagen, a clinical-stage biotech company, has raised £3.8 million to advance clinical development and manufacturing of its lead product Neumifil. The financing round was co-led by existing investors, Thairm Bio and Scottish Enterprise.

Fife-based retinal imaging company epipole is set to grow its presence within the global ophthalmic imaging market after raising £1.3 million in new investment. The company’s handheld epiCam enables clinicians to record epiStreams - scans of the retina using real-time video - from which

Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, has announced that it is in advanced discussions with Scottish Enterprise for a £20 million grant which will enable it to fully complete its strategic manufacturing site in Livingston. Following the termination of the supply agreement with the UK Govern

Edinburgh-based compression pioneer Vert Technologies (Vert) has received £1.9 million investment to expand the presence of its Conical Rotary Compressor (CRC) technology in the Refrigeration and Heat Pump sectors. Vert recently completed a £775,000 investment funding round, through the

Bigtincan, a provider of sales enablement automation solutions has unveiled plans to make Scotland one of its principal international locations following support from Scottish Enterprise. Bigtincan will expand its software development centre in Glasgow and accelerate a series of R&D projects to

More than 40 companies based in Scotland will benefit from over £10 million of Scottish Enterprise green jobs funding. The economic development agency today announced that £10.7m has been approved for 43 projects involving a total capital investment of £61.6m.

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) could make a significant contribution to the Scottish economy, according to a new report published by Scottish Enterprise. Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government jointly commissioned Element Energy to lead the CCUS economics impacts study - del

Rearo, an independent family business headquartered in Govan, has celebrated its 30th anniversary with a £500,000 investment. The £500,000 investment will help the company transform production processes and working practices, develop new products, and embed a commitment to customer servi

Growing sugar beet in Scotland and processing the crop at a purpose-built biorefinery facility initially producing bioethanol could support thousands of jobs and make a significant contribution to the country’s net-zero ambitions, according to a study funded by Scottish Enterprise and produced

Edinburgh-based laser firm Chromacity has signed an agreement with MSH Systems, to supply and distribute its ultrashort pulse lasers in Japan. Based in Tokyo, MSH Systems provides a wide range of optical components, lasers and spectroscopy equipment for industrial applications and academic institute

Scottish Enterprise has commissioned an ambitious international collaboration project called ‘Scot2Ger’ led by industry and supported by the public sector to explore future export opportunities for Scotland’s green hydrogen. The project, led by ScottishPower, Wood, KPMG Germany and

Low-carbon collaboration between Scotland and Japan is to be strengthened further after Scottish Enterprise signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Marubeni Corporation. The MoU between Scotland’s national economic development agency and the Japanese conglomerate will see both part

A ground-breaking feed additive that results in a 30% or more reduction in methane produced by cattle will be globally manufactured in Scotland. As the second week of COP26 gets underway in Glasgow, science-based company Royal DSM unveiled plans for a large-scale production facility at its site in D

Lanarkshire-based Advanced Clothing Solutions (ACS) has received £950,000 Scottish Enterprise grant funding to make its innovative garment rental and re-sale business even more sustainable, create 147 new permanent jobs and accelerate its path to becoming a net zero company.

Income generated by Scottish Enterprise’s equity and debt investments exceeded £50 million during the last financial year, new figures show. Seven trade exits contributed to income totalling £56m in FY2020/21, as did a partial realisation of the economic development agency’s