Scottish National Investment Bank

Aberdeen-based green-tech start-up Trojan Energy has secured a £4.1 million round of seed funding to support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle (EV) charging points.

UniKLasers Limited, a manufacturer of high precision scientific laser instrumentation used in an array of industrial applications, has closed a £750,000 financing round led by Par Equity with support from The Scottish Investment Bank.  The investment in UniKLasers is the second that

Vert Technologies, the Edinburgh-based leading-edge compressor manufacturer, has secured £729,000 in new funding from a clutch of existing investors, including Par Equity, Equity Gap, Aero Den and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise. Award-winning innov

Eilidh Mactaggart has been appointed the first CEO of the Scottish National Investment Bank. With over 20 years of global experience in banking and investment management, she will lead the Bank’s mission-based approach to investing in Scotland’s economy.

Amphista Therapeutics, a University of Dundee spin-out, has announced a multi-million-pound deal to develop first-in-class cancer therapeutics that harness the body’s natural processes to selectively and efficiently degrade and remove disease-causing proteins. The spin-out has announced the cl

Livingston-based Optoscribe Ltd, a supplier of 3D glass-based integrated photonic components, has closed its latest investment round led by Archangel.

Aberdeen-based technology business Dynamic Edge has become a £5 million turnover firm and extended its geographical reach following the acquisition of an IT company in the south of England. Dynamic Edge has acquired Hampshire-based information technology firm Tekkers IT Solutions. Th

Oban-based whisky distillery Nc'nean has secured over £1.7 million from investors to accelerate growth in the highland distillery.

Aberdeen-based gas flow management company GM Flow has secured a six-figure investment package from the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, Alba Equity and Eos Advisory. The investment, which has been secured from SIB, Aberdeen-based Alba Equity and St And

Pheno Therapeutics, a new drug-discovery spin-out from the University of Edinburgh, has been launched with the backing of Series A funding totalling £5 million from Advent Life Sciences, the Scottish Investment Bank and LifeArc. With the £5m funding spanning over its first three years, P

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has secured a six-figure investment for Aqualife Services Limited. The funding will be used to help facilitate the company's growth.

Legislation to establish a Scottish National Investment Bank has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The new institution will direct investments that deliver economic, environmental and social returns, and help Scotland’s journey towards net-zero carbon emissions. It will aim t

Friends of the Earth (FoE) Scotland has called for the Scottish National Investment Bank to be set up with minimum ethical standards to prevent its investment in “damaging” projects. The organisation has made the call as MSPs prepare to vote on legislation which will grant the necessary

Edinburgh-based Ingenious Audio has secured a six-figure funding package from Kelvin Capital, The Scottish Investment Bank and e2c to commercialise its patented Wi-Fi Audio technology known as “Fi-Live”.

The Scottish Government’s Building Scotland Fund (BSF) has topped £100 million of financial support for housing, regeneration and industrial and commercial developments throughout the country. (from left) Tim Griffin, Michael Laird Associates; Cameron Cook, Amber Infrastructure; Derek Ma