University Of Edinburgh

A fund launched by the University of Edinburgh to address the urgent challenges created by the coronavirus virus has raised more than £1 million.

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

Legal & General has partnered with the University of Edinburgh to establish the £20 million Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC). The partnership with Legal & General marks the University’s largest industry investment, as part of the £661m Data-Driven Innovation initiative

Edinburgh-based biotech start-up MiAlgae has secured an investment of £1 million from Hillhouse Capital, Equity Gap, Scottish Investment Bank and Old College Capital. Hillhouse Group is the newest organisation to join the group of investors.

Techstart Ventures has led a £500,000 funding round of investment into Carbogenics, a University of Edinburgh spin-out that turns difficult-to-recycle paper waste into a carbon product that boosts green energy production. Techstart Ventures is joined in the seed investment round by Old College

Invizius, the University of Edinburgh spin-out whose technology could help reduce the high death rates amongst dialysis patients, has raised £2.75 million from a consortium of investors. The funding round was led by Mercia and included Downing Ventures, the University’s Old College Capit

Professor Shannon Vallor will join the University of Edinburgh as the first Baillie Gifford chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI).

Sopra Steria, one of the world’s largest tech consultancies has launched its new scheme to bring fintech organisations into the forefront of innovation in financial services. Launched in partnership with FinTech Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, the new programme, named Chemistry, prov