| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.06.2025 | The Pulse of Scotland's Tech Ecosystem: Movers, Shakers, and Innovations | Scotland's tech landscape is a vibrant tapestry, woven with innovation, leadership changes, and strategic partnerships. As we dive into the latest developments, we see a blend of ambition and creativity that fuels the nation's growth. This ... |
| 05.06.2025 | Movers and Shakers | May 2025 | Welcome to the May 2025 edition of DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers!
Each month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem.
Esteemed appointments, major partnerships, and important awards ... |
| 13.05.2025 | Edinburgh Innovations Appoints New Director of Venture Creation | Edinburgh Innovations has announced the appointment of Lizzie Withington in the newly created role of director of venture creation.
The role, within the University of Edinburgh’s commercialisation service, includes building new spin-out com... |
| 13.06.2024 | Edinburgh Uni Top Globally For Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure | The University of Edinburgh has been ranked as one of the top universities in the world for its contribution to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the latest Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
Assessing the soc... |
| 10.04.2024 | New Edinburgh Uni Medtech Spinout Launches With £10M in Backing | Lung cancer could be spotted and treated more quickly thanks to a €12 million (£10m~) investment in technology aiming to diagnose and treat disease in just minutes.
The investment has led to the launch of Prothea Technologies Ltd., a spinou... |
| 30.01.2024 | New Carcinotech funding to expand tumor 3D printing commercialization | Edinburgh-based tumor 3D printing specialists Carcinotech has successfully raised £4.2 million in an investment round led by Eos Advisory (Eos) and the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS).
This is the first equity deal from the £150 million ... |
| 29.01.2024 | Scots 3D Printed Tumour Specialist Raises £4.2M for US Expansion | Carcinotech has raised £4.2 million of funding as the company looks to build on its traction in the UK and Europe with US expansion planned later this year.
The company’s Carcino3D technology enables the manufacture of 3D printed micro-tumo... |
| 10.10.2023 | Edinburgh Startup Secures £150K for Its Brain Imaging Tech | Edinburgh based startup, FC Labs, has secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund, for its AI-powered platform and brain imaging technology that can help reduce the risk of workplace accidents and fatalities caused by human error... |
| 04.10.2023 | Edinburgh’s SquareBook, the Auction Tech Platform for Equity Capital Raises, Acquires £507K+ via Seedrs | SquareBook, the auction technology platform for equity capital raises, has acquired 101% (£507,320) of its £500,000 target from 153 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs with 2 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign.
Located ... |
| 02.06.2023 | Edinburgh Uni AI Accelerator Alum Lands £500k Angel Investment | The funding came from undisclosed angel investors and is Inicio.AI‘s second funding round, the last one for £500,000, bringing the total to £1 million. The company has said it is aiming to raise an additional £500,000 in the coming months.
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| 08.05.2023 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | April 2023 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup column, featuring some of the top investment, acquisition and expansion news stories from February, 2023.
Scotland’s digital technology sector saw a number of notable deals across the ... |
| 04.04.2023 | Scots Firm Lands £2.2M to Help Fund Rehabilitative Robotic Glove | The funding round was led by Archangels, the Edinburgh-based, long-running business angel syndicate, with additional participation from the University of Edinburgh’s Old College Capital, St. Andrews-based Eos Advisory, and Hanna Capital SEZ... |
| 22.02.2023 | University-supported Start-ups Invited to Showcase Innovations | Founders of University of Edinburgh-supported start-ups, including many that are seeking growth investment, will be given the opportunity to showcase their companies to an audience of investors, business support groups, and fellow entrepren... |
| 18.01.2023 | Bayer swoops Edinburgh university spinout Blackford Analysis | Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has agreed to acquire Blackford Analysis, a strategic imaging AI provider to radiology labs that's worked alongside Bayer previously.
The deal will not officially close until later this year. Blackford will retain... |
| 22.09.2022 | Investment in Edinburgh Uni Startups Triples | Student startups from the University of Edinburgh have secured over £30m in combined investment over the last year, nearly triple the amount compared to the previous year.
The news comes as the University’s commercialisation service, Edinbu... |
| 24.02.2022 | Edinburgh Robotics Startup Raises $4.8m in Funding | Edinburgh robotics startup Touchlab has announced the successful raising of $4.8 million in seed funding.
The Scottish firm, which develops an electronic skin (e-skin) for robots, had its investment round led by Octopus Ventures, one of the... |
| 29.11.2021 | University of Edinburgh Chooses 20 Fresh Startups for Incubator | The first twenty startups have been chosen to join a new academic entrepreneurship incubator from the University of Edinburgh.
The Venture Builder Incubator aims to turn research from postgraduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and ac... |
| 22.09.2021 | Cancer Research UK Forms New Partnership with Edinburgh Uni | Cancer Research UK (CRUK) will fund up to 10 participants in the university’s Data-Driven Entrepreneurship (DDE) Venture Builder Incubator.
This currently supports postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and academic staff in develo... |
| 02.09.2021 | Edinburgh Uni Spin-out Wobble Genomics Scoops £1.2m Investment | Wobble Genomics, a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, has raised £1.2 million following an investment round led by Eos Advisory.
Founded by CEO Richard Kuo in April 2021, the RNA sequencing specialist has develope... |
| 19.04.2021 | University of Edinburgh Incubator Reveals First Projects | The first 27 data-driven projects have been chosen to join the Data-Driven Entrepreneurship Venture Builder Incubator from the University of Edinburgh.
The three-month long programme will help take research from postgraduate students, post-... |
| 15.10.2020 | Inclusive Capitalism’s Commitment To University Research Paves Future Growth | This fourth piece in a 5-article series, adapted from a speech I gave at a BritishAmerican Business virtual conference last month, argues for investing in our universities and research centers. While returns may be beyond the immediate hori... |
| 15.09.2020 | SV Health Investors announces launch of biotech portfolio company, Cellinta and the Company’s appointment of Dr Soraya Bekkali as CEO | Boston, MA & London, UK (September 15, 2020) – SV, a leading transatlantic venture capital and growth equity firm, today announces the official launch of Cellinta Limited, a new private company focussed on targeting cancer stem cells wi... |
| 16.07.2020 | Research England backs two initiatives to boost economic value realised from university research | Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support two programmes working to dramatically increase the economic value and social impacts derived from university research, both internationally and in the UK. The fund... |
| 16.07.2020 | Research England backs two initiatives to boost economic value realised from university research | Research England backs two initiatives to boost economic value realised from university research
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Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support two programmes working to dramatically increase the econ... |
| 20.01.2020 | From whisky barrels to microalgae-based pet foods: MiAlgae raises £1m | MiAlgae, an Edinburgh-based biotech startup exploring new production techniques for microalgae, has raised £1 million ($1.3 million) to seek commercialisation in aquaculture and pet food.
Previous investors joining this round are Equity Gap... |
| 27.08.2018 | PlayerData Announces Homeless World Cup Partnership | High-tech sports wearable market business, PlayerData, has announced a partnership with the Homeless World Cup Foundation which will see its latest tech deployed at the tournament this November.
Mexico City will host the 16th annual footbal... |
