Innovate Uk

Innovate UK has opened Round 2 of its Launchpad funding programme, offering support packages ranging from £25,000 to £1 million to businesses in Scotland's burgeoning bio-based manufacturing sector. A total investment of up to £5.25m is being channelled into the Launchpad for Scotl

An Edinburgh-based deep-tech robotics and agri-tech business, Crover, has been awarded £50,000 in funding to further its study of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The firm secured Innovate UK funding to progress their study of remote autonomous operations of a grain-swimming robot.

Small to medium-sized financial services firms in Scotland will be offered greater access to new technology to boost their business, as part of a first-of-its-kind £1.8 million programme to accelerate innovation.

A University of Glasgow spinout which aims to create more effective methods of treating lung diseases has secured a £1m grant from Innovate UK.The award will help the Acu-Flow team and their research partners advance the development of their nebuliser technology, which uses an innovative surfa

New data shows that small businesses founded at Scottish universities accounted for the highest number of equity investment deals to UK spinouts last year, according the British Business Bank. Of the 211 equity deals involving spinouts across the UK during 2021, 44 (21% of the total) came from Scott

Edinburgh-based PhysioMedics has secured equity and grant funding totalling £1.5 million from Archangels, Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK to allow it to accelerate its commercial growth and product roadmap, including expanding into European and Indian markets. The investment follows the ap

Edinburgh-based crypto platform Zumo has received funding from Innovate UK, the UK's national innovation agency, to conduct further research into practical decarbonisation solutions. Under the RenewableCrypto project, Zumo will now work with its partner, Zero Labs, to conduct further research into p

The UK Government has announced a new series of loan competitions offering up to £150 million to support businesses embarking on research and development projects.

North east environment technology firm Recycl8 has been awarded a grant by the UK’s innovation agency Innovate UK to accelerate the R&D phase of its ground-breaking low carbon process for the construction and concrete industry. Recycl8 secured an Innovate UK Transforming Foundati

Glasgow tech startup Gigged.AI has launched a platform to help companies hire top UK digital talent faster as remote working trends continue. The artificial intelligence-driven technology transforms how companies source and on-board tech talent in the gig economy, with founders Rich Wilson and Craig

University of Edinburgh start-up REOptimize Systems has completed a £300,000 seed funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its ground-breaking wind turbine improvement technology. REOptimize has concluded a £300,000 equity seed funding made by a group of investors including I

Dundee-based Cellexus has been awarded a £320,000 grant from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, for the research and development of a 100L bioreactor for stem cell applications.

GIGGED.AI, a Glasgow-based technology start-up, has been awarded an Innovate UK grant to create Artificial Intelligence (AI) that simplifies how companies can source and on-board top on-demand UK talent. The firm is investing further in the development of its talent platform that aims to take on lar

FinTech Scotland and FinTech Wales have released a report proposing increased Research and Innovation (R&I) to drive acceleration in fintech development across the UK, nationally and regionally to support growth and new jobs. The report, entitled “Research and Innovation for UK FinTech&rdq

Edinburgh-based start-up Data Innovation.AI has been awarded an additional Innovate UK grant to continue its pioneering development of an AI-driven bio-safety assessment tool for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The firm is investing further in the development of its WorkSafeAI solution &ndas