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A report has revealed that the over-50s are being hit hardest by the current financial crisis and could face a lifetime of financial insecurity. According to the report, economic inactivity rates have risen a third amongst the over 50s since 2019, and people aged 50-54 face double the financial vuln

Danu Robotics, a University of Edinburgh spin-out, has secured £75,000 in grant funding after taking honours at this year's Scottish Edge Awards. The company focusses on developing sustainable technological solutions for the benefit of the environment. The firm was founded by Xiaoyan Ma.

University of Edinburgh startup OGI Bio has secured £1 million of investment to help revolutionise microbial culturing. TRICAPITAL led the investment round alongside Apollo Informal Investment, Old College Capital, the University of Edinburgh’s in-house venture investment fund, Sapphire

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced a three-year partnership with The University of Edinburgh Centre for Business, Climate Change and Sustainability. The £1.5 million partnership will facilitate the delivery of a climate education programme to more than 16,000 people across the busin

University of Edinburgh spin-out Kynos Therapeutics has secured a £9 million investment package led by Epidarex Capital, joined by IP Group and Scottish Enterprise. Kynos has also been awarded £2.5m through an Innovate UK grant to fund a first-time in human Phase 1 clinical trial of its

abrdn and the University of Edinburgh have formed an industry-academic partnership to deliver innovation in the investment sector.

Edinburgh-headquartered Rhizocore Technologies, a company behind innovation to create healthy forest ecosystems which support successful tree-planting has secured £370,000 in equity investment. Rhizocore Technologies produces locally-adapted mycorrhizal fungi to enhance tree-planting projects,

The EIE Investor Readiness Programme, delivered by the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh, has announced a list of 36 high growth tech businesses selected for EIE22. EIE, which is supported by the Scottish Government, culminates at the EIE Showcase Conference on Thursday 6th October, where

Two events taking place next month will enable University of Edinburgh-supported start-ups to pitch their companies to an audience of investors, grant funding bodies and fellow entrepreneurs. The AI Accelerator Showcase and Venture Builder Incubator Demo Day take place in Edinburgh on 17 and 25 Marc

Bringing about positive change through ethical finance is the aim of a new partnership between the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) and the University of Edinburgh. The partnership, announced at yesterday's launch of the Scottish Taskforce for Green and Sustainable Financial Services, aims t

Twenty innovative start-ups have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme aimed at developing and commercialising academic entrepreneurship.

A new partnership designed to empower Scottish companies and help them become climate change leaders has been launched by the University of Edinburgh and Royal Bank of Scotland. The £1 million programme, supported by the bank’s 300 Fund, will see experts from the University’s Edinb

RiboNucleic Acid (RNA) sequencing specialist Wobble Genomics has raised a £1.2 million investment round led by Eos Advisory. Wobble is a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, was founded by CEO Richard Kuo in April 2021, and has developed a range of hardware and s

Financial services giant Aegon has announced a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Business School at the University of Edinburgh, to develop a new approach to financial engagement. The two-year project will see experts from the institutions collaborate

University of Edinburgh students and recent graduates have launched 100 start-up companies in a single year for the first time. The total of exactly 100 companies launched in 2020-21 is higher than any institution in the Russell Group of 24 leading UK universities has previously recorded.