Opportunity North East (ONE) is launching its third dedicated accelerator programme as part of action and investment to double the size of the region’s high-growth life sciences company cluster. To date, 14 people developing nine businesses have been supported by ONE Life Sciences accelerators. ONE...
25 January 2021, NOTTINGHAM. BioCity, the pioneering life science incubator and business collective, Innovate UK, the National Institute for Health Research, NHS England and NHS Improvement’s SBRI Healthcare programme today announced a new partnership to support early-stage life science ventures within the UK to get investment...
On 25 November, five pioneering life science start-ups pitched to a panel of investors as they completed the final part of their journey on the East Midlands AHSN Accelerator, delivered by BioCity. The panel were blown away by the pitches from the entrepreneurs, with wide-ranging innovations...
A University of Dundee spinout company developing treatments for eczema, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions has completed its first round of private investment. BioCity Accelerator alumni, In4Derm Ltd, is an innovative drug discovery company developing the next generation of topical and oral therapies for widespread...
On 27 November, eight innovative start-ups from the Oxford AHSN Accelerator, delivered by BioCity presented their progress and their pitches for future investment to a panel of experts from Oxford AHSN, BioCity and industry. Their pitches were the culmination of the second Oxford AHSN Accelerator programme, delivered by...
BioCity Accelerator alumni, Convert Technologies, have been awarded funding by InnovateUK for a £500k project to build an asset tracking solution. The funding will enable the 12-18 months development project, called Range-IT, to start on 1st November 2020. Convert have received strategic support from Althea...
MediCity Glasgow, a medical science business with the aim of generating £5 million has raised £26m and seen the creation of 201 new jobs. Since it was set up five years ago, MediCity Glasgow has helped create 70 new life science and med-tech companies The company supports...
University of Dundee researchers hope to turn their spinout venture into a biotech company worth hundreds of millions of pounds by helping to treat people with eczema, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions. In4Derm Ltd is an innovative drug discovery company developing the next generation of...
Opportunity North East (ONE) is launching a new programme to help translate life sciences research and ideas into growth businesses that positively impact healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. The programme of four 90-minute online workshops will help researchers, clinicians and potential entrepreneurs to start their commercialisation journeys. ONE...
BioCity 2019 Accelerator programme graduate company, Myndr, has secured six-figure funding from the government’s business innovation programme. Myndr, which is based in Newcastle, has received £300k investment from Innovate UK to expand its proposition. Founded by Lizzy Hodcroft and Emma Reilly, Myndr aims to create an anonymous platform,...