Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 31 Life Science companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Life Science Companies & Startups (Scotland)
EnteroBiotix
EnteroBiotix is a developer of novel medicinal products intended to restore health and prevent bacterial infections.
Founder(s): James McIlroy
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Life Science
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DYSIS Medical
DYSIS Medical is focused on developing imaging systems for the non-invasive, in-vivo detection of cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions.
Founder(s): Konstantinos Balas
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Life Science, Manufacturing, Medical, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical
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Biomage
Biomage specializes in single-cell analysis transforming the life sciences.
Founder(s): Adam Kurkiewicz, Iva Babukova, Marcell Pek
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Data Visualization, Life Science
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ILC Therapeutics
ILC Therapeutics is an early-stage biotechnology company focused on modulating the Innate Immune System.
Founder(s): Alistair Strachan, William Stimson
Location: Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science
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Beta Bugs
Beta Bugs is a cutting edge biotechnology company that produces enhanced insect strains for the growing insect farming industry.
Founder(s): Thomas Farrugia
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: AgTech, Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science
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Ten Bio
Ten Bio is a biotechnology company that provides ex vivo skin culture for research and lab testing.
Founder(s): Michael Conneely, Robyn Hickerson
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science
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Bio-Images Drug Delivery
Class leading experts in formulation work and scintigraphic clinical trials.
Founder(s): Howard Stevens
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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CuanTec
CuanTec make packaging that will be biodegradable, compostable and anti-microbial.
Founder(s): Ryan Taylor
Location: Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, CleanTech, Life Science
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Dimensional Imaging
Dimensional Imaging designs and develops human body 3D and 4D surface image capture and analysis solutions.
Founder(s): Colin Urquhart, Douglas Green
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Printing, Animation, Computer, Innovation Management, Life Science, Software
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Sirakoss
SIRAKOSS is a Scotland-based medical device company that develops synthetic bone graft substitutes.
Founder(s): Iain Gibson, Jordan Conway
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Health Care, Life Science, Medical, Medical Device, Wellness
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Ubiquigent
Ubiquigent enables the discovery and development of novel deubiquitylase (DUB) modulators as new therapeutics for areas of high unmet medical need.
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science
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Envirobe
Envirobe is a cleantech company that develops microbial solutions to shut the loop on plastics production and clean up pollution.
Founder(s): Manyung Emma Hon, Samuel James Magaziner
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Life Science, Manufacturing
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National Institute for Health Research
National Institute for Health Research is a biotechnology company that provides facilities and technology for researchers to thrive.
Founder(s): Sally Davies
Location: Whitehall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Life Science, Medical
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Touch Bionics
Touch Bionics Inc., is a Livingston, Scotland, UK-based developer of advanced upper-limb prosthetics.
Founder(s): David Gow
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Medical
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Ardana Bioscience
Ardana Bioscience is a specialty pharmaceutical company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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LiberEat
Faster, Safer AI Allergen Detection
Founder(s): Barry Leaper, Louise Cahill
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Life Science, Nutrition, Software
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ODx Innovations
ODx Innovations is a medical technology company, focused on transforming the speed at which antibiotic sensitivity tests.
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Location: Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science, Medical
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Platinum Informatics
We are a Life Sciences Informatics company with a vision of bringing the digital lab of the future to the research labs of today.
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Big Data, Enterprise Software, Life Science, Software
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The James Hutton Institute
The James Hutton Institute delivers fundamental and applied science to drive the sustainable use of land and natural resources.
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Bioinformatics, Life Science, Natural Resources
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Xanthella
Xanthella designs and manufactures photobioreactors for the culture of photosynthetic cells like microalgae or cyanobacteria.
Founder(s): Douglas McKenzie
Location: Oban, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science, Manufacturing
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IbisVision
IbisVision has developed ‘Ring of Sight’ (ROS), a unique eye test that is specifically designed for the early detection of glaucoma.
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Location: Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Life Science, Medical Device
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Vertebrate Antibodies
Vertebrate focus on the development of antibodies to targets within a wide range of organisms for research and clinical applications.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Life Science
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Evolution Search Partners
Evolution Search Partners provides executive recruitment for bio-industry clients.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Human Resources, Life Science, Market Research, Recruiting
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Sesmos
Sesmos is develops drug candidates for oncology and inflammatory diseases.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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NCIMB
NCIMB is provides specialist microbiology and chemical services.
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Location: Bucksburn, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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Lab901
Lab901 engages in the development and production of automated gel electrophories.
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Location: Loanhead, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science
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FibromEd
FibromEd is provides a research and experimental development on biotechnology.
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Location: Newport-on-tay, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
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The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute provides research and consultancy on the environmental and social consequences.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Life Science, Product Research
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Scotland’s DNA
Scotland’s DNA provides ancestry discovery and tracing solutions that offer a plethora of information on an individual’s ancestry.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Genetics, Life Science
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Scientific People
Scientific People offers recruitment for pharmaceutical, life science and medical device industries.
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Location: Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Life Science, Recruiting
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Caledonia Biotech Solutions
Caledonia Biotech Solutions provides guidance to a range of international clients in the Life Science Industry.
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Location: Crossford, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science
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