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 43 Medical companies in Edinburgh. 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 Medical Companies & Startups (Edinburgh)
NuCana BioMed
NuCana BioMed, a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes rationally designed medicines for significant unmet medical needs.
Founder(s): Hugh Griffith
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Therapeutics
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Invizius
Invizius is developing treatments to help hemodialysis patients live longer, feel better, and suffer fewer cardiovascular complications.
Founder(s): Andy Herbert
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
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Holoxica
Holoxica is an award-winning high-tech company specializing in holographic 3D visualization technologies.
Founder(s): Dr Javid Khan, Graham Dodgson, Michael Castle, Wendy Lamin
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Digital Media, Education, Graphic Design, Human Computer Interaction, Information Technology, Medical, Software
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Synpromics Ltd
Synpromics develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations.
Founder(s): MICHAEL L ROBERTS
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics
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Calcivis
Calcivis is a biotech company that focuses on unmet needs in dentistry.
Founder(s): Adam Christie, Bruce Vernon
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
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Fios Genomics
Bioinformatics Biology & Statistics ImageFios Genomics is a provider of an extensive range of bioinformatics data analysis services.
Founder(s): Dr Sarah Lynagh
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Medical
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Caldan Therapeutics
Caldan Therapeutics Ltd, a spin-out from a long-standing collaboration between Professor Trond Ulven at the University of Southern Denmark
Founder(s): Graeme Milligan, Trond Ulven
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Collaboration, Medical, Therapeutics
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Canon Medical Research
A research and development centre that creates advanced image analysis and visualization software .
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical, Medical Device, Software
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BioCaptiva
BioCaptiva develops liquid biopsy technology devices to diagnose and monitoring to detect cancers.
Founder(s): Matthew Simmonte Owens
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
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Aridhia Informatics
Aridhia informatics provides biomedical informatics and analytics services to improve the management of chronic diseases.
Founder(s): Andrew Morris, David Sibbald
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
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TestCard Ltd
TestCard is the medical technology company behind the eponymous at-home test kit. A partnering mobile app delivers immediate results.
Founder(s): Dr Andrew Botham, Luke Heron
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, iOS, Medical Device, Mobile Apps, Wellness
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Ingenza
Ingenza is an industrial biotechnology company.
Founder(s): Ian Fotheringham, Sinil Srivastava
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
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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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Aircraft Medical
Aircraft Medical pioneering anaesthesia technology and we are a specialist developer and producer of high quality medical devices.
Founder(s): Matthew McGrath
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical Device
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PhysioWizard
PhysioWizard programme offers help to sufferers at the right time
Founder(s): Kirsten Lord
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device, Software
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Cytomos Ltd.
We help biopharma reduce their time to market through integrated, predictive analytics for intelligent bioprocessing
Founder(s): Keith Muir
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biopharma, Biotechnology, Machine Learning, Medical
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UWI Technology
UWI Technology is a developer of an innovative labeling system.
Founder(s): Pete Higgins
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Aerospace, Computer, Medical, Packaging Services
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BioLiberty
BioLiberty operates as a biotech startup company.
Founder(s): Ross O’Hanlon, Rowan Armstrong
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical Device
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Saccade Diagnostics
Saccade Diagnostics brings objective tests for psychiatric disorders in patients with mental health complaints.
Founder(s): David St Clair, Madhu Nair, Philip Benson
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical, Psychology
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Lenus Health
Lenus uses patient-generated healthcare data to reduce wait times and rehospitalisation rates while empowering patients and improving care.
Founder(s): Craig Turpie, Paul McGinness
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical, Medical Device, mHealth, Predictive Analytics
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EoSurgical
EoSurgical products are affordable, portable, self-contained, and supported by on-line training material.
Founder(s): Paul Brennan, Roland Partridge
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
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Palpation Diagnostics
Palpation Diagnostics develops ProstaPalp a medical device to identify and diagnosise prostate cancer faster, cheaper and less painful.
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Location: South Queensferry, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Hospital, Medical, Medical Device
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Regenerys
Regenerys develops and sells regenerative medicine products in the streams requiring bioprocessing and biostorage.
Founder(s): Brendon Noble
Location: Portobello, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Emergency Medicine, Health Care, Hospital, Medical
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Solus Medical Limited
Solus Medical is a company that associated with transportation services sector.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical, Transportation
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Lumera Health
Lumera Health is a start-up that builds products for community health and care.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Communities, Health Care, Medical
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Novarum DX
Novarum DX’s software converts smartphones into mobile medical test readers.
Founder(s): Neil Polwart
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Home Health Care, Medical, Medical Device, Mobile Apps, Software
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IOmet Pharma
IOmet Pharma, a UK-based company, discovers and develops novel small molecules for the treatment of cancer.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Clerical Medical
Clerical Medical has been one of the leading providers of pensions and investments since 1824
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Financial Services, Medical
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Support in Mind Scotland
Support in Mind Scotland is a nonprofit organization that serves people affected by serious mental illness.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Non Profit, Social
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The Medical Device Company
The Medical Device Company is an innovation, design and product development specialists focuses on the needs of healthcare companies.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical Device
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Deliverics
Deliverics develops and commercializes transfection reagent kits.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical Device
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Head Medical
Head Medical provides medical recruitment services.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Recruiting
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Brainwave Discovery
Brainwave Discovery is now increasingly focussed on using its high throughput drug screening technology to discover compounds.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical, Pharmaceutical
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Scottish Ambulance Service
Scottish Ambulance Service renders a full range of emergency care, medical assistance, mobile testing, transportation and support services.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical, Transportation
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MicroSpray Technologies
MicroSpray Technologies develops high quality research tools for the electrospray community.
Founder(s): Salman Malik
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical
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MedicenDevise Ltd.
MedicenDevise Ltd. thrives on medical innovations, creating devices to reduce the burden on healthcare staff.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical Device
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Bruntsfield Medical Practice
Bruntsfield Medical Practice is a health center that provides health checkups, maternity, nursing, minor surgery and mental health services.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Hospital, Medical
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Shore Group
Shore Group specializes in the design, development and manufacturing of products for medical.
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Location: Leith, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Medical
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Centre for Speech Technology Research
CSTR is an interdisciplinary research center that focuses on speech technology.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Medical Device, Product Research
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Ivanmed
Ivanmed is a supplier of beauty equipment and skincare products.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Beauty, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Medical Device
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Cythera Technologies Ltd.
Cythera Technologies Ltd. supplies novel pharmacologically-preferrred scaffolds and building blocks to the Drug Discovery industry.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Medical
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SAM
SAM facilitates collaborative research and educational opportunities for medical, nursing, and paramedical staff in acute medicine.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Hospital, Medical
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Edinburgh Private Detectives
Edinburgh Private Detectives is a private investigation service.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Health Care, Medical
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