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 49 Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology Companies & Startups (Edinburgh)
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
Follow:
Roslin Technologies
We are on a mission to improve protein production through disruptive technologies, specialising in animal iPS cells for cultivated meat.
Founder(s): Glen Illing
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology, Genetics
Follow:
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
Follow:
Celtic Renewables
Celtic Renewables is a biofuel startup focused on the renewable energy and whisky sector.
Founder(s): Martin Tangney
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Innovation Management, Renewable Energy
Follow:
Macomics
Macomics is an immuno-oncology company.
Founder(s): Coral Ries, Jeffrey Pollard, Luca Cassetta, S. Myatt
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Therapeutics
Follow:
Medannex Ltd
Medannex is an award-winning Scottish biopharmaceutical company committed to unlocking the therapeutic potential of targeting annexin-A1.
Founder(s): Chris Wood
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
Manus Neurodynamica
Manus Neurodynamica is a triage device to support early diagnostics in Parkinson’s disease.
Founder(s): Rutger Zietsma
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care
Follow:
AdoRx Therapeutics
AdoRx Therapeutics is pursuing the discovery of new therapeutics for cancer based on modulation of the adenosine pathway.
Founder(s): Peter Finan
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Follow:
MiAlgae
MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company .
Founder(s): Douglas Martin
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Enterprise, Manufacturing, Prediction Markets, Product Research
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
Dyneval
Dyneval is a biotechnology start-up.
Founder(s): Tiffany Wood
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
Edinburgh Molecular Imaging
Edinburgh Molecular Imaging is a developer of optical molecular imaging technology.
Founder(s): Christopher Haslett, Kev Dhaliwal, Mark Bradley
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Photography
Follow:
Cytochroma
Cytochroma manufacture genetically diverse stem cell to predict the safety and effect of drugs .
Founder(s): Kate Cameron
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
Arrayjet
Arrayjet is a microarray instrumentation company
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
DestiNA Genomics
We aim to transform how miRNAs are detected, providing simpler tools for health care and drug development professionals.
Founder(s): Juan J. Diaz Mochon
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Genetics
Follow:
Wobble Genomics
Wobble Genomics specializes in maximizing RNA and DNA sequencing efficiency for the discovery and detection of nucleic acid biomarkers.
Founder(s): Richard Kuo
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
Nandi Proteins
Nandi Proteins is a biotechnology company developing technologies to improve the properties of proteins in food manufacturing.
Founder(s): Lydia Campbell
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Commercial, Food Processing, Manufacturing
Follow:
Roslin Cells
Roslin Cells is focussed on creating large numbers of stem cell lines from various cohorts of the population.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
SilviBio
SilviBio provides innovative seed technologies to protect plants from environmental stress and enable higher yields.
Founder(s): Alicja Dzieciol
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, CleanTech, Forestry
Follow:
Parkure
Parkure is a primary intention is the discovery of drugs that can prevent or inhibit the progression.
Founder(s): Lysimachos Zografos, Wayne Davies
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
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
Follow:
Highland Biosciences
Highland Biosciences improving efficiency of acute care with a near-patient coagulopathy biosensor.
Founder(s): Emma Day
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care
Follow:
Ardana Bioscience
Ardana Bioscience is a specialty pharmaceutical company.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
Follow:
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
Follow:
IntelliDigest
IntelliDigest is a biotechnology start-up company from Heriot Watt University and part of the Climate KIC Accelerator Program.
Founder(s): Ifeyinwa Kanu, Stuart Kelly
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care
Follow:
Neurocentrx
Neurocentrx Pharma Ltd. is a drug development company making products to treat chronic cancer pain.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care
Follow:
Quantics Biostatistics
Quantics is a UK based biostatistical consultancy for life sciences.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Consulting, Health Care
Follow:
BigDNA
BigDNA develops and commercializes vaccination technologies.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
Follow:
TPP Global Development
TPP Global Development is a preclinical stage drug development company focused on nervous system disorders, immunology, and oncology.
Founder(s): Peter Trill
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Developer Platform, Health Care
Follow:
IOmet Pharma
IOmet Pharma, a UK-based company, discovers and develops novel small molecules for the treatment of cancer.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
Follow:
Horizon Proteins
Horizon Proteins develop processes for the recovery and re-use of protein and energy from fermentation and distillery by-products.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
Sesmos
Sesmos is develops drug candidates for oncology and inflammatory diseases.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Pharmaceutical
Follow:
Nexus Oncology
Nexus Oncology is a niche oncology CRO, engages in the design and implementation of drug development programs.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care
Follow:
Macfarlan Smith
Macfarlan Smith has develops and manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Follow:
Actual Analytics
Actual Analytics uses cutting-edge video analysis technology to automatically analyse test subject behaviour.
Founder(s): Rowland Sillito
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Biotechnology, Computer, Software
Follow:
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
Follow:
Corticrine
Corticrine operates as a pharmaceutical company that develops new therapies for Alzheimer’s dementia.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Follow:
Iceni
Iceni® Pharmaceuticals is a develops cancer therapies, specialising in repurposing and reformulating existing drugs for new indications.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care
Follow:
Edinburgh Genomics
Edinburgh Genomics is a global reputation for the provision of advanced genomics services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
Accufluidics
Accufluidics is developing novel devices that has potential to fulfill the unmet clinical need of collecting cancer cells or biomarkers.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology
Follow:
