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Grants · Innovate UK

Innovate UK grants to Scottish tech companies

399 awards to 230 companies, 2016 to 2026. 308 awards state an amount, £67.4m together; the rest carry no stated value.

Biggest recipients

Chemify

2 awards · £11.54m

Vector Photonics

9 awards · £3.97m

Skylark Lasers

5 awards · £3.04m

NovaBiotics

2 awards · £2.78m

Zephir

2 awards · £1.97m

Zephir

1 award · £1.94m

Invizius

3 awards · £1.62m

Nami Surgical

3 awards · £1.11m

Mironid

3 awards · £1.06m

Silver Lion Innovations

1 award · £1.02m

Crover

6 awards · £1.02m

Integrated Environmental Solutions

4 awards · £971k

Mocean Energy

2 awards · £944k

Elasmogen

5 awards · £918k

ReVentas

3 awards · £900k

Portf.Io

2 awards · £868k

Portf.Io

2 awards · £868k

BioMara

5 awards · £723k

Green Bioactives

3 awards · £655k

Ace Aquatec

3 awards · £642k

Aquatera

11 awards · £640k

Cytochroma

3 awards · £571k

Rhizocore Technologies

1 award · £471k

Primority

3 awards · £470k

Recent awards

Vector Photonics: QUDITS - 2

1 Apr 2025 · £270k · Lead organisation

ZOEX: ZOEX for Aquaculture Demonstration Project

1 Jan 2025 · £197k · Lead organisation

Clarus Networks: Resilient Offshore Communications Solution

1 Apr 2025 · £76.2k · Lead organisation

Clarus Networks: Resilient Offshore Communications Solution

1 Apr 2025 · £76.2k · Lead organisation

Ridescan: Scalable AI integration module for RideScan AI

1 Nov 2025 · £50k · Lead organisation

Eagle RAY Robotics: Autonomous Subsea Target Tracking

1 Oct 2025 · £49.9k · Lead organisation

Eagle RAY Robotics: Autonomous Subsea Target Tracking

1 Oct 2025 · £49.9k · Lead organisation

Neurowire: Neurowire

1 Nov 2025 · £25.7k · Lead organisation

Questions

How many Innovate UK grants have Scottish tech companies won?

ayeoh's record holds 399 Innovate UK grants to 230 Scottish tech companies, dated 2016 to 2026. It counts the awards published on UKRI's Gateway to Research.

How much Innovate UK money is that?

308 of the 399 awards state an amount, together £67.4m. The rest carry no stated value, so the total is a floor and no award is estimated.

Which Scottish tech company has won the most Innovate UK grant money?

Chemify, with £11.54m across 2 awards on the record.

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