Scottish life sciences sector report
Life sciences is one of Scotland's biggest tech-adjacent sectors, from university-born biotechs in Edinburgh and Dundee to diagnostics, medtech and digital health companies working with the NHS.
Key findings
- 59 Scottish-registered companies on record in life sciences, led by Edinburgh (23), Glasgow (16) and Aberdeen (3).
- Of the 5 companies with accounts at Companies House, Goodmark Medical has the most staff (12) and Cohesion Medical the largest net assets (£365k).
- 39 funding rounds on record, £261.1m disclosed; the 13 rounds in the last twelve months brought in £84.4m.
- The largest disclosed round is Trogenix raises £70m (6 Nov 2025).
- The most recent: Cerefuze Medical UK wins £99.8k grant.
Funding by month
Disclosed rounds, last twelve months; bar height is on a square-root scale so small rounds stay visible · Scottish life sciences funding this month
Top companies
| Company | Raised |
|---|---|
| Trogenix | £70m |
| Mironid | £34m |
| EnteroBiotix | £27m |
| Chemify | £22m |
| Solasta Bio | £10.6m |
| Cumulus Oncology | £9m |
| Phlo | £9m |
| Wobble Genomics | £8.5m |
| Regenerus Laboratories | £8m |
| RoslinCT | £7.3m |
| Bioliberty | £6.2m |
| Lario Therapeutics | £4.7m |
| Symbiosis | £4.3m |
| Carcinotech | £4.2m |
| uFraction8 | £3.4m |
| Nami Surgical | £3.2m |
| Concinnity Genetics | £2.4m |
| Biotangents | £2.3m |
| Nebu~Flow | £2m |
| NCIMB | £1.7m |
| BIOCAPTIVA | £1.6m |
| Kāhu SiliconBio | £1.2m |
| Green Bioactives | £1.1m |
| Silver Lion Innovations | £1m |
24 of 59 Scottish life sciences companies, ranked by money raised on record.
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Cite this: ayeoh, “Scottish life sciences sector report”, data to 30 Oct 2026, https://ayeoh.io/sectors/life-sciences. Free to quote with a link.
Sources: Companies House filings, funding announcements and company boards read by ayeoh, and the Scottish tech press. Money is the disclosed amount only; a round with no stated figure counts as a round, not as money. Data to 30 Oct 2026.
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