Glasgow medical tech start- up gets injection

A Glasgow-based tech startup has completed a seed funding round that will accelerate the development of its healthcare app.

Talking Medicines said it had raised the money through the award of a £96,000 Smart Scotland feasibility grant from Scottish Enterprise and an undisclosed amount from six“highprofile” private investors.

The funding deal comes after the firm soft-launched its M eds mar tap pin May. Aimed attack ling medical adherence, the app is said to transform complex in format ion for medicines into “engaging, trustworthy audiovisual content for the user”.

Talking Medicines chief executive Jo Hal li day said: “The founding team are delighted to be in the position to now take Medsmart to the next stage of development.

“This investment will allow us to fund developing our data mining further and enhance the deliver y of the consumer product.”