Health start-ups will be incubated
TWENTY START-UPS have been selected for The Venture Builder Incubator 2.0 - an incubator programme at the University of Edinburgh aimed at developing and commercialising academic entrepreneurship.
The programme, which is supported by Edinburgh Innovations, the University’s commercialisation service, have chosen eight start-ups which are operating projects in the field of cancer. This is a new partnership between the university and Cancer Research UK supporting PhD students and researchers in developing ideas to combat the disease.
The cancer-focussed ventures include NanoTara, who are exploring a method for early cancer diagnosis with magnetic nanorobots.
Others include Zoforia Technologies, developers of an online wellbeing platform for children, and Quas, a healthy, plant-based non-alcoholic beverage.
Charlotte Waugh, Enterprise and Innovation Programme Lead at Edinburgh Innovations, said: “We are delighted to welcome some of the most promising entrepreneurial students in Edinburgh and leading UK academic researchers to participate in Venture Builder Incubator 2.0. We look forward to supporting these ventures, helping commercialise their ideas to transform them into world-leading businesses., building on our ambition to establish Edinburgh as Data Capital of Europe.”