Highlighting innovation

With a strong founding team and ongoing investment: medtech company Flowmark is set to launch the first of its innovative, affordable devices to simplify fluid management and protect patient safety.

Saira Loane

November 28, 2024

Genetic engineering is a fast-paced field and biotech Forge Genetics, offers a unique technology called Forge Editing, to catapult the industry further. We have covered Forge Genetics in a previous Start-up Spotlight, where you can read a more in-depth summary of their background. But here we will discuss Forge Genetics' vision for the future and how they look to tackle their upcoming challenges.

Ariyana Rayatt

November 20, 2024

CardiaTec is at the forefront of drug development for cardiovascular diseases. Through sequencing and AI, they are generating the largest multiomics dataset surrounding human hearts to uncover novel therapeutics.

Lucy Ahern

November 7, 2024

Cultivated or cultured meat is an exciting technology that provides an alternative to traditional farmed, animal meat. It has various advantages in environmental impact, animal welfare, and more. Meatly is a start-up producing cultivated, lab-grown meat and what sets them apart is that they specialise in producing pet food.

Sandeep Mangrati

October 30, 2024

Kadence Bio (formerly Kanna Health) is a clinical-stage drug development company pioneering new treatments for sexual health. Their lead asset, KH-001, is being developed as the first FDA-approved treatment for premature ejaculation. The company recently completed a Phase I clinical trial and is planning to initiate Phase II trials next year.

Laura Castillo De Franca

October 10, 2024

London, September 2024 - The Innovators Club, a network accelerator programme run by the Science Entrepreneur Club (SEC), has today announced its fifth cohort welcoming eight life science start-ups.

Matthew McCann

September 19, 2024

The SEC and SPARK have joined forces to launch a Midlands chapter of the SEC’s BioEntrepreneur Club, a collaborative and supportive peer-to-peer community exclusively for founders and C-suite in the life sciences.

Matthew McCann

September 10, 2024

A dementia diagnosis can leave people feeling adrift and alone. They’re often left with mounds of questions but very limited access to personalised information or specialists. We had the opportunity to speak to Anna Muñoz Farré, founder and CEO of Punto Health, about how they are starting a dementia care revolution. 

Megan Thomas

August 7, 2024

Over two decades ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on obesity, declaring it a global epidemic. Fast forward to 2013, and the WHO set an ambitious goal: halt the rise in obesity by 2030. But with just six years left, the numbers tell a different story...

George William Ssendagala

July 11, 2024

To find out investor’s thoughts on the biomaterials sector, we spoke to three members of our BioCapital Network; Sarah Jones - Principal at Zero Carbon Capital, Elisabetta Sakiotis - Analyst at Rockstart, and Josh Armistead-Wood - Senior Associate at Sustainable Ventures.

June 27, 2024