Agritech and Food Security

Edinburgh food and agri-tech company Roslin Technologies has announced it has raised £11m in Series A investment.

The University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute and animal genetics company Genus PLC have signed an agreement to produce pigs that are resistant to a respiratory disease affecting livestock worldwide.

Edinburgh Innovations clients have taken the two biggest prizes in the Scottish EDGE awards, with Dyneval winning the top biotech award, sponsored by iBioIC, and Waterwhelm receiving the Higgs EDGE award for science, tech and engineering businesses. Both awards are worth £100,000.