Meet the Scottish Trailblazers
Craft Prospect
@craftprospect | craftprospect.com
Craft Prospect is an upstream space engineering business developing innovative missions, onboard intelligence and quantum technology. Recently selected by ESA to lead the VOLT mission combining secure communications and climate impact imaging. Sister enterprise Omanos Analytics provides downstream insights to support sustainable developments in remote global communities and hostile environments.
EnteroBiotix
@EnteroBiotix | enterobiotix.com
EnteroBiotix is a biotechnology company developing microbiome therapeutics for disease such as liver cirrhosis and IBS. The company’s lead product candidate is a capsule that contains a diverse, stabilised microbiome powder. This product is being evaluated in a multi-centre Phase 2 clinical trial. EnteroBiotix has two MHRA-licensed manufacturing facilities in Scotland, and employs ~70 people.
Trojan Energy
@TrojanEnergyLtd | trojan.energy
Trojan Energy is a provider of EV charging points on a mission to ensure everyone benefits from the energy transition. The company delivers flat and flush on-street charging points in hubs of up to fifteen, or single units powered by the home, eliminating clutter and increasing accessibility.
Keenan Recycling
@keenanrecycling | keenanrecycling.co.uk
Keenan Recycling is a fast-growing and multiple award–winning organic waste recycling company which collects food waste nationwide. Organic waste is taken to anaerobic digestion plants, where it is converted into biogas that can be used for electricity, heat or even biofuel for transport.
Desana
@desanaHQ | desana.io
Desana is a hybrid workspace platform that offers employers a single solution to manage, pay for, and use workspace, across their own offices and the global flexible workspace market. Undergoing rapid growth since launching in 2019, Desana is now active in more than 60 countries and delivering global workspace solutions for customers like Dropbox, Github and Elastic.
Roslin Technologies
@RoslinTech | roslintech.com
Roslin Technologies is a biotech company accelerating the transition towards a more sustainable food system. The company’s mission is to become the leading provider of animal cell lines to the cultivated meat sector. Roslin Technologies recently won the Scottish Life Sciences Innovation Award.
Beer52
@Beer52HQ | beer52.com
Beer52 is Britain's biggest beer subscription service, introducing members to craft beers from around the world through partnerships with small independent breweries. The B Corp-certified company has demonstrated impressive growth and expansion, amassing over 150,000 subscribers, launching sister company Wine52, moving to a new headquarters, and planning expansion overseas.
Synaptec
@Synaptec | synapt.ec
Synaptec is a trailblazing technology company which developed the world’s first passive electrical sensing networks. This innovation enables protection and monitoring of remote assets over long distances, without the need for control power, data networks, or expensive civil works. Applications include providing real-time cable condition monitoring in offshore wind networks—accelerating our transition to net zero.
Appointedd
@appointedd | appointedd.com
Appointedd is a female-founded online scheduling system which allows clients to engage with their customers through frictionless, omnichannel booking experiences, in any language, timezone and currency. Appointedd already works with the world’s leading brands including Harrods, LEGO, G4S and Iron Mountain, and is set for global expansion.
Boxergy
@BoxergyLtd | boxergy.com
Boxergy is the fastest growing renewable installer in Scotland, dedicated to making sustainable heat and electricity accessible to everyone, specialising in solar panels, heat pumps & batteries. In 2020, the UK Government recognised the company as a promising scale-up contributing to the net-zero transition. Boxergy reinvests profits in its patented technology, making the world a better place, faster.
Celtic Renewables
@CRL_UK | celtic-renewables.com
Celtic Renewables is an innovative cleantech company which has a patented process for converting low-value biological residues—such as from the whisky distilling industry—into high-value green chemicals (including advanced biofuel) which are direct, sustainable replacements for existing petrochemicals used in making everyday products from healthcare to cosmetics.
Krucial
@1Krucial | krucial.com
Krucial is a cutting-edge digital solutions provider that provides access to mission-critical data for industries with remote and hard-to-reach assets. Using a combination of state-of-the-art satellite and cellular technology combined with IoT and cloud services, Krucial's solution provides an easy-to-integrate full end-to-end digital infrastructure that can connect any operation on the planet, unlocking digital transformation anywhere.
xDesign
@wearexdesign | xdesign.com
xDesign creates bespoke web and mobile apps for some of the world’s leading brands. The company has achieved huge growth in recent years, expanding its workforce to over 450 in 2023. This year it has also been recognised as one of the UK’s Top 5 Workplaces in the large business category by Great Place to Work.
MacRebur
@MacRebur | macrebur.com
MacRebur uses waste plastic destined for landfill to replace part of the fossil fuel bitumen binder found in asphalt used for road surfacing. Its innovation solves two problems with one solution: reducing waste plastic and improving road quality. MacRebur’s roads can be found from Staten Island, NY to Swiss ski resort Zermatt.
RAB-Microfluidics
@RAB_Micro | rab-microfluidics.co.uk
RAB-Microfluidics is a technology company revolutionising diagnostics in lubricated heavy machinery through the use of microfluidic technology. The company’s patented 'laboratory on a chip' solution enables the creation of a portable oil analysis device, which can improve predictive maintenance through early diagnosis of machine failure in industries including maritime, renewable wind, aerospace, manufacturing, and more.
Phlo
@WeArePhlo | wearephlo.com
Phlo Technologies is a multi-offering healthtech scale-up delivering digital pharmacy, healthcare and healthtech services via four distinct brands: Phlo Digital Pharmacy, Phlo Connect, Phlo Clinic and Hello Eve. The company has expanded rapidly since its launch in 2020, utilising a recent £10m investment to acquire competitors, expand product lines, and service a growing UK customer base.
RAB-Microfluidics
@Vertical_Future
verticalfuture.com
RAB-Microfluidics is a technology company revolutionising diagnostics in lubricated heavy machinery through the use of microfluidic technology. The company’s patented 'laboratory on a chip' solution enables the creation of a portable oil analysis device, which can improve predictive maintenance through early diagnosis of machine failure in industries including maritime, renewable wind, aerospace, manufacturing, and more.
Phlo
@peppy_health
peppy.health
Phlo Technologies is a multi-offering healthtech scale-up delivering digital pharmacy, healthcare and healthtech services via four distinct brands: Phlo Digital Pharmacy, Phlo Connect, Phlo Clinic and Hello Eve. The company has expanded rapidly since its launch in 2020, utilising a recent £10m investment to acquire competitors, expand product lines, and service a growing UK customer base.
