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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Edinburgh based Founder operating in the Health Care space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Stewart Whiting
Tech Co-Founder & CTO of Current Health
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About Current Health: We help healthcare reduce risk & cost by monitoring, managing and engaging patients at home.
Lucy Cardwell
Founder of Lucky Cloud Skincare
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About Lucky Cloud Skincare: Lucky Cloud Skincare is a natural, vegan friendly skin care company based in Edinburgh.
Tariq Sethi
Co-Founder of Galecto
Professor Sethi is Head of Respiratory Medicine Kings Health Partners / Kings College London and was previously Professor of Respiratory and Lung Cancer Biology at the University of Edinburgh. He was educated at Cambridge and London Universities followed by junior hospital jobs in London. He gained a PhD at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund London and was subsequently appointed lecturer in Medicine at Edinburgh University. As an MRC Travelling Fellow, he worked at the Scripps Research Insitute California, returning to Edinburgh as a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Leave Fellow. His research interests are on the interaction between inflammation and lung cancer, focusing on the regulation of proliferation and apoptosis by growth factor and integrin mediated signalling. He is an author of numerous scientific papers and has edited books on lung cancer. Professor Sethi is also on the editorial board of THORAX.
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About AstraZeneca, Galecto, King’s College London: Galecto is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel treatments for fibrosis and cancer.
Kev Dhaliwal
Co Founder of Edinburgh Molecular Imaging
Dr Dhaliwal trained as an MRC Clinical Training Fellow working in both Professors Haslett and Bradley’s groups, and was responsible for catalyzing the interaction between the two groups. He has significant experience of animal models and human experimental clinical trials. He has established direct links to all of the current OMI providers of hardware and reagents and also Pharma. He currently is a member of the SAB for Mauna Kea and is also one of two UK clinicians on the EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Strategic Advisory Team. He is the Chief Investigator on the group’s clinical trials and has forged links with the MHRA, technology consultancies and international networks in optical imaging.
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About Edinburgh Molecular Imaging, NHS Lothian, PROTEUS, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh Molecular Imaging is a developer of optical molecular imaging technology.
Ross Arnott
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Asensei
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About Asensei: The easiest way to add technique coaching and correction to sport and fitness products.
Hugh Ilyine
Founder & Board Member of ProFactor Pharma
Hugh Ilyine has had an extensive international career in company leadership, operational and marketing roles over the last twenty years. He has undertaken CEO roles in companies active in developing, registering, manufacturing, marketing and distributing IP backed products in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. His previous experience includes Director, VP and COO at Stem Cell Sciences plc including a successful IPO on AIM in July 2005; establishing the Bio-Science Division of Bonlac Ltd in Melbourne, Australia and a 17 year international career with Rhone-Poulenc’s Agrochemical division including four years as Managing Director of the company’s JV in Indonesia, with supervisory management of Malaysian operations, followed by similar responsibilities for its Australian and New Zealand operations. During his career, he has led and closed a significant number of supply and licence agreements with small and large firms in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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About DestiNA Genomics: ProFactor Pharma provides commercialise and supply recombinant blood factors for the treatment of haemophilia.
Michael Leek
Chief Executive & Founder of TC BioPharm
Michael Leek is the Chief Executive and founder at TC BioPharm.
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About TC BioPharm, University of Aberdeen: TC BioPharm developing safer, cheaper, consistent and durable CAR-T drugs for hematological and solid tumors.
Angela Scott
Chief Operating Officer & Founder of TC BioPharm
Angela Scott is the Founder and Chief Operating Officer at TC BioPharm.
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About MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, TC BioPharm: TC BioPharm developing safer, cheaper, consistent and durable CAR-T drugs for hematological and solid tumors.
Maciej Zurawski
Founder and CEO of Musemantik
Maciej is an entrepreneur and technologist with an interdisciplinary background in science, technology and arts. He has 20+ years of software development experience. Maciej believes that digital technology should be a force for good, and that mobile app innovations are the ideal way to harvest and unleash human goodness. He is passionate about creating intelligent mobile apps for social good, as well as for physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Maciej loves building innovations which transform society and alleviate suffering.
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About Musemantik: Musemantik delivers digital solutions for healthcare and wellbeing.
Elizabeth Fairley
Founder, COO of Talking Medicines
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About EFB Services, Mironid, Talking Medicines: Talking Medicines captures the unstructured global voice of the patient using AI, ML, and NLP technologies.
Keith Neilson
CEO and Co-Founder of Craneware
Keith Neilson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Craneware.
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About Craneware: Craneware provides automated revenue integrity solutions to improve financial performance in healthcare organizations.
Gavin Sillitto
Chief Technical Officer, Co-Founder of OriGyn Medical
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About OriGyn Medical: OriGyn is a healthcare company that specializes and focuses on women’s health.
Deborah Wake
Founder/CEO of My Diabetes My Way
Dr. Deborah Wake (DW) (CEO/Co-Founder MyWay Digital Health, Senior Clinical Lecturer (University of Dundee), NHS Diabetes Consultant, (MBChB, BSc, Ph.D., Clin Ed Dip)) has a unique mix of business, clinical, educational and academic skills. She has a national clinical/ academic reputation for technology, informatics and automated support for diabetes care. She is a national clinical lead for internationally award-winning and cost-saving MyDiabetesMyWay offering online data access and education to all patients in Scotland with diabetes (>30,000 registrants). In 2017, she co-founded the MyWay Digital Health company to commercialize MyDiabetesMyWay outwith Scotland. She has won several business/entrepreneurship awards including; Scottish EDGE, Bio Dundee, Venture and was a top 3 finalist in AccelerateHER, and Women Ahead. Dr. Wake graduated MBChB (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and subsequently gained a Ph.D. and Diploma in Medical Education. She is passionate about technology and education delivery. She has been a Principle Investigator for multiple research projects (>£2million funding, >40 publications)). 2010-2017, she was program director/ clinical lead for Kuwait Scotland e-Health Innovation Network, delivering formal postgraduate education to over 300 Kuwait diabetes health care professions. Dr. Wake has also developed and delivered a number of free Diabetes MOOCs (massive online courses) educating over 20,000 participants to date, and online structured education for patients. Dr. Wake was a Diabetes UK clinical champion (2015-17) and has an active role in public health communication. She contributes regularly to the radio, was a resident on-screen doctor for STVs flagship show ‘The Hour’ and Health Columnist for The Scotsman newspaper for many years. She developed the first medical podcast series in the UK (Dr. Pods Healthcast) in 2005. Her focus now is on driving MyWay Digital Health company to international success, transforming diabetes care.
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About My Diabetes My Way, MyWay Digital Health: My Diabetes My Way is an NHS Scotland interactive diabetes website to help support people who have diabetes and their family and friends.
