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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 Glasgow based Founder operating in the Biotechnology 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.
Craig Johnston
CTO & Co-Founder of ENOUGH
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About ENOUGH, Swedish Biomimetics 3000: ENOUGH is a foodtech startup producing protein through fermenting fungi using renewable feedstocks.
David Sibbald
CEO and Co-Founder of Aridhia Informatics
David Sibbald is the co-founder and CEO of Aridhia, a health data science company which develops and runs a cloud-enabled Digital Research Environment for clinical research, precision medicine and healthcare applications. David is the Founder and Trustee of the Kate MacAskill Foundation, a charitable organisation providing education, care and micro-enterprise funding for children and young adults in the developing world and is Chairman of the Johari Foundation. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from Glasgow University, Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Paisley and the University of Strathclyde for services to Scottish science and philanthropy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s National Academy of Science and Letters. In the 2010 New Year Honours List, David was awarded an OBE for charitable services in Scotland and overseas.
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About Aridhia Informatics, Kate MacAskill Foundation: Aridhia informatics provides biomedical informatics and analytics services to improve the management of chronic diseases.
Neal L Millar
Co Founder & CMO of Causeway Therapeutics
Neal is an Academic Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in shoulder surgery having completed fellowships in Sydney and New York and is an expert in human tendinopathy.
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About Causeway Therapeutics, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow: A bio pharmaceutical spin out emerging.
Derek Gilchrist
Co Founder & CEO of Causeway Therapeutics
Derek is a principal investigator at the University of Glasgow and leads the scientific and technical development of TenoMiR™.
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About Causeway Therapeutics, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow: A bio pharmaceutical spin out emerging.
Matt Dalby
Co-Founder of Nanokick Technologies
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About Nanokick Technologies: Nanokick Technologies develops a spin-out, focussing on nanovibrational bioreactor technology for bone regeneration from stem cells.
Peter Childs
Co-Founder of Nanokick Technologies
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About Nanokick Technologies: Nanokick Technologies develops a spin-out, focussing on nanovibrational bioreactor technology for bone regeneration from stem cells.
Iain McDougall
CEO and Co-Founder of Taragenyx
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About Taragenyx: Regenerating orthopedic and dental implant design to help patients heal faster with far less pain.
