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Since its foundation in 2020, SOLASTA Bio has been making headlines:
12 December 2025
New Ag International: SOLASTA Bio announces new peptide patents
“These patent grants represent a paradigm shift in crop protection, demonstrating that nature-inspired peptides can be effectively protected for commercial deployment,” says Shireen Davies, CEO and co-founder of SOLASTA Bio. “The ...
11 December 2025
SOLASTA Bio tightens IP grip as peptide bioinsecticides prove potent in global trials: Scottish Business News
'SOLASTA® Bio, a pioneering agri-biotech firm specialising in advanced green insecticides, has announced a significant expansion of its intellectual property portfolio and a series of robust field trial results. These ...
11 December 2025
SOLASTA Bio accelerates path to market with new patents and Asia trial success
SOLASTA Bio now possesses 14 granted patents for our proprietary peptides, including eight in the United States and six in Europe. Building on over 50 greenhouse and field trials, SOLASTA® ...
14 November 2025
SOLASTA® Bio continues growth with relocation to West of Scotland Science Park
The official opening of SOLASTA® Bio's new facilities took place on Monday, 10 November with The Scottish Government Minister for Public Finance, Ivan McKee, attending, alongside key investors including Forbion, ...
22 October 2025
ABIM 2025 Workshop: Peptide Regulation
Basel, Switzerland: SOLASTA's Chief Strategy Officer, Paula Pinto; Panellist at Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting 2025 Peptide Regulation Session International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) is actively engaged in promoting innovative biocontrol solutions, ...
20 June 2025
BBSRC Impact Showcase 2025 – SOLASTA Bio Feature
In 2019, Professor Shireen Davies, SOLASTA® Bio’s CEO, was awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) Royal Society of Edinburgh Enterprise Fellowship. This provided support for the commercialisation of ...
04 June 2025
SOLASTA® Bio in ‘9 Best Agritech Startups in United Kingdom to Watch in 2025’
https://www.seedtable.com/best-agritech-startups-in-united-kingdom
04 June 2025
SOLASTA® Bio in ’18 Glasgow Tech Startups You Need To Know About’
https://www.digit.fyi/18-glasgow-tech-startups-you-need-to-know-about
30 April 2025
SOLASTA® Bio’s New Regulatory Affairs Manager named as ACS AGRO fellow for 2025
Solito Sumulong, SOLASTA® Bio’s Regulatory Affairs Manager, has been appointed an American Chemical Society (ACS) fellow for 2025 for his dedicated and enthusiastic services to the Division of Agrochemicals, and ...
29 April 2025
BBSRC Sparking Innovation Conference 2025 – Keynote Speaker
Sparking Innovation is BBSRC’s flagship innovation conference series, which aims at bringing together the bioscience community to showcase bioscience innovation and enable meaningful connections and collaboration opportunities. The BBSRC Sparking ...
29 April 2025
SOLASTA Bio Makes Trio of Senior Appointments to Fuel Growth
SOLASTA® Bio has appointed three senior business and industry experts to support the company’s UK and US growth as it prepares for market entry.Emma Axelson, based in Scotland, joins as ...
10 March 2025
SOLASTA Bio Fast-Tracks to Market with Patent Win and EPA Green Light
We have passed a major inflection point with two significant developments which accelerate our path to regulatory approval and commercialization. Read more below! https://scottishfinancialreview.com/2025/03/10/solasta-bio-accelerates-with-patent-epa-green-light/ https://igrownews.com/solasta-bio-latest-news/ https://siliconscotland.news/agri-bio-firm-fast-tracks-to-market-with-patent-win-and-epa-green-light/
07 February 2025
Editorial Webinar: AgTech Navigator Investment and innovation outlook for North America in 2025
AgTech Navigator's "Investment and innovation outlook for North America in 2025" editorial webinar broadcasted yesterday at 11 AM CST (Chicago) ⏐ 6 PM CET (Paris) . Attendees benefitted from benefit from: Key insights from a ...
07 February 2025
SOLASTA’s Chief Scientific Officer to give invited seminar at School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Glasgow
02 December 2024
SOLASTA Bio completes $14m Series A to accelerate nature-inspired crop protection
SOLASTA Bio, a leading agri-biotech company specialising in the next generation of green insecticides, has completed an oversubscribed $14 million Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its ...
02 December 2024
SOLASTA Bio raises $14m, plans to commercialize peptide-based biopesticides in ‘half the time’ it takes for synthetics
UK-based ag biotech startup SOLASTA Bio has closed a $14 million oversubscribed Series A round, bringing its total funding to $19 million
02 December 2024
SOLASTA Bio completes US$14mn Series A funding round
“SOLASTA Bio has come a long way since we set out on this journey three years ago. Having established operations in the UK and US, we’ve now got an international ...
12 October 2024
SOLASTA Team gathering, October
The SOLASTA Bio R&D Team gathered together in October, following the completion of meetings which brought international colleagues together in London. SOLASTA's Chief Strategy Officer, Paula (centre), then made the ...