16 February 2024

Publicly backed bioscience spin-outs make big impact on economy

Hundreds of UK spin-outs, established following taxpayer-funded bioscience research, have contributed £5.2 billion to the economy and created thousands of jobs. SOLASTA Bio has been generously funded by BBSRC to achieve it’s goal of bringing an environmentally friendly ‘green’ insecticide to market by 2027.

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Publicly backed bioscience spin-outs make big impact on economy – UKRI: Publicly backed bioscience spin-outs make big impact on economy

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11 September 2024

Forbion Leads $14m Series A in SOLASTA Bio to advance development and commercialisation of first-in-class sustainable crop protection solutions

Forbion Leads $14m Series A in SOLASTA Bio Joy Faucher, Partner at Forbion for its BioEconomy Fund noted, “As traditional insect control agents struggle with resistance and impact to biodiversity, SOLASTA’s ...

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11 September 2024

Business Insider – SOLASTA’s Series A Investment

Business Insider, 11th September 2024 https://www.businessinsider.com/solasta-bio-agriculture-biohealth-startup-raises-vc-funding-2024-9 "Solasta was founded based on fundamental research carried out by our team to understand how insects survive and how we could push select insects out without ...

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