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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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 ...

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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

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