£200m European programme puts Scotland’s life science sector in investor’s spotlight

Scotland’s life sciences firms are being urged to take advantage of Scottish Enterprise’s new European-backed funding programme to help attract investment and spark further growth in Scotland’s economy. The £200 million Scottish-European Growth Co-Investment Programme (SEGCP) offers typically up to £10m in match funding plus advice and introductions to institutional investors.

The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), which runs the programme, says there are investors for all different stages of company, operating in different sectors, but there are a number particularly interested in the hundreds of biotech start-ups that have sprung up around Scotland’s knowledge centres over the last decade.

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