The Electrospinning Company – £4.5M Investment Led by Confluent Medical

Link to Full Article Proceeds to be used to expand electrospinning capabilities & capacity, driving company growth    Harwell, UK, May 4 2021 – The Electrospinning Company (Electrospinning), a leader in the development and manufacture of nanofibrous biomaterials for use in tissue regenerative devices, has completed a £4.5m ($6.3m) fundraising round, led by US materials science company Confluent Medical Technologies Inc. (Confluent) […]

UK patent office issued the Microscaffold patent (GB2544748A)

Link to Full Article On 23 June 2020, the UK patent office issued the Microscaffold patent (GB2544748A). Our custom Microscaffolds can be made from a large variety of materials and sizes, tailored towards their desired application. Their open, porous, three-dimensional structure allows for facile cell attachment and integration over a large range of cell types. These scaffolds […]

Dr Liam Brennan has joined the Board as the STFC Investor Director, replacing Dr Kate Ronayne.

Link to Full Article Liam is Head of Technology Transfer at The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), part of UK Research and Innovation. STFC established The Electrospinning Company in 2010 and have invested and supported the Company since then. After completing his PhD, Liam co-founded and led a company to target an opportunity to […]

MULTI-WELL PLATE PATENT GRANTED

Link to Full Article The European patent office issued patent EP2812424 on 28th August 2019. The patented invention is a multi-well plate containing a scaffold layer which provides a porous three-dimensional network of polymer nanofibres suitable for growing cells in 3D and the process for fabricating the multi-well assay plate. The Electrospinning Company manufactures the Mimetix® range of […]

SYNTHETIC WOUND HEALING MEMBRANE

Link to Full Article ‘Synthetic Amniotic Membrane’ development project supported by InnovateUK and the UKI2S Accelerator Programme for Technology Development Projects. For many of us, there is hardly any more life-changing disability imaginable than loss of sight. Whether through trauma or disease, the inability to rely on visual cues impacts on all matters of daily […]

THERMORESPONSIVE 3D CELL CULTURE SCAFFOLDS

Link to Full Article A publication in Acta Biomaterialia by a team at Nottingham University, led by Profs Felicity Rose and Cameron Alexander, describes how a thermoresponsive polymer can be incorporated into 3D cell culture scaffolds to facilitate cell release. This thermoresponsive electrospun scaffold system combines the advantages of providing a physiologically relevant environment to maintain a […]

SERIES A VC FINANCE

Link to Full Article The Electrospinning Company has received £1.5 million funding led by London-based venture capital firm Downing Ventures, alongside VC firm MidVen, Newable Private Investing and the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The company, first established in 2010 as a spin-out by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, uses technology called electrospinning […]