Case Studies

The DDE programme has supported a huge number of entrepreneurial, ambitious and innovative students, researchers, academics and staff across the University of Edinburgh and beyond to connect their ideas to the world.

Our Impact

We interviewed a series of successful entrepreneurs who have taken part in the DDE programme in order to discover more about how we have helped students, researchers, academics and staff across the university and beyond develop their business ideas, improve their skills, build their networks and take the next steps on their journeys. You can also download our new brochure which showcases the DDE programme and its impact.

Our success stories

Select the type of case study you would like to see from the list below.

All programmes

Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Eye to the Future

Eye to to Future is developing an optometry software to assess retinal images
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Looper

Looper is enabling sustainable product life cycle design
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

My SMASH Media

My SMASH Media - Cupid for the Creative Industries
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Inicio.AI

Inicio.AI is helping people in debt with a conversational AI affordability tool.
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Microplate DX

Diagnostic testing company Microplate Dx is reducing antibiotic resistance and empowering clinicians to provide precise care for patients.
Collaboration | AI Accelerator

Vahanomy and University of Edinburgh Business School

Vahanomy is working to decarbonise transport by accelerating the rollout of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) using data.
AI Accelerator | Retrospective

Carcinotech - a retrospective

Carcinotech Ltd. is an innovative MedTech company. They specialise in manufacturing 3D printed tumours to provide a platform for rapid, ethical, sustainable, and accurate drug discovery and testing.
Collaboration | AI Accelerator

iLoF and the Usher Institute

iLoF and the Usher Institute | Screening for Alzheimer’s disease using AI technology
Startup | Venture Builder Incubator

Quas

Quas is a plant-based non-alcoholic beverages containing vitamins and organic acids produced by live probiotic bacteria that benefit your health.
Startup | Venture Builder Incubator

Papcup

Making cervical screening less invasive
Startup | Venture Builder Incubator

Prozymi Biolabs

Prozymi wants to make tasty, gluten-free bread
Startup

Carbon Glance

The platform for carbon pricing intelligence
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

VR Hive

The VR Hive is an EdTech which aims to improve engagement and outcomes for digital learning.
Scaleup

Rhizocore

Rhizocore, a biotechnology company that has developed a way to support healthy forest ecosystems and biodiversity through tree-planting and fertilisation innovations.
Scaleup

Space Intelligence

Space Intelligence uses satellite data analytics, AI and forest ecology to supply information on the performance of ‘Nature Based Solutions’ to climate change.
AI Accelerator | OCC Launch Fund

BioLiberty

Founded by four young engineers, BioLiberty is a health-tech startup using assistive robotics and rehabilitative technologies to empower people living with reduced mobility.
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Indigo.AI

Italian company indigo.ai is a startup already making waves in the conversational AI sphere.
Startup | Venture Builder Incubator

Bennu.ai

Bennu.ai is an AI robotics company with environmentalism at its core focusing on creating sustainable solutions.
Startup | Venture Builder Incubator

VisionRF

VisionRF is a healthcare-tech startup that has developed a remote monitoring device that detects the respiration and heart rate of users remotely, without requiring wearable sensors or wires.
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Reath

Reath tracks the lifecycle of reusable products with their award winning digital tracking technology.
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

Gigged.AI

Gigged.AI uses innovative artificial intelligence to bring freelance talent and forward-thinking clients together.
Startup

Omecu

Omecu is a startup company that aims to democratise genetic data access and cut from days to minutes the time it takes to analyse millions of genetic records.
Scaleup

Carcinotech

Carcinotech Ltd. is an innovative MedTech company. They specialise in manufacturing 3D printed tumours to provide a platform for rapid, ethical, sustainable, and accurate drug discovery and testing.
Startup

Crover

Crover is a robotics company who have developed the first ever technology for locomotion in bulk solids.
Venture Builder Incubator | AI Accelerator | OCC Launch Fund

eMoodie

eMoodie is an app created as a research tool for the express purpose of studying mental health symptoms, emotions and health factors such as sleep in older children, teenagers and young adults.
Startup

Looper

Looper is a web based performance analysis software to help architects and sustainability specialists accelerate the design validation process.
Startup

NextChain

NextChain is a hospitality-focused digital platform leveraging technology to connect produce buyers and sellers.
Startup

Smplicare

Smplicare is a digital healthcare platform that empowers independent ageing.
Scaleup | AI Accelerator

MyWay Digital Health

MyWay is a healthtech scaleup that is digitalising end-to-end diabetes management.
Education

p2i Online Course

The p2i online course is a short online entrepreneurship course that runs twice a year and is designed to turn a postdoctoral researcher into an entrepreneur and jump start their career.
Venture Builder Incubator

Mean Analytics

Mean Analytics unlocks the secrets of cells

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