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Scottish National Investment Bank
Investor · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Europe
The Scottish National Investment Bank is a development investment bank established and funded by Scottish Ministers. It invests debt and equity on commercial terms in Scottish businesses, projects and communities to deliver environmental, social and financial returns.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
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Or find every investor that fitsScottish National Investment Bank lists 41 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 38% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (24%), Education (13%) and Real Estate & Construction (12%). 73% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Old College Capital, Eos and The Conduit Connect.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Scottish National Investment Bank, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Scottish National Investment Bank's whole history. Rounds on record name 9 companies; its own site lists 41. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundScottish National Investment Bank does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 13% |
| Series A | 38% |
| Series B | 38% |
| Growth | 13% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 2 |
| '26 | 6 | 5 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 78th | 41 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 13% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 91th | 20% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 29th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 24% | 15% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 12% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 6% | 18% |
| Legal & Compliance | 6% | 2% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Old College Capital | 4 |
| Eos | 2 |
| The Conduit Connect | 2 |
| AENU | 1 |
| AP Ventures | 1 |
| Aloniq | 1 |
| Ascension | 1 |
| BGF | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers41100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Old College Capital
Compare Scottish National Investment Bank head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Scottish National Investment Bank| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Series B | |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 18 Aug 2025 | Debt Led |
Round details for Scottish National Investment Bank
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Scottish National Investment Bank's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
41 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquora provides end to end delivery, maintenance and repair of high-voltage cable systems | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aurora Energy Services provides various services including wind turbine services, integrated services, and training for the energy sector. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Bioliberty develops technology designed to support the sustainable delivery of high-repetition therapy for neurological recovery | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Cyacomb helps law enforcement and organisations rapidly identify illegal and harmful digital content, enabling confident, defensible and privacy-assured decision-making before deeper investigation is required. | CybersecurityLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| DataVita specializes in the hosting of critical, high power and complex workloads | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| DITT Construction Ltd undertakes commercial, industrial, residential and domestic projects throughout the isles and also sells building supplies | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Elasmogen is a privately held biopharmaceutical company leading the next wave of innovation in immune-mediated inflammatory disease. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| EnteroBiotix is a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company advancing an orally delivered, full-spectrum microbiome drug for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other diseases linked to the gastrointestinal tract and the liver | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Epidarex is a transatlantic venture capital firm building breakthrough life science companies in emerging hubs | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FOR:EV handles the complexity of fleet charging from end-to-end, with flexible funding options available | Mobility & LogisticsE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Forrit is a hybrid headless CMS for regulated industries | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| GoFibre is a Scottish broadband provider that brings top-quality digital connectivity to homes and businesses. | Enterprise SoftwareConsumer | Aug 2025Debt | Page + round | |
| Gresham House provides specialist asset management services. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Haventus is an energy transition facilities provider, offering pivotal infrastructure for the offshore wind industry. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online shopping and account management for its customers. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Highland Coast Hotels operates hotels in the Scottish Highlands. | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Highview is a leading energy infrastructure business that designs, builds and operates grid-scale assets to address complex energy network challenges. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures advanced materials, including a 3D porous pure carbon nanomaterial called Gii, for various applications | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| IndiNature produces natural fibre construction insulation products | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Innovatium provides Advanced Liquid Air Energy Storage, Energy Management, and Total Compressed Air Solutions for industrial businesses. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- thebank.scot
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Sept 2024
- Companies checked
- 41
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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