Business & tech trends 2014 presentation - Eleanor Mitchell, Scottish enterpise

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Commercialisation

Commercialisation – Building

a more Internationally

Competitive Scotland

Eleanor Mitchell

Commercialisation Director


2014-17 Business Plan

• Work with companies on innovation, leadership development and

international collaboration – to achieve international growth

• Work with internationally successful sectors, universities and

businesses to consider new markets and new opportunities

• Maximise Scotland’s international networks and connections and

stimulate talent flows – and customer and market engagement

“We’ve maintained a strong performance in recent years, however, a truly

internationally competitive Scotland depends on more than just exports

and we want Scotland to up its game in engaging with international

partners and operating in global markets.” (Lena Wilson)


Our priorities

• Commercialisation - to identify and support the most

innovative market led opportunities.

• Entrepreneurial support – to provide intensive support to

ambitious entrepreneurs to start and scale up their

innovation driven businesses.

The companies we work with are the entrepreneurial

start-ups with the potential to become the next

generation of high growth firms.

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Where we focus

Emerging sectors with the potential to secure an

international market position

• Life sciences

• Energy including renewables

• Digital technologies

• Enabling technologies

SE’s role is to accelerate the development and scale up

the growth of these sectors


How are we performing?

World leading science, great ideas - international leader in R&D expenditure

Strong record of spinning out companies from our university base

Scotland accounted for 23% of new spinouts created in 2012/13, more

than any other region in the UK and up from 16% ten years ago

21% of total successful exits were completed in Scotland, more than

any other region including 2nd placed London at 18%

BUT In contrast to our performance in HERD, business R&D expenditure (BERD)

in Scotland lags significantly behind that of the rest of the UK (0.59% of

GDP, compared with 1.09% for the UK).


The Challenge

From start up to scale up requires:

1. People – a management team with entrepreneurial experience and

ambition - we need to both develop the skills for growth and align

entrepreneurial talent with a track record of scaling companies in global

markets to innovative ideas. Innovation + Entrepreneurship = potential to

grow companies of scale.

2. Growth funding – access to Series A £1- £5m plus funding to provide

sufficient growth capital to accelerate growth and anchor the company in

Scotland

We provide intensive support in preparing the business for Series A – honing

a compelling propositions and supporting companies in better promotion

and investor engagement.


The Challenge

From start up to scale up requires:

1. People – a management team with entrepreneurial experience and

ambition - we need to both develop the skills for growth and align

entrepreneurial talent with a track record of scaling companies in global

markets to innovative ideas.

2. Growth funding – access to Series A £1- £5m plus funding to provide

sufficient growth capital to accelerate growth and anchor the company in

Scotland


The entrepreneurial journey from bench to market

• Prof Martin Tangney (Edinburgh Napier) has developed a process to produce sustainable butanol from the by-products of whisky distillation – Celtic Renewables led by CEO Mark Simmers now in the process of securing major investment.

• Two innovative companies came together to reap the benefits of their complimentary technology and skills - Insignia Technology to develop a range of intelligent inks used in freshness sensor labels for foods.


The entrepreneurial journey from bench to market

• Silent Herdsman have developed a “smart farm” decision platform for herd management in the dairy farm sector. Initially a R&D programme from ITI Techmedia which spun out from Strathclyde University.

• Taragenyx have developed coatings aimed at helping patients heal faster with less pain when implants are infected. A YIE funded project now selected to join the London Stock Exchange support programme – The Elite Programme

http://taragenyx.com/


Commercialisation Support

THE PROGRAMMES Proof of Concept Programme (PoCP) - funding, entrepreneurial skills

development, programme management and experienced commercial talent

aligned to ideas with identified market potential.

Enterprise Fellowships help researchers, post-graduates or recently graduated

students spin-out their business ideas.

THE SUPPORT Entrepreneurial Support provides intensive support to pre-start and early stage

with the growth potential of £5m turnover in £5 years or a valuation of £5m in 3

years. The High Growth Start Up Team help build the management team,

working with them to create a viable and fundable business proposition.


Connectivity – access to international networks for growth

Ensuring that entrepreneurs have access to networks - local, national and international - that enables them to grow their

businesses

• With over 27 offices across 15 countries across the globe Scottish Development International

supports Scottish-based companies accessing key global markets or adding experts to help with the development of international strategy,

• Connect with over 770 outstanding Scots business professionals across 51 countries worldwide which can open up routes to international markets

http://www.sdi.co.uk/

www.scottish-enterprise.com

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