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		<title>Actual Analytics Secures £900,000 Investment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Actual Analytics, a recent spin-out from the University of Edinburgh, has announced the completion of a funding round, securing over £900,000 of investment to develop and take to market their first product.
The consortium of investors is led by Discovery Investment Fund and includes Highland Venture Capital, TriCap and the Scottish Enterprise Co-Investment Fund.  Scott Carnegie, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.highvc.co.uk/index.php/actual-analytics-secures-900000-investment</link>
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		<title>Syntropharma Signs US marketing and distribution agreement with Ranbaxy for Generic Transdermal Product</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Syntropharma, an emerging pharmaceutical company focussed on niche therapeutics and transdermal products, has signed an agreement with Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (&#8220;RPI&#8221;), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (&#8220;RLL&#8221;), for the marketing and distribution of one of its development projects in the United States. In addition to marketing and distribution, RPI a recognized and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.highvc.co.uk/index.php/syntropharma-signs-us-marketing-and-distribution-agreement-with-ranbaxy-for-generic-transdermal-product</link>
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		<title>Successful 2009 for Syntropharma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[18 December 2009, Newtown St. Boswells, Scottish Borders: 
Syntropharma, an emerging pharmaceutical company focussed on drug reformulation utilising transdermal delivery systems, announces a positive end to its year.
The company has just raised a further £400k from a rights issue with existing investors at Tricap, Highland Venture Capital, Scottish Enterprise Co-Investment Fund and Chimaerabio. This takes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.highvc.co.uk/index.php/successful-2009-for-syntropharma</link>
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		<title>£700,000 INVESTMENT DEAL SECURED FOR DUMBARTON LIFE SCIENCES BUSINESS CENTEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A funding package totaling up to £700,000 has been agreed for Dumbarton-based Centeo Biosciences, which is about to launch its proprietary technology into the global life sciences sector.  The investment was led by Highland Venture Capital, the Inverness based business angel syndicate, with additional investment from TRI Cap business angel syndicate, LINC Scotland’s Investment Facilitation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.highvc.co.uk/index.php/700000-investment-deal-secured-for-dumbarton-life-sciences-business-centeo</link>
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		<title>ANGEL FUNDING FOR NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Angel group, Highland Venture Capital (HVC), has completed its first lead investment in partnership with Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund.
£600,000 has been committed as investment in newly formed Advanced Microwave Technologies Ltd, a company which has invented a system for treating, at source, blood waste from abattoirs which will potentially offer huge savings in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.highvc.co.uk/index.php/amt_funding</link>
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		<title>Investment in Syntropharma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Borders start-up company that has the potential to grow into a global pharmaceutical business has secured more than £1 million venture capital funding.
Syntropharma specialises in developing new ways of delivering drugs that help to reduce side effects and increase compliance amongst patients.
The company’s business model means that rather than investing millions of pounds in [...]]]></description>
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