Bristol & Bath's talent pool is expanding rapidly and our region offers immense potential for businesses and investors.
3rd fastest growing Life Sciences sector in UK for employment 
Bristol ranked 7th in the UK for innovation 
Over 190 life sciences companies 
Life sciences & tech ecosystem valued at £8.1bn 
Image credit: Bristol & Bath Science Park As a European leader in tech venture capital funding, and £212 million invested in related companies in 2022, our region is a magnet for talent and innovation.
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Advances in diagnostic technology enable quicker disease detection, better monitoring, and more accurate prognoses. Integrating rapid screening tools with healthcare records can expedite patient access to appropriate treatments, reducing the costs and risks associated with ineffective therapies.
Key companies: éclateral, FluoretiQ, and Invivo Health.
Digital health technologies are using computing platforms, connectivity, software, and sensors for healthcare. These tools include those used as medical products, within medical products, as companion diagnostics, or as adjuncts to other treatments like devices, drugs, and biologics.
Key companies: Okko Health, Invatech Health and Micrima.
Image credit: Speechtools MedTech plays a vital role in saving lives, improving health, and supporting sustainable healthcare systems. Through innovative devices and diagnostics, it delivers significant value to patients and healthcare professionals.
Key companies: Earswitch, Micrima, Open Bionics and Transdermal Diagnostics.
Image credit: IDPS, University of Bath Advanced therapeutics are treatments designed to treat, alleviate, or prevent specific diseases. These can include drug therapies, medical devices, nutritional interventions, and stem-cell therapies.
Key companies: eXmoor Pharma, and Scarlet Therapeutics.
Bioprocessing involves growing living cells or other biological components—such as bacteria, viruses, enzymes, proteins, or nucleic acids—within a commercial bioreactor for the purpose of manufacturing biopharmaceuticals.
Key companies: Atlas Genetics, GenomeKey, Imophoron and Zentraxa.
Image credit: LettUs Grow Our growing network of 200+ innovative agri-tech companies complements industry-leading academics and R&D institutions. World-class technology drives efficiency and innovation in South West livestock farming, aquaculture, and food industries, with small to medium agri-tech firms generating over £371 million in turnover.
Key companies: Dyson Farming, LettUs Grow, and Yeo Valley.
Image credit: LettUs Grow Nutritional science has significantly impacted public health by determining optimal nutrient intakes, leading to effective healthy eating campaigns with notable health benefits.
Key companies: Extracellular, Glaia, and TasteTech.
Backed by the University of Bristol and Research England, Science Creates have two central Bristol incubators, offering 45,000 sq ft of laboratory, office, and event space for deep tech start-ups. Designed, built, and run by their specialist in-house team. Science Creates secured a further £8.5m to develop a third, 30,000 sq ft incubator—OMX—opening 2025, contributing to establishing the UK as a world-leading innovation hot spot’
Home to key companies including: CytoSeek, Zentraxa and Halo Therapeutics.
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The University of Bristol, among the top 10 UK universities for spinouts, has launched 130 companies. Both the University of Bristol and the University of Bath are known for innovative start-ups, including:
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Mission Street, a leading UK specialist is science and innovation real estate, are delivering the South West’s largest commercial innovation building known as Projekt in Bristol city centre. The proposed scheme has been designed to deliver over 100,000 sq ft of innovation space inclusive of: workshops, offices, wet and dry labs and collaboration space to accommodate the region’s impressive growth across a broad range of innovation sectors including Life Sciences, AI, Quantum, Cyber Security, Engineering and Robotics.
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