OUR FUNDING
Innovate UK Awards
SMi has been successful in receiving several prestigious grant awards, the largest of which were from Innovate UK. This has enabled us to fund truly innovative research and to benefit from access to national institutes and world-leading scientists across the UK.
Norcliffe Capital
Norcliffe Capital specialises in life science investments that have the potential to be disruptive. Norcliffe has a rigorous selection process that seeks strong global IP in a growing market, and was an ideal choice for SMi’s funding requirements, as well as supporting the company’s continued growth and development.
CPI
SMi was a successful recipient of CPI grant funding to assist its regulatory processes. CPI is a founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult and helps companies reduce the risk and cost associated with product development.
If you would like to invest in SMi’s journey, please get in touch
Partners
SMi has partnered with internationally recognised institutions to drive the development of its instruments, consumables, and analytical software
OUR PARTNERS
Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) has worked with SMi since its early days as a small start-up when SMi was comprised of only three people.
With the funding and support in place, SMi developed its early generation instruments at the company’s US facility and later installed one of these in the MDC’s state-of-the-art laboratory facilities at Alderley Park, Cheshire.
This partnership has continued to grow following the successful securing of competitive Innovate UK awards to apply SMi’s technology to infectious diseases and to cancer diagnosis.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge has been an integral element in the success of the SMi story, with early generation instruments undergoing testing in Professor Ravindra Gupta’s labs in the Department of Medicine.
Partnering with an academic group has allowed SMi to think beyond commercial constraints and find ways to answer more general questions relating to disease.
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is responsible for developing and maintaining the national primary measurement standards, and collaborating with institutions to maintain global systems of measurement.
SMi has worked with the NPL to validate experimental results from all its other activities and to ensure that it is a leader in the measurement of single molecules.
Medical Devices Testing & Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC)
The Medical Devices Testing & Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC) builds expertise and capacity in the NHS and accelerates the development of medical innovations and devices. It is based at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust where it has been supporting SMi’s objectives to create a platform that is accessible to all abilities and experience.
Cogent Technology Ltd
Cogent is offering SMi world-class facilities, cutting-edge technologies and the highest regulatory and quality standards to ensure that the SMi platform complies to required manufacturing quality standards and can meet the needs of both medical and research communities.