{"id":32656,"date":"2026-08-12T19:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=32656"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:17:14","slug":"lentitek-raises-funds-for-cell-and-gene-therapy-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=32656","title":{"rendered":"Lentitek raises funds for cell and gene therapy \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adam-Inche-and-Leif-Anderson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198713 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adam-Inche-and-Leif-Anderson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198713 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adam-Inche-and-Leif-Anderson.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adam-Inche-and-Leif-Anderson-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adam-Inche-and-Leif-Anderson-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Adam-Inche-and-Leif-Anderson-600x396.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Adam Inche and Leif Anderson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Biotech company Lentitek has secured an equity investment of \u00a3725,000 from new and existing investors led by Equity Gap to accelerate commercialisation of its cell and gene therapy technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The investment in the Edinburgh-based company follows a breakthrough year in which it transitioned from R&amp;D to revenue-generation, with several significant deals signed and more in the pipeline. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Chairman Leif Anderson said: \u201cLentitek has the right technology, in the right place, at the right time and strengthening our finances will allow us to fully capitalise on that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Inche, CEO, added: \u201cThis investment is the first part of an ongoing fundraising process, and reflects the momentum we\u2019re building at Lentitek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside Equity Gap, the investment was supported by Apollo Informal Investment, Gabriel Investment Syndicate, Scottish Enterprise and a number of prominent business angels. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fraser Lusty, managing director at Equity Gap, said: \u201cThe team at Lentitek is very commercially focused and have delivered consistently since we first invested. \u00a0We are pleased to be able lead this latest round bringing together likeminded investors who see the potential in this pioneering company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.6.0) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Lentitek #raises #funds #cell #gene #therapy #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Inche and Leif Anderson B&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,12960,265,5287,37,19022,19021,1175,19023],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}