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Glaia Ltd

UK company 11933341, incorporated on 9 April 2019.

Glaia

Glaia Ltd is a UK company with status Active founded in 2019 based in South West England.

Company number
11933341
Incorporated
9 Apr 2019
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Browse spinouts
Founded / incorporated
9 April 2019

Company number 11933341

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Legal name
GLAIA LTD
Company type
Private Limited Company
Region
South West England
Registered address
SCIENCE CREATES OLD MARKET
MIDLAND ROAD
BRISTOL
ENGLAND
BS2 0JZ
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
12 Apr
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

29 Mar
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

30 Apr
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

09 Apr
2019

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

3 entries

Company description

Glaia develops biostimulants for the agricultural sector, aiming to increase crop yield, without increasing greenhouse gases, by enhancing the rate of photosynthesis.

Our revolutionary technology developed at the University of Bristol allows plants to harvest light more efficiently and facilitates the processes involved in biomass production resulting in increased crop yields. With this technology, we aim to effectively help ensure food security in the future as well as reduce the carbon footprint of agricultural food production.

Project impact

None yet

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2024
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2024 Investment Accelerator Lead participant

photosynthesis enhancer for (total) controlled environment agriculture

1 Mar 2024 to 31 Aug 2025

Awarded
£924,100
Total cost £2,053,555

In the UK we have recently experienced fresh food shortages leading to empty shelves in supermarkets evidencing the fragility of the UK's food supply chain and the high reliance on horticultural imports. Domestic production of most soft fruit and vegetables is under controlled environment agriculture (CEA). However, high operating costs make CEA largely n...

2020 Study Lead participant

Sugar-dot technology to boost plant yields

1 May 2020 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£209,570
Total cost £299,385

We have a proprietary technology developed at the University of Bristol that is capable of boosting plant biomass production, but more importantly, also crop yields by ~20%. Our product is a sugar-derived material that interacts with the plant's photosynthetic machinery, increasing the efficiency of the conversion of absorbed sunlight into biomass, i.e. p...

Product types

Investment Accelerator Study