Dr Natalia Blagburn

Head of Portfolio, Co-investment and Venture Funds, Scottish Enterprise

📍 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United Kingdom
10
Total investments
2
Early stage
3
Mid stage
3
Late stage
15y
Years active

Portfolio

8 investments · sorted by recency
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Board Observer
Nov 2022
Dxcover is a clinical stage liquid biopsy company developing tests for the early detection of multiple cancers, when treatment has a better chance to impact outcomes. The company has pioneered the early detection and identification of cancer employing infrared spectroscopy of circulating pan-omic biomarkers. The company has generated compelling clinical data with high accuracy detection of Stage I and Stage II cancers. Dxcover is based in Scotland, United Kingdom and is establishing operations in the USA.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
Our global mission: to make a billion people safer at work. Notify is the smart Health & Safety software solution. We combine expertise in big data, machine learning and analytics with mobile-first technology and design - so near misses, accidents and incidents can be reported instantly and accurately - wherever you are located. All reports can be followed up and tracked through to resolution. No more handwritten forms, Excel, Google spreadsheets, or clunky software; using Notify will immediately improve your bottom line by automating the capturing and reporting process, increasing employee engagement and ensuring your business is compliant. Notify informs the right people, the right information - in real-time - for businesses large and small. As we grow we are looking to recruit new members to our team, who share our passion for technology that makes a positive change to the world, including Developers, Business Partners (H&S consultants who understand data and employee engagement) and Strategic Partners, who can help us continue on our mission to make a billion people safer at work. Whatever your requirements in Health & Safety, contact us any time - we will be delighted to hear from you.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
Shine is a fully customisable, highly secure, enterprise level video-based recruitment platform that facilitates a remote first end-to-end recruitment process for enterprises, SMEs, and recruitment firms. Our aim to make the recruitment process easier, whilst improving the candidate and client journey, and the platform has been proven to cut the time and cost of hiring by up to 70%. We work with many household names including Royal Navy, RAF, Capita Resourcing, University of London, Sky, Atom Bank and the NHS, and support users in over 85 countries.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
3Dctrl is a powerful 3D content engine that creates, automates and scales photorealistic imagery and video for digital commerce. 3Dctrl helps brands adopt an entirely virtual production workflow that is more dynamic, efficient and scalable than traditional photography and video production.
Board Observer
May 2013
BEANIES THE FLAVOUR CO. LTD. is a company located in Darlington, England, United Kingdom that makes flavour coffee.
Board Observer
Dec 2012
Realsafe Technologies is a public safety technology company that develops, maintains, and licences its award-winning smartphone-based crash detection and emergency alerting software. Our life-saving technology protects millions of miles of journeys by customers travelling within the automotive and motorcycle markets. The company works with major brands around the world helping protect those who crash, and may require urgent emergency assistance.
early stagePublic Safety
Board Observer
Aug 2011
Furniture, lighting & interior Products with Personality. Designed and made in Britain. Supplied to commercial projects and influential brands worldwide.
late stageDesign Services
Board Observer
2011
SSLPost provide electronic PAYE document delivery solutions; enabling you to confidently send salary and employee documentation, safe in the knowledge that your sensitive information is protected whilst in transit, at rest on the server and can only be opened by the intended recipient. As specialists in encryption technology, our focus is to enable secure, GDPR compliant, electronic delivery of business documentation in a cost effective, user friendly and environmentally responsible manner. Protected by a European patent, our software is leading the way in the ePayslips market; SSLPost now has a diverse range of clients from both the public and private sector. SSLPost has a high pedigree team who strive to demystify the concept of encryption by providing easy to use, cost effective ePayslip solutions to businesses of all sizes throughout the UK and beyond. Contact us today to learn how your company can benefit from the substantial cost savings through implementing an SSLPost solution. www.sslpost.com 0333 444 3425 info@sslpost.com
Experience · 16 entries
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2025
Head of Portfolio Team
Oct 2025
We are Scotlands national and international economic development agency, and a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. We support businesses to innovate and scale to transform Scotland’s economy, by focussing on the most transformative economic opportunities where we can make the biggest difference: ➡️ Creating an internationally competitive energy transition industry in Scotland. ➡️ Scaling the impact of Scotland’s innovation strengths into high-growth industries of the future. ➡️ Driving capital investment to deliver a step-change in Scotland’s productivity.
2022
Board Observer
Nov 2022
Dxcover is a clinical stage liquid biopsy company developing tests for the early detection of multiple cancers, when treatment has a better chance to impact outcomes. The company has pioneered the early detection and identification of cancer employing infrared spectroscopy of circulating pan-omic biomarkers. The company has generated compelling clinical data with high accuracy detection of Stage I and Stage II cancers. Dxcover is based in Scotland, United Kingdom and is establishing operations in the USA.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
Our mission is to simplify car repairs by building a car maintenance marketplace that works for everyone. Our Garage Network consists of over 15,000 top-rated garages, mobile mechanics and dealerships around the UK. Whether you're looking to get your car serviced, book an MOT or have a specialist repair your car, we can help you find the right garage at the right price. With transparency and choice at the heart of everything we do, we’re changing the industry one quote at a time.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
Our global mission: to make a billion people safer at work. Notify is the smart Health & Safety software solution. We combine expertise in big data, machine learning and analytics with mobile-first technology and design - so near misses, accidents and incidents can be reported instantly and accurately - wherever you are located. All reports can be followed up and tracked through to resolution. No more handwritten forms, Excel, Google spreadsheets, or clunky software; using Notify will immediately improve your bottom line by automating the capturing and reporting process, increasing employee engagement and ensuring your business is compliant. Notify informs the right people, the right information - in real-time - for businesses large and small. As we grow we are looking to recruit new members to our team, who share our passion for technology that makes a positive change to the world, including Developers, Business Partners (H&S consultants who understand data and employee engagement) and Strategic Partners, who can help us continue on our mission to make a billion people safer at work. Whatever your requirements in Health & Safety, contact us any time - we will be delighted to hear from you.
Board Observer
Mar 2022
Shine is a fully customisable, highly secure, enterprise level video-based recruitment platform that facilitates a remote first end-to-end recruitment process for enterprises, SMEs, and recruitment firms. Our aim to make the recruitment process easier, whilst improving the candidate and client journey, and the platform has been proven to cut the time and cost of hiring by up to 70%. We work with many household names including Royal Navy, RAF, Capita Resourcing, University of London, Sky, Atom Bank and the NHS, and support users in over 85 countries.
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