Nandi Proteins Limited is a sales, marketing, IP and licensing company spun out of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh in 2001. The company was established to exploit patented process technology and know how to improve the functional properties of common proteins such as whey, egg and soy. The company’s objective is to become a market leader in the field of denatured protein technology and to deliver significant growth via direct trading of its value added proteins and a licensing approach with significant industry partners.

The technology is based on the work of the founder, Dr Lydia Campbell, who holds a PhD in Biochemistry and who has extensive industrial R&D experience gained with Nestle in Germany, Switzerland and South Africa.

The Company has gone on to protect the technology by filing a worldwide patent application in 2002. It has received a SMART award for novel technology and a SPUR award of £150,000 from the Scottish Executive to continue to develop the technology in food applications. In March 2004 the company attracted significant first round funding from Sigma Technology. This was followed by a further major investment round in February 2006.

Nandi has product development facilities at Heriot Watt University where resources are focused on supporting customers to develop and commercialise food applications. Whilst the company continues to grow its network of know how and business partners, development of the technology pipeline is primarily through a core team of post doctorate researchers based at the University.

The Leadership Team

	Nandi was the mother of Shaka, the Zulu King, famed as a warrior and for his famous victories, and immortalised in the film Zulu. Today Nandi translates as ‘something pleasant’.