Andy Hall Ponselè

Biotangents Ltd. develops sensors for point-of-care diagnosis of infectious diseases in livestock, underpinned by a range of innovative DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) manipulation and detection technologies. It also provides DNA design, manipulation, and assembly services. The company was founded by Andy Hall-Ponselè and Lina Gasiunaite in 2015 and is headquartered in Penicuik, the United Kingdom.

The British company's platform provides sustainable access to a diverse library of bioactives for commercial applications in the cosmetics, pharma, food, and agricultural industries. Green Bioactives Ltd. works with several world-leading partners to produce high-value bioactives that cannot be produced sustainably or economically using other approaches. The company was founded in 2019 by Gary Loake, and David McElroy has been the CEO of the company since 2021.