pureLiFi

The investment aligns with the Bank's innovation mission and supports the place and net zero missions.

This innovative technology has the potential to disrupt conventional wireless communication globally, directly addressing the growing challenge of internet security, cyber attacks and cyber theft.

The Bank's investment will support the creation of highly skilled technology jobs in Scotland, supporting the tech ecosystem.

The use of the visible light spectrum means that LiFi has a lesser environmental impact with overall smaller footprints and energy requirements compared to traditional methods. 

PureLiFi is an Edinburgh-based global technology leader in the development of communications systems and protocols allowing ultra high speed transmission of data using the light spectrum rather than radio waves - LiFi rather than WiFi.

The technology is complementary but highly additive to existing WiFi technology, offering 100x greater data density and 2,600x greater network capacity than WiFi.

The Bank's investment will enable development of an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit). This will support the adoption of the technology in consumer devices with multiple applications.