What Science Diffusion does

Science Diffusion Ltd. is a UK-based, privately held research communication company that translates complex academic and scientific research into accessible content for non-specialist audiences. Founded in 2013 and operating from Stapeley, Cheshire, the firm delivers services through four wholly-owned sub-brands: Scientia (professionally edited written articles), SciTube (custom 2D/3D science videos and animations), SciPod (audio content and podcasts), and Diffusion² (cinematic communication for commercial science and technology clients using AI-enhanced production workflows).

The company's underlying capability is human scientific literacy combined with media production expertise across written, visual, audio, and cinematic formats, supplemented by AI tooling within the Diffusion² workflow. Outputs are typically used for public engagement, impact reporting, funding justification, education, recruitment, and wider dissemination. The firm positions itself as a "done for you" service, explicitly contrasting with agency overheads and aiming to remove workload from busy research teams.

Science Diffusion generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements, with pricing not publicly disclosed but positioned as cost-effective and realistic for academic and public-sector budgets. The go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, with no disclosed demand-generation campaigns; clients reach out via the corporate website, individual brand sites, or direct email. The customer base is horizontal, spanning individual researchers, universities and research institutes, publicly funded research programmes, policy and public engagement teams, scientific societies, scholarly publishers, and industry and applied research groups. No external equity investment, funding rounds, M&A activity, or partnerships are recorded in the source data, indicating a bootstrapped, founder-led operating model.

Name

Science Diffusion

Legal name

Science Diffusion Ltd.

Website

https://sciencediffusion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Science Diffusion is a UK-based research communication company that translates complex scientific research into accessible written, video, audio, and cinematic content for researchers, universities, publicly funded programmes, and commercial science organisations through its Scientia, SciTube, SciPod, and Diffusion² sub-brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Communication Services

NAICS

Publishing Industries (513), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific & Laboratory Reference (Chemistry, Biology, Physics; Methods & Protocols) (EDAGAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Popular Science, Technology & Nature Trade Publishing (MPAJAAAJ)

Keywords

• Science communication
• Research communication
• Academic publishing
• Research dissemination
• Scientific media services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Research Communication Services: Project-based service delivery across multiple formats (written articles, video/animation production, audio/podcast content, and cinematic communication). Services are priced to be cost-effective for academic and public-sector budgets, operating as a 'done for you' model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Science Diffusion is a research communication company that helps researchers, institutions, and organisations translate complex scientific research into clear, accessible content for non-specialist audiences. It delivers professional communication outputs across multiple formats through four specialist sub-brands: Scientia (written articles), SciTube (video and 2D/3D animation), SciPod (audio and podcasts), and Diffusion² (AI-enhanced cinematic communication for commercial science and technology clients).

Product overview

Science Diffusion operates as a research communication company with a portfolio of four specialist sub-brands delivering services across written, visual, audio, and cinematic formats. Scientia handles written content (professionally edited articles), SciTube produces video and animation content (2D and 3D), SciPod creates audio and podcast content, and Diffusion² delivers AI-enhanced cinematic communication for commercial clients. The four brands work together under one roof, allowing Science Diffusion to offer multiple formats without forcing a single solution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scientia: Produces professionally edited articles that turn academic research into clear, readable written content for general audiences. Each article is developed with researchers and checked carefully for accuracy.
• SciTube
• SciPod
• Diffusion²

Products and services

• Scientia Professionally edited articles that turn academic research into clear, readable written content for general audiences, developed with researchers and checked for accuracy without spin or clickbait.
• SciTube Custom science videos and animations, including 2D and 3D, used to explain research ideas, methods, and outcomes visually for websites, presentations, and other platforms.
• SciPod Audio content and podcasts that allow research stories to be heard rather than read, useful for accessibility and reaching audiences who engage better through audio.
• Diffusion² Cinematic communication for commercial science and technology organisations, combining scientifically literate human expertise with AI-enhanced production workflows to explain complex ideas clearly, visually, and at speed.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,500+ completed projects

Segments7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/science-diffusion

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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