In September 2022 the author gave a talk at the YCF ‘Beyond the Basics’ conference, discussing the history of the technology cluster/ecosystem in Scotland since its inception in 1996,…
YCF and one of our sponsors Eden Scott have together produced a report on the life sciences sector in Scotland, focusing on Business Growth through Talent Acquisition (Eden Scott) and…
Kevin Parker of KKI Associates, who will be speaking at the YCF conference on Thursday next week, has written three articles on aspects of commercialisation which appeared in YCF; great…
2021 was a year in which many previous records in the risk capital market in Scotland were broken. This report from YCF and LINC Scotland analyses the market over the…
Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, gave the keynote speech at our conference in September, reviewing the Government’s aim to accelerate economic growth in Scotland…
The CivTech Alliance is running a Global Scale-Up Programme to help entrepreneurial businesses show how than can tackle major climate change issues The CivTech Alliance COP26 Global Scale-up Programme brings…
Crover has been awarded a grant from a fund started by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry The Roddenberry Foundation (TRF), inspired by the life and legacy of Gene Roddenberry, supports…
Twig Education has been acquired by Weld North Education, the largest provider of digital curriculum solutions in the USA, for an undisclosed sum. Twig (originally Twig World) was started by…
SnapDragon Monitoring is an online brand protection service for businesses to find and resolve instances of intellectual property (IP) infringement online With fake products contributing over 3.3% to world trade…
Converge capitalises on net zero innovation ahead of COP26 September sees the staging of the 11th annual Converge Awards, Scotland’s annual celebration of academic innovation and entrepreneurship. This year, the…