The CivTech challenges are set by public sector bodies for entrepreneurs, innovators and businesses, this year including how to decarbonise manufacturing, boosting public trust in AI and managing visitor footfall…
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In July 2020 the Scottish Government announced a £38 million funding programme for innovative early stage businesses whose routes to investment and growth had been hit by coronavirus. The largest…
Unlocking Ambition is a £4m challenge fund created by the Scottish Government and delivered by entrepreneurial ecosystem partners In the first, pilot, round of the programme, 40 entrepreneurs received 12…
This is the first IPO of a Scottish company since Nucleus Financial in July 2018 Calnex Solutions designs, produces, and markets test instrumentation and solutions for network synchronisation and network…
Kerry Sharp, director of Scottish Investment Bank, has reported some key figures from its investment performance in 2019/20 “Scottish Enterprise has published its year-end results for 2019/20 and I’m delighted…
The AccelerateHER programme, run in Scotland by Investing Women (www.investingwomen.co.uk), has teamed up with Barclays Ventures to offer specialist mentoring to some of the nation’s most promising female-led companies. Angel…
In the second quarter of 2020 angel syndicate members of LINC Scotland, the national business angel association, maintained the high level of activity seen in the first quarter. Taking these…
Following last month’s report on the many ways in which innovative companies in Scotland are using their expertise to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we have tracked more efforts from…
The winners of the 2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise were announced on 21 April, the Queen’s birthday. Many congratulations to the eight Scottish firms which won awards: Innovation category Armadilla,…
In the first quarter of 2020 Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate Equity Gap completed 12 deals and delivered £2.85 million of investment to early stage businesses in Scotland. A number of…