Readers may have noticed some unfamiliar names in this month’s issue. On closer inspection two of these are familiar in their previous guises – Oodls was until recently Pixey, and…
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YCF’s readers are encouraged to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the objectives and structure of the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) The Scottish Government’s 2017-18 Programme for Government…
Seed Haus invests at the pre-seed stage in “outstanding founders and pre-founders tackling real problems, in large markets”. Founded by Calum Forsyth, CEO, and Robin Knox, chairman, the initiative was…
In September, our annual conference programme focused on ‘Standing Out from the Crowd’ and included a fantastic array of inspiring presentations by speakers from well-established businesses; discussing how companies can…
Standing out from the crowd Each year YCF’s annual conference takes a broad theme that gives a variety of speakers the opportunity to set out their own knowledge or experience...
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Stepping up next in our Showcase series is Tissue Solutions, a Queens Award winning business for the medical research sector. Commanded by CEO Morag McFarlane, this medical start-up provides top…
The TechX Pioneer is a technology accelerator programme run by the Oil & Gas Technology Centre. The first ten companies for the Pioneer programme have been selected following a pitch…
The Cancer Innovation Challenge is a project funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to encourage Innovation Centres in Scotland to work in partnership to help Scotland become a world leading carer…
MGB Biopharma is developing a novel class of anti-infectives based on minor groove binders (MGBs), based on technology developed by Professor Colin Suckling at the University of Strathclyde. The company...
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