Female founders and startup leaders prioritised on Scottish trade mission to Web Summit
Female founders and startup leaders are to be prioritised on a Scottish trade mission to this year’s Web Summit conference in Lisbon. Twenty founders and startup leaders will get the...
Scottish university spin-out secures £36m to ‘digitise chemistry’
A Scottish University spin-out has secured £36 million from a number of investors. Chemify is a Glasgow University company using chemical manufacturing technology to provide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and industrial partners...
Dundee testbed boosts UK video games industry
A national testbed for innovation in Dundee has triggered “significant” growth for the UK video games industry, according to a new report. InGAME (Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise) R&D...
Paul Coffey appointed chief technology officer at Scottish connectivity firm
Connectivity expert Paul Coffey has joined the ranks of a growing Scottish network company. The former chief executive of The Scotland 5G Centre has been named chief technology officer at...
Syndicate fuelling Scotland’s tech and life sciences ambitions secures £12m
An Edinburgh-based syndicate investing in early-stage Scottish life sciences and technology companies has secured a £12 million co-investment. Archangels signed the deal with British Business Investments via its Regional Angels...
5G technology puts actors in the ‘same’ studio – 280 miles apart
A novel use of wireless 5G technology has allowed two actors to do a scene together in the ‘same’ studio – even though they were 280 miles apart. Creative industry...
FanDuel founder’s new sports betting startup secures Irish licence
FanDuel founder Nigel Eccles’s new sports betting startup BetDEX has secured a licence to trade in Ireland and an important foothold in the EU market. BetDEX, set up with fellow...
More than 150 companies join Scotland’s industrial biotechnology innovation centre
More than 150 companies have now joined Scotland’s Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) as the sector continues to flourish. Startups and multinational life sciences companies from across the UK rank...
Scottish Games Week 2023 programme opens – Call for speakers, sponsors, demos, exhibitors & partners
The programme for Scottish Games Week 2023 (SGW23) has now opened. The week-long celebration of videogames, delivered by the Scottish Games Network, will welcome speakers, partners and sponsors from across...
Administrate raises £5m investment round to support growth plans and North American expansion
Administrate, a leading enterprise training operations platform based in Edinburgh, has raised £5 million from existing investors Archangels, Mercia, and the Scottish Investment Bank, and has also welcomed Hambro Perks...

