Five ‘highly ambitious’ Scottish tech spinouts awarded £500,000
Five “highly ambitious” Scottish tech university spinouts have been granted half a million pounds between them to grow their businesses. The startups, all supported by Edinburgh University’s commercialisation service –...
Scottish innovators attract half a billion during first half of 2022
Fast-growth businesses in Scotland attracted over half a billion pounds of venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2022, according to new figures. Research from professional services network KPMG...
Dundee chosen as location of £190m battery cell ‘megafactory’
Dundee has been chosen as the site of a £190 million battery “megafactory”, creating 215 on-site jobs and 800 more across the supply chain. AMTE Power’s new factory will produce...
Glasgow software firm helps Crimestoppers manage call centre demand
A Glasgow-based software firm has been helping the national Crimestoppers helpline to manage fluctuating contact centre demand and stress levels on call-handing staff. Simul8, a tech firm which models complex...
Elaine Burgess was once called ‘mum’ by members of a male-led team. Now she blazes the trail for diversity in the tech sector
I took the scenic route into a career in digital. At the ripe old age of 21, I moved from Dublin to Edinburgh to do a one-year master’s degree in...
Scottish graphene producers to target diagnostics market after £8m investment
A Scottish company that has developed a novel manufacturing process for the ‘wonder material’ graphene is investing £8m to scale up production. Integrated Graphene, based in Stirling, is being backed...
Scottish university spin-outs top UK equity investment league
Scottish university spin-out companies have topped an equity investment league, with more small firms securing finance than anywhere else in the UK. New figures from the British Business Bank show...
Scotland’s first chief entrepreneur brings tech flair to government economic aims
Scotland’s first chief entrepreneur was appointed today as the government brought in some tech flair to boost its economic transformation agenda. Mark Logan, a former top executive with Scottish unicorn...
Scottish Games Week to create ‘global platform’ for vibrant gaming industry
A new ‘Scottish Games Week’ will provide a global platform for the country’s booming computer gaming sector, according to organisers. Developers, publishers and educators will come together for a series...
Annual survey to take temperature of Scottish tech sector’s startup community
The annual survey taking the temperature of the Scottish tech sector’s vibrant startup community has been launched for 2022. The EIE Scottish Startup, conducted by the University of Edinburgh’s Bayes...
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