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Innovators

The Glasgow venture was set up by Rebecca Pick and the company was a winner at the 2017 AccelerateHER Awards for female founders.

Glasgow entrepreneur behind lone worker safety alarm launches fund raise

'LiFi' is a mobile wireless technology that uses light rather than radio frequencies to transmit data. By harnessing the light spectrum, it is said to provide more reliable wireless communications with 'unparalleled security'. Picture: Malcolm Cochrane Photography

Edinburgh firm behind 'game-changing' light-transmitting tech in major US deal

Some of the female founders in STAC's third cohort of IoT companies. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Glasgow's IoT-focused STAC cheers level of female participation in latest cohort

Dave Hughes and David Jolliffe of Novosound. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Glasgow ultrasound sensor pioneer appoints former Intel exec as part of US push

The winners of the 21st round of the Scottish Edge competition. Picture: Sandy Young Photography

Scottish Edge gives £1.4m lift to 24 firms with high-growth potential: full list

There are 'some great success stories coming out of Scotland' in terms of IoT, says Mr Winstanley. Picture: contributed.

Interview: Paul Winstanley, chief executive of innovation centre Censis

The HonuWorx mothership, part of a subsea robotics project backed by the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen - the go-to tech hub for the North Sea energy industry

Boss of Scotland's net zero hub on why oil use can't just be switched off

Last year's conference

Green energy conference: How Scotland can be a global leader in renewables

IbisVision’s refractive technology means optometrists can run standard eye tests over the internet and enable entire optical prescriptions to be conducted remotely.

Glasgow pioneer behind remote eye testing tech gets £4.5m growth boost

Claudia Cavalluzzo, executive director at Converge: 'This year’s cohort proves that ideas and innovations are thriving in Scotland’s universities.'

Scottish university AI innovators among 100-strong Converge cohort

Censis will now have an east coast 'hub' located at Heriot-Watt's Riccarton Campus on the outskirts of the capital.

Heriot-Watt tie-up to unlock £500bn digital opportunity for Scots businesses

Hear about the female data entrepreneurs tackling global health challenges in new podcast

Ad Feature Hear about the female data entrepreneurs in new podcast

'Despite all the challenges, I remain optimistic about what Business Gateway can do to help Scotland’s SMEs achieve in the next few years,' says Hugh Lightbody. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Interview: Business Gateway chief Hugh Lightbody on catalysing entrepreneurship

Dyneval has secured over £500,000 of additional funding as the Scottish company looks to accelerate the development of a portable instrument for semen analysis.

Edinburgh agritech firm's semen analysis tool promises to save farmers thousands

Marco Caffio, co-founder and CSO at Integrated Graphene. Picture: Mike Wilkinson.

Pioneering 3D graphene-maker doubling footprint amid increased global demand

Artificial intelligence is changing how humans interact with machines.

Scotland powering ahead as AI tech moves to change the world

Sir Tom Hunter: 'As a philanthropy we are happy to step in where gaps exist.'

Sir Tom Hunter doubles up on 'pre-scaler' business support amid soaring demand

Chief entrepreneur Mark Logan: 'By making this connection between health testing and business support, we create an environment for innovation which enables Scottish companies to compete effectively, whilst bringing much-needed treatment solutions to the NHS.'

Tech tie-up promises to boost Scottish health innovation

Rowan Armstrong CEO of Bioliberty, with Niki McKenzie, joint MD, Archangels. Picture: Jamie Williamson

Edinburgh firm behind 'robotic glove' that can help stroke victims nets £2.2m

The senior leadership team at Glasgow-headquartered Phlo Technologies.

Glasgow digital pharmacy group acquires UK arm of US unicorn in 'landmark' deal

“We want to support entrepreneurship and the use of data to develop new solutions and technologies to support change for the better within society and business."

Ad Feature Kickstarting Scotland's entrepreneurial talent

Around 200,000 people have benefited from projects supported by 'for purpose' Scottish beer brand Brewgooder, which funds schemes to provide clean water and sanitation, tackle hunger and promote inclusion

Brewgooder: How beer-drinkers can save lives across the globe

The Ineos petrochemicals complex at Grangemouth - one of the top greenhouse gas emitters in Scotland - was among 28 climate-polluting industrial sites analysed in the new Scottish Net Zero Road Map, produced by Neccus

Turning Scotland’s top climate-polluters green

From left: Sam Marnick and Scott McLarty of Spirit AeroSystems, Scottish Business Minister Ivan McKee, and Astraius CEO Kevin Seymour and chairman Sir George Zambellas. Picture: contributed.

New partnership aims to help Prestwick Spaceport capabilities skyrocket

Highlands-based co-founders of Hop, Richard Drummond (left) and Jon Erasmus (right). Picture: Heartland Media and PR

Scots hotel software firm goes global with help of ex-Dragon Duncan Bannatyne

Members of the Topolytics team: Ben Emson, chief technology officer; Jane Stewart, director; Michael Groves, chief executive. Picture: Chris Watt Photography

Edinburgh tech firm at forefront of circular economy secures £1.5m growth boost

The project with Air Malta represents Bluebox’s third customer deployment for its wireless digital services platform Blueview on an Airbus Airspace Link installation.

Fife firm's tech to entertain passengers on new Air Malta jets

The NYC 2023 Foras Programme will run between April 10 and 17.

Top tech players to showcase Scotland to New York City ecosystem

James Anderson of Panmure House. Image: Matt Marcus

Ad Feature The need for innovation and long-termism in finance

Ahead Business Consulting boss Neil Bradbrook says firms mulling a four-day week need to consider what is right for their customers, staff and business. Picture: Claire Watson.

Analysis: as the SBRC adopts a four-day week, can this move be widely emulated?

Among the Scottish winners is Fergal Mackie who has developed a body-powered bionic hand. Picture: contributed.

Quartet of Scottish inventors honoured in Young Innovator Awards

Dr Zaki Hussein, founder and chief executive of Touchlab, which has been ranked 41st on the list. Picture: Callum Bennetts/Maverick Photo Agency.

Analysis: how prestigious start-up list is putting Scots innovation in limelight

Metahelios was launched last year by metasurface physicists Charles Altuzarra and Yash Shah.

Glasgow start-up looks to join space race with long-distance camera tech

From left: Stac COO Gregor Aikman, Jordan Talent Solutions co-founders Grant and LeighAnne Jordan, and Stac CEO Paul Wilson. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Scotland set for first IoT recruitment platform on back of new tie-up

Paul Bate, CEO of the UK Space Agency, joins Zaria Serfontein, co-founder of Frontier Space Technologies at the UK Space Agency offices in Westminster, London to launch the UK Space Agency Accelerator programme. Picture: Matt Crossick

Space sector accelerator targeting entrepreneurs with interstellar aims

Pufferfish's display systems deliver 'highly interactive engagement and multi-sensory experiences' for a range of uses and settings, including corporate communications, museums, science centres, planetariums, art exhibitions and other visitor attractions, as well as scientific and educational institutions.

Edinburgh firm behind multi-sensory display systems to inject ‘wow’ factor

5G networks are seen as especially useful in enabling advanced communications such as virtual reality, automation and the 'internet of things'. Picture: Gorm Branderup

Tech boost as government pledges £450,000 funding for Tayside 5G projects

Senior manufacturing engineer Dr Jill Miscandlon said electric long-haul flights may still be 20 years away. Picture: National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

Electric long-haul flights the focus of groundbreaking Scottish research

Sustainable Scotland explores the creativity and ingenuity in the Scottish farming community, against all odds

Ad Feature Sustainable Scotland: Scottish farmers fighting against the odds

Shahida Imani, CEO of Edinburgh-based Chromacity . Picture: Peter Dibdin

Edinburgh laser innovator Chromacity secures funds and names two new directors

Dave Hughes (Novosound) and Lishan Aklog (PAVmed).

Glasgow's Novosound signs key agreement with Nasdaq-listed medical tech outfit

Space Intelligence supports forest restoration across the world, including in Indonesia where the rare rafflesia flower is found. Picture: Jeremy Holden

Edinburgh nature tech venture scaling up with fresh investment and hiring ‘coup’

The trials underlined the need for the carry-onboard product to be as lightweight and compact as possible for stowage on business jets and limited spaces on commercial carriers.

Scottish tech outfit behind medical emergency device adding jobs mid global push

Technology innovation organisation CPI is opening its medicines manufacturing innovation centre at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Renfrewshire.

Medical innovation centre to bring 100 'high-value' jobs to Glasgow city region

Chris Yendell, project development manager at Gravitricity, believes his firm's innovative energy storage technology -- which has been demonstrated at Edinburgh's Leith docks -- can help India reduce its climate emissions and move to renewable power. Picture: Peter Dibdin

Weight-to-go: Scots firm goes global with gravity energy storage innovation

Work has begun on a cutting-edge vertical-launch spaceport in Shetland, with the first rockets due to lift off next year

Countdown to rocket launch begins as Shetland spaceport takes shape

Three cutting-edge battery storage schemes that will help bring more renewable energy onto the grid are being built in Scotland -- at electricity substations in Moray, East Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders

Battery schemes will cut energy bills, stabilise grid and bolster green energy

'After running virtual trade missions over the last two years, we’re so pleased to be staging this latest market-building expedition on US soil once again,' says Jackie Waring, chair of AccelerateHER. Picture: Neil Hanna Photography.

AccelerateHER resumes in-person trade missions with forthcoming California trip

The firm says the expansion into the UAE opens up new opportunities in key sectors. Picture: contributed.

Translation agency My Language Connection unveils move into Middle East

Ukrainian Yuliia Buhlak, a former student of the Scottish Association for Marine Science, was forced to flee with her daughter Sofia when Russia invaded her home country -- now she is based in Norway but back working with the Oban-based institution on a new project she hopes will give her family a bright future

The Ukrainian refugee scaling new heights with fish-skin leather

'We are confident that our new Loveland base will allow our rapidly growing business to continue to expand and thrive on a global platform,' says the Scottish firm. Picture: Duncan McGlynn.

Vertical farming firm IGS selects Stateside base to power North American growth

Evelyn McDonald, CEO Scottish Edge; Judith Cruickshank, managing director, commercial mid market at Royal Bank of Scotland, and Steven Hamill, COO Scottish Edge. Picture: Sandy Young/scottishphotographer.com

£1.5 million boost for high-growth firms as latest Scottish Edge launches

Spire Global said its next-generation 'satellite bus' was tailored for customers with space missions that require larger payloads and more power, volume and data capabilities

Spire Global unveils Glasgow-built 'one-of-a-kind' satellite design

Attendees at COP27 will be served up curry made from chicken grown in a tank. Picture: GFI

Lab-grown meat is at COP27 - but could it come to Scotland?

The new agreement was celebrated during a visit to the MDMC by Business Minister Ivan McKee. Picture: contributed.

New Heriot-Watt and Technology Scotland tie-up sets out to advance patient care

Sheila Hogan and Steve Auckland after agreeing the new partnership.

Scottish end-of-life 'digital vault' venture seals key partnership

David Mahon of Lynkeos and the University of Glasgow’s School of Physics & Astronomy: 'The funding will help us to build a more portable version of our muon imaging equipment.'

Glasgow spin-out that uses cosmic rays to create 3D images shares £700k cash

Claire Cramm, Iain Anderson, Benjamin O'Brien, Paul Atkinson and Tom Croy. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh tech jobs boost as New Zealand firm opens 'centre of excellence'

Image: Adobe Stock

In full: The Scotsman's Deals 2022

The 100MW Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm, off the north coast of the Scottish mainland, will be the largest of its kind in the world – generating enough renewable electricity to power around 70,000 homes

Step forward in plan for world’s biggest floating wind farm in Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Scottish Edge CEO Evelyn McDonald. Picture: contributed.

Female business-leaders honoured at Women’s Enterprise Scotland Awards

Husband-and-wife team Derek and Debra Phillips, who debuted The Clarus Networks Group in 2014. Picture: contributed.

Scots connectivity firm heralds landing pivotal deal with Elon Musk's Starlink

'We are particularly pleased to have not only grown both revenue and ebitda, but to have done so while we continue to invest in our software solution iHawk,' says CEO Chris Fleming. Picture: contributed.

Ratho-based drone technology specialist Cyberhawk takes revenue to new heights

From left: Chris van der Kuyl of 4J Studios with Puny Astronaut MD Cian Roche at the latter firm's base at Water's Edge in Dundee. Picture: Fraser Band.

Dundee's 4J Studios and Puny Astronaut see tie-up bear fruit with new video game

From left: Alastair McMillen of the Scottish National Development Bank, Nicola Douglas of the SNIB, and Orbex chief financial officer Simon Beswick at Orbex facilities in Forres, Moray. Picture: contributed.

Rocket-maker Orbex lands multi-million-pound boost from SNIB to fuel growth

The business is the brainchild of husband and wife team, Blaise Potard and Monica Camino Moreno.

Edinburgh translation software firm to grow team after securing funding

Anastasia Khatuntseva of the NMIS Digital Factory.

Global firms sign up to Scottish manufacturing innovation programme

The UK Department for Business Energy and Skills (BEIS) awarded the funding of more than £400,000 to Danfoss through its red diesel replacement competition, which seeks to accelerate the transition to electric off-road vehicles such as excavators. Picture: Peter Dibdin

Danfoss secures funding to accelerate transition to electric off-road vehicles

The Scotsman Top Stories

A computer generated image issued by Transport Scotland of the proposed debris flow shelter

£470m road shelter planned to shield A83 Rest and Be Thankful from landslides

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

Preston Lodge High School Prestonpans

School could be forced to keep classrooms closed over concrete 'faults'