Scottish Edge

Scotland’s 358-strong ‘untapped innovation cohort’ presents a real opportunity

32 of Scotland’s ‘most inspiring’ small companies win £1.4m in funding

20 high-growth regional businesses share £400,000 in Scottish funding contest

Funding of up to £50,000 for start-ups beyond Scotland’s Central Belt

Scottish EDGE 25 winners

35 winners share prize fund of £1.5 million at 25th Scottish EDGE Awards

Scottish EDGE 2025 Trophies

Scottish EDGE launches new £150,000 Mission EDGE Award

Elaine Galston, CEO of The Bettii Pod at Scottish Edge 2024

The Bettii Pod secures £400,000 in Investment and Scottish Edge funding

'We can’t wait to see more people enjoying Talonmore in their preferred serves and to continue being an ambassador for healthier living,' says the drinks boss MD. Picture: contributed.

Meet the Scot turning exotic ingredients into alcohol-free whisky rival

Sir Tom Hunter: 'Scottish Edge is a proven, world class model of delivering finance to potential high growth early stage businesses and that has been independently verified.'

These are the areas to benefit from £5m of Government support for start-ups

Sir Tom says: 'This is by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs; tailored to meet their needs and support them through accelerated growth.' Picture: contributed.

Sir Tom Hunter-backed initiative launches new search for 'next Scottish unicorn'

Creative UK Investment Director Tim Evans and Scottish EDGE CEO Evelyn McDonald.

New creative award leads the way as Scottish EDGE returns for 23rd round

The winners of the 22nd round of Scottish Edge, who share the £1.5 million prize pot. Picture: contributed.

In depth: Scottish Edge unveils 'bold, brave and brilliant' 22nd round winners

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

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

Evelyn McDonald, chief executive of Scottish EDGE, hails the new partnership with THF. Picture: Sandy Young/scottishphotographer.com.

Analysis: Sir Tom Hunter's new bid to plug a gap for scale-up support

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

Fodilicious founder and MD Lauren Leisk says she is looking to fill a gap in the market for IBS-friendly energy drinks. Picture: contributed.

Gut-friendly start-up Fodilicious dives into energy drinks market

'There's never been a better time for a digital solution such as Know-it to support early-stage start-ups and entrepreneurs such as Scottish EDGE winners,' says the fintech's boss Lynne Darcey Quigley. Picture: contributed.

Fintech firm Know-it teams up with Scottish EDGE to support entrepreneurs

Andy Lothian, Ana Stewart, Andrew Durkie and Sandy Kennedy of Eos Advisory. Picture: Alan Richardson

Top Scots entrepreneur and investor joins team at Fife investment firm

The latest recipients of the awards and funding celebrate. Scottish Edge is the biggest funding competition for high growth potential businesses. Picture: Sandy Young

Scottish Edge awards: 40 firms with 'entrepreneurial potential' share £1.5m

Chris van der Kuyl

TVSquared points the way - Chris van der Kuyl

Scottish Edge is supported by The Hunter Foundation, Royal Bank of Scotland, the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise. Keynote speakers at the event included Sir Tom Hunter. Picture: Sandy Young Photography

Surgical organ model developer among latest winners of Scottish Edge competition

Mr Claase is now exploring opportunities to scale up his offering through further investment and aims to expand into the US in 2022. Picture: Andrea Thomson Photography.

Entrepreneur behind Edinburgh's Gecko Glazing targets gleaming future

Flat-pack solar capture device among winners of Scottish Edge pitch at COP26

Ross Lamond, founder and chief executive of Bug Bakes: 'It’s an amazing honour to have been chosen as a Scottish Edge winner.' Picture: Sandy Young Photography

£1 million-plus boost as latest winners of Scottish Edge competition unveiled

Sir Tom Hunter: 'Start-ups are good, but scale-ups are great - they move the economic dial.'

Sir Tom Hunter among big-hitters backing business scale-up competition

Left to right: Hannah Fisher of Start-up Drinks Lab, Arti Poddar and Usman Mohammed of Guy & Beard, Evelyn McDonald of Scottish Edge, and Scott McCulloch of TheVeganKind. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Economic recovery will be entrepreneur led as Sir Tom Hunter hails Edge success

The investment from STV is part of its growth fund, which launched in 2018. Picture: contributed.

STV and Scottish Edge join forces to catalyse high-potential start-ups

Theo Paphitis (left) and Sir Tom Hunter spoke at the Scottish Edge finals. Picture: Sandy Young

Scotland's high growth firms scoop £1m at Scottish Edge finals in Edinburgh

Paphitis returned to the BBC Dragons' Den series this season for a number of episodes. Picture: Contributed

Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis to share secrets of success at Scottish Edge eve...

Scottish successes like BrewDog had to blaze the trail, says Walker. Picture: contributed.

Fostering a resilient entrepreneurial ecosystem - Bruce Walker

From left: Kirsty Lunn, Molke creative director; Rachel Morrison, Living Wage accreditation officer; Provost of Perth and Kinross Dennis Melloy; and Ros Marshall, Molke operations director. Picture: Kelly McIntyre

Ethical bra maker becomes Living Wage employer as it boosts range

Scottish Edge sent a custom-designed trophy to space to celebrate its Round 15 competition launch. Picture: contributed

Scottish Edge launches £1m awards round with edge of space stunt

Each of the Scottish Edge winners took home an up to six-figure share of theprize pot. Picture: Sandy Young

Scottish Edge awards more than £1m to Scottish start-ups

Winners of the 13th round of the Scottish Edge contest. Picture: Sandy Young Photography

Scottish Edge gives record Â£1.8m injection for ambitious start-ups

Scottish Edge CEO Evelyn McDonald with Harper Macleod partner Paula Skinner. Picture: Contributed

Harper Macleod gives pledge to Edge contest

L to R: Bounce Back Drinks Vandana Pillai and Dhruv Trivedi with Evelyn McDonald, chief executive of Scottish Edge. Picture: Sandy Young

Scottish Edge scale-up prize fund wins extra Â£1m

From left: Mime co-founders Anne Roberts and Alasdair Mort with clinical lead Chris Williams. Picture: Contributed

Highlands medical tech specialist expands with cash injection

Scottish Edge chief executive Evelyn McDonald. Picture: Contributed

Evelyn McDonald: Investing in the next wave of start-ups

Scottish Edge CEO Evelyn McDonald, Uuni's Kristian Tapaninaho, left, and Trtl's Michael Corrigan. Picture: Stewart Attwood

'˜Edge pledge' aims to help start-ups of the future

CarGo, a 12-litre capacity childrens suitcase that folds into a booster seat, is up for crowdfunding via Indiegogo

Crowdfunding bid to fund production of booster seat suitcase

Brewgooder donates all of its profits to clean water projects. Picture: Nick Ponty

Social beer brand gets funding injection
Brewgooder, the not-for-profit craft beer brand, is looking to get into more pubs and off licences after benefiting from a new funding package.

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Paula Skinner: Eagles aid entrepreneurs in spreading their wings

Vicky Hamilton's father inspired her to create Recoil Kneepads. Picture: Contributed

'˜Joint venture' launches kneepads for tradespeople

The Scottish Institute for Enterprise hosts The Young Innovators Challenge. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Students really can make a big difference

Sir Tom Hunter, left, with James Brown, founder of Beer52, which picked up 45,000 at the Scottish Edge awards

Scots craft beer club Beer52 toasts £45k funding

HSBC is expected to cut up to 20,000 jobs. Picture: Getty Images

HSBC expected to lay out plans for heavy job losses

A gadget that promises to help golfers with all aspects of their game will compete for a portion of a one million pound fund. Picture: Steve Lindridge

Golfing gadget on course for slice of £1m backing

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Capital cloud specialists integrate their systems

Hunter is pleased that RBS has come on board to prepare banks for dealing with new entrepreneurs. Picture: Robert Perry

Tom Hunter offers entrepreneurs support and money

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