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Scottish Edge

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

The businessman stresses that the programme will be delivered 'by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs – people who know the pain, pitfalls and opportunities'. Picture: contributed.

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

Finalists had the opportunity to pitch onstage to a high-profile judging panel consisting of NatWest Group chief executive Alison Rose, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter, who is the founder of Scottish Edge funding partner The Hunter Foundation, and Eleanor Shaw of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde University Business School. Judges listen to the finalists pitches l-r Alison Rose CEO of NatWest Group, Sir Tom Hunter, Dr Eleanor Shaw of Strathclude University

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 Scotsman Top Stories

The United Nations says both the Scottish and UK governments need to improve children's human rights. Image: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images.

UN says Scottish, UK governments need to improve children's human rights

The damage done by a wild fire at Tentsmuir (Pic: Forestry and Land Scotland)

Ranger assaulted for asking someone to put out campfire

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater's private Rum ferry cost taxpayers £1,200