Scottish Edge

Elgin-based Ava Innes, a luxury bedding company, has been awarded £140,000 in prize money after winning both the Scottish Edge Award (£65,000) and the STV Growth Edge Award (£75,000). Founded by Joan Johnston, the company has developed a unique, patented duvet utilising a blend of

The Bettii Pod Ltd, an innovative FemTech start-up founded by CEO Elaine Galston, has secured £70,000 in Scottish Edge funding after emerging as a winner in the latest competition round.

A Scottish company dedicated to defending the over-50s from online threats has secured £75,000 from Scottish EDGE that will enable it to accelerate product development and support upcoming investment rounds. Glasgow-based SENGUARD has won the sum in the latest, and 24th, round of Scottish EDGE

Talonmore Drinks Company, an Edinburgh-based non-alcoholic spirit business, has secured a major victory in the Scottish Edge competition, receiving funding of £80,000 and the prestigious RBS Scale Edge award. The company impressed judges with its innovative brand strategy and partnerships

Some 38 Scottish businesses with high-growth potential have received a much-needed £1.5 million in funding in the 22nd round of the Scottish EDGE awards.

Law firm Harper Macleod has extended its longstanding partnership with Scottish EDGE. The collaboration, now in its tenth year, has helped to support 100s of young and growing Scottish businesses.

The Pre-Scaler programme, initiated by the Hunter Foundation (THF) and Scottish EDGE, has doubled its capacity to accommodate two cohorts instead of one after seeing high demand. A total of 40 companies from across Scotland will participate in this fully-funded initiative, designed to accelerat

With £1.5 million in available funding, Scottish Edge has launched its newest round and invites applications from businesses in Scotland across all sectors, and from pre-trading to up to five years trading.

The 20th round of the Scottish EDGE Awards saw an investment of £1.6 million being handed out to businesses with high growth potential.

The University of Edinburgh has awarded a total of £500,000 to five student and graduate start-ups. The newly founded businesses are celebrating after securing almost half a million pounds in grant funding awards between them. The five young companies, all supported by the University’s c

Rostra Therapeutics, a life sciences company spinning out of the University of Strathclyde, has secured £80,000 in grant funding after winning the 2022 Scottish EDGE pitch competition for businesses. Hundreds of high calibre applications were received by Scottish EDGE, the UK’s biggest f

Scottish Enterprise has agreed to award Scottish EDGE an additional £75,000 in Round 18 in recognition of the number of promising high-growth businesses identified in previous rounds. The cash injection will enable the funding competition to support a further seven applicants of its Young EDGE

A total of 29 businesses from a range of sectors across Scotland have benefited to the tune of £1,175,000 after being named as winners at the Scottish EDGE Awards. One of the biggest winners at the awards, held online on May 25, was Edinburgh-based Dyneval, a provider of portable technology fo

Some of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs have committed an additional £1 million of grants and loans to Scottish EDGE, the UK’s biggest funding competition for potential high growth businesses. Entrepreneurs supporting the initiative include Sir Tom Hunter, Kevin Dorren, Sir Brian

Applications to Scottish EDGE’s latest funding round are up by 24%, with the record 305 applications for the 17th round of EDGE in May indicating a high level of business activity on Scotland’s startup scene. Scottish EDGE is the UK's biggest business funding competition. Since bein