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Ahoy Scottish Startups! Need PRE-SEED RESOURCES?? Check out Scotland's great Startup Ecosystem.🔖Save it. ♻️Share it.🤝Use it. 🪴Help me grow it! Thinking 'not enough support here for business'? Think again! 65+ support organizations: £1.5bn raised in 2024 (+20% YoY). Edinburgh is UK's #1 innovation cluster outside London. Glasgow: #3. 📥 WANT THE FULL DATABASE?? 65+ with sectors, locations, URLs. Just say "GIMME!" in the comments. Also let me know any I missed! 💬 Plus, Founders: I'd love to understand which helped you most? 🏛️ GOVERNMENT Scottish Enterprise funding, advice, international expansion Highlands and Islands Enterprise £100k innovation grants South of Scotland Enterprise Pathways for underrepresented founders Business Gateway Free advice nationwide 💎 FLAGSHIP Techscaler Glasgow & West - £42m programme: education, mentorship, 7 hubs. 1,400+ startups (also https://techscaler.co.uk) Scottish EDGE £10k-£150k funding. 700+ businesses, £29.5m total. Categories: Main (£100k) • Young (£15k, under-30s) • Social Enterprise (£75k) • Scale (£100k) • Pathways (£70k, female founders) • Missions (£150k) • Net Zero/Creative. 🏆 COMPETITIONS ConvergeChallenge £400k+ prizes for university spinouts Unlocking Ambition £25k grants + mentorship Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) Royal Society Fellowship £45k for academic entrepreneurs 🚀 HUBS Codebase UK's largest incubator. 90+ companies, £500m raised | Edinburgh E-Spark (Entrepreneurial Spark)** - Free accelerator | Glasgow, Edinburgh 🎓 UNIVERSITY Edinburgh Innovations 127 startups/year, £140m investment Bayes Centre AI/Data accelerators Informatics VenturesTech + EIE investment showcase 🔬 INNOVATION CENTRES The Data Lab - Innovation Centre Data/AI IBioIC Biotech Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre Health tech Sustainable Ventures Accelerator and Fund. Coming to Glasgow soon! STAC (Smart Things Accelerator Centre), Glasgow Net Zero Technology Centre Energy, Aberdeen Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc, Cleantech, Dundee 🧬 LIFE SCIENCES BioCity Lab space, Newhouse @Roslin Food/livestock, Edinburgh | Opportunity North East Limited BioHub, Aberdeen 🎨 SPECIALIST Creative Bridge £7.6m creative programme Startup Grind Monthly events (Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen) Interface University research Higgs Centre for Innovation Space/data Lawscot Foundation Tech - Legal tech 📊 THE NUMBERS • 65+ organizations • £1.5bn raised (2024) • £400k Converge prizes • £29.5m EDGE awarded • 1,400+ Techscaler members 🚀 YOUR STAGE Idea: Business Gateway → Techscaler → Startup Grind Pre-seed: Converge/EDGE → Accelerators → University TTOs Seed: Unlocking Ambition → Scottish Enterprise → Innovation funding Scale: Scale EDGE → International support → EIE 💟 NEW!: The Scottish Ecosystem Platform (https://lnkd.in/esmWCF5n) front-door to Scotland's innovation ecosystem. #ScotlandTech #Startups #ConvergeChallenge #ScottishEDGE #Techscaler #Edinburgh #Glasgow

Kardinia Energy is very pleased to see how Printed Solar has helped launch NetZ, a pilot program at the University of Newcastle, aimed at educating and inspiring the next generation on net-zero targets and career opportunities. This program also represents the collaboration of industry and academia at its finest and we're proud to be part of, and help highlight, such important work. Being able to showcase to the next generation how, as a partnership, the University of Newcastle and Kardinia Energy has moved lab-based research into real-world solutions, and onto the global stage (literally!) is a testament to years of quiet dedication, hard-work and unwavering commitment from so many stakeholders. There are such exciting times ahead. These types of programs are something that Kardinia Energy is passionate about helping to support. Not least in the Hunter, where Printed Solar was invented and remains our HQ. Q - What could be more inspiring than for children to see just where incredible technology can go to help broaden the mind and their imagination? ""We need to attract, train and skill-up the next generation of scientists, workers and professionals who are going to be able to deliver this energy transition." - Prof. Paul Dastoor, Centre of Organic Electronics, UON Perhaps in the future some of these amazing children will be inspired enough to study at University of Newcastle before commencing a career to help Kardinia Energy deploy Printed Solar on a global scale. Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) University of Newcastle Alex Zelinsky AO FAA Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources Pierre Gouhier FIEAust CPEng EngExec  MAICD Tim Ayres

We’re excited to share that Flybox® has secured investment backing from Greenbackers Investment Capital 🪰🙌 Known for supporting practical climate tech with global potential, Greenbackers’ involvement marks a major step forward as we scale Insect Waste Management™. We’re looking forward to the journey ahead and the opportunity to bring IWM to even more sectors, markets and partners. Read the full article here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gR4xNEzb — 🪰 Follow Flybox® to learn about insect waste management, and the moves we're making to take it global. #Flybox #insectwastemanagement #insecttechnology

🌎✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Houston Energy & Climate Week Investors Insight Panel! The discussion brought together investors, innovators and leaders—including Ari Ruffer and Mukul Hariharan from United Airlines Ventures, Luis Alcoser, Mark Hannigan from Greenbackers Investment Capital, and our own Margarita Kelrikh—who are shaping the future of the #energytransition. Houston continues to play a pivotal role in driving innovation, collaboration and investment at the intersection of climate and energy. Events like this underscore the importance of working together to advance sustainable solutions. We look forward to continuing the conversation and contributing to a more sustainable energy future.

Today marks a milestone for Energytech Nexus. We are proud to announce our Global Founding Partners — a coalition of global leaders across energy, finance, law, and innovation committed to solving the energy trilemma of security, sustainability, and affordability. Our Global Founding Partners: Chevron Technology Ventures , Oxy Technology Ventures Inc , repsol, Latham & Watkins, BBVA, Endress+Hauser Group, Goodwin, Ormazabal, Sunipro, LLC, STX Next, EarthX, Greenbackers Investment Capital, Greentown Labs, Cemvita Inc., Kauel, XGS Energy, Revterra, ISR Energy, collide. “Our Global Founding Partners represent the highest standards of industrial leadership, technical expertise, and commitment to innovation,” said Juliana Garaizar . “Their collaboration enables us to connect groundbreaking technologies with the resources, infrastructure, and markets needed to achieve global scale.” At EnergyTech Nexus, we believe strategic partnerships are vital to closing the gap between groundbreaking innovation and large-scale deployment. Our Global Founding Partners contribute not only financial and technical resources, but also the operational expertise and global networks that enable startups to succeed. "They also recognize that energy must be delivered reliably, cost-effectively, and sustainably and have committed to ensuring that technologies developed within our ecosystem can find a path to market through testing and piloting in real-world conditions. The ecosystem they support solidifies Houston as the global nexus for the energy transition.", said Jason Ethier. We thank our partners for their commitment, and we congratulate the ETN community and the entire ecosystem because we are in this together. This milestone strengthens our mission to connect founders, corporations, investors, and civic leaders, delivering solutions that scale from Houston to the world. 🔗 Read the full announcement here: https://loom.ly/t0wmVCg Nada Ahmed #EnergyTech #ClimateTech #EnergyTransition #Innovation