The latest round of the Scottish Edge pitching competition saw 37 early stage companies share £1.5 million with 12 Glasgow-based companies successful at this years event.
Sir Tom Hunter, entrepreneur and philanthropist, and keen supporter of Scottish Edge, said: “The only way to grow an economy is to support and build high growth businesses.
“Scottish Edge is a prime mover in that arena – we have seen countless examples of these early-stage businesses go to immense scale.
“In my view Scottish Edge is the most cost-effective means for Government and the private sector together to sow the seeds of a vibrant economy.”
Evelyn McDonald, CEO of Scottish Edge, said the recipients came from businesses involved in a diverse range of sectors, including as games, tech, healthcare and renewables.
Scottish Edge is supported by The Hunter Foundation, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise.
Tom Arthur, Minister for Employment & Investment, delivered a keynote address at a presentation event held at RBS Gogarburn.
List of recipients (alphabetical)
Scottish Edge
Airspection – £100,000 – Glasgow and West – Provides remote drone services for hard-to-reach infrastructure (offshore wind). The drones offer long-range, extended hover for efficient, safe, and cost-effective services in harsh environments.
Bebello Ltd – £100,000 – Edinburgh and the Lothians – Bebello create incredible time-saving products that new parents need.
Bespoke Fabrics Ltd – £65,000 – STV Award – Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth – Ava Innes, the premium brand helping people sleep better with UK-made sustainable bedding range including a unique patented cashmere-filled duvet, wool pillows and relaxation accessories.
Cleanifiq Ltd – £100,000 – Glasgow and West – Cleanifiq.com is a price comparison website for cleaners. It helps people and businesses save time and money when it comes to finding cleaners by comparing quotes
532 Design – £75,000 – Dundee – 532 Design strives to create globally recognised, design-led sports games that bring true value and enjoyment to players in an engaging and responsible manner.
Gutsy Health – £100,000 – Pathways – Edinburgh and the Lothians – Gut Wealth is an innovative bacteria-based digestive health supplement that helps the 1 in 20 people suffering with bloating and inflammation by improving bowel regularity.
Mena – £70,000 – Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth – A scientist, smallholder and keen herbologist, who works with plants, medicinal and culinary herbs to create products that relieve menopause symptoms and support better health.
North Bridge – £75,000 – Edinburgh and the Lothians – North Bridge Media creates, develops and produces primarily scripted television, bringing talented people together and bridging genres to deliver outstanding, entertaining content from Scotland.
Seluna Ltd – £70,000 loan – Glasgow and West – Seluna is a Scottish med-tech startup, developing medical software and wearable technology to support doctors to remotely diagnose and monitor paediatric sleep and respiratory disorders.
Senguard – £75,000 – Glasgow and West – The most valuable and most targeted digital demographic are +65s. Unlike other security subscriptions, Senguard stops online threats before they even reach the users device(s).
The Bettii Pod Ltd – £70,000 loan – Circular Economy – Ayrshire – Bettii is a world first, an installed, free to use, menstrual cup and disc washer plumbed into the cubicles of away from home toilets
Triptix Ltd – £75,000 – Scale Edge – Edinburgh and the Lothians – Triptix finds the cheapest offers for UK/I football fans who want to attend games abroad.
Wardog Studios – £75,000 – Wardog Studios is a premier art development studio with a global reputation for providing best in industry weapons and vehicles for videogames and film.
Your Spin Ltd – £50,000 – Edinburgh and the Lothians – YourSpin is a data-driven tech platform using gamification and instant gratification to provide brands with the tools they need to run continuous highly personalised campaigns.
Social Enterprise Edge
Pride Outside – £75,000 – Glasgow – Pride Outside are LGBTQ+ inclusion experts who help organisations achieve their inclusion ambitions through specialist training, consultancy and coaching.
Wild Card
B&B Cart˘ns – £10,000 – Edinburgh – develops original Scottish animation IP with global appeal, leveraging international co-productions and expanding into merchandise, books, and games through strategic partnerships.
Digitech Innovation Limited T/A beelineMSK – £10,000 – Edinburgh – Have created the IP for beelineMSKÆ, a digital self-assessment for patients with muscle / joint conditions, partnering with healthcare organisations who require this digital/AI platform content.
Elansu Ltd – £15,000 – Glasgow – Elansu designs and manufactures high-impact sports bras specifically engineered for fuller-bust, small-band women, addressing a significant market gap with innovative, supportive, inclusive and sustainable products
Huid – £10,000 – Oban – creates food preserving, home compostable alternatives to single use plastic food packaging using an overlooked and abundant source of food waste – onion skins.
Kinteicolor – £10,000 – Glasgow – Kineticolor software enables scientists to use any camera as a non-contact process monitoring tool, alternative to capital-intensive probe-based analytics that dominate the $23 billion market.
Kyle Mcpherson (Ailsa Reliability Award) – £10,000 – Oban – Seaweed Services is a company focused on revolutionising the seaweed farming and processing industry.
Northern Light Microscopy – £10,000 – Glasgow – Empowering life-scientists to make the bioscience discoveries of tomorrow by democratizing access to advanced microscopy with our suite of accessible cost-effective, compact advanced imaging
Pro-Dispense – £10,000 – Stirling – A protein machine that dispenses a smooth blend of protein and other key supplements such as creatine, on demand whenever the user requires.
Young Edge
Creator Campus – £10,000 – Edinburgh – Creator Campus is a digital platform designed to support early-stage entrepreneurs, helping universities build engaged entrepreneurship ecosystems that generate successful businesses with strong teams.
Fair Feast – £10,000 – Pitlochry – Fair Feast is a social enterprise that provides food banks with donations of venison, funded by wholesale sales.
MedAscend – £15,000 – Dundee – A training platform allowing medical students to improve their communication skills, ability to diagnose and create tailored treatment plans through virtual consultations with AI patients.
Out N About – £10,000 – St Andrews – A university social network designed to foster meaningful, real-life connections among students, with the mission to combat the growing loneliness epidemic on campuses.
Project Neuro Ltd – £10,000 – Elgin – Project Neuro provides specialist movement and exercise classes for those living with Long Term Neurological Conditions. Creating a social and active hub for the community.
Regeno – £10,000 – Alloa – A single-blade self-installing wind generator to reduce the lifecycle cost of wind power.
Scotia Biotech – £10,000 – Glasgow – Biotech company developing a portfolio of precision medicine, personalised healthcare medical diagnostic devices and therapeutics
SimPat – £15,000 – Edinburgh – SimPat is a novel AI-Powered online medical education platform for future medical professionals providing practice resources including simulated patient experiences.
Skin in the Game – £10,000 – Edinburgh – Skin in the Game provides a holistic-data driven allergen and irritant identification technology to users via an app.
SolarSub Ltd – £10,000 – Edinburgh – A R&D business offering floating solar panel solutions that enhance output through cooling and address environmental concerns by reducing evaporation and algae blooms.
Sunsave Solutions – £10,000 – Glasgow – Sunsave Solutions increases access to solar electricity in low-income female-led or female-majority households in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon) through distributed entry-level solar home systems.
Victoria Gordon Art – £10,000 – Acharacle – Watercolour wildlife art and custom pet portraits, hand printed on premium homeware and gifts. Inspired by Scotland’s wildlife and made eco-consciously, in the home studio.
Vocabua – £10,000 – Glasgow – AI-based language learning app using proprietary algorithms to deliver personalised, effective learning with gradual vocabulary expansion, focusing on memory retention for all skill levels.
Wizardrights (t/a Starx Media) – £10,000 – Glasgow – Starx Media empowers top creators on Snapchat through personalised support, driving engagement, revenue growth, and expanding influence with a global, multilingual team.