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What’s new in Scotland?

Community

What does it take to scale a deeptech company?

By Kane Fulton, February 17, 2021

⏱ 8 min read

Community

Meet the Rising Stars regional winners: Scotland’s five top early-stage companies

By Kane Fulton, December 1, 2020

⏱ 5 min read

Community

Rising Stars 3.0: ‘Tech founders can apply today to compete online from anywhere’

By Kane Fulton, October 13, 2020

⏱ 4 min read

Community

What happened next for our 10 Rising Stars 2.0 winners

By Kane Fulton, October 8, 2020

⏱ 7 min read

Community

Unlocking Global Tech: what does the UK offer international founders looking to expand?

By Kane Fulton, September 17, 2020

⏱ 4 min read

Community

Covid-19: Neatebox founder’s mission to ‘level the playing field’ for disabled people

By Kane Fulton, July 14, 2020

⏱ 4 min read

Community

Tech Nation Talks Scotland: crowdfunding, diversity and thinking outside of the box

By Kane Fulton, July 13, 2020

⏱ 5 min read

Community

16 exciting companies helping to create a more sustainable future

By Kane Fulton, July 3, 2020

⏱ 8 min read

Community

16 innovative AI companies to watch in 2020

By Kane Fulton, July 2, 2020

⏱ 8 min read

Community

15 exciting FinTech companies to watch in 2020

By Kane Fulton, July 1, 2020

⏱ 7 min read

Meet Hazel

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I’m Hazel Jane – Tech Nation’s Scotland Entrepreneur Engagement Manager. We’re building a national network of ambitious entrepreneurs. If you’re a founder who requires support, feel free to book a meeting with me using this form.

Opportunities and events

Interested in attending events for digital tech founders in Scotland? Then follow Hazel on Twitter, where she’ll be sharing the best ones that come her way.

Hazel also tweets noteworthy national opportunities for founders – everything from accelerators and competitions to investment and collaboration opportunities, panels appearances, and much more.

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Tech Nation Report 2020

Read our latest report: ‘UK tech for a changing world‘. See below for headline stats and case studies from Scotland.

For additional stats, explore Data Commons. It’s our ground-breaking national database of technology businesses, founders, investors, VC funds, angels, accelerators, universities and service providers to the sector.

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£200mTotal VC investment in 2019

 

£93mInvested in emerging tech (2015-2019)
£25mInvested in AI (2015-2019)
£35,000Digital tech salary (median)
3Digital tech unicorns
3High-value tech scaleups (2019)

 

4Digital tech
unicorns
1High-value tech scaleup
£42,500Median digital tech salary (2018)

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Allan Cannon
Founder and CEO, R3-IoT

How is your company disrupting connectivity?

Ninety per cent of the globe lacks mobile connectivity. At R3-IoT we have developed a technology that allows organisations operating in these areas to collect and move sensor data directly back to the cloud via satellite.

Our platform allows enterprises to implement new processes and innovations which results in huge savings, reduction in environmental impact, reduction in health and safety risk, gaining new insights and peace of mind. Lack of connectivity has always been a challenge when in remote locations. By solving this problem, we are able to help businesses overcome huge operational obstacles and add real tangible value.

Why did you feel Scotland was a good place to do that?

Scotland is perfect for developing a business like ours. There are a high number of high-value industries that have the majority of their operations in remote and often challenging environments. These locations are underserved by cellular infrastructure, providing the perfect testing ground for us to prove out our concept and our business model while working closely with global companies.   

In 2020 we are focussed on a number of key markets where we are able to add a huge amount of value with our technology while growing our business. Our primary vertical is aquaculture and more specifically Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture in Scotland is a £1.6bn market with targets to grow to £3.0bn by 2030; it is a huge growth industry globally.

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Tynah Matembe
Founder and CEO, MoneyMatix

What does MoneyMatix do?

MoneyMatiX tackles financial inclusion and financial literacy by providing parents and children with tools to set, manage and monitor their financial goals throughout important life moments. We do this via our Kuza tools; Kuza means ‘to grow, nurture and blossom’ – core concepts of our business. We are on a mission to transform lives by creating financially capable communities.

What changes do you feel your company has brought about in your region/the UK/the world?

For a long time, financial education has been neglected, leaving young people without a practical understanding of managing money properly, which is such an important life skill. Our app and workshops allow adults to transform and improve their own financial habits in a way that is visual. It’s also exciting for young people to see healthy money role models in practical use cases.

We have created tools that give practical, fun and relevant teaching moments to spark financial conversations, allowing even the least knowledgeable adult to role model good money habits. 

How could Scotland be better prepared for your business growth/ scaling?

Access to more smart capital is a challenge for most startups in Scotland. The amount of money that investors make available for startups is much less than cities like London, and it becomes even less when compared to the US. Access to smart investment capital would go a long way in helping growth and scaling.

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Amy Williams & Daniel Winterstein
CEO and CTO, Good-Loop

How does your business support its cause?

At Good-Loop our mission is to make social impact easy and profitable for massive global brands. We have built an ethical ad platform which distributes advertising on websites and social channels around the world.

Every time someone chooses to watch, swipe or click on one of our ads, the user unlocks a free donation, funded by the advertiser, and can pick a charity or project to support. In an industry worth $600bn, we make advertisers put their money where their mouth is and that’s why Keith Weed, the ex-CMO of Unilever, called Good-Loop a true ‘win-win’ for consumers, causes and companies.

Why did you decide to set up your company in Scotland?

The startup scene in Scotland is an incredibly supportive and collaborative environment. It’s a tight network of well-informed investors, impressive technical talent and valuable expertise, fuelled in part by the strategic and financial support of Scottish Enterprise. Good-Loop has really thrived in this environment. 

What are the challenges you are facing in your business?

The advertising industry is mature and well-established, with some massive global players. Our challenge is being heard through the noise and carving out an ownable piece of the pie – all while working on a shoestring budget! We’re always looking for new ways to grow our network and spread the word about Good-Loop, and that’s why PR opportunities, events and introductions are so valuable to our business. 

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Upscale: the Book

Learn about scaling a digital tech company from those who have done it.

Data Commons for UK Tech

A ground-breaking national database for the technology sector.

The scaleup glossary

Dog food, hockey sticks and unicorns, busting the tech industry jargon.

The ultimate guide to scaling

Are you up and running and ready to take it to the next level?

UK government resources

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Find other companies like yours

Take a look at the companies who’ve taken part in one of our programmes.

UK Artificial Intelligence Guide

How AI will impact our lives, what it’s all about and cut through the jargon.

Fintech collaboration toolkit

Essential onboarding guidelines for fintechs looking to partner with banks.

Insurtech standards

Form corporate partnerships quicker with this suite of legal documents

Tech Nation Report 2020

Our latest report looks at UK tech for a changing world.

Tech Nation Report 2019

The UK is a global centre for socially responsible technology innovation.

Unicorn update

How is the UK doing when it comes to creating Unicorns?

A Bright Tech Future

Research that shows more than 10% of the UK is employed in digital tech.

Tech for Social Good report

The UK is a global centre for socially responsible technology innovation.

What people say about Scotland

Thoughts, opinions and analysis on what makes digital tech in the country tick

What are the opportunities and challenges for digital tech founders in Edinburgh?

Featuring comment from Seed Haus, LendingCrowd, and No Logo Media.

What are the opportunities and challenges for digital tech founders in Glasgow?

Featuring comment from RookieOven, My1Login, and Swipii.

What are the opportunities and challenges for digital tech founders in Dundee?

Featuring comment from Elevator, My Way Digital Health, and GoRoadie.

Whatever your stage of growth, we’ve got a programme for you

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Take your startup to the next level

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Helping the UK’s leading scaleups grow into the tech giants of tomorrow.

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Helping UK fintech startups scale, at home and abroad.

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Helping the UK’s leading cyber security scaleups to accelerate their growth

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Helping the UK’s Artificial Intelligence scaleups solve real-world problems

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