Nominations for the Scottish Tech Startup Awards – the only awards that champion and celebrate all of Scotland’s startup community – have opened today with the announcement of three new categories.  Following a successful launch last year, the awards invite the tech community from all over Scotland to the nation’s capital to honour those leading the way in building the Scottish digital economy. Organised for the startup community by the team behind Scotland’s leading tech conference, Turing Fest, the awards will be judged by an expert panel of top-tier founders, tech journalists, ecosystem ..read more

Financial technology start-up Tumelo has raised £1m in seed funding to develop a platform to show investors exactly which companies they own through personal investments and pension funds. The funding, secured from investors including singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, will be used to perfect the platform and strengthen Tumelo’s team with developers and UX specialists, growing their seven-strong team to 12. Tumelo’s platform empowers investors to make a positive impact with their money, by showing people where they have invested and giving them tools to take action based on their values ..read more

Award-winning entrepreneurs will share their inspiring success stories with students and business people at the annual University of St Andrews Enterprise Week Keynote event on October 7. The free event, open to all, to be held at The Byre Theatre from 5.30pm, will hear Dr Tanya Ewing, Graeme Carling, Daniel Malikzade-Afshar and Juno Lee speak about their experiences, approach and success. It will also begin with 90 minutes of networking. Dr Tanya Ewing is the multiple award-winning tech entrepreneur, inventor, consultant and mentor who invented the Ewgeco smart real-time utility meter s ..read more

By Andrew Smith, director, Aberdeen Business Network (ABN) We live in an age in which our social interaction is increasingly done by digital means and business networking is no different. The rise of online networking means that a connection can be made with the click of a finger and an audience of thousands or more can be reached with a single post. It’s no wonder why some professionals may feel like they can now set aside the need for face-to-face networking. ABN has long embraced the power of online networking – our free online networking platform, ABNCommunity, has more than 6,500 ..read more

Edinburgh based, Swift Lettings, founded in 2016 by Anne Sellar and Lucy Cant, who have over 35 years collective experience in the lettings sector in the city, unveils plans to move into larger premises after doubling in size, thanks to support from Business Gateway Edinburgh. Currently based in York Place, Edinburgh, the company is looking to move into a larger office by December to accommodate a bigger team which will see staff numbers increase from four to seven, in roles including administration and property management. Anne, who recently completed Business Gateway Edinburgh’s first ..read more

Float, the cash flow solution for Xero, QuickBooks Online and FreeAgent, took home the award for best forecasting, planning & analysis software at the Accounting Excellence Awards. The AE awards are arguably the most prestigious in the accounting industry, and Float’s win was made extra special for having been shortlisted against several of its closest competitors.    The AE programme, presented by Accounting Web UK, recognises and rewards brilliance in the accounting profession. Its winners are decided by a panel of 28 expert judges from across the industry, and an award win repres ..read more

Aspire Industrial Services is laying the groundwork for further expansion after breaking the £1m annual turnover barrier less than two years after it was set up. The Glasgow-based firm provides consumables, plant hire, tools and workwear to the demolition, construction and asbestos sectors. In its first full financial year of trading revenues hit £1m, up from £600,000 in the first five months of operation. Half of this revenue is generated from branding, while consumables, testing and plant hire account for the other half. Since the start of the new financial year in April, like-for-l ..read more

Chivas the whisky company, has launched of the 6th year of the Chivas Venture – a global competition that gives away $1 million in no-strings funding every year to the hottest social startups that blend profit and purpose to have a positive impact on the world. The competition invites the brightest entrepreneurs who are using business to change the world for the better to compete for a chance to win training, funding and exposure on a global scale. Thanks to the $5 million provided in funding to previous finalists, the Chivas Venture has positively impacted over two million lives to dat ..read more

The finalists for Converge 2019, Scotland’s leading entrepreneurial development programme for Higher Education, have been revealed, illustrating how Scotland’s Universities are competing on the global stage with ground breaking innovations. 18 academic entrepreneurs leading both start-ups and spin-outs and representing institutions from across the length and breadth of Scotland, will now go head-to-head at the Converge Awards Final which takes place at the iconic V&A, Dundee in September. For the first time in the Programme’s history, women founders outnumber men (55%). Climate chang ..read more

The semi-finalists for FutureX’s annual Startup Summit Competition have been announced. The group of eight tech startups includes winners of Scottish EDGE and Investing Women AccelerateHER, with a combined investment of over £2M to date. This year’s competition is hotly contested, with the founders of Desana, who recently raised £550k in seed money, and Good-Loop, a Scottish tech for good company harnessing the value of ethical advertising to create social impact, among those through to the semi-final. The annual award is a pathway to Silicon Valley for UK tech startups, with a fully fund ..read more