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Where Scottish innovation ​meets the world

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Since 2022, we have taken 100+ of Scotland's top founders ​and startup leaders on international trips to showcase ​them to VCs, angels, corporates and potential customers ​from across the globe.

Scotland can compete on the world stage and it's our ​responsibility to be present at world-leading tech events ​and to showcase our country as a leading destination for ​businesses wanting to expand to the UK.

Having received 550+ applications across all of our ​programmes, we have a growing, highly engaged vetted ​Scotland’s top founders and startup/scaleup leaders and a ​network of 1,000s of investors globally.

Foras

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to go forth, outside, to look outwards, to meet, ​to open a forum for discussion, ‘for us’

International Programmes

Silicon Valley

Apr 2022

Helsinki

Nov 2022

NYC

Apr 2023

Lisbon

Nov 2023

Austin

Mar 2024

Techscaler Launch

Scottish nationwide tech startup support programme

With the team at Startup Grind Scotland, we ​launched the Scottish Government’s £42 million ​contract awarded to Edinburgh-based company, ​Codebase in 2022, to establish TechScaler, a ​programme for creating, developing and scaling ​tech startups on seven hubs across the country.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced this ​contract during the event, at Barclays Campus in ​Glasgow. This is the largest investment by the ​Scottish Government into Scotland’s potential as a ​lead entrepreneurial nation.

Scotland House London Takeover

Creating cutting-edge networks for startups & scaleups

In partnership with the team at Scotland House ​London and Scottish Development International, we ​launched the first ever series of approval-only side ​events for 20 selected Scottish companies during ​London Tech Week 2024.

With over 600 RSVPs, we welcomed VC firms, family ​offices, & angel investors across 4 approval-only events, ​including VC and local ecosystem panels, a local ​founder success story/fireside chat and our world-​famous ‘Scotch & Pitches’.

Due to demand, similar events will take place quarterly ​in central London.

Foras Alumni

Alexander Macdonald

Hindsight

Allan Cannon

Krucial

Beena Sharma

CCU International

Ben Henderson-Palmer

Robotical

Chris Hughes

PresentPal

Claudia Freigang

Hearing Diagnostics

Colin Hewitt

Float

Elena Höge

Yaldi Games

Hamish Geddes

Lenz Labs

Hannah Mercer

DragonflAI

Jodie Sinclair

Theo Health

John Peebles

Administrate

Kevin Orr

Liftango

Lee Anderson

Coastr

Roy Hotrabhvanon

PlayerData

Sheila Hogan

Biscuit Tin

Thomas Gillan

BR-DGE

Tynah Matembe

MoneyMatix

Tzaritsa Asante

TZAR!

Wendy Lamin

Holoxica

Alex Lu

PortF

Cally Russell

Unfolded

Christian Arno

Pawprint

Janani Prabhakaran

Unbaggaged

Dagmara Aldridge

Zumo

Pooja Katara

SENSEcity

Ross Toomer

Care Reality

Victoria Fullarton

Toto Sleep

Duncan Di Biase

Brillband

Chris Downie

Pasabi

Laura Garcia Caberol

Touchlab

Dr Dave Hughes ​Novosound

Leah Hutcheon

Appointedd

Ian Mackenzie

Trojan Energy

Ian Kerr

Raven Controls

Ishani Malhotra ​Carcinotech

Michael Cockburn ​Desana

Monica Camino Moreno

Dialexy

Paul Mooney ​NCTech

Jude Cook

Sharein

Dr Rotimi Alabi

RAB Microfluidics

Dr Kate Cameron

Cytochroma

Rowan Armstrong

Bioliberty

Anne Marie Alexander

Within Eve

Ash Penley

ZOEX

Asha Anderson

DragonflAI

Barry Leaper

LiberEat

Beena Sharma

CCU International

Cara Bielecki

PresentPal

Charlie Winton

OK Positive

Dr Damla Khan

Selfily

Danae Shell

Valla

Elaine Ford

Electrek Explorer

Hamish Livingston

Willo

Hilde Frydnes

Together

Jo Halliday

Talking Medicines

Karen Robinson

Three Robins

Lisa Venter

Snappy Shopper

Matthew Freer

Infix Support

Mo Khan

Lokali.Shop

Natalya Ratner

Robotical

Nicholas Guy

No Logo

Nikki Gibson

SWURF

Rachael Brown

Creative Entrepreneurs ​Club

Rachel Jones

SnapDragon

Sarah Morgan

Nano-Lit Technologies

Sean Walker

Bondd

Stephen Elliot

NeuroBright

Wes Beard

konversible

Yemi Scott

XRology

Aldin Wilson

Trapar

Don Smith

1nhaler

Ana Betancourt

Black Goblin

Hamish Geddes

Lenz Labs

Anne Lanc

Ionburst

Camila Jimenez Pol

Konpanion

Colin Gray

Alitu

Damien Roux

Drimify

Janis Roddie

Everyday People

Jennifer McLean

Raven Controls

Joe Gibson

Gibson Robotics

Mathew Norbury

FC Labs

Daniel Marrable

Forumm

Sheena Johnstone

Nursery Story

Alex Gordon-Furse

Playmaker

Alexander MacDonald

Hindsight

Allan Cannon

Krucial

Angela Prenter-Smith

Neve Learning

Amy Ma

Danu Robotics

Ashraf Attia

Predictiva

Beena Sharma

CCU International

Edward Hogg

SolvedBy.AI

Eilidh Mutch

Your Spin

Jules Salmond

CienDos

Hamish Geddes

Lenz Labs

James Logan

Arctech Innovation

Janani Prabhakaran

Unbaggaged

Mathew Norbury

FC Labs

Mike McCudden

InfinitX

Milly Tamati

Generalist World

Sarah Morgan

Nano-Lit

Scott Fairbairn

ThermaFY

Vanesa Kelly

HVS

Vladimir Scutelnic

Cleanifiq

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