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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
[fo.raːs]
to go forth, outside, to look outwards, to meet, to open a forum for discussion, ‘for us’
International Programmes
Austin
Mar 2024
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
Silicon Valley & San Francisco
StartupGrind Global Conference 2022
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
Helsinki
SLUSH 2022
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
New York City
Tartan Week NYC 2023
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
Lisbon
WebSummit 2023
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
Austin, Texas
SxSW 2024
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
London
London Tech Week 2024
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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