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Scottish EDGE CEO Evelyn McDonald, hosted a round table breakfast in Edinburgh, courtesy of Ivy on the Square and supported by Leopold and Frida, with 15 Scottish business leaders. The intention? To bring together a diverse group of businesswomen with the aim to identify actionable measures to address the issues that Scotland, as a nation, needs to address in order to create a #BalanceforBetter.

Businesses with innovative circular economy business ideas could be in the running for up to £100k support from Scottish EDGE thanks to a new funding award supported by Zero Waste Scotland.

Scottish EDGE Launches a Follow-on Funding Award for its Winners

Two previous Scottish EDGE winners will take an equal share of the £200,000 prize fund available to successful applicants of the new Winners EDGE (WEDGE) Award.

If you are considering applying for Scottish EDGE in Round 14, then be sure to come along to one of our workshops – kindly hosted by some of our supporting organisations in locations throughout Scotland.

Last month, Scottish EDGE announced a £1 Million funding increase from Scottish Enterprise and at the Round 13 Final Twenty Four winners reaped the benefits with each taking home up to a six-figure share of the almost £2 million prize pot.

The quality and quantity of exceptional start-up businesses capable of scaling from Scotland has seen Scottish EDGE receive additional funding of £1m from Scottish Enterprise to grow the competition.

Never ones to bow to superstition, Scottish EDGE, the UK’s largest business funding competition, is on the hunt for Scotland’s most innovative entrepreneurs with the launch of ‘Lucky’ Round 13.

Key Dates

24th July 2018 - Application window opens (9.00am)
5th September 2018 – Application window closes at 14.00 (2.00pm)
25th September 2018 to 9th October 2018 – 1st Stage Assessments undertaken
By 16th October - Results sent out
1st November 2018 – Wild Card EDGE Final
6th, 7th, 8th November 2018 – Scottish EDGE Semi Finals
14th November 2018 – Young EDGE Final
6th December 2018 – Scottish EDGE Final – Pitches & Awards Ceremony

Scottish EDGE launches a special category award to target social enterprise applicants.

• Scottish EDGE has made 300 awards to date, totalling over £11 million, creating over 1000 jobs and boosting turnover and investment

Scottish EDGE, Scotland’s leading competition to identify and support the nation’s most promising entrepreneurial talent, is launching a special category award today – the Social Enterprise EDGE (SEE) Award – in partnership with Postcode Innovation Trust to encourage applications from Social Enterprise businesses.