EDGE Pledgers
To further enhance our ambition to have a competition “for entrepreneurs, driven and funded by entrepreneurs” we have also introduced The EDGE Pledge.
The EDGE Pledge was launched in early 2017 with the intention of providing a platform for successful entrepreneurs to give something back to the EDGE competition from exits or a donation, and in turn support Scotland’s next great entrepreneurs.
As Sir Tom Hunter, founder of The Hunter Foundation, said about the EDGE Pledge:
“This is a fundamental step forward in the mindset of Scotland’s entrepreneurs, underpinning the culture of giving back with purpose – in this case supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs by sharing in their own success. This is absolutely creating a virtuous circle where success supports success, entrepreneurs help one another and ultimately Scotland wins out.”
EDGE winning Pledger, Victoria Nicol of My Language Connection said:
“The reason that I signed the EDGE Pledge is that I feel it is incredibly important to give back once you've built a profitable and successful company and used the Scottish EDGE funds to achieve this. Without Scottish EDGE we would not have seen the growth so far that we've seen in 2020 nor have the opportunity to expedite our growth plans.
“Without all of the other businesses, philanthropists, Scottish Enterprise, RBS and the incredible EDGE team pulling all of that together, we wouldn't have the same opportunity as we have now. I think it's therefore very important for any Scottish EDGE winner to help other businesses grow, thrive and have the same opportunities that we've been lucky enough to have, once in the position to do so.”
We are enormously grateful to the following businesses for pledging their support of Scotland’s future entrepreneurs:
EDGE Pledgers R1
Leah Hutcheon - Appointed
EDGE Pledgers R2
Michael Corrigan - Trtl
David Kellock - Trtl
Jack McGill - QTV Ltd
Andrew Veitch - TVSquared
Kevin Dorren - TVSquared
Lee McLaughlin - IC Mobile Ltd
EDGE Pledgers R3
Lynn Mann - Supernature Oils
EDGE Pledgers R5
Jo Chidley - Beauty Kitchen UK Ltd
Martin Murray - Dunnet Bay Distillers Ltd
Graeme Lindsey - Smoother Spirits Ltd
Errin Todd - Lobster Pod
EDGE Pledgers R6
James Brown - Beer52.com
Alex Papanikalaou - Freedom One Life Ltd
Victoria Hamilton - VH Innovation Ltd
Jeremie Warner - Power a Life
Colin Brown - Adimo
EDGE Pledgers R8
Darina Garland - Ooni
Kristian Tapaninaho - Ooni
Andrew Slorance - Phoenix Instinct
Stuart Speake - Soltropy
James McIlroy - Enterobitix
Tanya Ewing - Glaze and Save
Kieran Coyle - Premiership Experience
EDGE Pledgers R9
Callum Murray - Amiqus Resolution
Sam Zawadzki - Property Technology
Laura Birrel - Sticky Heelz
EDGE Pledgers R10
Brian Smilie - Beezer (Hermes Apps Ltd)
Kenny Arthur - GK UN-Limited
Deborah Wake - My Way Digital Health Ltd
Melanie Blane - White Rabbit Skincare
Usman Yaseen - Sonik Pocket
EDGE Pledgers R11
Nick Beeson - EBar Initiatives
Dianne Teo - T30 Fitness
Kim Cameron - The Gin Bothy
John Penman - BUBLBag
Ross Woodburn - BUBLBag
Scott Simpson - Industrial Nature
EDGE Pledgers R12
Sukhvir Dhillon - Curious Chip
Craig Strachan - Start-up Drinks Lab
Hannah Fisher - Start-up Drinks Lab
Fraser Edmond - Broker Insights
Iain Crole - Broker Insights
Lindsey Anderson - The Little Herb Farm
Arti Poddar - Guy & Beard
Usman Mohaammed - Guy & Beard
Scott Dickson - Phox Water
Dave Hughes - Novosound
EDGE Pledgers R13
Araminta Birse-Stewart - Araminta Campbell
Oluwaratomi Alabi - RAB Microfluidics
Paul McGinley - Pyramid Wifi
Alex Barron - Triyit
Atif Syed - Wootzano Ltd
Ian Mackenzie - Trojan Energy Ltd
EDGE Pledgers R14
Lidia Krzynowek - Carbogenics Ltd
Lauren Leisk - Fodilicious Ltd
Neil Gordon - Sentinel Subsea Ltd
Andrew Jaffrey - Sentinel Subsea Ltd
Kirsty Lunn - Molke Ltd
Ros Marshall - Molke Ltd
Michele Zagnoni - Screen In 3D Ltd
Colin Loveday - Good Call CIC
Hamish Menzies - House of Caledonia Ltd
Hannah Mercer - CensorPic
Sam Brennan - Fresh Car Group
Allan Cannon - R3-IOT
Peter Orrell - Myconourish Ltd
EDGE Pledgers R15
Amanda Pickford - Shock innovations Ltd
Tammy Koslowski - Naf! Stuff Ltd
Simon Coyle - Product Guru Ltd
Craig Wallace - Republic of Munchery
John Ferguson - The East Africa Sisal Company Ltd
Alexander Macdonald - HS Vision Ltd
Victoria Nicol - My Language Connection Ltd
Dhruv Trivedi - Bounce Back Drinks Ltd
Alison Gray - Skillfluence Ltd
Ross Mcleod - Intebloc Ltd
David Phin - Paragon Inspection Services
EDGE Pledgers R16
Lorenzo Conti - Crover Ltd
Jacine Rutasikwa - Mutagga Distillers Ltd
Eve Hanks - MI:RNA Ltd
Jonathan Burridge - Utopi Ltd
Steve Greenland - Craft Prospect Ltd
Alex McVey - Ogi Bio
Michael Carr - Go Roadie
Kyla Orr - Kelp Crofting Ltd
Martin Welch - Kelp Crofting Ltd
Robyn Hickerson - Ten Bio Ltd
Michael Conneely - Ten Bio Ltd
Rowan Armstrong - BioLiberty
Jane Stewart - Topolytics
Scott Weir - Pillow Property Partners
Sara ten Have - Origin Peptides
Gary Buchanan - Origin Peptides
Zakareya Hussein - Touch Labs Ltd
Lisa Crombie - Confidence Plus Ltd
EDGE Pledgers R17
Hannah Taylor - Gut Feelings
Hamish Geddes - Lenz Labs Ltd
Iona Mackenzie - Talk & Grow Ltd
Alasdair Mitchell - Chamber 3 Ltd
Lara Messer - Bare Bones Chocolate Ltd
Cameron Dixon - Bare Bones Chocolate Ltd
Suhit Amin - Saulderson Media
Jacqueline Black - Rookums Ltd
Cat Anderson - Treen Ltd
Ross Lamond - Shrinking Footprints Ltd t/a Bug Bakes
Alexander Lamond - Shrinking Footprints Ltd t/a Bug Bakes
Carolyn Hogg - Cascade Water Products Ltd
Peter Holdsworth - Cascade Water Products Ltd
Scott Mcleod - GaitAR Ltd
Andrew Vincent - Quick Block Ltd
Gareth Claase - Gecko Glazing Ltd
Ross Gillanders - Lightwater Sensors
Iain McNeill - Wheverly Ltd
Stuart Hannah - Microplate Dx Ltd
Barry Leaper - Libereat Ltd
Susie Anderson - East Coast Cured
Steven Anderson - East Coat Cured
EDGE Pledgers R18
Faisal Ghani - SolarisKit Ltd
David Ross - Dare-3D Ltd
Alice Sharp - Alice Sharp Ltd
Lynne Darcey Quigley -Know-It (Global) Ltd
Anton Puzorjov - Quas Drinks Ltd
Jessica Watson - Gloriah
Ryan O'Rorke - Staff Buddy Ltd
Jonny Ingledew - North Uist Distillery Ltd
Chris Molyneux - Creag Dhu Ltd
Will Shu - Organlike Ltd
Isaac Wang - Organlike Ltd
Leon Jonathan Feldstein - BENNU.AI Ltd
Dr Saber Khayatzadeh -Crack Map Ltd
Adam Bastock - Small99 Ltd
Francisco Carreno - Loch Electronics
Tiffany Wood - Dyneval
Paul Williams - Epipole
EDGE Pledgers R19
Elena Hoge - Yaldi Games Ltd
Opeyemi Ibukun - Argyle IT & Education
Matthew Walker - Savora Drinks
Matej Papp - Boxfluence
Peter Brown - Forth View Designs
Asma Abdullah Al-Murtadha - Samastar
Jeremy Viner - Morphic
Javier Abril - Caribbean Goods
Alex Hodson - Podspectrix
Renuka Ramanujam - HUID
Ioannis Stasinopoulos - Prozymi Biolabs
Jodie Sinclair - Theo Health
Robert Hall - Studio Vans
T Praveen - Swarma Spice
Xiaoyan - MaDanu Robotics
Jonathan Engels - Hidden Lane Brewery
Rachel Suttle - Hidden Lane Brewery
Ken Adams - Recover Packaging
Andrew Flynn - POTR Pots
Abhi Bhargava - Farm-Hand
Stephen Erbrick - Biker bnb
Adam Inche - Lentitek Ltd
David Findlay - Rostra Therapeutics
EDGE Pledgers R20
Christopher Solomon -Zephyrus
Leon Zussner - Bobbll
Pooja Katara -SENSEcity
Amin Rigi - Water Electroncis
Ryan Morrison - Rival SC
Jack Allan - Today Agency
Janani Prabhakaran - Unbaggaged
Jamie Burns - Ailsa Reliability
Andrew Durrant - PicSea
Alasdair Ireland - Hoolr Education
Jill Henry - Meander
Amee Ritchie - S'Wheat
Paul Crawford - Beastly Brews
David Robertson - Thistle Rocketry
Antoinette Fiona-Douglas - Beira
EDGE Pledgers R21
Joseph Donald- Euro Ticket Club
Aditya Mahapatra - Augmentum Influencer Solutions
Sambhav Chadha - Augmentum Influencer Solutions
Shreekar Nemant Mangeshkar - Nuclevolve
Farai Munjoma - Shasha Network
Taner Dosluoglu
Danny Kane - Nooku
Jonatan Willners - Frontier Robotics
Bruce Cardno - Clearwell Technology Ltd
Ruth Crozier - Silver Lion Innovations
Karen Robinson - Three Robins Ltd
Duncan Peters - Clean Water Designs t/a Novus
Sally Gouldstone - Seilich
Alex Mullen - Fitabeo Therapeutics Ltd
Mallikarjun Chityala - Fitabeo Therapeutics Ltd
EDGE Pledgers R22
Jevin Matthew - Hubble Bubble
Jolene Roberts - Oir Soap Ltd
Johnny Manning - Conneckt Charging
Katherine Byers - SIP IT (Scotland)
Adam Jack - Jack’s Alt Stays
Daniel Jack - Jack’s Alt Stays
External EDGE Pledgers
David Shearer - Scottish EDGE Board
Harper Macleod LLP
Andy Coleman (Investor Pledge)
Craig Jackson - ESS Recruit
Gregor Hannah - Hannah Whisky Merchants
Michiel Smith (Investor Pledge)