Scotland\u2019s \u201centrepreneurial ecosystem\u201d is boosting the country\u2019s profile as an \u201cambitious innovation nation\u201d, First Minister John Swinney has declared.<\/p>\n
He spoke out as new data showed Scottish tech founders have raised a total of \u00a3257 million in investment since joining Techscaler \u2013 Scotland\u2019s national tech scale-up programme \u2013 an increase of \u00a3139 million on the previous year.<\/p>\n
Ministers believe figures contained in Techscaler\u2019s annual report help to highlight the Government\u2019s commitment to \u201cbuilding a world-class tech ecosystem\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Swinney, speaking as he visited Techscaler\u2019s new site in Dundee, said the programme had been created to \u201cstrengthen Scotland\u2019s entrepreneurial environment\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that the scheme gives tech founders the \u201cskills, support and connections needed to build globally-competitive companies\u201d.<\/p>\n
The First Minister said: \u201cIt is encouraging to see this vision reflected in this year\u2019s results, with a remarkable \u00a3257 million now raised by founder members since launch, more than double the previous year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis figure highlights Scotland\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem is becoming even more connected, collaborative and globally engaged \u2013 raising Scotland\u2019s profile as an ambitious innovation nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added the new base in Dundee\u2019s Water\u2019s Edge would become a \u201cvibrant hub for entrepreneurs in the city\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jon Hope, interim chief executive officer of growth platform CodeBase, said the report highlighted Techscaler\u2019s \u201cgrowing national impact\u201d, adding they were working to \u201cfast-track high-growth businesses toward global success\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mr Hope said: \u201cFrom our Water\u2019s Edge office, we\u2019ll be proud to support cohorts of early-stage, growth and scale-up companies, providing access to local and national expertise \u2014 including entrepreneurs in residence, experienced mentors, investor networks and international connections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s \u201centrepreneurial ecosystem\u201d is boosting the country\u2019s profile as an \u201cambitious innovation nation\u201d, First Minister John Swinney has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,36664,233366,4884,7852,233367,712,46155,16,15],"class_list":["post-806908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotland","tag-britain","tag-ecosystem","tag-entrepreneurial-environment","tag-great-britain","tag-john-swinney","tag-national-tech","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-enterprise","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116179816003084800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}