Scottish EDGE Launches Round 24 with a £1.5m Prize Pot!

 

In Round 23 EDGE awarded 35 early-stage businesses with prize funding of £1.5 million. Now, we are back with even more funding on offer for EDGE24!

Application Close: 11th September 2024 (2pm)

We invite applications from businesses across all sectors, whether pre-trading or up to five years in trading. Winners will receive a share of a £1.5m prize pot, along with access to a network of industry experts and support opportunities.

The Scottish EDGE suite of awards now includes:

  • Scottish EDGE (Up to £100k grant/loan split)

  • Social Enterprise EDGE (Up to £75k grant/loan split, supported by Postcode Innovation Trust)

  • Young EDGE (Up to £15k grant funding, supported by Scottish Enterprise)

  • Wild Card EDGE (Up to £15k grant funding)

Specialist category awards include:

This Round also signals the first award supported by a previous EDGE winner, with Ailsa Reliability Solutions providing a £10k grant for an engineering sector business in the Wild Card EDGE category.

Scottish EDGE is supported by the Royal Bank of Scotland, The Hunter Foundation, Scottish Government, and Scottish Enterprise.

If you are keen to apply and want to find out more then your first step to success could be to attend the Scottish EDGE virtual application workshop to get advice on crafting that perfect application.

 
Jack Proctor