Scottish Scale EDGE
Supports scaling Scottish technology businesses with hybrid grant-loan funding and growth recognition.
Scottish Scale EDGE is a named sub-prize category within the Scottish EDGE competition, Scotland's largest funding competition for high-growth startups and small businesses. Scale EDGE is sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland and is awarded annually to a scaling Scottish business that demonstrates exceptional growth trajectory within the main Scottish EDGE competitive assessment process. In Round 26…
Scottish Scale EDGE awards up to £100,000 in hybrid grant-loan funding to high-growth, scaling businesses headquartered in Scotland, contested within the annual Scottish EDGE competition.
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