Scottish Scale EDGE

Scottish Scale EDGE is the scale-up prize within the Scottish EDGE family and sits under the same Glasgow-based Community Interest Company. It is built for Scotland-based ventures that have already moved beyond the earliest launch phase and need larger backing to keep scaling. The award runs from £100,000 to £200,000, and the record treats it as a grant-and-loan package rather than pure equity. The route is annual, open to for-profit scale-ups, and is positioned for companies operating at roughly TRL 5 to 8 in deep-tech or other cross-sector growth markets. The same prize cannot be stacked twice, which keeps the route focused on one step-change award per business. This is the best fit for companies with a stronger operating history, a defined product, and evidence that more capital will speed market expansion rather than basic proof of concept. The most credible applicants are those that can show a Scotland base, a real path to growth, and a funding plan that justifies the larger prize size. In practice, it sits between early-stage competition funding and later growth capital.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.