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A Scottish company which allows people to order food via their mobile phone has secured £525,000 of investment. QikServe, based at the Midlothian Innovation Centre in Roslin, said existing backers Equity Gap and the Scottish Investment Bank were involved in the latest funding round with […]

Alphabet Babies, a Glasgow start-up which provides online learning materials for babies and toddlers, has received £104,000 investment from Equity Gap and SIB. Established in 2011, but launched in September 2014, Alphabet Babies specialises in fun learning programmes for under-fives with a variety of interactive

Edinburgh-based QikServe has signed a deal with HMSHost International, which provides food and beverage services to travellers at more than 100 airport locations worldwide. The deal will see its ‘Waiter in your Pocket’ app rolled out at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, following a successful pilot project

As part of the Horizon 2020 programme, the European Commission is hand-picking potentially disruptive businesses to invest and support as part of the SME Instrument. Your business could receive up to €2.5 million in funding, and world-class business coaching. More information here: http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument In support of this

Yesterday’s budget contained a number of minor but interesting changes affecting business angels and entrepreneurial companies. Some initial analysis has been conducted by our Corporate Partners at Chiene & Tait.

The Edinburgh University s­pin-off company pureLiFi, which is researching and ­commercialising the use of Li-Fi – a new technology that allows high-speed wireless internet connectivity using light rather than the radio waves used by WiFi – has raised £1.5 million in its latest round of

An Edinburgh company which makes software that enhances satellite pictures of the earth to enable more accurate observations has received a £775,000 investment boost. Read the full story via the Daily Record.

Leading Scottish angel investment group Tweed Renaissance Investors Capital (TRI Cap) celebrated its 10th anniversary at a reception at Ochiltrees Resturant, Abbotsford, recently. Read the full story on the Southern Reporter website.

A TOTAL of £852,000 has been awarded to 26 “exceptional” Scottish start-ups by the ScotEdge fund at a special event where firms had to show their ability to grow, and boost the Scottish economy. Read the full story via The Herald.

Informatics Ventures are looking for the next 60 companies to take part in EIE15 from the Life Sciences, Energy & Information Technology sectors. More than £40 million in seed funding has already been raised by the companies who have showcased at previous EIEs. This is

SKOOGMusic has launched a crowdfunding initiative on indiegogo.com to bring its updated, innovative and accessible musical instrument to a broader audience. The business, based in Edinburgh’s Leith, has created Skoog 2.0, a “uniquely expressive” foam cube with a surface area that is entirely responsive and

We have summarised policy announcements from the Chancellor’s 2014 Autumn Statement that may be of interest. The full document is available on The Government’s website.