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This week (15-20 October) marks the beginning of the Wayra AI and Blockchain Accelerator – delivered with funding support from Scottish Enterprise.

Five international market specialists are to be appointed to support Scottish companies to maximise export opportunities in the energy supply chain.

Potential for 1,000 manufacturing jobs in Scotland

Award-winning animation collective targets global investment with launch of new VR film

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, Derek Mackay MSP, has announced the appointment of Dr Poonam Malik, Dr Sue Paterson and Karthik Subramanya as Members of the Board of Scottish Enterprise.

The Scottish Investment Bank, Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm, has announced a record year in 2017/18, supporting over 640 companies, 500 of which was through its Financial Readiness Service and 147 through its investment activities, investing £43.5m and leveraging over £206m of external investment.

Kerry Sharp, director of the Scottish Investment Bank, takes a look back at 2017/18.

Back in 2012, TVSquared was an ambitious Scottish start-up with a vision to change the way advertisers measure and optimise TV. Today, with funding from a wide range of sources including the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the young company has grown to 90 employees. It has headquarters in Edinburgh and offices around the globe in London, New York, Munich, Tokyo and New South Wales.

A chance discovery in the lab is set to become a new treatment for tendon disease because of early input from Scottish Enterprise (SE) and the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB). 

Pre-investment support, advice and funding from Scottish Enterprise helped Julie Grieve of Criton attract £5m of private equity funding in 2017. Now the young Edinburgh technology company is taking the next steps to develop its hospitality app builder and reach out to international markets.

A three-turbine windfarm development on the Kintyre Peninsula will generate £15.6 million of community and charitable benefit over the next 20 years. Fyne Energy’s innovative project attracted funding from Triodos Bank and The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).

NuCana is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on significantly improving survival outcomes for patients with cancer.  Scottish Investment Bank’s early funding of £2 million helped leverage major investment for the Edinburgh company.