SOVEREIGN STATE: DataVita secures £300m for data centre rollout in Scotland’s AI Growth Zone
DataVita, Scotland’s largest independent data centre developer and operator, has secured £300m of funding to expand and build two data centres in the North Lanarkshire’s AI Growth Zone.The consortium fundraising...
Tech fund startup programme Round One ready to tackle ‘sleeping giant’ of Scottish economy
Applications have opened for Round One, an investment readiness programme for pre-seed technology startups in Scotland.The programme’s founders believe Scotland’s startup ecosystem is a sleeping giant: home to world-class talent,...
Archangels win angel industry gong after half year boost
Archangels, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has leveraged £17.9m of investment in Scottish scale-ups in the first half of 2026, backing early-stage technology and life science companies.Adding to this strong,...
FIRST CLASS HONOURS: Edinburgh University top of the league for Scottish spin-outs
The University of Edinburgh has emerged as Scotland’s most active spinout institution. With graduands collecting their degree scrolls over the next two weeks, many more university leavers will be considering...
Rise in investment provides boost on innovation and entrepreneurship
Scotland had a record-breaking year for investment value in 2025, outstripping the post-pandemic peak years of 2021 and 2022. A total of £1.15bn was raised compared with £906m in 2024,...
‘Well-priced’ Scots firms attracting overseas interest
Despite the challenging geopolitical backdrop, 2026 has so far seen record levels of M&A activity driven by takeover activity around UK stock market-listed companies. The feeding frenzy, fuelled mainly by...
Scottish spin-out seeks funding for concrete supplement which curbs carbon emissions
A Scottish university spinout has invented a process which turns low-value mineral waste into carbon-negative materials and can replace a percentage of cement used in construction.The approach, by a team...
Flynn urged to look into ‘unaccounted’ funding of Greenock drydock work
Campaigners in Inverclyde have written to Stephen Flynn, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport, seeking his intervention to save the historic Inchgreen Dry Dock in Greenock.They also want ministerial...
MACHINE EARNER: Edinburgh’s Tomoro AI to play major part in OpenAI’s £2.9bn gambit
A fast-growing AI technology company – registered in London but with a head office in Edinburgh since 2023 – has been acquired by global player OpenAI as part of a...
Community welcomes rebirth of Filmhouse in capital
It is heartening for cinephiles to see the former home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival making a comeback.In 2023, Scotland hosted three major international festivals: the Edinburgh International Film...