Across our startup support programmes, research activity and academic courses, our community’s entrepreneurial mindset has seen the creation of a wide range of startups from industries ranging from fashion to finance and tourism to technology. These businesses receive support and guidance from RGU and are driving economic growth across the region and beyond.
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AeroGen
Founders: Rumeth Sandinu; Shamal Rathnayaka; Thenumi Sedara; Naveen Wanshapura (all current students at IIT, partners of RGU)
AeroGen's goal is to ensure business travellers arrive at their destination on time even if their flight gets delayed or cancelled. The Sri Lankan team will forecast flight delays and cancellations using blockchain and AI to show a reliability score for each flight option before booking.
Anonfeedback
Founder: Francesco Gruosso (Alumni)
Transforming student feedback into actionable insights with real-time AI analysis and HCI techniques to reduce cognitive load and boost participation. Effortless, anonymous feedback that empowers educational institutions to improve continuously.
Auticore App for Autism and Learning Disability
Founder: Chibuzor Okongwu (Alumni)
This learning app empowers children with autism/learning disabilities by offering a personalised, sensory-friendly platform that promotes cognitive and social growth. It provides essential resources for parents and educators.
ChumCore
Founders: Ademola Akinlabi (Graduate); Kelechi Nwankpa (Alumni); Lekan Abodunrin (Alumni); Oyindamola Adekunle
ChumCore addresses the issue of impersonal and fake reviews by prioritising trusted recommendations from friends and family, providing a personal, authentic way to discover ideal spots and sustain connections.
Cyber Nandhini
Founder: Nandhini Thiruneelakandan (Alumni)
Cyber Nandhini secures IoT environments using the powerful Kerberos authentication protocol to safeguard user data and ensure controlled device access.
FlowIT
Founder: Shoaib Rasul
FlowIT turns your miles into exclusive rewards and discounts at local restaurants and shops. No commissions for partners, just healthier lifestyles and unique rewards for all.
Grounded
Founders: Oscar Nicol-Schwarz (Current Student); Alastair Thomson (Current Student)
Grounded provides plant pot systems that allow people to cultivate their own renewable eco-sponges grown from plant roots.
Illumint
Founder: Madina Intykbayeva (Current Student, MBA)
Illumint offers AI-powered emissions management solutions, utilising satellite data, drone-based inspections, and real-time analytics to detect and reduce methane emissions, helping companies improve their environmental performance.
IM Innovation
Founders: Jennifer Innes (Current Student); Lauren McCann (Current Student)
IM Innovation is a gadget that scans your fridge items, reminds you of their expiry dates, and suggests recipes to use them up - helping you save money, reduce waste, and make every meal count.
Inglaze
Founders: Luci Carey, Campbell Carey
Inglaze offers an adaptable, affordable secondary glazing system suitable for all window shapes and approved for listed buildings, made from recycled and recyclable materials.
Owned by None
Founder: Rachel Fowler (Current Student)
Owned by None creates one-of-a-kind handcrafted pieces from locally sourced leather and wool, with each collection named and numbered to be loved by one.
Petro Future
Founder: Mohammadreza Amiri (Current Student); Digvijay Rameshbhai Parmar (Current Student)
Improving rock wettability and interfacial tension using silica nanoparticles combined with water flooding technique, designed for oil companies seeking to maximize oil recovery.
Poseidon
Founder: Juan McKenzie (Alumni)
Poseidon is a revolutionary electric life buoy that pulls you back to land by gripping the handles, addressing the threat of hypothermia in water temperatures below 15°C.
Scottish Disclosures
Founders: Alan Fleming (Current Staff); Julie Fleming (Alumni)
Processing PVG and other types of criminal checks on behalf of businesses and organisations across Scotland.
Stallion Slices
Founder: Findlay Rhind (Current Student)
Stallion Slices delivers fresh, locally-sourced, and sustainably crafted pizza from a converted vintage horse trailer at events across Aberdeenshire.
That Conversations Movement
Founder: Chris Burnett (Alumni)
Encouraging people to deepen their relationships with family, friends, and partners through conversations beyond the everyday.
Tracker.Health
Founders: Aakanksha Sadekar (Alumni); Sarabjeet (Sara) Kaur (Alumni)
Tracker.Health is transforming remote care with wearable and radar tech, global payments, and real-time monitoring, connecting expats to their families and supporting elder care.
Windstorm Renewables Ltd
Founders: John Mailey; Alison Mitchell (Alumni)
Windstorm is developing an enhanced wind turbine system that addresses issues related to size, noise, visual, and environmental impact, with a disruptive design based on a modified vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) working prototype.
Cohort 6
Big Dog Stories
Founded by: Colin Fraser
Meet Colin, the doodler and storyteller behind Big Dog Stories - a a series of children's picture books centred around a leggy rescue lurcher and his adventures. But this isn’t just a series of story books, it’s a creative escape. Writing a children’s book had been a tick box on Colin’s bucket list for many years but being an illustrator was something that was left far back in his childhood. When illustrating his first story - ‘Big Dog and the Home for Lost Hounds’ - he found as an adult, his favoured past time brought him a space to switch-off from the ‘real world’ and destress. Seeing the value drawing brought, he decided to use his stories as the vehicle to encourage others to pick up the pencil and switch-off through sketch. Each book instalment comes with a downloadable activity pack with colouring-in pages, drawing tasks and doodling prompts to get children, their parents and relatives to connect with their creativity. With the first book edging towards print, this is just one of a very long tail of tales.
Cardio Intel
Founded by: Adedeji Aremu, Olugbenga Abejirin, Banke Abejirin
Cardiovascular Diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide - Accounting for 17.9 million lives each year, (85% die from Heart Attacks & strokes alone) around 31% of all global deaths. Cardio Intel addresses this with the Digital Heart - a digital twin of your heart on a mobile app! The Digital Heart is a virtual and personalized representation of the user's heart for the practical purposes of monitoring, prevention, and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases.
CarnieBees
Founded by: Rebeka Szaboova, Kaya Malinowska
Carniebees is a dynamic startup that focuses on bringing the goodness of nature to customers. Specialising in producing and selling a unique range of honey infusions and offering a delightful blend of flavours that cater to health-conscious individuals seeking natural alternatives. The products stand out in the market due to their quality, innovation, and commitment to sustainability.
ValidateHER
Founded by: Sabina Porter
A wellness app with a social media aspect, made for 18-24 year-old female survivors of sexual violence. The apps design is playful and bright whilst still conveying a serious message. Many survivors suffer in silence, EmpowHER serves to help them understand they are not alone and offers many ways to help whilst building a community. EmpowHER is the first of its kind, tackling this common faced trauma from a new perspective that is less daunting; making help more accessible to the target. EmpowHER’s ambition is to help survivors nationwide and unify their voices to create change.
GB Rights Consult
Founded by: Georgiana F Bugeag
GB Rights Consult addresses the gaps in UK support services by offering personalised representation to individuals facing challenges in employment rights, welfare rights, housing support, and complaints against public services. The mission centres around empowering people to know their rights and stand up for themselves. GB Rights Consult distinguishes itself in the market through its innovation combination of personalised representation services and a centralised app-drive community platform.
InnoSport
Founded by: Jan Stander & Luis Toral
InnoSport AI offers an AI-driven sports coaching platform that transforms the training experience for athletes and coaches. Catering to a wide range of customers, from amateur enthusiasts to professional sports teams. The platform provides personalised, high-quality training guidance using advanced technology. The ambition is to democratize elite sports coaching, making top-tier training accessible to all, and to become a leading name in sports technology.
It's Roni
Founded by: Roni (Weronika) Dziubek
Aiming to help crochet beginners who are just starting out learn and give clear visual instructions which will be in short sections so as not to overwhelm the beginner. This is the main problem which people face when wanting to learn how to crochet. Providing clear tutorials for customers to learn how to crochet, these tutorials will be broken up into smaller videos and this also means it’ll be easier to find the place they where at within the video complementing this by creating affordable crochet starter kits.
Erthe
Founded by: Jacob Stobie & Cyril Sam
NÃ darrach carefully sources tallow-based skincare offerings from local, regenerative farms that use rotational grazing methods to raise healthy livestock, rebuild soil and ensure utmost care with regards to animal welfare. Modern skincare products increasingly rely on harmful ingredients - Nadarrach seeks to provide a real solution to this issue. NÃ darrach caters to those that are health and sustainability conscious, those afflicted by chronic skin conditions to the many who are disadvantaged by a lack of understanding regarding science-based skincare - aiming to educate and engender ESG values through social media channels. The ambition is to diversify the product range, innovate sustainability practices and establish the brand as a leader in natural, sustainable skincare.
Keep It Rolling
Founded by: Nyameye Otoo
The app would be key in photograph and progress management, this application is of value to both the amateur and also the serious professional. The former because it lowers the barrier of entry into Film Photography and the enthusiast because it allows reliable progress tracking, and the ability to improve getting it "right first time."
Placement Hub
Founded by: Rory Quinn-Bailie & Jeremy Arnold
Placement Hub is a platform for health care students to share their experiences at specific placement sites, allowing incoming students to set informed expectations, and to communicate directly with students previously in their position. The vision is to provide a space that empowers health care students across the UK to go into their placements on a more informed, prepared, and confident level.
Revive Geoscience Services
Founded by: Wenfang Fan and Shaji Mathew
The business idea is to develop a software platform that leverages AI technology to generate an integrated ground model for use in offshore windfarm development. This AI-based software is anticipated to enhance operational efficiency and significantly reduce the time required to produce the ground model. The proposed AI-powered software solution is poised to revolutionize the industry by delivering faster and more efficient results in a considerably shorter timeframe. This innovation aims to provide developers with critical information for offshore wind farm installations.
The software is expected to benefit a wide range of industries, including offshore wind farms, CCS, hydrogen, or tidal industries that require offshore installations. The output from the software will encompass interpreted seabed hazards, sub-surface horizons, a geological ground model incorporating geological log data, and a comprehensive report of the results, including an uncertainty assessment.
STEMSpec
Founded by: Emmanuel Eke & Ojotule Onoja
STEMSpec is an innovative app designed to solve the pervasive problem of limited STEM adoption in UK secondary schools. The main issue addressed is the lack of clarity and guidance for students exploring STEM education and career paths. The founders strongly believe the current challenge of STEM adoption in the UK can be significantly reduced if students gain more clarity on how their current STEM subjects align with different career paths in STEM. That clarity is what STEMSpec is providing.
CommuniTree
Founded by: Shauna Narine & Josh Mennie
Team Up North is the future of impactful corporate engagement in North East Scotland. The mission is to foster a cohesive community where businesses actively collaborate with the third sector, driving positive change across the region. Through streamlined processes, specialised skill utilisation, and bespoke Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, they hope to bridge the skills gap between corporations and charities, empowering professionals to make a meaningful impact. With a comprehensive approach encompassing service matching, skill-based volunteering, and donations, they aim to drive meaningful change while promoting sustainability and social responsibility. Team Up to create a brighter future for North East Scotland.
Weavecentrix
Founded by: Mike Gill
The UK rail freight industry relies on a 1974 mainframe called TOPS to control the movement and maintenance of 24,000 freight wagons. In effect, this rich source of operational data is locked away in the 1970s. Fleet controllers, looking after 800 wagons, start their day fishing in TOPS for problems that impact wagon availability, the key contractual measure across the industry. There are 50 companies with fleet controllers who directly manage rail freight wagons. The Weavecentrix solution frees up the operational rail freight data currently locked away in TOPS and enriches it in innovative ways that give actionable insights to rail freight operators, maintainers, and engineers. Tailoring will be offered to companies who are seeking competitive advantage, driving more insights from the data through the use of machine learning, targeted at maintenance and availability.
Yahya's International Hub
Founded by: Shiva Afraste & Albena Kostadinova
Grampian region hosts many young asylum seekers who are unaccompanied. These young boys and girls age 16-22 years have fled from their countries of origin to seek refuge. They are often unaccompanied by an adult, isolated, alone, confused and scared. Needing someone to befriend them, to help understand the culture , community integration and protect them from depression, suicide and crime. The business model is matching a local young adult to befriend a young asylum seeker. The ambition is to help the young asylum seeker develop skills required for getting independent and ready for their life in UK through optimised befriending so they can contribute to the local economy.
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Alturo
Founded by: Kirsty Noble and Amy Davys
Alturo is the future of social prescribing in healthcare. We are striving to lower the rate of suicide globally through free and accessible support. To achieve this we offer a self-sustainable solution that is 2-fold: 1) an online platform designed for people to find support groups and other related services and 2) provide service providers (i.e. charities, community groups, wellness activity hosts) with the research and marketing tools that can help them scale with ease.
Assetworx
Founded by: Joshua Ekekwe, Edwina Asumang, Oghosa Igiehon, Samuel Oyewusi, Wissam Nacef and Dennis Oduro Yeboah
Assetworx is your favourite design cheatsheet, providing architecture, engineering and design students with the assets they need to get the job done. The subscription service provides students with a content-rich library of high quality dynamic, creative, and technical assets ranging from CADblocks to vector files.
Asylum and Refugee Care
Founded by: Jayne Smith and Jenny McDonald
Asylum and Refugee Care is an Aberdeen based charity which ensures that all New Scots in the NE of Scotland, feel welcome, valued and respected. We offer person centred and holistic support, led by lived experiences.
Birch Blossom Project Consultants
Founded by: Tara Murray
Birch Blossom Project Consultants provide professional and tailored project management support to community groups and organisations in the North East of Scotland, to plan and complete projects which benefit their community, society and the environment. Our aim is to save customers time, money and stress so they can focus on other aspects of their worthwhile project.
Codelink
Founded by: Marcin Jędrol and Shibo Mitchell
Codelion. It's a creative, educational social media app for kids that provides a healthy and safe environment for them to learn, and explore their creativity and learn programming by making games.
Net Triad
Founded by: Nagashree Ramamurthy, Israel Effiong and Raza Ahmed Baig Mirza
Net Triad is cyber security-based platform that allows you to commoditize your data by IP-ing it on the Internet space. This helps in generating digital assets from your everyday activities and helps you to track where your data is being used.
ExaSync Limited
Founded by: Ememandu Freedom
ExaSync is a seamless and secure blockchain payment gateway platform that empowers businesses and digital nomads to easily get paid in digital currencies, from anywhere in the world. Our goal is to accelerate the adoption of digital currencies as a mainstream form of cross-border payment.
Exhibition
Founded by: Adam Hanzely, Liam Wilson and Catherine Fahey
An online platform providing art, fashion and design students with an opportunity to engage in an inspirational a collaborative community by selling their works and build their portfolio.
Highland Moss
Founded by: Craig Troup
Highland Moss is a houseplant shop selling online at highlandmoss.com and in our Aberdeen store. We aim to take the fear out of keeping houseplants and make them accessible to all. We do this by providing easy to access care guides and personal advice via our free Plant Hospital service. We also have a specialisation in moss, we make beautiful products with our locally sourced mosses such as terrariums, kokedama, moss poles, art and more.
Holo-labs
Founded by: Samuel Adebiyi and Ivan Okoli-Ejike
Our VR platform offers an immersive and interactive learning experience tailored specifically for students with ADHD and autism spectrum disorders. By leveraging the power of VR technology, we create a safe and engaging environment where students can develop crucial skills such as attention, focus, and social communication. Our goal is to empower students with the tools they need to succeed academically and beyond.
Members Guest
Founded by: Stuart Wright
Members Guest is an app that will build a community of golfers in the UK, by encouraging participation while incentivising golf club members to host and showcase their own golf club, while simultaneously making it more affordable for the nomadic golfer.
Mensura Ltd
Founded by: James Beckwith and Douglas Beckwith
We are an online chartered quantity surveying consultancy offering our clients a unique deconstructed fixed fee arrangement for cost planning, tender document preparation, progress payment recommendations and dispute resolution. This allows you to select only those services you require for your project and provides you with cost certainty when planning your fee expenditure.
Overlook Digital
Founded by: Grant Learmonth
Overlook Digital is a digital marketing agency that provides tailored marketing support and education for SMEs in the North East of Scotland. We want to take the mysticism away from digital marketing and allow SMEs to be able to confidently run their own campaigns from start to finish after working with Overlook Digital.
Pace Press
Founded by: Lewis Church
Pace Press is friendly, patient Risograph printing and workshop service. We aim to help art students and enthusiasts realise the potential of their creative ideas through the unique means of Riso! Through Risograph we can see it that your artwork is printed with aesthetic quality, without compromising on your budget. We offer flexible sessions times, extending to evenings, weekends or holidays to accommodate around your schedule, so you can print Risograph at your own pace!
Rebatt
Founded by: Gokul Krishna Radhakrishnan and Ilanchezhiyan Bala
Our one-hub platform is transforming the UK's secondary storage market for retired EV batteries. Leveraging digitalization, tech, and e-commerce, our sustainable business model offers eco and economic benefits while meeting the rising demand for Li-ion batteries in the future EV industry. Join us in promoting innovation and sustainability!
Spare Bill
Founded by: Dhanush Roy, Thomasukutty Benny and Akhila Joe
Sparebill is a centralized application that aims to streamline the return process and automate receipt storage for customers. This startup idea offers a hassle-free return process that eliminates the need for physical receipts and makes returns more efficient for both customers and businesses.
Cohort 4
49 Swim
Founded by: Ruth Bryce and Robert Bryce
We are creating the first sustainable, high quality and circular swimwear brand for competitive male and female swimmers
AIMEL
Founded by: Youcef Ahmanache and Fahmi Bahrini
We are using artificial intelligence and deep learning to digitise complex engineering documents like piping and instrumentation diagrams
BPods
Founded by: Guy Phillips and Jeremy Adderley
We are designing and manufacturing a unique, outdoor hexagonal building inspired by nature that uses modular components to allow quick and easy assemble on site
Beyond Reality
Founded by: Andrew Hunter and Omar Iqbal
We are creating extended reality content for education, entertainment and enterprise applying virtual and augmented reality technologies
CD Corp
Founded by: Ryan Aitken and Murdo McCandlish
We are supporting businesses to utilise blockchain technology to improve their operations through a consultancy service
CP Design Studio
Founded by: Claudia Padula and Luis Ibarra Moreno
We seek to transform homes into spaces that safeguard wellbeing and ensure productivity by allowing customers to test and visualise the design for home renovation projects
Everybody Counts
Founded by: Andy Ridgway and Judy Hornigold
We are creating a universally applicable maths programme that can be translated into any language and fit into any curriculum through using interactive, practical online content
EveryBody Mannequins
Founded by: Alina Reiber
We are creating a mannequin brand that creates realistic bodysuits and mannequins that are more inclusive and reflective of the population including diverse body sizes and disabilities
Flair Collective
Founded by: Jade Elizabeth
We are assembling a collective of ethical and sustainable fashion designers starting in the North East to manufacture and sell locally sourced and made clothing and accessories
H20 Heroes
Founded by: Kairn Mckee, Rosie Payne and Louise Richardson
We are creating an app and companion board game which shall deliver key safety messages starting with beach and water safety in an engaging way using augmented reality, audio messaging, and treasure hunts to produce educational content that can help save lives
Intelligent Frame
Founded by: Reji Jacob
We are developing an integrated platform to connect health-related data from devices such as smart watches, cameras and sensors used by the aging population to track behaviour
Intelligent Learning Solutions
Founded by: Diane Duguid
We are introducing an educational technology platform to host simple, easy-to-understand, fully interactive digital revision courses in discrete units
Kitchen Integrated Fire Suppression System
Founded by: Alexandra Spencer and Ashley Barr
We are designing a competitive fire suppression system which is compact, maintenance free and can be fitted and retrofitted into any kitchen
Magnitude AI
Founded by: Adinath Ghadage, Rohit Bhimrao Jondhale and Shilraj Kolhe
We are developing an automated insulin injector device for patients suffering from diabetes that can provide real time tracking of blood sugar levels
Mareel
Founded by: Hunter Inkster and Ian McDonald
We are developing a platform to connect small and medium sized businesses with debt providers which collates and analyses information, and produces a credit risk proposal to make bank borrowing simpler, fairer and more transparent
MYLS Blockchain Development
Founded by: Scott Downie and Laura Mylles
We are creating a series of software plug-ins and a consultation service to allow companies in the energy sector to integrate blockchain technology into their existing operations
Parameter
Founded by: Erfan ZamaniGoldeh, Theo Dounas and Sonia Beygi
We are building digital marketplace specialising in products with a parametric design where either designer can sell existing products or users can upload their designs
PCOS Buddy
Founded by: Anjula Sandhu
We are developing a mobile app for persons suffering with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) that allows the user to track symptoms
Phorks
Founded by: Jair Detsch and Jonas Detsch
We are creating a platform that matches those who like to cook with guests to provide an alternative to eating out, the opportunity to network and meet new people
Plantala Ltd.
Founded by: Natalia Kerr
We are designing and producing cruelty free, environmentally friendly, and ethical apparel and accessories using plant-based materials
Seaweed Energy
Founded by: Ravindran Narayanan
We are designing a unique, compact, and powerful wave energy converter which can be installed either as a standalone unit or as an array with multiple connected devices
SolSafe Ltd
Founded by: Andrew MacLeod, Alasdair Stevenson, Chi Kwan Wong, Graeme Hossack, Kenneth Ritchie and Michele MacLeod
We are developing a zero carbon, smart, plug-in energy storage boiler with patent pending technology that can replace existing oil, coal, and gas boilers
SymBIOsis
Founded by: Jemma Reynolds and Christine Edwards
We are introducing waste management solutions for isolate island communities that will convert, farming, distillery, and brewery waste into biogas
The Habitat People
Founded by: David Hunter
We are creating a local and accessible carbon offsetting ecosystem using wildflower meadows, wetlands, and woodlands to allow individuals and companies to compensate for their emissions
TWEFDA
Founded by: Javier Domínguez
We are developing a patent-pending ocean device which can either generate unprecedented levels of tides and waves energy or store energy
Two Raccoons
Founded by: Lasse Melgaard Rasmussen and Elliott Martens
We are cultivating an urban winery which turns surplus fruits into limited-edition wines with exciting flavours such as banana, mango, strawberry, and blackcurrant
VENUZA H2
Founded by: Gokulkrishna Radhakrishnan, Ignatius Thomas and Janet Zagah
We are developing an all-in-one system to generate green hydrogen using eco-friendly technologies to give customers energy independence
Wantonwells Farm
Founded by: Beatrice Fettes and Rosie Leagas
We are developing a food centre and community hub to produce natural, affordable and healthy local food and drinks
yaiLab
Founded by: Darius Roman and Ioannis Antonopoulos
We are developing a no-code platform that allows engineers or scientists to quickly and effortlessly design, build, and deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning models
Zephyrus Aerolabs
Founded by: Christopher Solomon, Saurabh Kumar and Christos Vamvakas
We are pioneering a real-time emission monitoring solution using drone technology to measure greenhouse and hazardous gases directly from the source
Cohort 3
Aberdeen Ceramics Studio
Founded by: Ailsa Simpson, Aimee Morris, Amy Benzie, Celda Tyndall, Kevin Morris and Matthew Wilcock
Introducing a new, affordable, fully equipped space for creatives in Aberdeen to produce ceramics and develop their practice through organised classes and a retail and gallery facility.
FAB Feet
Founded by: Lorna McHattie and Catriona McHattie
Designing and manufacturing a unique footbace to treat children born with clubfoot in developing counties which is customizable and allows each foot and leg to move while being warn.
HenBro CeilidhCo
Founded by: Leah Henderson and Louise Brodie
Refreshing the ceilidh for the modern age through hosting memorable events across the country as an alternative to clubs while celebrating and sustaining this Scottish cultural tradition
HOSS - House of Small Shops
Founded by: Farha Nasrullah and Shanid Thayalepurayil
Creating an online marketplace with a locator map that is exclusive to small, local businesses, with selling, networking, and advertising facilities, to encourage collaboration and deeper local relationships between businesses and their customers
Kindspace by TL Tech
Founded by: Caroline Laurenson, Thomas Laurenson and Victoria Nechifor
Developing a holistic wellbeing companion through a smart speaker application such as Amazon Alexa to allow users to track their wellbeing, reinforce new habits and share mental health tips.
Maddie is Online
Founded by: Dr Konstantina Martzoukou
Producing a suite of digital educational resources for educators and parents focusing on the everyday online experiences of young people, empowering them with skills to address challenges such as bullying, misinformation or copyright in their digital lives
My Self-Love Supply
Founded by: Sofia Pellaschiar and Cameron Leslie
Creating a wellness and self-care tracking app and online community a mission to inspire self-care, raise mental health awareness, and provide the resources needed to improved overall wellness
RISE HQ
Founded by: Charlie Pace
Introducing a digital information and wellness hub with educational courses to providing resources and support to empower women and people with a uterus to have their voices heard and improve their opportunities and outcomes
The Grey Hill
Founded by: Barry Robertson
Creating multi-media digital theatre content to be distributed internationally through formats such as audiobooks to pioneer new creatives and content as a pipeline for theatre venues and producers
Transition Carbon
Founded by: Dylan Roberts, Andrew O'Neill and José Miguel
Supporting small businesses to mitigate emissions and improve efficiency through the development of artificial intelligence software and consultancy to ensure businesses across all sectors are empowered to create a positive environmental impact
Unearthing Farming Lives
Founded by: Stephanie Morrison
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of farmers through the delivery of art and cultural initiatives to create resources and use the power of creative to encourage open conversations and build social connections
We Work with Autism
Founded by: Katie Forbes
Amplifying the voice of autistic adults to change perceptions of autism and provide support through building an encouraging community and digital platforms to educate, share stories and provide assistance
Cohort 2
Ampla
Founded by: Euan Duff
Creating the agency for the modern athlete bringing together client management and creative production to turn athletes into brands and unlock their inaccessible potential
Attendr
Founded by: Chamath Palihawadana, Nirmalie Wiratunga and Kyle Martin
Creating a platform for low-cost, real time tracking for further and higher education to record student attendance
AutiPAL
Founded by: Aishat Adebusuyi and David Rafiq
An online platform, bringing parents, families and carers of people living with Autism and ADHD together.
Ceòl Beag Designs
Founded by: Calum Lawrie and Kimberley Lawrie
Designed by musicians for musicians, our revolutionary gloves keep your hands warm before, during and after your performance
Edenbreeze
Founded by: Reginald Ankrah and Kwadwo Fosu
Creating a healthier alternative to soft drinks with the use of natural flowers, spices and fruits based on a unique family recipe
Emzie
Founded by: Emmanuel Okoli and Roy Bitrus
Providing real-time online corrosion monitoring
EQO Brush
Founded by: Effe Sackey-Barnes, Chidera Maduagwa, Solomon Onu and Temitope Fasassi
Creating an eco-friendly, smart and recyclable toothbrush subscription service that will replace plastic waste
Foxshyre Analytics
Founded by: Bello Garkuwa, Ibrahim Mohammed and Luis Toral
Exploiting the power of artificial intelligence to digitally transform the oil and gas industry by analysing and identifying corrosion from drone images
InsideOut by Design
Founded by: Lina Khairy, J'X, Maria Wota and Adam Steward
InsideOut by Design constantly supports and stimulated wellbeing via community portals for reconnecting people to nature and each other
Kairos
Founded by: Stuart Dyer and Constantin Ozerov
Make it easier than ever to know what to cook with what you have, and keep track of your kitchen
Kerbstone Entertainment
Founded by: Cameron Craddock, Derek McKechnie, Iain Gill and David Suttie
Developing new and dynamic sports and entertainment concepts to meet the needs of ever-evolving audiences and inspire inclusivity and community in sport
Knit It
Founded by: Lucy Fisher
Modernising knitting by making it fun, easy and simple to inspiring the younger generations to pick up their needles and start knitting
LaurSKN
Founded by: Lauren Stevenson
A soothing protective layer that will protect your new work of art from everyday irritants while maintaining an active lifestyle
Power to Go Hydro
Founded by: Ken Morrow
We are developing an inflatable waterwheel which generates clean, accessible, affordable electricity
Relaxation Revolution
Founded by: Mo Tabib, Claire Walters, Ame Whitehead, Theresa Christies and Geraldine Stevenson
An educational package for childbirth practitioners, women and their birth partners aiming to reduce fear of childbirth and associated stress
Rewynd
Founded by: Anna Mitina and Danis Satubaldina
Producing a sustainable, luxury, toiletry subscription brand with biodegradable single-use pods to allow users to track toiletry usage and reduce plastic waste
Roubo
Founded by: Theo Dounas and Syd Birnie
Constructing buildings of all sizes using timber based on an innovative robotic fabrication system which will reduce cost, waste and carbon impact to make buildings easier to assemble and disassemble
Skim
Founded by: Robyn Millar, Mark Pennie and Iain Gill
Developing a platform to connect the creative community to curate and distil news, educational materials and be a space for collaboration to focus information in a busy world
Storical
Founded by: Stuart Massie, Rachael Ironside and Glen Forbes
Creating an online digital platform that provides a simple tool for anyone to create compelling story experiences which are location-based and can be assembled into tours
Story Build
Founded by: Vinyet Miro Pujadas and Xavier Miro Arnan
Developing a revolutionary creative platform that allows users to co-create stories with their audience to promote writing and reading through teamwork and creativity
Tudu
Founded by: Juliette Jolivet, Karolina Przynarowska, and Krzysztof Kalita
Designing a game-based, personalised tourism platform to provide a cultural adventure for travellers where users earn rewards by engaging with small businesses and exploring authentic local culture
Cohort 1
Archilink
Archilink Surveys comprises of a professional and friendly team specialising in 3D scanning in Scotland
Beltfree by Miss James
Founded by: Emma James
Producing an innovative new maternity product which combines the function of a pelvic instability belt with the comfort and leggings and short to reduce pain for pregnant women
Coco-Unai
Founded by: Alice Foster
Creating an artisan chocolate brand which offers a luxurious taste of unapologetic ingredients with no added sugar to offer a naturally sweetened, guilt-free snack
Comparisol
Founded by: Jason Iyeke and Tony Tiyou
Developing a mobile app that helps low-income customers in Sub-Saharan African learn about, compare and purchase quality-verified solar products
Destiny Partnership
Founded by: Scott Russell and Jessica Young
Forming a social enterprise which seeks to improve the lives of the local community through projects such as Young Live Savers which offers free first aid training for children.
D-FL
Founded by: Nadimul Faisal
Developing technology that will digitise touch to capture data about the condition of physical surfaces to improve decision making and quality control for industries such as aviation runways
Digital Future Capital
Founded by: Kris Lindahl and Hal Salvesen
Providing the opportunity for the general public to access high growth investment funds in markets such as cryptocurrencies
Evolved Monitors
Founded by: Nick Dillon
Designing an advanced and user-friendly medical monitor system to allow minimally trained first responders to identify critical issues in patients
iOcean Solutions
Founded by: Richard Enzmann and Thomas Mega
Manufacturing electronic components and consulting with partners to develop technology for the oil and gas industry such as subsea batteries
Kærlig Beauty
Founded by: Amy Alexander
Producing luxury, organic skincare products such as soaps and body lotion which seek to promote self-care and natural, sustainable ingredients
Litestat
Founded by: Stuart Waddell and Ed Watson
Producing affordable and practical scientific laboratory equipment and software for educators in high schools and university to improve the teaching experience
Model Ctizn
Founded by: Catherine Gillespie
Introducing a design-driven fashion brand which shall focus on timeless pieces which collaborates with young designers and reduces fast fashion culture
Neosome
Founded by: Jo-Anne Tait and Colin Hetherington
Creating immersive virtual environments for education to allow clients to create multi-user interactive spaces for learning to take place
Origin Plastics
Founded by: Daniel Sutherland, Ben Durack and Scott Robertson
Creating locally-based recycling hubs where plastics can be redeveloped into innovative new products at the source of waste to reduce our carbon footprint
Poco Roast
Founded by: Ross McLean
Connecting the finest speciality coffee roasters from the UK with the public through a regular delivery service
Relocateguru
Founded by: Nicole Blyth
Developing a digital community to help those relocating connect with businesses and individuals to help users find authentic local advice and build a community
Safe Influx
Founded by: Bryan Atchison and Phil Hassard
Implementing innovative automated well control technology to reduce human factor issues on oil and gas platforms
Snap Studio
Founded by: Will Farquhar, James Galbraith and Conor Gault
Creating an end-to-end creative production agency bringing professional advertising and marketing services to clients
Swype Global
Founded by: Peter Atorough, Effe Sackey-Barnes, Frank Fotso, and Solomon Onu
Introducing an app-based music competition to expose artists for the public to vote by swiping to win cash prizes
Track Genesis
Founded by: Rajesh Kumar Plamthottahil
Developing a blockchain-based software platform to offer security and transparency for the supply chain to allow consumers to access information about products in seconds
Udrafter
Founded by: Daryll Morrow and Luke Morrow
Connecting businesses with student talent through our online micro-internship platform allowing students to gain degree-relevant work experience
Untitled Comics
Founded by: Nicci Thomson and Cliff Hughes
Developing a digital platform to democratise the comic book industry and bring creatives together to showcase new, original content
Valdone°Au
Founded by: Valdone Auksoriute and Kajetan Swiecki
Creating a sustainable fashion brand to work with certified fairtrade suppliers and reduce the impact of fast fashion on the planet
Legacy Startups
eCerto
Founded by: Steve Shearman and Luis Ibarra
Introducing a system of dynamic pricing for the management of capital projects to lower the commercial risk for customers and contractors alike.
Founded by: John McCall
Developing a novel artificial intelligence using nature-inspired computing to improve the operational efficiency of logistics and supply chain.