The Ventures Lab
The Ventures Lab supports the creation and growth of impact-led ventures in Scotland and beyond. Run by The Challenges Group, they help purpose-driven founders to validate their ideas, build resilient and investment-ready business models, and scale after investment — providing the flexible, hands-on support that ambitious ventures need to make a lasting difference.
Venture Café Edinburgh
Venture Café Edinburgh is part of a global network built on the belief that isolation is the enemy of innovation. Through their weekly Thursday Gatherings and year-round community programmes, they create an open, energising space where founders, creators, investors and changemakers come together to collaborate, share ideas and turn bold ambitions into reality.
Barclays
Barclays is one of the UK’s leading financial institutions, with a long-standing commitment to supporting entrepreneurs and growing businesses across Scotland. Through their Eagle Labs programme and wider enterprise support activity, Barclays connects ambitious founders with the skills, networks and resources they need to scale — helping build a more inclusive and resilient economy.
Cruinn Consulting
Founded in 2018, Cruinn Consulting is a Scottish recruitment consultancy built on honesty, integrity and a genuine commitment to building better teams. With a collaborative, people-first approach to understanding clients’ needs, Cruinn delivers customised talent solutions across a range of sectors — empowering organisations and individuals to make the connections they need to succeed.
RBC Brewin Dolphin
RBC Brewin Dolphin is one of the largest wealth management and financial planning firms in the UK and Ireland. It provides personalised investment management, retirement planning, and tax-efficient wealth structuring for individuals, charities, and businesses
The Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s top university-level institutions in the visual creative disciplines. It is ranked 3rd in the UK and 8th in the world for art and design in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2026
Maven
Maven is a leading private equity and property manager, with over 120 executives based across our UK office network.
BTO
BTO Solicitors LLP is a modern, full service legal practice with strong roots in the Scottish business community.
Nile
Nile is a strategic design consultancy that helps regulated enterprises make the right calls where technology, regulation and human consequence collide.
Cazenove Capital
Cazenove Capital are a high-net-worth wealth management division of Schroders, the global investment firm, in the UK. They work with individuals, families, financial advisers, family offices and charities. Their clients benefit from the resources and expertise of their parent company as well as relationships with specialist investment partners around the world. Schroders’ founding family remains […]