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CodeBase
CodeBase is the UK's largest technology incubator, founded in Edinburgh in 2014 and now operating across 27 locations throughout the UK, including a hub in Glasgow. It delivers the Scottish Government's £42 million Techscaler programme, supporting over 1,400 startups with world-class education, mentorship, and networking. Companies supported by CodeBase have collectively raised over £4 billion in funding, making it one of the most impactful startup accelerator organisations in the UK.
DIGIT
DIGIT, the trading name of Saltire Technology Events Ltd, is an Edinburgh-based technology media and events business that publishes digit.fyi and runs a calendar of Scottish technology conferences, including DIGIT Expo and the FinTech Summit at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Its events bring together CIOs, engineering leaders, regulators and vendors from across Scotland's financial services and public sectors. The company operates from Ocean Drive in Edinburgh.
DIGIT Expo 2026
Scotland's biggest tech showcase — 1,500+ delegates, 60+ exhibitors, and 40+ speakers, free to attend, at the EICC Edinburgh. A cost-effective day for a Scottish founder or developer to meet enterprise buyers, exhibit, and tap the national tech community.
Edinburgh International Festival 2026
The world's largest arts festival includes a significant digital-arts and creative-technology strand, with immersive installations, AI-generated art exhibitions, and creative-tech showcases. Edinburgh during August is also a magnet for informal tech-community meetups and founder dinners organized by the Scottish startup ecosystem. While not a pure tech event, it's a key cultural moment for creative-tech, content-tech, and entertainment startups looking to connect with media buyers and cultural institutions.
Edinburgh International Festival Society
The Edinburgh International Festival Society is the charitable body responsible for producing the Edinburgh International Festival, one of the world's premier performing arts events held every August since 1947. The Society presents world-class opera, theatre, music and dance across 24 days, bringing artists from over 40 countries to Edinburgh. It is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in Scotland (SC024766) and a registered Scottish charity (SC004694), headquartered at The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh.
FinTech Scotland
FinTech Scotland is a strategic cluster management organisation established in 2018, dedicated to driving financial inclusion through fintech innovation and collaboration across Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, it supports an ecosystem of over 250 fintech firms spanning WealthTech, InsureTech, RegTech, Payments, and Open Banking. It leads the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) as part of the UK Government's Innovation Accelerator programme and is an active partner in Glasgow Tech Week.
Fintech Summit 2026 (Edinburgh)
A national fintech summit at the EICC Edinburgh, with content spanning green wealthtech, payments, and AI. Good for a Scottish or UK fintech founder wanting investor and ecosystem exposure at low cost.
Gareth Williams
Co-founder and former CEO of Skyscanner, the Edinburgh travel-search company that became one of Scotland's defining tech successes before its acquisition by Ctrip for around £1.4bn.
Investing Women Angels
Investing Women Angels is Scotland’s first all-female business angel syndicate, based in Edinburgh and focused on backing female-founded and female-led businesses seeking to create positive impact. The syndicate has backed 25 companies with £2.3 million in investment, with 90% directed toward female-founded enterprises. Led by Chair Lucy Henderson, it also works to attract more women into angel investing through education, community programmes, and its sister initiative AccelerateHER.
Skyscanner
Skyscanner is a global travel search engine founded in Edinburgh that compares flights, hotels, and car rentals across hundreds of providers. Acquired by Ctrip (now Trip.com Group) in 2016 for $1.7 billion, Skyscanner continues to operate independently from Scotland and serves over 100 million monthly users. It remains one of Europe's most recognized consumer tech brands and a key reference point for Scotland's startup ecosystem.
Turing Fest 2026
Self-described as the UK's flagship founder-investor summit, focused on pre-seed to Series A. It is squarely founder-relevant, with programming on fundraising, growth, and product, plus structured founder-investor matchmaking — one of the strongest non-London picks for an early-stage founder.
Wordsmith
Edinburgh-based legal AI platform designed for in-house legal teams that captures, triages, resolves, and records every legal request from the business with AI assistance. Serves 500+ companies including BT, Financial Times, and Canva. Raised £52M ($70M) Series B from Highland Europe and Index Ventures in June 2026.
