Following a trial voyage to California, a programme through which state funding is used to support innovative young companies is to hit the US east coast, and multiple Asian locations
The Scottish Government’s Techscaler International programme is to expand globally, it has been announced.
Deputy first minister Kate Forbes has confirmed that the scheme – a start-up support scheme created by the government in 2022 to help foster a thriving landscape of local tech firms – is to make its first visit to the US east coast, as well as missions to Silicon Valley and Asia.
Representatives of growth-stage companies will take part in trips to Japan in April, New York and New Jersey in June, California’s Silicon Valley in October, Singapore in November and Hong Kong and China in December.
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Applications to take part in the first leg are open until 23 February and it is hoped the initiative will help secure contracts, investment and commercial traction for participating companies.
Forbes announced the move on a visit to the Edinburgh office of Codebase, which manages the £42m Techscaler initiative.
She said: “Building on the success of the first pilot programme in Silicon Valley in 2024, the initiative has been continually refined to serve the needs of our entrepreneurs and respond to their feedback. This expanded programme reflects the value it is bringing to some of the country’s most innovative companies.”
