Here’s your Campfire for Monday, 28th September
📣 Asks, Offers, Updates, & Deadlines
CivTech Round 12 is now open and has launched with “six new Challenges and £5.7 million of investment available to help innovative businesses develop solutions to real public sector problems. Successful teams will work directly with public sector organisations, receive funded support through the CivTech Accelerator, retain 100% of their intellectual property, and have the opportunity to secure further commercial contracts. Challenges this round focus on areas including health, housing, child protection, substance use support and digital public services.” Applications close at 12 noon on Tuesday 20 October 2026. Find out more and apply here
👭 Interested in connecting with possible co-founders? Fill in your listing on Cofounder Curious today! Connect with others for possible cofounder matching here.
👷Are you hiring? Send us a blurb and we’ll include it in the next newsletter!
✍️ Want to write something for or share something with Campfire? Get in touch!
📅 Events
🔈 28/09, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: creative soundLAB: Music Audio Sound Sync Showcase Networking Event We are shining a spotlight on the new ‘LoopSequence’ platform showcasing awesome animations, immersive audio textures and fresh music loops. Come network with Edinburgh’s creative sectors. MORE INFO
📣 29/09, 18:00 🗺️ Fife: The Marketing Meetup IRL: Fife Meet fellow marketers for a relaxed evening at Louie Brown’s in Dalgety Bay, with informal conversation, knowledge sharing and a chance to connect with Fife’s marketing community. MORE INFO
🍱 29/09, 13:00 🌐 Online: Geovation Scotland's Packed Lunch: Building a Story People Want to Back Join David Dible and Mishal Howard-Taylor from Koda Konsult for an interactive lunch-and-learn exploring how founders can build compelling personal and business stories that attract customers, talent, collaborators and investors. MORE INFO
💻 29/09, 17:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Tech Meetup Edinburgh Join Scotland's tech community for an evening of networking, tech talks, demos, pizza and drinks. Hear from local speakers, discover community projects and connect with founders, developers and startup builders. MORE INFO
👩💻 29/09, 18:15 🗺️ Glasgow: Ladies of Code: September Meetup Connect with women working in and interested in tech for an evening of networking, knowledge sharing and collaboration at the University of Glasgow. MORE INFO
📊 29/09, 18:00 🗺️ Dundee: Dundee Data Meetup: September 2026 Join Dundee’s community of data practitioners, students and curious learners for an evening of talks, discussion and connections around data and how it shapes our world. MORE INFO
⛓️ 29/09, 12:00 🗺️ Online: Hiring in the AI Era – What Founders Need to Know Matthew Sarre, Co-founder of Jumpstart, covers using AI in the hiring process and testing candidates for AI fluency, drawing on screening around 30,000 applications a year. MORE INFO
🤝 30/09, 08:00 🗺️ Dundee: East Scotland Business Networking Event Meet fellow professionals for a relaxed morning of networking, sharing ideas and building connections, with a focus on supporting one another and creating new business opportunities. MORE INFO
⛓️ 30/09, 18:00 🗺️ Glasgow: Blockchain and Business Networking | Elevating Your Potential - Glasgow Meet entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, analysts and others interested in blockchain and business for an evening of networking and new connections at Bunker Bar. MORE INFO
🤝 30/09, 17:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Catalysing Connections September Gathering Meet people developing ideas, building communities and creating positive change at this quarterly gathering focused on making connections and sharing ideas at The Melting Pot. MORE INFO
🏢 30/09, 09:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Edinburgh West End Accelerator Doors Open and Co-working Day A chance for founders to tour the Royal Bank of Scotland accelerator space in Edinburgh's West End and spend the day co-working there. MORE INFO
🎨 30/09, 10:30 🗺️ Fife: Creative Fife Networking - September 2026 meet up Meet fellow creative business owners from across Fife for an informal morning of coffee, cake and conversation, with a focus on genuine connections rather than elevator pitches. MORE INFO
🤝 30/09, 17:30 🗺️ Glasgow: Focus on Founders Live 2026 An evening for founders and business owners to make meaningful connections and have honest conversations about the realities of building a business, with curated introductions to people who can help with the challenges they’re facing. MORE INFO
⛓️ 01/10, 18:00 🗺️ Glasgow: Tech Meetup Glasgow – October 2026 Talks from Louise Humpington and Dave Ward, with networking. MORE INFO
🌈 01/10, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: LGBTQ+ Founder Network Edinburgh A monthly, community-led meetup for LGBTQ+ founders in Edinburgh. MORE INFO
☕ 06/10, 09:00 🗺️ Inverness: Unfiltered Inverness Connect with Inverness’s tech community over coffee, cake and informal conversation at this relaxed morning meetup from CodeBase and Techscaler. MORE INFO
🚶 06/10, 09:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Morning Mixer: Netwalking A walking networking session for founders and business leaders, hosted by Edinburgh Royal Bank Accelerator. MORE INFO
⛓️ 07/10, 11:00 🗺️ Online: From £20k to £100k MRR – Founder-Led Sales Alex Stanley-Bell, founder of Founder 2 Closer, covers building a repeatable sales process as a founder, from prospecting to closing, and what to have in place before making a first sales hire. MORE INFO
☕ 07/10, 08:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Unfiltered Edinburgh Start the day with coffee, cake and informal conversation with Edinburgh’s tech community at this relaxed morning meetup from CodeBase and Techscaler. MORE INFO
🤝 07/10, 18:30 🗺️ Fife: The Real Talk Business Lounge - Fife Join a small networking evening for entrepreneurs focused on honest conversations about business growth, challenges and opportunities, with space to make meaningful connections with other business owners. MORE INFO
☕ 07/10, 09:00 🗺️ Aberdeen: Unfiltered Aberdeen Connect with Aberdeen’s tech community over coffee, cake and informal conversation at this relaxed morning meetup from CodeBase and Techscaler. MORE INFO
☕ 08/10, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Coffee Club An informal networking session for founders and small business owners, with no pitches or speeches. MORE INFO
☕ 08/10, 09:00 🗺️ Glasgow: Unfiltered Glasgow Connect with Glasgow’s tech community over coffee, cake and informal conversation at this relaxed morning meetup from CodeBase and Techscaler. MORE INFO
🤖 09/10, 08:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: AI Breakfast Club: Edinburgh Join founders, investors and tech leaders for breakfast, networking and a panel exploring Edinburgh’s AI ecosystem, emerging opportunities and what it takes to build globally competitive AI businesses. MORE INFO
⛓️ 10/10, 11:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Linux Users' Group Edinburgh Meetup A meetup for Linux users of all levels, from sysadmins to beginners, covering shell scripting, self-hosting, troubleshooting and switching from Windows or macOS. MORE INFO
⛓️ 13/10, 11:00 🗺️ Online: How to Navigate Your VC Term Sheet Eric Davison, Partner at Cooley, walks founders through what market standard looks like, the red flags to watch for, and how terms like liquidation preferences and board composition affect equity and control. MORE INFO
🍸 14/10, 19:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Evening Drinks – Meet People in Tech An informal networking evening for people working in Edinburgh's tech community, including software engineers, product managers, designers and data and AI professionals. MORE INFO
🤝 14/10, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Edinburgh Entrepreneurs – Networking with a Difference A structured business networking session for Edinburgh entrepreneurs, run by the Scottish National Network. MORE INFO
👩💻 20/10, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Women in Tech Edinburgh - OutGeekWomen Connect with women working across tech, including software engineering, data science, product, project management and UI/UX, for an evening of networking and conversation at The Melting Pot. MORE INFO
🚀 20/10, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Meetup Edinburgh – October 2026 Connect with founders, potential co-founders and investors for speed networking, community shoutouts and a tactical fireside chat exploring the practicalities of building and growing a startup. MORE INFO
⛓️ 20/10, 18:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: EdinburghJS October Meetup – Self Editing Sites & Internal Tools Phil Holden speaks on building a self-editing website and Alexey Golev on building internal tools. MORE INFO
👩💻 20/10, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Women in Tech Edinburgh – OutGeekWomen An evening of networking for women working across tech, with the chance to meet CTOs, developers and people behind well-known tech brands. MORE INFO
💻 21/10, 18:00 🗺️ Online: Business Expenses: What Can You Claim? A South of Scotland Enterprise webinar for business owners on which expenses can and can't be claimed, how to record them and how to stay compliant with HMRC. MORE INFO
🌿 21/10, 10:00 🗺️ Kelso: Wellbeing for Business Owners: Building Resilience for Sustainable Business A South of Scotland Enterprise session for business owners on managing the pressures of running a business and protecting their own wellbeing while building for growth. MORE INFO
🌱 22/10, 13:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Ready to RISE Information Session Explore whether social enterprise could be the right path for your next venture. Meet founders, hear real-world experiences and learn about a free 8-week programme designed for women and non-binary people in Scotland. MORE INFO
🎮 24/10, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: PlayAway for a Day A one-day gathering exploring where creative technology, games and interactive media meet arts, education and community work, with talks, panels, practical demos, exhibitions and plenty of opportunities to connect. MORE INFO
Think someone would like this issue?
Forward it to them! Check out previous issues by subscribing.
That’s all for this week - have a great one!
Team 🔥 Campfire