🎭 Fringe startup show, Founder coffees, Evening drinks & She Scales
Here’s your Campfire for Monday August 10th
📣 Asks, Offers, Updates, & Deadlines
⚡ TechX Energy Transition Accelerator applications open Calling energy innovators. Applications are now open for the TechX Energy Transition Accelerator, supporting startups developing technologies that can accelerate the transition to a lower-carbon energy future. Successful applicants receive £50k in funding, expert mentorship, industry connections and support to commercialise and scale their solutions. Apply here.
💡 Calling engineers, scientists and researchers developing ‘high-potential technology or spinout ideas’. The Royal Academy of Engineering’s deep tech accelerator. ‘Enterprise Fellowships’, is open for applications until 25 August 2026. This 12 month cohort-based programme offers up to £75k in equity-free funding, ‘expert training, coaching and mentoring to help researchers, academics and founders build scalable engineering ventures’. Learn more and apply here.
🎤 Call for Speakers: Agentic AI Europe 2027 Applications are now open to speak at the 7th Edition of Agentic AI Europe, taking place 16–18 March 2027 in Edinburgh. If you’re building, researching or deploying Agentic AI and have practical insights or real-world experience to share, submit a proposal to speak at ‘Europe’s leading Agentic AI summit’. More info on becoming a speaker here.
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📅 Events
🤝 11/08, 15:00 💻 Online: Asks and Offers A community session where founders can ask for help, share opportunities and connect with others building businesses. MORE INFO
🌱 12/08, 18:00 🗺️ Kirkcaldy: People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup An informal sustainability meetup with drinks and conversation for people interested in climate, nature and creating positive change. MORE INFO
🤝 12/08, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Edinburgh Entrepreneurs – Ready for Networking with a Difference? A networking event for entrepreneurs and business owners to build connections, share experiences and exchange opportunities. MORE INFO
🌱 12/08, 19:00 🗺️ Aberdeen: Small99’s People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup An informal sustainability meetup with drinks and conversation for people interested in climate, nature and creating positive change. MORE INFO
🎭 12/08 + 13/08, 13:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: How Tech Startups Rewire Your Brain – Fringe Style Show A spoken-word Fringe show using humour to explore the realities of building tech startups, from risk and resilience to the personal changes that come with entrepreneurship. MORE INFO
🍻 12/08, 19:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Evening Drinks – Meet People in Tech! (Developers, PMs, Designers, UX etc) An informal networking event for software engineers, product managers, designers, UX professionals and others working in Edinburgh’s tech community. MORE INFO
📚 12/08, 18:00 💻 Online: Digital & Cloud Bookkeeping - Getting Started with Xero An introductory webinar covering the fundamentals of cloud bookkeeping with Xero, including invoicing, bank reconciliation, payroll and financial reporting. MORE INFO
🌱 13/08, 18:00 🗺️ Glasgow: People Planet Pint™: Sustainability Meetup
An informal sustainability meetup with drinks and conversation for people interested in climate, nature and creating positive change. MORE INFO
☕ 13/08, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Coffee Club Networking Event A networking event for founders with no pitches, presentations or sales, focused on informal conversations over coffee. MORE INFO
🌍 18/08, 15:00 💻 Online: Global Blueprint | International Market Validation Workshop A workshop for early-stage founders on testing ideas, validating demand and assessing opportunities in international markets. MORE INFO
🥐 18/08, 08:30 🗺️ Montrose: Breakfast Briefing: Making Change Happen in Your Organisation A breakfast briefing exploring practical approaches to leading organisational change and overcoming common barriers to successful transformation. MORE INFO
🚀 18/08, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Meetup Edinburgh An evening of founder networking, fireside chats and speed networking with entrepreneurs, potential co-founders and investors. MORE INFO
🌞 18/08, 14:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Summer Networking Event in Old Town, Edinburgh
An informal networking event bringing together startup founders, entrepreneurs and business professionals with a focus on marketing and advertising. MORE INFO
🧭 19/08, 10:00 🗺️ Hawick: From Vision to Action: Building a Practical Business Strategy An interactive workshop helping early-stage entrepreneurs develop a practical business strategy and roadmap for sustainable growth. MORE INFO
🤝 20/08, 09:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Edinburgh Professionals Quarterly Networking
A networking event for professionals and founders to meet local connections, with a facilitated activity to encourage introductions. MORE INFO
🎨 20/08, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: CreatorMashup: Creative & Marketing Meet-up in Edinburgh An evening of talks, networking and conversation for creatives, marketers, founders and content creators to share ideas and experiences. MORE INFO
💬 25/08, 17:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Tech Meetup Edinburgh
A community meetup featuring networking, a tech demo, keynote speaker and updates from across Scotland’s tech ecosystem. MORE INFO
🇺🇸 25/08, 18:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: U.S. Expansion Founders Dinner feat. Wilson Sonsini An invitation-only dinner for founders exploring US expansion, with discussion on scaling, hiring, fundraising and entering the American market. MORE INFO
👩💼 26/08, 09:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: She Scales A networking and co-working day for women founders, offering dedicated time to connect, collaborate and work alongside other entrepreneurs. MORE INFO
💡 26/08, 09:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Sustainability Challenge Exchange
Got a sustainability challenge you’re trying to solve? Bring it to this collaborative breakfast at CodeBase, where founders, businesses and sustainability experts come together to share ideas, tackle real-world challenges and learn from one another. MORE INFO
⛓️ 26/08, 17:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Blockchain Scotland Meetup
Join developers, founders, researchers and blockchain enthusiasts for an evening of talks, networking, dinner and drinks at the Bayes Centre. MORE INFO
🏭 26/08, 09:00 🗺️ Blantyre: Reimagining Retrofit: Unlocking Resource Efficiency and Growth A practical session exploring how retrofit and high-performance buildings can improve resource efficiency, reduce emissions and support growth in manufacturing. MORE INFO
💡 27/08, 17:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Product Circles: 5 Tables. 5 Topics. Real Product Experience. Skip the slides and join ProductTank Edinburgh for an evening of practical, peer-led discussions. Rotate between two themed tables, share real-world product challenges and learn from others in Edinburgh’s product community. MORE INFO
💻 27/08, 15:00 🌍 Online: How to Successfully Launch and Scale in the United States Thinking about expanding into the US? Join this practical Techscaler session with In2America to learn what it takes to successfully launch, hire and grow across the Atlantic, with insights from founders who’ve done it. MORE INFO
⚡ 07/09, 09:00 🗺️ Glasgow: The Power Hour Three experts share practical advice on accountancy, legal and intellectual property topics to help businesses avoid common pitfalls and support growth. MORE INFO
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