🛡️ Scottish Blast Shield, MiAlgae Production Facility, Skylark Lasers Raise
Here's your Campfire for the 29th of September, 2025.
💼 This issue of Campfire is sponsored by Shepherd and Wedderburn's initiative to supercharge start-ups and scale-ups. Be sure to follow the Start to Scale LinkedIn page for useful videos and posts designed to help founders.
🌊 Updates
🚀 Peterhead-based JBS Group‘s blast protection enclosure has been selected to be used in the “world’s first commercial space station” being built by California-based Vast SS
🌱 Glasgow-based MiAlgae (who raised £14 million last year) announced a new planned production facility forit’, omega-3 bioreactor which uses whisky production waste byproduct as a primary input to clean feedstock for their omega-3-producing algae. SB
🎯 Edinburgh-based Skylark Lasers (manufacturers of single-frequency, diode-pumped, solid-state lasers (called DPSS) raised an undisclosed amount from Par Equity and Scottish Enterprise. DGT
🛰️ Working on an idea that makes use of satellite data? A new £100k challenge fund has been launched by South of Scotland Enterprise, providing grants of up to £30k “for staffing costs and equipment for projects set to be completed by March next year.” More Info Here. DGT
✈️ Ryanair is launching twice-weekly flights to Rzeszów in Poland. TH
🤖 Where we’re going we don’t need pilots: UK drone manufacturer Windracers has been approved to fly its Windracers ULTRA (heavy-lift drone) from Tingwall Airport in the Shetlands to Haugesund Airport in Norway. TS
📣 Asks & Offers
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🤖 Edinburgh-based Lumi Studio created some AI powered tools to help product folks make better decisions, and are looking for feedback on how to make it better. Check it out here.
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📅 Deadlines
👩💼 Applications are now open for the next Women to Women (W2W) Programme, launching Q4 2025–Q1 2026 in Scotland. Open to female founders seeking investment and women exploring angel investing. APPLY HERE
📅 Events
♻️ 30/09, 09:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Greentech Meetup: September Edition, Join our monthly meetup where we bring the Edinburgh Greentech community together for a learning session, networking & a spot of breakfast MORE INFO
👩🏭 26/09, 08:30, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Coworking Open Day Drop in to try out the space for the day, or take a tour of the space. MORE INFO
👩💻 29/09–10/10 🗺️ Scotland: Ada Scotland Festival returns with events across the country to tackle the gender gap in computing, inspiring young people and building a more diverse future tech workforce. MORE INFO
🗂️ 30/09, 09:00, 🗺️ Inverness: Scale Your Service Business With Tech - Inverness: A half-day session at WASPS Inverness Creative Academy for service-based businesses seeking to grow through technology. MORE INFO
👩🏭 30/09, 10:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Co-Work Club Edinburgh Free if you download the Swurf app MORE INFO
💻 02/10, 18:00, 🗺️ Glasgow: Tech Meetup Glasgow Join us at The Social Hub for a Tech MeetUp Glasgow Panel Discussion MORE INFO
☕️ Unfiltered Series: Open to everyone, join CodeBase to connect with members of the local tech community. Come for a coffee, networking, & build connections!
☕ 01/10, 08:30 🗺️ Aberdeen: MORE INFO
☕ 01/10, 08:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: MORE INFO
☕ 02/10, 09:00 🗺️ Glasgow: MORE INFO
☕ 02/10, 09:00 🗺️ Dundee: MORE INFO
☕ 07/10, 09:00 🗺️ Inverness: MORE INFO
☕ 07/10, 09:00 🗺️ Stirling: MORE INFO
☕ 07/10, 09:00 🗺️ Dumfries: MORE INFO
👩🦰 07/10, 09:30, 🗺️ Glasgow: Female Founder Co-Working Club - October Stay inspired, motivated and connected throughout 2025 with the Female Founder Co-Working Club at Glasgow Eagle Labs MORE INFO
💻 07/10, 17:30, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Tech Meetup Edinburgh is a monthly gathering for Scotland’s tech community to connect, share ideas, and hear short talks on tech projects and topics. MORE INFO
⛓️💥 08/10, 17:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Blockchain Scotland Meetup Monthly Blockchain Scotland Meetup at the Bayes Centre in Edinburgh. MORE INFO
💲 09/10, 09:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Get Investor Ready - Power Up Your Business for Growth Get practical tips and strategies to attract investors and accelerate growth—whether you’re starting out or scaling up. MORE INFO
🤖 09/10, 18:00, 🗺️ Aberdeen: AI Builders - Aberdeen Mini Sprint #1, Aberdeen hosts its first AI Builders Mini Sprint, a hands-on evening to explore, experiment, and build with AI tools. MORE INFO
🎮 14/10 - 16/10, 18:00, 🗺️ Various: SGDA presents: Games Talks Live events feature lightning talks interspersed with general networking over 3 days across Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow to encourage collaboration and communication between Scottish games developers, and networking with visiting publishers and guests.
🎯 Tues 14th October; Edinburgh (Voodoo Rooms, EH2 2AA)
🎯 Weds 15th October; Dundee (Beat Generator, DD1 1PS)
🎯 Thurs 16th October; Glasgow (Sloans Ballroom, G2 8BG)
🗣️ 15/10, 18:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Business Networking Event Connect with tech entrepreneurs, startup founders, finance professionals, B2B pros and investors. MORE INFO
♻️ 16/10, 18:00, 🗺️ Glasgow: Small99’s People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what’s going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved. MORE INFO
🚀 21/10, 18:00, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Meetup Edinburgh Tactical fireside chats with experienced entrepreneurs and speed networking with other founders, potential cofounders, and investors! MORE INFO
♻️ 23/10, 19:00, 🗺️ Aberdeen: Small99’s People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what’s going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved. MORE INFO
👾 23/10, 17:30, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Build with AI: The Lovable Hackathon An AI hackathon with Lovable: form a team (or watch as a spectator) to build apps from scratch using plain-English prompts, then pitch and test the results live. MORE INFO
♻️ 23/10, 18:15, 🗺️ Edinburgh: Small99’s People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what’s going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved. MORE INFO
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