Signals applications open, EDGE winners, Agentic MLOps in Rust
Here’s your Campfire for Tuesday, July 7th.
🚀 Signals applications are open, deadline July 24: £200k VC investment from Techstart Ventures for outlier founders at the very early stages of building what could become very large global companies. Two sentences are all that’s needed to guarantee a first call. More info and briefing sessions here.
🏆 Scottish EDGE Round 27 Winners Announced
Scottish EDGE announced the winners of Round 27 on 18 June in Edinburgh, with 32 high-growth Scottish businesses receiving funding across categories including healthtech, clean energy, food and drink, creative technology and social enterprise. Scottish EDGE has now supported 788 businesses through the UK’s largest funding competition for high-growth enterprises.
Here are the winners:
🥇 Future EDGE (£150,000): MedAscend
Pathways EDGE (£90,000): Nudge Innovations
Circular Economy EDGE (£90,000): GreenFlip
Creative EDGE (£80,000): Real-E-Racing
Growth EDGE (£70,000 + £75,000 STV advertising): PEAT’D
Social Enterprise EDGE (£75,000): Glasgow Community Sauna CIC
Wild Card (£15,000): XYNQ
Young EDGE (£15,000 each): Sendix, Narrasight and Barbara Bell
📣 Asks, Offers, Updates, & Deadlines
🇺🇸 Applications are open for Founders House SF Edition by Impact Rise Ventures. Designed for Scottish founders with US ambitions, this 10-day programme takes a cohort to San Francisco during SF Tech Week. Applications are open now for a cohort of 10 founders.
👭 Interested in connecting with possible co-founders? Fill in your listing on Cofounder Curious today! Connect with others for possible cofounder matching here.
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📅 Events
🌱 08/07, 18:00 🗺️ Kirkcaldy: People, Planet, Pint Sustainability Meetup
Informal sustainability networking for anyone interested in climate, nature, social impact and creating positive change. MORE INFO
⚡ 08/07, 10:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Edinburgh Entrepreneurs, Ready for Networking with a Difference? Structured networking featuring speed networking, business introductions and opportunities to connect with Edinburgh's entrepreneurial community. MORE INFO
🎉 08/07, 12:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: eCorner Summer Party x Experience Lab
Celebrate the end of the eCorner season with networking, an interactive experience lab, music, refreshments and community activities. MORE INFO
🤖 08/07, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Agentic MLOps in Rust: From Chatbots to Autonomous Infrastructure Actors Talks on agentic AI, MLOps and Rust, exploring autonomous infrastructure, AI agents and modern machine learning systems. MORE INFO
🌱 09/07, 18:00 🗺️ Glasgow: People, Planet, Pint Sustainability Meetup
Informal sustainability networking for anyone interested in climate, nature, social impact and creating positive change. MORE INFO
🤖 09/07, 17:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Educating in the Age of AI Talks and networking exploring how artificial intelligence is shaping education, learning and the future of teaching. MORE INFO
🌱 13/07, 18:00 🗺️ Dundee: People, Planet, Pint Sustainability Meetup
Informal sustainability networking for anyone interested in climate, nature, social impact and creating positive change. MORE INFO
🛍️ 15/07, 12:00 💻 Online: From Product to Profit: Product Listings, Images and Videos Learn how to create effective product listings, images and videos to improve your ecommerce sales across online marketplaces. MORE INFO
🎭 15/07, 18:15 🗺️ Edinburgh: Playful Vulnerability: A Serious Clown's Guide to Connecting Authentically An interactive session exploring authentic communication, connection and vulnerability through clowning, storytelling and practical exercises. MORE INFO
💼 15/07, 10:00 🗺️ Melrose: Bookkeeping Essentials for Small Business
A practical workshop covering bookkeeping basics, financial record keeping and key accounting essentials for small businesses. MORE INFO
🤝 16/07, 16:00 🗺️ Dundee: Techscaler Dundee & Tay Cities Tech Meetup
Connect with founders, investors, mentors, and tech professionals at this community meetup focused on growing Dundee and the Tay Cities tech ecosystem. MORE INFO
🎪 16/07, 17:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Pre-Fringe Fest: The Tech, Data and Talent Behind Edinburgh's Festival Season An evening of talks and networking exploring the technology, data and talent powering Edinburgh's festival and creative sectors. MORE INFO
🍻 16/07, 19:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: EdinburghJS Summer Social Informal summer social for developers, technologists and the wider tech community to meet, chat and network. MORE INFO
📣 20/07, 17:00 🗺️ Galashiels: Content with Confidence: Build a Social Media Presence That Actually Works Learn practical social media content strategies to build your online presence, engage your audience and support business growth. MORE INFO
🚀 21/07, 18:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Founders Meetup July 2026 Monthly meetup for founders, entrepreneurs, investors and aspiring co-founders, featuring networking, fireside chats and startup community updates. MORE INFO
🧪 21/07, 11:00 💻 Online: Live Lab Customer Discovery in Practice
Interactive online workshop exploring customer discovery techniques, practical experiments and asking better questions to understand user needs. MORE INFO
🤖 21/07, 10:00 🗺️ Glasgow: SMAS: Using AI to Strengthen Manufacturing Problem-Solving Practical workshop exploring how agentic AI can support root cause analysis and problem-solving in manufacturing environments. MORE INFO
🏛️ 23/07, 14:00 🗺️ Aberdeen: Can AI Help Bring Our Empty Buildings Back to Life? Dr Katherine Gunderson is the Founder and CEO of Grand Bequest, Scotland’s first PropTech B Corp. Her work sits at the intersection of regeneration, data and AI, and the future of vacant and underused buildings. MORE INFO
🤖 23/07, 18:00 🗺️ Glasgow: AI Builders Scotland: Monthly Pub Meetup
Monthly AI meetup featuring demos, networking and discussion for people building, working with or interested in artificial intelligence. MORE INFO
⚡ 28/07, 17:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Tech Meetup Edinburgh July 2026
Community tech meetup featuring networking, pizza, demos, keynote talks and opportunities to connect with founders, developers and tech professionals. MORE INFO
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