Here’s your Campfire for Monday, 5th October
📣 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
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📅 Events
☕ 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 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, 10:30 🗺️ Haddington: WellBiz Morning – The Power of Your Breath A networking morning for women in business, with guest Sherien Ahmed from Let Go on the science behind breathing. 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, 09:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Fund, Sell and Scale Globally A morning seminar from Scottish Enterprise, Barclays Eagle Labs and Henderson Loggie on funding routes, investment strategies and growing international sales through digital channels. 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, 06:30 🗺️ Musselburgh: We Will Rock You – Business Networking Meeting An early morning BNI networking meeting for local business owners and professionals at The Fisherrow Centre. MORE INFO
🥐 08/10, 09:00 🗺️ Kirkcaldy: Fife Women in Business Breakfast Meeting Monthly breakfast networking for women in business or starting out, with a 60-second slot for everyone to share what they're working on. 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
🧑💻 11/10–14/10, 08:00 🗺️ Glasgow: Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 The Apache Software Foundation's open source conference, bringing together developers and contributors for talks, community sessions and a hackathon. 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
👩💼 13/10, 10:30 🗺️ Glasgow: Female Founders Co-working Club A co-working morning at Barclays Eagle Labs for women starting, scaling and leading businesses in Scotland, with practical support on investment and winning customers. 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
☕ 16/10, 09:00 🗺️ Dunfermline: Fife Women in Business – Dunfermline Networking and Coffee A monthly morning networking session for women in business in Fife, held every third Friday. MORE INFO
💜 19/10, 19:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: She Means Business Edinburgh October Networking A networking evening for female entrepreneurs and business owners in Edinburgh. 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, 09:30 🗺️ Aberdeen: Leading AI: Strategy, Governance & Policy Programme A Scottish Enterprise masterclass for SME leaders on making decisions about AI investment, governance and implementation. 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
📊 23/10, 08:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: Data Day Edinburgh 2026 A free, community-led conference for people working with the Microsoft data platform, with sessions on Azure, Databricks, Fabric, SQL Server, data governance and AI. 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
🚀 28/10, 09:30 🗺️ Edinburgh: She Scales A networking and co-working day for women founders at the Royal Bank Accelerator on Princes Street. MORE INFO
🔗 29/10, 17:00 🗺️ Edinburgh: Blockchain Scotland Meetup The monthly meetup from Scotland’s blockchain industry association, for developers, startups, students and researchers working in Web3. MORE INFO
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