Being a Scottish registered business ourselves, Greenbackers is committed to supporting cleantech in Scotland in every way possible. Scotland is the great place to start and scale your business or to come to establish your business as an international gateway to Europe. To help you find your way, here is a great resource for you:
Scotland has a rich heritage of innovation and international ambition. It is a place where sustainable business growth delivers benefits to all of society and our values of equality, fairness and diversity are embedded into the services we provide to businesses.
The whole ecosystem of support – across public, private and third sectors – is united in providing start-ups, spin outs and scale-ups with world class support. A network of incubators, accelerators and coworking spaces offer dynamic environments for entrepreneurs to cultivate ideas, find skilled talent with a can-do mindset and learn the very best in techniques for starting and scaling a sustainable company.
Scotland’s network of Innovation Centres blends academic creativity and invention with industrial insights, and each centre offers specialist sectoral knowledge to help companies address specific market opportunities.
Scotland also has a thriving public and private finance and investment landscape, of which Greenbackers is part of, offering a full range of options to accelerate growth and unlock opportunities for your company to scale up.
There are over 30 different entrepreneurial networking organisations that offer a lively calendar of events, conferences and founder education programmes throughout the year to spark inspiration, new learning, and connections.
This guide provides a snapshot of the breadth of organisations in Scotland that are here to support you and your business. You can also find out more about Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation on page 137 of this guide. Good reading to you!
