Edinburgh's tech sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 118 Edinburgh tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.
The last update was made on June 21, 2020.
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DIGIT
DIGIT is Scotland’s leading technology media & events company.
Skyscanner
Skyscanner operates as a trips meta-search engine company.
pureLiFi
pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures.
Cyan Forensics
Cyan Forensics sells software to help police, social media, and cloud providers find & block harmful content from paedophiles & terrorists
Innis & Gunn
Innis & Gunn is Scotland’s most awarded and best loved independent brewer.
Money Dashboard
Money Dashboard is an online personal financial management service allowing users to view their online financial accounts.
Sigma Capital Group
Sigma Capital Group focus on the creation of communities by delivering new, good quality and well located family homes to rent.
FreeAgent
FreeAgent provides online accounting and money management software for small businesses and freelancers.
DeltaDNA
DeltaDNA provides real-time player relationship management solutions for the deep-dive data analysis of player data.
Nucleus
Nucleus is a software platform for financial advisors.
The ID Co.
The ID Co. help businesses onboard their customers using Open Bank data to solve business pains such as credit risk and affordability.
Boundary
Boundary is an IoT Home Security company providing a smart burglar alarm system that can be controlled over mobile devices.
Float
Float is a SaaS based real-time financial intelligence solution for small businesses to forecast short and long-term cash flow.
The Faraday Grid
The Faraday Grid is a clean energy startup.
TravelNest
TravelNest is an advertising optimisation platform for holiday rental owners.
NCTech
NCTech is a big data and analytics provider. Pioneering edge-to-cloud big data capture & provision with ML/AI for Google, government & AEC
Drinkly
Drinkly offers an on-demand service of alcoholic drinks to its customers in Edinburgh, UK.
Mallzee
Mallzee is a B2C clothing retail app and a B2B data suite for clothing retailers to improve margins and make smarter buying decisions
Robotical
Robotical makes a low cost walking robot that's more than a toy. The perfect robot for learning about robotics
Blackford Analysis
Blackford Analysis develops software solutions for the worldwide medical, oil and gas, and defense industries.
GeckoLabs
Gecko Labs provides software to the Higher Education sector to improve the way insitutions engage with their students.
Prodsight
Prodsight is an AI-powered customer feedback analysis software.
Pyreos
Pyreos develops and supplies a specialised infra-red sensor platform.
Sunamp
Sunamp is the leading provider of heat battery (thermal energy) storage systems.
Mara Seaweed
Scottish company based in Edinburgh selling a range of native seasonal seaweeds of Scottish and Irish provenance.
Appointedd
Appointedd is an online booking and scheduling system.
Sofant Technologies
Sofant Technologies offers Smart Antenna and tunable RF solutions for next generation mobile and wearable devices.
Dukosi
Dukosi is a company focused on developing revolutionary battery technology.
Calcivis
Calcivis is a biotech company that focuses on unmet needs in dentistry.
Wootzano
Wootzano allows robots and autonomous systems to sense and feel like humans do with their own skin through our e-skin called Wootzkin.
Machine Labs
Big company machine learning for marketing at a small company price.
Cogbooks
CogBooks is an adaptive web-based learning platform.
Sumdog
Online site making learning fun for k-12 students while allowing teachers and parents to track progress and create activities.
Ecometrica
Ecometrica is an end-to-end environmental software-as-a-service that helps businesses and governments identify risks and opportunities.
Synpromics
Synpromics develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations.
EnteroBiotix
EnteroBiotix harnesses bacterial communities derived directly from the human gastrointestinal tract to prevent and treat disease.
TVSquared
TVSquared is the global leader in TV attribution.
Shot Scope
Shot Scope's patent-pending technology provides unparalleled insights into your golf game.
Beer52
Beer52 is the UK's most popular craft beer club.
Wood MacKenzie
Wood Mackenzie is a global leader in commercial intelligence for the energy, chemicals, metals and mining industries
Edinburgh Molecular Imaging
Edinburgh Molecular Imaging is a developer of optical molecular imaging technology.
Holoxica
Holoxica is an award-winning high-tech company specializing in holographic 3D visualization technologies.
Zumo
Zumo turns Bitcoin and Ethereum into money by making crypto work seamlessly with traditional currencies.
LendingCrowd
LendingCrowd is a fintech company that operates a lending platform to connect small and medium-sized enterprises with investors.
Atterley
Atterley is a womenswear and menswear e-tailer for independent boutiques and brands.
Codeplay Software
Codeplay Software is internationally recognized for expertise in Heterogeneous Systems.
SpecifiedBy
SpecifiedBy helps architects, designers and specifiers to make informed decisions about building products
spoonfed
Spoonfed is a catering management software.
Roslin Technologies
Roslin Technologies is a UK-based agriculture biotechnology company.
ShareIn
ShareIn is a software and compliance firm specializing in crowdfunding solutions and technology.
Celtic Renewables
Celtic Renewables is a biotech startup formed to commercialize a process for producing a superior next generation biofuel.
Cognitive Geology
A specialist software provider for the oil industry
Desana Network
Desana Network is a flexible workspace and coworking spaces booking start-up.
Flavourly
Flavourly is the UK's leading craft beer & spirits discovery club and also operates an eCommerce shop serving all craft alcohol categories.
SymbaSync
Human Capital Asset Allocation Software: Engaging and deploying employees for new project teams to maximise return on employee investment
Caldan Therapeutics
Caldan Therapeutics, a spin-out from a long-standing collaboration between Professor Trond Ulven at the University of Southern Denmark
Sirakoss
SIRAKOSS is a medical device company based in Scotland that has developed synthetic bone graft substitutes
Edesix
Edesix provides professional body worn video camera solutions.
Blazing Griffin
Blazing Griffin is a digital entertainment company driving innovation at the dynamic intersection between film, games & post production.
Kindaba
Kindaba is a private, safe and ad-free space to share family photos, videos, and updates with family and friends.
GETGUIDED
GETGUIDED is capturing uncaptured data in tours & activities industry by bringing offline players to online using innovative tech solutions.
SkoogMusic
Skoog is a powerful, fun music interface for iPad, OSX and Windows, that opens up a world of ‘musicplay’ to everyone.
Intelligent Point of Sale
Intelligent Point of Sale is an iPad point of sale system that provides its customers with a low cost, full EPOS.
Aridhia Informatics
Aridhia informatics provides biomedical informatics and analytics services to improve the management of chronic diseases.
Inquisitive Systems
Inquisitive Systems is an information security software company developing the foxDNATM technology for commercial deployment.
Beta Bugs
Beta Bugs is a cutting edge biotechnology company that produces enhanced insect strains for the growing insect farming industry.
Pufferfish
Pufferfish open up a world of possibilities for better communication and engagement with world-beating PufferSphere® display solutions.
Bpay.io
Bpay.io is a payment processing company for cryptocurrency and blockchain payments.
Sustainably
Sustainably enables businesses and consumers to give to causes they care about in frictionless and connected ways as part of everyday life.
Ingenza
Ingenza is an industrial biotechnology company.
Playerbase
Playerbase is a community driven platform for gamers that delivers solutions to improve overall gaming experience.
Sensewhere
Sensewhere provide hyper-local indoor positioning technology and applications for mobile devices.
QED Naval
QED Naval is a naval architecture consultancy that is focused on the development of the marine renewable energy industry.
QikServe
QikServe is the enterprise platform for guest self-service in hospitality.
PhysioWizard
The UK's first clinically validated triage solution for muscle and joint problems.
Greengage Lighting
Agri-Tech company providing LED lighting induction systems.
Neatebox
Neatebox strives to make society more inclusive by developing solutions to address challenges people with disabilities face every day.
Roslin Cells
Roslin Cells is focussed on creating large numbers of stem cell lines from various cohorts of the population.
Care Sourcer
Care Sourcer is a platform that connects those seeking elderly care with those providing it.
Sumerian
Sumerian applies IT Operational Analytics to IT Capacity Planning, helping companies to cut their IT costs and de-risk their IT plans.
Oodls
Oodls allows Instagrammers, brands and companies search and buy content for Instagram
Red61
Red61 is an Edinburgh-based ticketing software
Uboro
Uboro is a cloud-based GPS tracking software.
SquareBook
SquareBook is a socially responsible FinTech driving a new IPO equity culture.
Arrayjet
Arrayjet is a microarray instrumentation company.
Snappd
Increase engagement, conversions & revenue for your brand with mobile first video.
Vert Rotors
UK-based compressor manufacturing company.
Amati Global Investors
Amati Global Investors is a specialist fund management business based in Edinburgh.
Reactec
Reactec is the market leader in monitoring and management support solutions for hand and arm vibration syndrome
Nandi Proteins
Nandi Proteins is a biotechnology company developing technologies to improve the properties of proteins in food manufacturing.
Shoppa
By connecting to your Email inbox, Shoppa lets you manage your expenses, view deliveries, check for better deals and see your refunds.
Trendzer
Trendzer is a managed business websites platform for small businesses.
SuperJam
SuperJam manufactures one of the world's best jam and sells it online.
Sansible Wearables
Sansible Wearables creates a wearable technology for rugby players called LiveSkin, for better sports performance.
Camel Audio
U.K. based music technology company providing tools for music production.
Ponup
Ponup is an indie development company looking to make different things differently.
Carbon Black System
Carbon Black is an innovative wheelchair manufacturer.
FullClear
The world's most advanced beer line cleaner.
Monax
Monax is a blockchain-native SAAS company on a mission to change the way people track & manage their contractual obligations.
PoGo
PoGo is a social shopping platform that merges the physical and digital worlds to create the ultimate shopping experience
Ocyan
End-to-End Cloud Operating System for Enterprise Blockchains and P2P Networks
The Bellfield Brewery
The Bellfield Brewery is a new craft brewery with a mission to make Gluten Free (GF) beers and lagers.
Ingenious Audio
Ingenious Audio is a Scottish start up designing and manufacturing audio electronics.
Crossing35
Crossing35 is a Scotland based startup building an AI enabled platform to help CEOs tap global markets and find potential business partners.
Security CTRL
Security CTRL offers cyber security for cloud infrastructures.
EDEM Simulation
EDEM Simulation develops DEM software, a CAE tool for simulation-based engineering of equipment to process bulk particles.
Saccade Diagnostics
Saccade Diagnostics brings objective tests for psychiatric disorders in patients with mental health complaints.
Nutrifiz
Nutrifiz provides a cost-effective, quick and convenient way to get a full spectrum of nutrition.
MDP Labs
MDP Labs is a Software, App and IoT development company
ZoneFox
ZoneFox markets software and consulting packages that address data security and storage and compliance for businesses.
BLACKBX
BLACKBX offers customer insights and effective marketing campaigns that will increase your sales and returning customers.
IN2 Search Interfaces Development Limited
IN2 Search Interfaces Development Limited collects, organizes, discovers, enriches and presents photos, documents and audiovisual files.
Skyrora
Skyrora is a New Space enterprise, all-in-one service provider and a manufacturer of dedicated satellite launch vehicles.
Casta Spes Technologies
Autonomous robotic vehicles that provide accountable, accessible & affordable security.
Two Big Ears
Two Big Ears is a Scottish company specialising in creating efficient audio toolkits for game and virtual reality developers.
CriticalBlue
CriticalBlue is an established company with a strong track record in providing solutions across multiple sectors of the technology industry.
Zonal Retail Data Systems
Zone Retail Data Systems provides technology solutions to the bar, restaurant, retail, hotel, and leisure industry.
Kubemake
KubeMake Group provides high-quality web and mobile development services as well as project management assistance.
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