Invest2Scale

If you were at this year's Invest2Scale I am sure you remember the energy that Shane Corstorphine brought with his presentation on the Three Pillars of Scaling. Here, he shares a summary of the presentation that you can refer to on your scaling journey.

We're still on a high from this year's Invest2Scale event. If you didn't manage to get along then there's a great article in the Times summarizing the day: Global Connections: The summit emphasized the importance of building international relationships. Scottish scale-ups were encouraged to think globally, with initiatives like the Singapore pop-up hub showcasing the benefits of international collaboration. Green Technology Focus: This year’s theme centred around green tech and renewables, highlighting the growing importance of sustainable practices in scaling businesses. Supportive Ecosystem: The event underscored Scotland’s supportive environment for scale-ups, with numerous programs and initiatives designed to help businesses grow and succeed. Networking Opportunities: Attendees had ample opportunities to network with investors and industry leaders, fostering connections that could lead to future growth and investment. Inspirational Speakers: The summit featured a lineup of successful entrepreneurs and industry experts who shared their insights and experiences, providing valuable lessons for scaling businesses. These takeaways reflect the summit’s commitment to fostering a thriving ecosystem for scale-ups in Scotland. https://lnkd.in/e_yjgUqp

What an amazing day! Huge thanks to everyone who came along to #Invest2Scale to share their insights and expertise and learn about our great scale-up companies. It was a really upbeat and positive day. We kicked off with our Chair, Irene Graham OBE, highlighting all the UK initiatives in existence and coming to the fore to help scaling companies gain access to capital and rounded out the day with the success story of QikServe from their founder, Daniel Rodgers. Big thanks to all our speakers on the day who shared their insights and expertise so openly - Myles Stephenson, Bob Hair, Henry Whorwood, Iain Atkinson, Robert Hokin, Andrew Bissell, Mark Simmers, Simon Tricker, @gillianrcrawford, Shane Gallwey, Dr Natalia Blagburn, Mike Reid, Simon Comer, Shane Corstorphine, Natasha McKenzie, Jacqui McLaughlin, Elspeth Coates-Gibson, Tracey Ginn. It goes without saying that we couldn't do this without the support of our amazing sponsors and partners - the team at The Scottish National Investment Bank and Barry McCulloch and his team at the British Business Bank. Our Founders Eden Scott, MBM Commercial LLP, CT: Accountants Advisers and Cazenove Capital. And our media partner News Scotland. There has been a huge effort behind the scenes to get the event to where it is today - Sian Downes, Flora Mangione and the team at Strawberry Lemonade Events make sure everything runs smoothly and help with all the event planning. Lastly, Susan Donald, Ewan Anderson, Stuart Millar, Bob Hair, Laura Keeble, Alan Donald for all their efforts over the last 12 months. Here's to an even bigger and better #Invest2Scale in 2025.

Was a fantastic event at Invest2Scale today in Edinburgh bringing together investors and companies looking to scale. Fantastic networking, as well.

Delight to chair the investor panel for the Invest2Scale conference in Edinburgh today. Big thanks to Shane Gallwey Mike Reid Dr Natalia Blagburn and Simon Comer for making it so easy for me by being such engaging speakers. Thanks to Susan Donald for the fantastic organisation and prep. A great audience and some fantastic speakers. Great to catch up with Emil Stickland Richard Bogie

Virgin Hotels was a stunning venue for Invest2Scale 📈 Overall, a very optimistic picture of invesment into scaleups in Scotland, the UK and further afield with particularly strong investment into #AI and #CleanTech 🍀 I enjoyed the #GreenTech panel with Robert Hokin (Greenbackers Investment Capital), Mark Simmers (Celtic Renewables), Simon Tricker (UrbanTide) and Andrew Bissell (Sunamp) which was expertly chaired by Iain Atkinson (Eden Scott) - very insightful and inspiring 💚 The fireside chat with Myles Stephenson from Modulr and Bob Hair from Cazenove Capital was also very interesting and great to hear a super successful scaling story 🔥 Lovely to catch up with some former colleagues and folk I worked with in my Recruitment days, too Ethan Buddie, Stefan Raue, Barry Leaper, Pete Higgins, Sandra Dailidyte. #Invest2Scale #Edinburgh #Scaleups #VentureCapital #GrowthStrategy #Scotland

More #Invest2Scale behind the scenes: Ewan Anderson in conversation with Myles Stephenson of Modulr

Going global: a real world case study with Daniel Rodgers of QikServe chatting to Tracey Ginn of MBM Commercial LLP. How do scaling businesses go global? #Invest2Scale

How does a scaling company sell to big customers? We hear directly from two who’ve done it - Jacqui McLaughlin of Reactec Limited and Elspeth Coates-Gibson of Appointedd - in conversation with Natasha McKenzie of Talisman Sparro #invest2scale

Shane Corstorphine returns to #Invest2Scale to talk the pillars of scaling up. He’s been there, done it and does it still, helping the Scottish scale-up scene. And, of course, he welcomes and tackles all questions, even the “rough ones”.