Elevator works across Scotland to help facilitate the start-up, acceleration and growth of new and existing businesses through its unique delivery of Business Gateway services in Aberdeen, Tayside and Lanarkshire, and a range of accelerator programmes.
Through its Centres for Entrepreneurship in Aberdeen and Dundee, it offers a broad range of opportunities including its energy accelerator - Grey Matters, sustainable mobility accelerator in Dundee, creative in Perth and Glasgow, and its flagship and academic accelerators.
Through its Centres for Entrepreneurship in Aberdeen and Dundee, it offers a broad range of opportunities including its energy accelerator - Grey Matters, sustainable mobility accelerator in Dundee, creative in Perth and Glasgow, and its flagship and academic accelerators.
Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, Dundee
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +44 1224 289700
Founded date: 2002
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.06.2025 | Rural Innovation: Scotland's Hidden Tech Revolution | Scotland is not just a land of rolling hills and ancient castles. It’s a breeding ground for innovation. The narrative that tech startups thrive only in urban jungles is outdated. Rural Scotland is emerging as a powerhouse of creativity and... |
| 12.06.2025 | Elevator Targets Scotland’s ‘Growth Gap’ With New SME Survey | Elevator has launched a new nationwide survey targeting Scotland’s ‘missing middle’ in growth support, which the entrepreneurship and business support group believes is overlooking SMEs stuck between early-stage support and scale-up success... |
| 09.06.2025 | How Scotland’s Remote Digital Innovators Are Competing Globally | We often hear the same story: tech startups thrive in cities, in coworking spaces near capital and innovation. But this is no longer the full picture – and increasingly, it’s out of date. At Elevator, we’ve worked with over 9,000 startups a... |
| 23.10.2024 | Bridging Gaps: The Digital Revolution in Prison Education and Women’s Entrepreneurship | In the landscape of education and entrepreneurship, two initiatives are reshaping lives. One is unlocking the potential of inmates through digital learning. The other is paving pathways for women in business. Both are driven by a vision of ... |
| 21.10.2024 | Pathways Forward Announces Third Cohort of Pledge Partners | A third cohort of companies have become Pledge partners with Pathways Forward, committing to actionable steps aligned with the principles set out in the Pathways report for supporting women in business. The latest cohort comprising EY, FDM ... |
| 26.08.2024 | Scottish Women in Business Awards Returns After Five Years | The revamped event will celebrate women in business across Scotland, as well as recognise the work of supporters of Scottish women in business, and will be held at The Corinthian Club in Glasgow on September 6, marking the first awards held... |
| 22.05.2024 | Scots Women to Launch Businesses Following Pilot Programme | More than 90% of participants who took part in a pilot scheme aiming to inspire female entrepreneurs say they now feel ready to start their own businesses. E3f, a six-week pilot programme run by Elevator, a social enterprise which supports ... |
| 07.05.2024 | Shell Expands Entrepreneur Programme Across Scotland | Shell’s enterprise development programme, Shell LiveWIRE, is being expanded across Scotland. The programme, which aims to help entrepreneurs overcome hurdles to growing their business, had initially been launched in North-East Scotland. How... |
| 09.04.2024 | Knowvate Hub Launches Platform Aiding Minority Ethnic Entrepreneurs | Innovation community group Knowvate Hub, founded to support entrepreneurs from minority ethnic backgrounds in Scotland, has launched a digital resource platform aimed at educating its members and facilitating connections with ecosystem part... |
| 12.02.2024 | Elevator Launches Free Programme for Budding Female Entrepreneurs | Elevator, the Scottish social enterprise supporting entrepreneurship, has launched a new programme to help women in Scotland turn their business aspirations into reality. Funded by the Scottish Government through their Pathways Fund, the fr... |
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