| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.04.2026 | Glasgow Propels UK Quantum Future with Quantcore Funding | Quantcore Technologies, a Glasgow spin-out, secured £2.5M in seed funding. This investment propels UK quantum hardware innovation. The company pioneers niobium-based superconducting circuits. These circuits are vital for quantum computers a... |
| 01.04.2026 | STAC Funds Three Glasgow DeepTech Firms With £772,000 | Scotland’s industry-led technology accelerator STAC has completed its second investment round, backing three companies whose technologies sit at the heart of national priorities. From quantum computing and housing management to offshore win... |
| 24.02.2026 | Quantcore raises £2.5M to build UK's sovereign manufacturing capability | Glasgow-based Quantcore has secured £2.5 million in seed funding to develop a sovereign supply chain for quantum hardware, as the UK seeks to strengthen domestic capacity in technologies linked to national security and economic competitiven... |
| 24.02.2026 | Glasgow Quantum Spin-out Quantcore Raises £2.5m | Quantcore, a University of Glasgow spin-out, has raised £2.5m in seed funding to create a sovereign supply chain for quantum hardware, as the UK races to build domestic capacity in technologies critical to national security and economic com... |
| 09.02.2026 | Movers and Shakers | January 2026 | Welcome to January 2026’s edition of Movers & Shakers.
Scottish tech hit the ground running in the new year, with an array of C-suite appointments in top finance roles, lucrative partnerships strengthening the ecosystem, and expansions ... |
| 03.02.2026 | STAC Announces New Chair Appointment & £15M Fund | STAC (Smart Things Accelerator Centre), Scotland’s industry-led technology accelerator, has appointed Jim Rowan as its new Chair as the organisation launches a £15 million investment fund.
The Glasgow-born former CEO of Volvo Cars and Dyson... |
| 23.01.2026 | Johnston Carmichael Partners With STAC to Back Scots Startups | Johnston Carmichael, the Scottish-founded accountancy and advisory firm, has announced a strategic partnership with Glasgow’s Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) to support the next generation of tech entrepreneurs in building viable bus... |
| 11.08.2025 | STAC Invest Backs Three Scottish Healthtech Innovators | Three pioneering healthtech companies are set to accelerate their growth and market impact thanks to investment from STAC, Scotland’s industry-led accelerator for smart, connected, and deep tech startups.
STAC has announced the completion o... |
| 11.08.2025 | Glasgow’s Silver Lion Innovations, Seluna and Smplicare secure over €1.1 million in early-stage funding to advance HealthTech solutions | Three female Co-founded HealthTech startups based in Glasgow (Silver Lion Innovations, Seluna, and Smplicare) have secured over €1.1 million in early-stage funding, a boost that will accelerate their delivery of innovative healthcare techno... |
| 23.06.2025 | Glasgow’s Smart Things Cluster Now Worth £262M | The combined value of Glasgow’s ‘Smart Things’ cluster is now worth an estimated £262 million, according to a new report from Glasgow City Council, which claims that the city’s connected tech sector is outpacing Scotland’s technology ecosys... |
| 20.06.2025 | Does Scotland Need a Sovereign Wealth Fund? | Jim Rowan, the Glasgow-born tech executive and former CEO of several multinational companies, has thrown his support behind the creation of a Scottish sovereign wealth fund to develop the next generation of business leaders and companies wi... |
| 04.06.2025 | Glasgow's Tech Renaissance: A New Era of Innovation | Glasgow is buzzing. The city is a vibrant hub of innovation, shedding its industrial past for a future steeped in technology. Once known for shipbuilding and heavy industry, Glasgow has transformed into a breeding ground for tech startups. ... |
| 03.06.2025 | 18 Glasgow Tech Startups You Need To Know About | It’s been a visceral transformation. Pulling into Central Station now offers a strikingly different cityscape than it did just ten years ago.
Years of truncated transition and an identity problem as the city struggled to move on from its in... |
| 04.04.2025 | Movers & Shakers | March 2025 | Welcome to the March 2025 edition of DIGIT’s Movers & Shakers!
Each month, our Movers & Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem.
Last month saw plenty of major awards being won, some top ... |
| 21.03.2025 | RBS and STAC Join Forces to Accelerate Deep Tech Growth | Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has joined forces with advanced technology accelerator STAC in a bid to supercharge Scotland’s nascent deep tech startup scene.
The partnership will see the bank and STAC combine resources towards STAC’s startup... |
| 21.11.2024 | Murphy's Law of Entrepreneurship: What Can Go Right for UK Startups in 2025? Adrian Murphy shares his insights on what trends, resilience, and innovation will fuel the next wave of UK entrepreneurship... | Adrian Murphy, CEO of Murphy Wealth, a Glasgow based wealth management firm, predicts that 2025 will be the year UK entrepreneurs break free from uncertainty, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), stability, and a fresh sense of purpose ... |
| 10.10.2024 | Scotland's Smart Things Revolution: Fueling Innovation with Investment | Scotland is on the brink of a technological renaissance. The Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) is leading the charge. With a new investment fund, STAC aims to propel the next generation of “smart things” startups into the spotlight. Th... |
| 10.10.2024 | STAC Lines Up Investment Fund for “Smart Things” Startups | The Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) has lined up an investment fund for the next generation of “smart things” entrepreneurs in Scotland, and partnered with the National Robotarium to help support these founders.
The STAC Investment S... |
| 04.10.2024 | Movers & Shakers | September 2024 | Welcome to the September 2024 edition of DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers!
Each month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem.
September has been another bumper month, with many innovat... |
| 19.09.2024 | STAC Launches New “Smart Things” Hub, thebeyond | The Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) has opened its new “thebeyond” campus at Glasgow’s Skypark, which CEO and co-founder Paul Wilson says will be Europe’s largest “smart things” hub.
The 22,000 square foot campus comprises a fully fu... |
| 01.07.2024 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | June 2024 | Welcome to the June edition of DIGIT Movers and Shakers, 2024!
Every month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem, from recruitment and partnerships to expansions and awards.
Thi... |
| 13.06.2024 | STAC and Volvo Cars Announce Strategic Partnership | The Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) has announced a new strategic partnership with Volvo Cars.
With the partnership, the Glasgow-based technology accelerator is set to provide an innovation pipeline for the Swedish carmaker that’s a ... |
| 29.04.2024 | Glasgow Tech Hub ‘thebeyond’ Secures £2.5 Million Investment | Federated Hermes has announced the investment of £2.5m in ‘thebeyond’, a new European technology hub created by Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC), enabling Scottish Internet of Things (IoT), from drones and robotics brands to compete g... |
| 05.03.2024 | STAC Launches Fourth Cohort and Appoints New Chair | The new companies joining STAC are: Zephyrus Labs, Orchyio, BennuAI, Hycean, FocaliseAI, Konpanion, Deep Sym, Audio Mitto, Lu Innovations, Mix Innovations, MyFarm, Dr Little, Kyobit, Ufarms, RfIoT, Vuabl, Atypical, Lowtek Games, Curious Chi... |
| 01.02.2024 | Movers and Shakers | January 2024 | Welcome to the first monthly edition of DIGIT Movers and Shakers this year.
Movers and Shakers gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem, from recruitment and partnerships to expansion and awards.
This month’s col... |
| 08.01.2024 | Glasgow is on a mission to become Europe’s largest Smart Things and IoT Hub | This month sees the launch of a partnership between the UK Government, Glasgow City Council, and the Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC), which aims to make Glasgow into Europe’s largest smart things and IoT innovation hub.
The partnersh... |
| 21.09.2023 | Spotlight | Some of the Most Interesting Tech Startups In Glasgow | Glasgow, as well as being Scotland’s largest city, has undergone arguably the country’s largest shift in economic identity – from its famed ship building years, the city on the Clyde has transformed into a bustling technological hub, boasti... |
| 04.07.2023 | DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers June 2023 | Welcome to DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers for June 2023.
Here, we’ll go through some of the major partnerships, recruitments, appointments, and expansions seen in the Scottish Tech ecosystem throughout the month of June.
This month’s issue feat... |
| 12.01.2023 | Filament STAC to Launch Scottish IoT Recruitment Platform | Scotland’s Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator, Filament Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC), has partnered with HR specialist Jordan Talent Solutions to launch Scotland’s first IoT and smart devices recruitment platform, ‘STAC Jobs’.
S... |
| 07.11.2022 | Movers and Shakers | October 2022 | Recruitment CodeClan
CodeClan made two major announcements in October: firstly that current CEO Melinda Matthews-Clarkson was to step down from her role, and that Loral Quinn would be taking up the post.
Matthews-Clarkson plans to take a sa... |
| 13.10.2022 | Smart Things Accelerator Centre Makes Key Appointments | Scotland’s Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator, Smart Things Accelerator Centre, has marked its first anniversary by making a string of senior appointments to its team.
Former Scottish Enterprise Managing Director and interim CEO Linda Han... |
| 04.08.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | July 2022 | Recruitment Mark Logan
Scotland has officially appointed its first ‘Chief Entrepreneur’, with former Skyscanner executive Mark Logan selected for the role.
The new position has been created specifically to ensure entrepreneurship is “embedd... |
| 04.07.2022 | STAC Enters Strategic Partnership With Scottish Enterprise | Following its launch last year, the Smart Things Accelerator Centre is scaling up having secured a strategic partnership with Scottish Enterprise that will deliver additional services and support to Scotland’s first Internet of Things (IoT)... |
| 08.04.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | March 2022 | Recruitment Hamilton Forth
Hamilton Forth, a part of the Livingston James Group, has strengthened its team of digital and technology recruiters with the appointment of two new consultants, Lynne Munro and Hazel Swan.
Munro and Swan join the... |
| 16.03.2022 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | February 2022 | Recruitment Novosound
Simon Patterson has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Novosound, joining from Innospection in Aberdeen to drive the remote sensor specialist’s UK and international growth strategy.
An MSc graduate in materials... |
| 13.01.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup Column | December 2021 | Funding and Investment Filament STAC
Filament STAC has announced the backing of a series of major tech giants from the US to create an IoT cluster in Scotland.
US firms Twilio, Plexus Corp., Intel Corporation, Keysight, and Arrow Electronic... |
| 14.12.2021 | Scottish IoT Cluster gets US Tech Giant Backing | Filament STAC has announced the backing of a series of major tech giants from the US to create an IoT cluster in Scotland.
US firms Twilio, Plexus Corp., Intel Corporation, Keysight, and Arrow Electronics are among the global tech brands su... |
| 03.08.2021 | Smart Things Accelerator Centre Launches in Scottish First | Scotland’s first smart things accelerator centre has launched headed by global big tech leaders including Dyson, Wistron, BlackBerry and Plexus Corp.
The 18-month Filament STAC accelerator will support 10 firms in each cohort and is support... |
