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Huge energy at @CodebaseTech Edinburgh today for hackathon 1 of 2! 🌱 Building an MVP? Applications for our Greentech Accelerator are open:

Huge welcome to Steve Jeans, our newest Entrepreneur in Residence. From co-founding Desana, raising $12M+, and scaling across 90+ countries with enterprise clients like Google & OpenAI, Steve adds serious operational weight to our already brilliant lineup of founder support.

Thinking of expanding your startup into Ireland or the UK? 🚀 Join CodeBase & @RepublicOfWork for our webinar, Scaling Beyond Borders to discover how our Celtic Link initiative supports cross-border growth. 📅 11 Nov | 12 PM GMT 🔗

“Never be too scared to take risks. Action is infinitely better than a lifetime of what-ifs.” That’s Andrew McCourt’s advice for other founders launching a business in Scotland. Swipe through to read more about their journey!

The Greentech Growth and Scale programme supports Edinburgh-based founders working in clean tech, energy transition and the circular economy, whatever stage you’re at. Applications are live. Register your interest in any or all three here:

“In just six months, there is a night and day difference in both the look and feel of our debut game” – Ellen Dunsmore, Shouty Knot Five studios spent six months building from Water’s Edge on Techscaler’s first gaming residency in Dundee.

Graeme Kerr, co-founder and CEO of Tethered, took a sleep business from Scotland into US hotel talks. His advice: use mentors with intent and treat churn as research. Read more of his story:

We’re excited to partner with Dublin’s @GECcentre to give Scottish and Irish startups direct access to hot-desking, regional connectors, capital, and market-entry support. Find out more

Introducing our newest Entrepreneur in Residence, Jessica Mullen 🎉 We’re delighted to welcome Jessica to the CodeBase network where she’ll be sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience with our community of founders.

“Start with what the customer gains, rather than what we want to say.” Mentor Amy Kelly’s advice gave Janani, founder of Unbaggaged, the confidence to back a billboard at Edinburgh Waverley. Her tip: spend time around founders a few steps ahead.

"Startup finance is relatively simple. You’ve just got to suck it up, learn the numbers, and be comfortable talking about them." In this episode of The Blueprint, Georgina Hollis breaks down why every founder needs to own their financial model. Watch the video to hear more!

Alasdair Crawley took a law degree and spent eleven years at Optima, from junior analyst to board director, before founding Fanbase, which works with over 300 sports organisations. His lesson: gather evidence early, then plan the leap. Case study:

In our latest blog post, we share the top takeaways from our first three sessions of Ask Me Anything. Read the full recap here:

The Greentech Growth and Scale programme offers a 10 week accelerator programme, two hackathons and hands-on mentoring for Edinburgh-based founders working in clean tech, energy transition and the circular economy. Register your interest here:

Seluna’s Dr Yola Jones took her NHS-validated AI to Singapore and Dublin with Techscaler. Her takeaway: machine learning teams everywhere face the same problems, yet the West and APAC rarely compare notes. Founders who cross that divide find new answers:

From a 20-year IT background to scaling a UK-wide marketplace, Samuel created Shop Much More to make authentic cultural foods & goods accessible for diaspora communities. At CodeBase we're proud to support their growth as they prepare to launch V3! 🙌

We’ve launched DigiTay Connected 🚀 If you run a travel, tourism, or hospitality business in Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, or North East Fife, get up to £2,000 in tech grants + 1-to-1 mentoring to modernise your operations. Apply now:

After years at tech giants like Amazon, Nagu took the leap alongside his wife and co-founder, Dr. Sivapriya Mothilal Bhagavathy, to build Vidai, an AI control room giving businesses complete governance over their AI traffic.

After 30 years in surgery, Dr Hisham Shalaby set out to transform how specialist consultations work. Through Techscaler, delivered by CodeBase, Dr Hisham received the commercial mentorship and informed challenge needed to test assumptions and sharpen SPATTRO's market positioning.

Olga Maksimova sought out a founder community on day one in Edinburgh. Techscaler then took the Lappa founder to San Francisco and Singapore, where she learned that APAC small businesses want local support before they'll partner. Read Olga's full story: