How many hardware startups are there in Scotland?

ayeoh's record holds 36 hardware startups in Scotland, among them Neuranics, Bioliberty, PlayerData, iGii and Quantcore. It counts the companies with news, a funding round, a grant, a job or an event on the record.

Which hardware startups in Scotland have raised the most?

On ayeoh's record: iGii (£31.5m across 2 rounds), Neuranics (£6.2m across 1 round) and Bioliberty (£6.2m across 1 round).

Hardware · Scotland

Hardware startups in Scotland

ayeoh's record holds 36 hardware startups in Scotland. 13 of them have a funding round on record, £57m disclosed across 16 rounds. 13 of them are in the news ayeoh links. A startup here is a company incorporated in the last 10 years, or one with an equity round on record since 2021.

Hardware startups Scotland: who is on the record

Neuranics

Glasgow · Hardware · 1 round, £6.2m disclosed · 13 articles

Bioliberty

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £6.2m disclosed · 11 articles

PlayerData

Edinburgh · Hardware · 11 articles

iGii

Stirling · Hardware · 2 rounds, £31.5m disclosed · 6 articles

Quantcore

Glasgow · Quantum · 3 rounds, £5.26m disclosed · 5 articles

UNA Watch

Edinburgh · Hardware · 1 round, £300k disclosed · 4 articles

Airspection

Glasgow · Hardware · 1 round, £257k disclosed · 2 articles

Clas-SiC Wafer Fab

Fife · Hardware · 1 round, £1.9m disclosed · 2 articles

Innova Nanojet Technologies

Vale of Leven · Hardware · 1 round, £1.5m disclosed · 2 articles

Singular Photonics

Edinburgh · Quantum · 1 round, £1.59m disclosed · 2 articles

ScreenIn3D

Glasgow · Life sciences · 1 round, £750k disclosed · 1 article

Aqura Systems

Aberdeen · Hardware · 1 article

Freedom One Life

Glasgow · Hardware · 1 round, £500k disclosed

Mask Logic

Edinburgh · Hardware · 1 round, £780k disclosed

Safir Innovations

Inverclyde · Hardware · 1 article

Vuabl

Glasgow · Hardware · 1 round, £257k disclosed

Avanco Hear

Inverclyde · Hardware

AWD Innovations

Glasgow · Hardware

Beembedded

Edinburgh · Hardware

Broadex Technologies

Livingston · Hardware

Clyde Hyperspectral Imaging and Technology

West Dunbartonshire · Hardware

Edinburgh · Hardware

Edinburgh · Hardware

Edinburgh · Hardware

Dunfermline · Hardware

Hixonium Optoelectronics

Edinburgh · Hardware

III-V Epi

Glasgow · Hardware

Integrated Graphene

Stirling · Hardware

Neurobite Technologies

Glasgow · Hardware

Nordybits

Stirling · Hardware

Northern Light Microscopy

Glasgow · Hardware

Aberdeen · Hardware

Glasgow · Hardware

Hardware

Glasgow · Hardware

Glasgow · Hardware

Also on the Companies House register

Scensai

Aberdeen · registered 2026 · SC904904

Levval

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC903758

Paper Form

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC903524

Unified Surface

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC903192

Carbon ERA

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC902509

Console Forge

East Lothian · registered 2026 · SC902674

Theorem Laser Systems

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC900797

Secure Edge Solutions

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC900531

Tera Nova Semi

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC900446

Sense Microsystems

Argyll · registered 2026 · SC900017

Freeform Photonics

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC897974

PET247.CARE

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC897614

Bisono Audio

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC896343

Talvo AI

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC895816

Vita Robotics

Aberdeen · registered 2026 · SC894978

Sosho

North Lanarkshire · registered 2026 · SC893086

Unlikeotherai

Falkirk · registered 2026 · SC892114

Otro Uptime

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC891543

Anderson Ross Watch CO

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC887576

Bukhari E-Commerce

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC886478

M Plus Livingston

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC881913

Battery Bear

Dundee · registered 2026 · SC881124

V&H Tech

Glasgow · registered 2026 · SC875460

Q-Doc

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC874555

Alpharing

Aberdeen · registered 2025 · SC872851

Athenaguard

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC871760

Firestorm Hardware

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC871467

Gogeneric

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC869691

Rogers Optical Coating Consultant

Dundee · registered 2025 · SC866422

Atlas Processing

Edinburgh · registered 2025 · SC864630

Novacene Photonics

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC861588

Novacene Quantum

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC861591

Novacene Technologies

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC861590

Miyo

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC861413

Energeios EV

Edinburgh · registered 2025 · SC861016

Thermadisc

Galashiels · registered 2025 · SC858172

Lunarlight Technologies

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC857957

Puppetron

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC855324

A&O Innovations

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC846318

Bang on IT

Falkirk · registered 2025 · SC838098

Hfactor

Edinburgh · registered 2025 · SC835773

Teratronic

Glasgow · registered 2025 · SC834763

Imukno

Edinburgh · registered 2024 · SC824427

DMS Electronic Monitoring Equipment

St Andrews · registered 2024 · SC820082

Performance ALS

St Andrews · registered 2024 · SC819600

Cask Ventures

Aberdeen · registered 2024 · SC812141

Assisted Intelligence

Edinburgh · registered 2024 · SC809491

Timekeepers Vault

Aberdeen · registered 2024 · SC809473

Colinear Acoustics

Fort William · registered 2024 · SC804150

Electro-Test Cell and Tissue Solutions

Edinburgh · registered 2024 · SC796942

And 29 more on the register.

Listed from Companies House: active firms with a Scottish registered office. ayeoh has not written about these.

Investors and funders named in their rounds

Scottish Enterprise

7 rounds

Blackfinch Ventures

3 rounds

Quantum Exponential

3 rounds

Scottish National Investment Bank

3 rounds

STAC Invest

3 rounds

2 rounds

2 rounds

2 rounds

2 rounds

2 rounds

1 round

Archangel Investors

1 round

British Business Bank Investment Fund for Scotland

1 round

Cambridge Angels

1 round

Conduit Connect

1 round

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Questions the record answers

How many hardware startups are there in Scotland?: ayeoh's record holds 36 hardware startups in Scotland, among them Neuranics, Bioliberty, PlayerData, iGii and Quantcore. It counts the companies with news, a funding round, a grant, a job or an event on the record.
Which hardware startups in Scotland have raised the most?: On ayeoh's record: iGii (£31.5m across 2 rounds), Neuranics (£6.2m across 1 round) and Bioliberty (£6.2m across 1 round).
Who invests in hardware startups in Scotland?: The investors named most often in their rounds: Scottish Enterprise (7 rounds), Blackfinch Ventures (3 rounds) and Quantum Exponential (3 rounds).

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Hardware startups in Scotland

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