How many tech startups are there in Edinburgh?

ayeoh's record holds 219 tech startups in Edinburgh, among them Aveni, FinTech Scotland, EnteroBiotix, Sofant Technologies and Ember. It counts the companies with news, a funding round, a grant, a job or an event on the record.

Which tech startups in Edinburgh have raised the most?

On ayeoh's record: Wordsmith (£73.79m across 3 rounds), Trogenix (£70m across 1 round) and Aveni (£34m across 3 rounds).

Which tech startups in Edinburgh are hiring?

With open roles on ayeoh now: Aveni.

Tech · Edinburgh

Tech startups in Edinburgh

ayeoh's record holds 219 tech startups in Edinburgh. 51 of them have a funding round on record, £342.9m disclosed across 57 rounds. 67 of them are in the news ayeoh links. 1 of them is hiring now. A startup here is a company incorporated in the last 10 years, or one with an equity round on record since 2021.

Tech startups in Edinburgh

Aveni

Edinburgh · AI · 3 rounds, £34m disclosed · 56 articles · 3 open jobs

FinTech Scotland

Edinburgh · Fintech · 39 articles

EnteroBiotix

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £27m disclosed · 25 articles

Sofant Technologies

Edinburgh · Space · 2 rounds, £9.65m disclosed · 19 articles

Ember

Edinburgh · Transport · 17 articles

Chromacity

Edinburgh · Quantum · 1 round, £1m disclosed · 15 articles

Cumulus Oncology

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £9m disclosed · 15 articles

Cyacomb

Edinburgh · Cybersecurity · 1 round, £2.25m disclosed · 14 articles

Earth Blox

Edinburgh · Software · 1 round, £5.95m disclosed · 14 articles

Skylark Lasers

Edinburgh · Quantum · 1 round · 13 articles

Gloriah

Edinburgh · Consumer · 1 round, £600k disclosed · 12 articles

LendingCrowd

Edinburgh · Fintech · 13 articles

Bioliberty

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

PlayerData

Edinburgh · Hardware · 11 articles

Administrate

Edinburgh · Edtech · 1 round, £3.05m disclosed · 9 articles

BIOCAPTIVA

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £1.58m disclosed · 9 articles

Carcinotech

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £4.2m disclosed · 9 articles

Exergy3

Edinburgh · Energy · 1 round, £9.83m disclosed · 9 articles

Trogenix

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £70m disclosed · 8 articles

Valla

Edinburgh · AI · 1 round, £2m disclosed · 8 articles

Clearsky Logic

Edinburgh · Software · 8 articles

SWURF

Edinburgh · Software · 1 round · 7 articles

Nuuri

Edinburgh · Software · 2 rounds, £822k disclosed · 5 articles

Exizent

Edinburgh · Fintech · 6 articles

Expanse

Edinburgh · AI · 1 round, £3.93m disclosed · 5 articles

Glitchers

Edinburgh · Games · 6 articles

Invizius

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £950k disclosed · 5 articles

Recast

Edinburgh · Fintech · 1 round, £3.89m disclosed · 5 articles

Zumo

Edinburgh · Crypto · 6 articles

Aurora Avionics

Edinburgh · Space · 2 rounds, £820k disclosed · 3 articles

Calterra

Edinburgh · Environment · 1 round, £96k disclosed · 4 articles

Carbogenics

Edinburgh · Environment · 1 round, £2.22m disclosed · 4 articles

Lario Therapeutics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £4.7m disclosed · 4 articles

SolarSub

Edinburgh · Energy · 1 round, £1.34m disclosed · 4 articles

Space Intelligence

Edinburgh · Space · 1 round · 4 articles

UNA Watch

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

Wobble Genomics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £8.46m disclosed · 4 articles

Ampeak Energy

Edinburgh · Energy · 4 articles

Concinnity Genetics

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £2.37m disclosed · 3 articles

Malted AI

Edinburgh · AI · 1 round, £6m disclosed · 3 articles

Metacarpal

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £800k disclosed · 3 articles

Rhizocore Technologies

Edinburgh · Agritech · 1 round, £4.5m disclosed · 3 articles

The Robot Group

Edinburgh · Robotics · 4 articles

Danu Robotics

East Lothian · Robotics · 1 round, £3.7m disclosed · 2 articles

ePass

Edinburgh · Software · 3 articles

Kāhu SiliconBio

Edinburgh · Life sciences · 1 round, £1.2m disclosed · 2 articles

Launchpad Build

Edinburgh · Robotics · 2 rounds, £10.24m disclosed · 1 article

Melrose Labs

Edinburgh · Telecoms · 3 articles

Sharktower AI

Edinburgh · AI · 3 articles

Singular Photonics

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

Wordsmith

Edinburgh · AI · 3 rounds, £73.79m disclosed

BuildBuddy

Edinburgh · AI · 1 round, £1m disclosed · 1 article

Firefinch Software

Edinburgh · Software · 2 articles

Infrawatch

Edinburgh · Cybersecurity · 1 round, £2.23m disclosed · 1 article

Pawsmonaut Games

Edinburgh · Games · 2 articles

ScrubMarine

Edinburgh · Robotics · 1 round, £750k disclosed · 1 article

stampfree.ai

Edinburgh · Consumer · 1 round, £1.03m disclosed · 1 article

Xona Space Systems

Edinburgh · Telecoms · 2 articles

Yaldi Games

Edinburgh · Games · 2 articles

2i Testing

Edinburgh · Software · 1 round

And 159 more on the record.

Also on the Companies House register

Equine Data Analytics

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907654

Relopass

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907535

Harmovi

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907421

Byteforth IT

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907277

Cadencefi

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907361

Grademap

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907122

Betta Software

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907061

Docrite

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907034

Dulyseal

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC907092

Slipless

Livingston · registered 2026 · SC906984

Vantage Validation

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906828

Klever Innovations

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906749

Nightwatch Credit

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906728

Edinpro Digital

Livingston · registered 2026 · SC906556

Wyerworks

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906596

Elbarox Technologies

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906450

Pragmatic Business Intelligence

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906471

Subtle Cyber

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906518

Everything Expanded

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906276

Fyfen

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906364

Knoinc

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906374

Mitted Bean

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906407

Msop Tech

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906402

The Carbon Thread

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906297

Doorvo

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906105

Frjh Tech

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906189

Bigcsv

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC906052

Cairnbridge

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905917

Instantseller

Midlothian · registered 2026 · SC905952

JCR Technologies

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905929

MY Practice Team

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905938

Business Data AI

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905602

Cairpeb Systems

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905702

Peac Studio

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905679

Posmodo

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905611

RM Technology Consulting

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905668

Zeelio

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905682

Consensus Hiring

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905544

Neurellum

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905445

Unforged

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905483

Buan Technologies

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905340

Elarvique Digital

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905224

Pack Guild

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905160

Deadlit

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905041

Easy Images

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905094

Fairly Monitor

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905066

Onbelt

Livingston · registered 2026 · SC905061

SIXTEEN24

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC905116

CVX Digital

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC904818

Forth Foundry

Edinburgh · registered 2026 · SC904815

And 1837 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

27 rounds

Old College Capital

11 rounds

Scottish National Investment Bank

5 rounds

4 rounds

3 rounds

3 rounds

3 rounds

3 rounds

Maven Capital Partners

3 rounds

3 rounds

3 rounds

2 rounds

2 rounds

Gabriel Investment Syndicate

2 rounds

IQ Capital

2 rounds

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Questions the record answers

How many tech startups are there in Edinburgh?: ayeoh's record holds 219 tech startups in Edinburgh, among them Aveni, FinTech Scotland, EnteroBiotix, Sofant Technologies and Ember. It counts the companies with news, a funding round, a grant, a job or an event on the record.
Which tech startups in Edinburgh have raised the most?: On ayeoh's record: Wordsmith (£73.79m across 3 rounds), Trogenix (£70m across 1 round) and Aveni (£34m across 3 rounds).
Who invests in tech startups in Edinburgh?: The investors named most often in their rounds: Scottish Enterprise (27 rounds), Old College Capital (11 rounds) and Scottish National Investment Bank (5 rounds).
Which tech startups in Edinburgh are hiring?: With open roles on ayeoh now: Aveni.

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