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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Katrine Bussey

SHOCKING: John swinney hails growth in scotland s entrepreneurial ecosystem - What They Never Told You

First Minister John Swinney highlighted work to grow ‘Scotland’s profile as an ambitious innovation nation’. (Robert Perry/PA) -

Scotland’s “entrepreneurial ecosystem” is boosting the country’s profile as an “ambitious innovation nation”, First Minister John Swinney has declared.

He spoke out as new data showed Scottish tech founders have raised a total of £257 million in investment since joining Techscaler – Scotland’s national tech scale-up programme – an increase of £139 million on the previous year.

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