Scottish EDGE

Rhizocore Technologies produces locally-adapted mycorrhizal fungi to enhance tree planting success.

Dxcover is a clinical-stage liquid biopsy firm that is developing diagnostics for the early diagnosis of numerous malignancies, when treatment has a better possibility of having an influence on outcomes. The business was the first to use infrared spectroscopy of circulating pan-omic indicators to detect and identify cancer. The business has generated compelling clinical data on the diagnosis of Stage I and Stage II malignancies with high accuracy. Dxcover was established in 2016 in Glasgow, Glasgow City by David S Palmer, Holly Butler, and Matthew Baker.

EBar Initiatives is a start-up company developing self-service unit which will take payment and serve drinks significantly faster than conventional dispensers. The technology eliminates bar queues at large events.

Adelie Health is an app that helps people with diabetes manage their insulin doses.

GetGuided is capturing the big missed data of private tours and activities by making the search, booking and management of suppliers easy and efficient for DMCs and Incoming Operators. Our solution allows DMCs and Incoming Operators to have their exclusive closed system, where they can distribute custom tour requests to their own digitalise database of local guides in a single click; receive the bids and offers by the guides directly. An easy-to-use dashboard accessible by each DMC employee via their personal token, helps them to manage active requests and bookings; track the previous bookings; communicate to the suppliers directly and consistently; instantly share the active bookings with colleagues and capture essential data monthly/quarterly/yearly. Besides managing their own supply, GetGuided also offers a verified public pool of suppliers to our partners to reach out to and book from, if needed. Registered suppliers who are willing to reach to other industry players such as Hotels, Travel Agencies and MICE companies can use our commission-free marketplace to advertise their ready-to-book private verified tours and activities publicly. Our AI and ML algorithms will turn all the captured data from transactions and bookings on the platforms into valuable reports useful for clients, suppliers and all other industry players.

CuanTec are a Scottish based blue biotech company making compostable, antimicrobial bioplastic from waste of the fisheries industry, providing an environmentally responsible alternative to polluting packaging. CuanTec are using a circular economy solution where waste from processing of the fisheries industry is put to good use. Cuantec extracts chitin from marine waste, langoustines caught in the pollution free waters of the North Atlantic. Our chitin is obtained biologically, thanks to harmless bacteria, in a low-energy process with minimal wastage, and at a high yield providing a very high-quality product. Our chitosan is obtained thanks to an innovative sustainable process, using less energy and 5 time less sodium hydroxide than the current chemical process.

Turtle Pack is revolutionising the way children learn to swim with our innovative, patented and multi-award winning swimming aid.

Apply.Property is an end-to-end prospect management software that creates prospect databases for residential and commercial property agencies. The software features enquiry management, viewing booking, automated reminders, deposit payments, referencing, advertising performance analytics, CRM software integration, property feed integration, applicant comparison reports, and online applications. Apply.Property was launched in 2016.

Consumers that are financially vulnerable, overstretched but aspire for better have a need to better manage their finances. At Qpal we believe strengthening financial health and wellbeing can be achieved through an automated digital assistant. We're going to make managing money that little bit easier with our Open Banking powered tool, launching in 2021. Founded in 2016, Qpal has previously designed, developed and deployed mobile payment, merchant acceptance and AI-driven analytics solutions internationally.

PowerPoint is a presentation application which focuses on content creation and design, there are currently no add-in tools which assist the presenter with the actual delivery of their presentations. Present Pal works as an assistive aid for presenters when communicating with their audience, acting like a set of interactive flashcards on your smartphone or tablet. Present Pal is currently working with Microsoft to make PowerPoint more accessible - read about their AI for Accessibility story here.

Playlingo is an award-winning educational technology company based in London, Edinburgh and Zurich with a track record of creating high quality products for the BBC and Amazon. Our mission is to get the world’s English learners reading every day.