1、PRE PARE D BY CO DE BAS EAnnual Report 2024In partnership withDELIVERY&ACHIEVEMENTSSTATE OF THE ECOSYSTEMABOUT TECHSCALERINTRODUCTIONANNUAL REPORT 20242.Part 1:Introduction 31.1 Foreword 41.2 Techscaler:a platform for growth 61.3 Techscaler:by numbers 101.4 2024 timeline 131.5 Keynote interview 15Pa
2、rt 2:Delivery&achievements 192.1 Education 202.1.1 Techscaler redesign 232.1.2 University opportunites 252.2 Mentorship 272.3 International programmes 302.4 Fundraising 332.4.1 High potential startups 352.4.2 Techscaler MVP Grant 372.5 Partnerships 392.5.1 Medtech 402.6 Regional summary 422.7 Commun
3、ity&events 482.7.1 Diversity,equality&inclusion 522.7.2 Ecosystem Exchange 53Part 3:State of the ecosystem 543.1 Ecosystem comparisons 553.2 Business demography 573.3 Growth&employment 583.4 Top industries 613.5 Investment 643.6 Reflections&lookingforward77Part 4:About us 824.1 CodeBase 834.2 Beauhu
4、rst 844.3 TheScottishGovernment84Endnotes 85ContentsPRE PARE D BY CO DE BAS E3.IntroductionPart 1DELIVERY&ACHIEVEMENTSSTATE OF THE ECOSYSTEMABOUT TECHSCALERINTRODUCTIONANNUAL REPORT 20244.Im delighted to be writing the foreword for our 42m national programme for creating,developing,and scaling tech
5、startups.Techscaler is a programme that I am incredibly proud of;our service provider,CodeBase,delivers this through education programmes,expert mentoring,accesstocapitalandanetworkofphysical hubs.November 2022 was notable in two ways.In Scotland,theScottishGovernmentsTechscalerprogramme was launche
6、d by CodeBase and startupfounderswereinvitedtojoinupandtakepart in a national programme of mentorship,communitybuilding and education.Inthesamemonth,thefirstdemoofagenerativeAIchatbotwasreleasedmarkingasignificantleapinAIinteractionandsettingthestageforother AI applications to follow.These initiativ