Start-up event set to attract 1,000 to capital

0 Bruce Walker and Zoi Kantounatou of Futurex and Susan Harkins of Business Gateway

The countdown is well underway for the seventh international Startup Summit, which is expected to attract 1,000 delegates to Edinburgh later this month.

The event at the city’s Assembly Rooms is sponsored by Business Gateway Edinburgh and run by entrepreneur Bruce Walker, the co-founder of Futurex. It is set to feature 30 world-class speakers and exhibitors and nine workshops.

Delegates at the summit on 31 October will have the

chance to hear business stories from the likes of Alan Mahon, co-founder of Brewgooder, and Mike Welch, the founder of Blackcircles.com.

Walker said: “Startup Summit was born in Edinburgh and has grown up in this exciting and thriving community. Over the last seven years, with support from Business Gateway which we’re hugely grateful for, we have brought together some of the world’s most exciting founders and brands to share their stories to over 1,000 attendees.”