Visit to Silicon Valley for start-up founders
Scottish start-up and scaleup founders are being offered the chance to head to Silicon Valley to help supercharge their growth – due to Startup Grind Scotland having secured funding to take successful applicants to its global conference there in April.
Financed by the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Fund, entrepreneurship community organisation Startup Grind Scotland will host a cohort of 20 founders, directors and c-suite executives from start-ups and scale-ups across Scotland at the twoday 2022 Startup Grind Global Conference.
Those selected will have flights, accommodation, conference tickets and travel costs covered by the Ecosystem Fund, and will spend a week in the entrepreneurship capital, complemented by visits to leading tech companies and Scottish success stories in the area. Startup Grind Scotland expects a high number of applications from a diverse group of leaders, with the deadline Wednesday February 16.
Startup Grind Scotland director Dec Mclaughlin said: "We are so grateful to the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Fund for providing us with the opportunity to take some of the most promising start-up and scale-up leaders from across the country to our global conference. It will allow them to dive into the international start-up ecosystem, get inspired by industry leaders, and create new connections with founders and business leaders from all over the world.”
"Taking the first step towards becoming a global business on a bootstrapped budget is no easy task, so this support will be vital for many young businesses."