Scottish EDGE

What it is

Pitch competition whose main awards are part grant, part loan — Main EDGE offers up to £100,000 on a split grant/loan basis, while Young EDGE and Wild Card are grant-only up to £15,000; the funder advertises overall funding of £10,000–£150,000. Round 28 is OPEN: applications close 2pm on 2 September 2026. Free to enter for early-stage Scottish companies and social enterprises across all sectors, decided by shortlisting then a live pitch.

Verified 2026-08-21 on scottishedge.com (homepage + our-competitions): Round 28 open, application deadline 2pm Wed 2 Sep 2026. Strand detail per our-competitions page: Scottish EDGE (main) up to £100,000 'split grant/loan basis' for early-stage companies/social enterprises across all sectors; Young EDGE up to £15,000 grant-only (all directors under 30); Wild Card EDGE up to £15,000 grant-only (pre-trading companies, sole traders, partnerships); Social Enterprise EDGE amount not shown on today's pages (Notion rescue said up to £75k — unconfirmed today). valueMin/valueMax use the funder's own homepage range '£10,000 to £150,000'; the homepage banner also claims 'Up to 200k Business Funding' (reported record Round 28 top award — strand-level detail unconfirmed). Historic 30% grant / 70% interest-free loan split for Main EDGE (from Notion rescue) not itemised on today's pages — treat awards as partly repayable. Round 28 window opened 5 Aug 2026; £1.5m pot per earlier verification passes, not restated on today's pages. Early-stage requirement and strand demographics (under-30 directors, pre-trading) can't be expressed in engine fields.