Partners & Sponsors
CivTech wouldn’t be possible without our wonderful Partners and Sponsors, who support the Accelerator and our Demo Day events. If you would like to find out more about becoming a CivTech Partner or Sponsor then please get in touch.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 240 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers —including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.
AWS is proud to partner with CivTech and has been providing support for the participating SMEs, since 2019. There are many similarities between Amazon and CivTech’s Innovation Flow. Both start with the customer and work backwards. AWS working closely with CivTech, is committed to supporting skills, start-ups and driving growth for Scotland.
To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com/uk-public-sector.
CENSIS is the Innovation Centre for sensing, imaging and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. It helps organisations to innovate and overcome technology barriers to achieve business transformation and reach new markets.
CENSIS and CivTech have formed a partnership to facilitate the deployment of sensing, imaging and IoT to address important public sector challenges. Acting as an independent trusted adviser, CENSIS works with public sector organisations and CivTech to help clarify challenges. It may also support companies selected by CivTech to be part of its accelerator programme, including providing the companies with access to its in-house facilities and expertise.
Based regionally throughout Scotland the Interface team supports individual and groups of businesses and communities of all sizes and industrial sectors to scale and grow by matching them to world-leading academic research, knowledge, specialist facilities and talent from across Scotland’s universities, research institutes and colleges.
Interface impartially supports the teams engaging with the CivTech programme (including alumni SMEs) in identifying technical / research expertise from Scottish Universities and Colleges to address knowledge gaps within the cohort of companies /challenge sponsors. This will include the delivery of expert consultancy from academic teams on strategic business issues relevant to the challenge.
South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) is the economic and community development agency for Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders.
SOSE is in place to listen, be innovative, different and deliver for the South. Working flexibly and collaboratively, SOSE works with all sizes of businesses, SMEs, individuals, partners, and community groups to establish the South of Scotland as a region of opportunity, innovation and growth.
As Scotland’s nature agency, NatureScot set out a commitment to harnessing technology to benefit nature in its 2019-2024 Technology and Digital Services Strategy. Through its Innovative Technology programme NatureScot is understanding need, developing innovative solutions and mainstreaming their use. There is an increasing focus on challenges that address environmental problems and CivTech has identified the environment as a mission or important area for innovation in Scotland. As a result, together we have launched Innovate for Nature.
Scottish Business Network is a non-profit organisation bringing together the Scottish diaspora for the benefit of Scotland.
With over 8000 people across five continents, SBN is the largest community of Scottish business and community leaders around the world and provides the network and platform that you need to make and maintain meaningful connections.
MBM Commercial is an award winning independent commercial law firm with offices in London and Edinburgh. We are specialists in corporate transactions with a particular focus on investment, technology and high growth. Our experienced team, based across the UK, regularly advise on complex matters which allow businesses to scale up and operate on a global basis.
Azets is the largest regional Top 10 SME Accountancy and Business Advisory firm delivering accounting, tax, audit, business and advisory services in the UK and Internationally. With over 6,500 people across our global office network, we are committed to delivering a personal service both digitally and at your door.