Scotland must back its best companies to stay and grow

When I first moved to Scotland in 2010, I couldn’t have pointed to the capital city on a map.

I had an offer from a major Silicon Valley tech giant, the safe choice, but instead I took what looked like the crazy path: joining a start-up in Edinburgh.

15 years later, after building Quorum Cyber into a 400-strong, private-equity-backed business, I can say that Scotland is one of the best places in the world to start a company.

But, unless we fix the second stage of funding, too many of our brightest firms could end up leaving.

Next month, I’m speaking at Invest2Scale, an invitation-only event that brings together Scotland’s most ambitious scale-ups with leading UK and international investors. It’s a practical platform that bridges the gap between early-stage support and the growth capita