As we round off the year, we want to wish everyone a merry Christmas, a fabulous festive season and a happy new year, and say a huge thank you to our wonderful community.
Whether you came to one of our events, partnered with CodeBase on a big project, worked in hotdesking, spoke to us over pizza, quizzed with us, became a Techscaler member, joined our programmes and education courses, or met with our mentors, we appreciate each and every one of you. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to do everything that we do, and we wouldn’t be able to look back on our year with such happiness, enthusiasm and pride.
In 2023, our CodeBase team grew to a whopping 85 members, doubling up in size over the past year. It’s been quite a year of growth and we’re excited to see what we can do together as we move forward bigger and better than ever. On paper we’re a tech startup incubator, but in reality we're a bunch of passionate individuals working together to fuel innovation all across the UK and we’re excited to keep collaborating with our community to achieve startup success for as many people as possible.
While CodeBase started in the heart of Edinburgh, over the past year our community has grown across Scotland, thanks to the efforts of our regional teams in Glasgow, Stirling, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness and the South of Scotland. We visited people by train, car, and even the overnight ferry to Shetland, and every interaction with our community left us feeling full of excitement and enthusiasm about the innovation going on all across the country. Thank you for welcoming us into your local communities with open arms.
When it came to sharing education with founders and their teams, we’ve run a bunch of programmes including Techscaler, LawtechUK, AgriTech Bridge, Care and HealthTech Bridge, Sustainability Bridge, Cyber Bridge, ClimateTech Community, Edinburgh Greentech Futures, Edinburgh MedTech Forums, and CodeClan. The wider community has been incredibly supportive as we’ve delivered these and it has been humbling to see the whole ecosystem join together in challenging times.
Again, a huge thank you to our partners this year. We now work with 50+ organisations to help achieve our mission to support startups and help them succeed, and we've teamed up with AccelerateHER, CivTech, DataKirk, NHS Innovation Hubs, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish EDGE and more to increase our support and engagement.
We couldn’t have done it all without our mentors either. A huuuuuge 1,000 hours of mentorship have been delivered this year providing startup guidance, tech expertise and support for our members.
At our recent Startup Next Steps showcase, one participant said, “I always know if it’s a Techscaler event, it’s going to be fun” and that we create a friendly, informal welcoming environment. One startup founder even told us they were going to give up on their startup before we came along. We’re reluctant to blow our own trumpet, but that sort of feedback sums it all up for us: we want to enable people to grow and nurture their startups, but enjoy it at the same time, and make friends along the way.
There are exciting times ahead. Brace yourselves for announcements next year about what comes next. Stay tuned, and all the best to you and yours for 2024.
Take care,
Team CodeBase
