Founders Hub
Founders and technology leaders meeting over coffee in a bright innovation space

Edinburgh and Dundee. National tech connections.

Build better companies in better company.

Founders Hub is a morning community for startup founders and technology leaders who want sharper business support, useful introductions, and a stronger route into Scotland's technology ecosystem. We meet in Edinburgh at the Bayes Centre and in Dundee at the Abertay cyberQuarter.

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Why Join

A trusted room for the conversations that move companies forward.

Meet founders, operators, investors, ecosystem partners, and company representatives who understand the reality of growing a technology business in Scotland.

Each gathering is designed to turn a morning into momentum: practical support, peer perspective, warm introductions, and the occasional question that unlocks the next move.

Is This For Me?

Yes, if you're building a technology business in Scotland.

Start the day with people who can open doors, compare notes, and help you navigate the next stage of your business.

  • Startup founders Early stage or scaling, and after a straight answer on funding readiness, sales, or product-market learning from someone a step ahead.
  • Technology leaders and operators Carrying the hiring, leadership, and delivery calls inside a growing business, with people who face the same ones.
  • Investors and ecosystem partners Meeting founders properly and staying close to what Scotland is building, long before anyone pitches.
Edinburgh Bayes Centre, 1st & 3rd Friday morning of each month
Dundee Abertay cyberQuarter, morning sessions from September 2026
Free In person, no cost to attend either location

Member Access

Support that reaches beyond the room.

01

A free year of ScotlandIS membership

Members get a full year with Scotland's digital technologies trade body at no cost: the Future Ready platform, structured support and insight, and member rates on events like ScotSoft.

02

Bayes lounge space

Use a welcoming university innovation setting for connection, focus, and founder conversations.

03

Startup Race readiness programme

Build business readiness through a practical programme designed to help startups move with confidence.

04

Founders Hub Discord

Keep the conversation moving between meetups with peer questions, useful links, and warm ecosystem introductions.

Online Community

Stay connected between meetups.

The Founders Hub Discord gives members a place to ask quick questions, share opportunities, keep track of useful resources, and turn one coffee conversation into the next introduction. It is also where the Edinburgh and Dundee groups meet each other.

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For members who want the room to keep working after the morning session ends.

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Events

Business support topics for founders who are actively building.

Commercial strategy Hiring and leadership Funding readiness Sales pipelines Product-market learning Scotland ecosystem introductions

Calendar

Join the next Founders Hub morning.

Founders Hub meets twice a month in Edinburgh and is now running in Dundee too. Every session for both locations appears here through the Luma calendar, so check the listing for the city and date that suits you.

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Partner Spotlight

ScotSoft 2026, at the member price.

ScotlandIS runs ScotSoft each autumn: a full day for software professionals with keynote speakers, more than 30 breakout sessions, up to six hours of CPD, and the Young Software Engineer Awards dinner to close the evening.

Because Founders Hub membership includes a free year of ScotlandIS membership, you book at the member rate rather than the standard one.

When
Where
Edinburgh
Conference ticket
£125 + VAT for members £180 + VAT non-member
Book ScotSoft tickets

Earlybird rates, £99 + VAT for members, run until 31 July 2026.

See the full ScotSoft programme

Partner Events

More ways into the Scottish technology ecosystem.

Founders Hub sits alongside a wider programme of ScotlandIS and Bayes Centre activity. These partner calendars are useful places to find sector events, member meetups, and specialist sessions beyond our own mornings.

Partner event feeds updated 2026-08-27.

Supported By

Sponsored by ScotlandIS, the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh, and the cyberQuarter at Abertay University.