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Joined February 2014
Introducing our newest Entrepreneur in Residence, Jessica Mullen 🎉 We’re delighted to welcome Jessica to the CodeBase network where she’ll be sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience with our community of founders.
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“Start with what the customer gains, rather than what we want to say.” Mentor Amy Kelly’s advice gave Janani, founder of Unbaggaged, the confidence to back a billboard at Edinburgh Waverley. Her tip: spend time around founders a few steps ahead. unbaggaged.com
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"Startup finance is relatively simple. You’ve just got to suck it up, learn the numbers, and be comfortable talking about them." In this episode of The Blueprint, Georgina Hollis breaks down why every founder needs to own their financial model. Watch the video to hear more!
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Alasdair Crawley took a law degree and spent eleven years at Optima, from junior analyst to board director, before founding Fanbase, which works with over 300 sports organisations. His lesson: gather evidence early, then plan the leap. Case study: thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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In our latest blog post, we share the top takeaways from our first three sessions of Ask Me Anything. Read the full recap here: thisiscodebase.com/resources…
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The Greentech Growth and Scale programme offers a 10 week accelerator programme, two hackathons and hands-on mentoring for Edinburgh-based founders working in clean tech, energy transition and the circular economy. Register your interest here: thisiscodebase.webflow.io/gr…
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Seluna’s Dr Yola Jones took her NHS-validated AI to Singapore and Dublin with Techscaler. Her takeaway: machine learning teams everywhere face the same problems, yet the West and APAC rarely compare notes. Founders who cross that divide find new answers: thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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From a 20-year IT background to scaling a UK-wide marketplace, Samuel created Shop Much More to make authentic cultural foods & goods accessible for diaspora communities. At CodeBase we're proud to support their growth as they prepare to launch V3! 🙌
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We’ve launched DigiTay Connected 🚀 If you run a travel, tourism, or hospitality business in Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, or North East Fife, get up to £2,000 in tech grants + 1-to-1 mentoring to modernise your operations. Apply now: thisiscodebase.com/digitay-c…
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After years at tech giants like Amazon, Nagu took the leap alongside his wife and co-founder, Dr. Sivapriya Mothilal Bhagavathy, to build Vidai, an AI control room giving businesses complete governance over their AI traffic.
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After 30 years in surgery, Dr Hisham Shalaby set out to transform how specialist consultations work. Through Techscaler, delivered by CodeBase, Dr Hisham received the commercial mentorship and informed challenge needed to test assumptions and sharpen SPATTRO's market positioning.
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Olga Maksimova sought out a founder community on day one in Edinburgh. Techscaler then took the Lappa founder to San Francisco and Singapore, where she learned that APAC small businesses want local support before they'll partner. Read Olga's full story: thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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We hosted an executive delegation from Beijing Electronics Holding Co. (BEHC) at CodeBase today for a knowledge exchange on startup agility vs global industrial scale! 🚀 Shoutout to the businesses who presented: • Touchlab • RideScan • weeteq
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Vulnerable adults can deteriorate silently for weeks between care appointments and often no one notices until it's too late. MovementGuard is Dr. Nazia Gillani’s solution to that problem, an analytics platform that tracks any changes in routine and recovery.
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Lexidesk founder Ivan Tryskyba chose where to grow by following the demand that reached him first. With support from Techscaler and CodeBase, his CRO met US customers in New York and moved a pilot forward. Read the case study: thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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What does an untapped market look like before anyone believes in it? For Marc Williamson it was his own back catalogue, no longer playable. Umbra Dynamics revives classic games, and at Gamescom 2026 publishers told him they had slate space. His lessons: thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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Founded 8 years ago as a solo business, Andy Hodges has scaled ThinkShare into a thriving digital workspace & AI consultancy. With roots at CodeBase’s Stirling hub & scaling support from Techscaler’s Catalyst programme, Andy found PMF and unlocked productised B2B growth.
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"No investors. No debt. Cash flow positive from day one." That's the rule Moray Melhuish built ScotAI on, and it hasn't slowed the company down. Now: 50+ wind farms, real gains in aerospace, and trust from names like Raytheon. Full story 👇 thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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Last week, CodeBase and Dell Technologies brought together CTOs, technical founders & engineering leaders for a closed-door dinner hosted by @ollyheadey on the realities of AI in production.
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On Techscaler's Silicon Valley trip, NeonGuard founder Chelsea Jarvie had her pitch deck torn apart for being too technical. She brought in a marketing consultant to refine the message into clear guidelines her team still uses today. Full case study: thisiscodebase.com/case-stud…
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