Start-ups win funding at Scottish Edge competition
15/06/2015
Entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sir Tom Hunter, who started his business life by selling athletic footwear from a van, is the principal backer of the competition and it was he who gave out the 2015 awards at a special ceremony in Edinburgh on June 12.
Shot Scope Technologies, which has developed wearable technology that automatically collects scoring and statistical data for golfers, won funding of £50,000 in this year’s competition. Based in Edinburgh, the start-up says its technology offers golfers of all levels of ability “a world of statistics previously only available to the very top professional golfers”.
For its part, Glasgow-based VH Innovation won funding of £65,000 to help it bring to market a series of products that protect the joints. The products use a patent-pending technology branded as Recoil Kneepads and the first one to go into production is a special knee-pad for the personal protective equipment market.
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