# The Scotland Start-Up Awards

> The Scotland Start-Up Awards is a VC fund in Cardiff backing Food and Beverage and Retail. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 95%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fbt-media
- Website: https://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/national-startup-awards/winners/scotland

The Scotland Start-Up Awards is a VC fund in Cardiff focused on Food and Beverage and Retail. The StartUp Awards recognises the achievements of those amazing individuals who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risks to launch a new product or service.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 21% |
| Retail | 2 | 11% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |
| Software | 2 | 11% |
| Snack Food | 2 | 11% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 18 | 95% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 95% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gutsy Health | Gutsy Health is a health and wellness website. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Nuisance Drinks | Nuisance Drinks is a food and beverage service company. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| GCM Recruitment | GCM is a recruitment firm that blends a personalized approach with a team of industry professionals. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Great Glen Distillery | Great Glen Distillery is Scotland's newest craft distillery, as well as the smallest. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| GLORIAH | GLORIAH objective is to build a brand that would serve women through all stages. | $99.8K | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Grand Bequest | Grand Bequest is property technology company that promotes adaptive reuse, redevelopment of vacant properties. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| The Frangipane Bakery | The Frangipane Bakery is a gluten-free bakery that produces delectable artisan baked items. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Minerva Innovation Group | Minerva Innovation Group is an award-winning boutique research and development funding specialist firm that takes delight in assisting UK businesses, primarily small and medium-sized organizations, in generating sources of R&D funding, specifically R&D tax relief. Our highly skilled staff includes R&D tax consultants as well as sectorexperts. We have worked with a wide range of clients from various backgrounds, ensuring significant financial benefits in a timely manner. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Integro Design Engineering Associates | IDEA Ltd. is a multidisciplinary engineering design firm founded by like-minded engineers with the goal of providing flexible engineering design to running organizations. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |
| OK Positive | OK+ is a business to business Mental Health application designed to reduce the effects of Mental Health issues in the workplace (anxiety, stress, depression) and support end-users with their day to day Mental Health, creating a happier, loyal, and more productive workforce. |  | Grant | May 02, 2023 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does The Scotland Start-Up Awards invest in?

The Scotland Start-Up Awards invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Retail and FinTech startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did The Scotland Start-Up Awards last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The Scotland Start-Up Awards closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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