Publication - Transparency data

Pathways Pre-Start Fund: funded programmes

Published: 2 November 2023
Directorate: Economic Development Directorate
Topic: Business, industry and innovation

Projects funded through the Pathways Pre-Start Fund which aims to help more people become entrepreneurs.

The Pathways Pre-Start Fund aims to help more people from under-represented groups to become entrepreneurs.

There is a particular focus on supporting women, part of our commitment to implementing the recommendations in the independent Pathways Report into women in entrepreneurship.

Total funding of £1.3 million has been awarded to 20 projects in 2023 to 2024.

Organisation	Project title	Programme location	Grant awarded
Growbiz	Promoting microenterprise start-ups and new opportunities across rural and island Scotland	Highland Aberdeenshire Perth and Kinross Angus Moray	£52,075
Elevator	Micro-PUPS community outreach programme for female pre-starts	Moray Angus Glasgow	£98,960
CETERIS	Business entrepreneurial pre-start academy (prioritising underrepresented groups)	Clackmannanshire Stirling Falkirk	£71,783
POPshop enterprises	Place based enterprise support, Dunoon	Argyll and Bute	£12,750
Digital Boost Upskilling	Jumpstart: Future Founders A personalised learning programme and ongoing support platform to nurture the female founders of tomorrow	National	£99,550
Women’s Enterprise Scotland	Women in Enterprise: Realising pre-start potential	Argyll Shetland Borders	£83,050
Robert Gordon University	Women in Business - Widening access to pre-start support, advice, and community to women with parental responsibility through capacity building, anchored in three universities	Stirling Clackmannanshire Renfrewshire	£81,384
The Challenges Group	Ready to RISE (Readiness & Incubation for the Social Economy)	National	£71,775
Egg	Women in Entrepreneurship – A Pathway To Success – event series	Edinburgh Glasgow Perth Aberdeen Dundee	£98,700
Scotland’s Learning Partnership	Working with women to develop co-operative business models	Edinburgh Midlothian Fife West Dunbartonshire North Lanarkshire West Lothian North Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Dumfries and Galloway	£64,737
Edinburgh College	Edinburgh College Enterprise Hubs	Edinburgh East Lothian Midlothian	£68,580
North Lanarkshire Council	Women’s business incubator	North Lanarkshire	£50,250
The DataKirk	EmpowerHer, Pre-Startup Program for Women of Minority in Scotland	Edinburgh	£40,000
Orkney Islands Council	Island enterprise roadshows	Orkney	£27,500
Strathclyde University	Enabling the forgotten women of Scotland: Potential entrepreneurs for the future	Glasgow	£92,000
Empower Women for Change	Bridging the Gap: Empowering BAME women and Girls Entrepreneurs	Glasgow, Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire Edinburgh	£62,500
Dechomai	Levantarse entrepreneurship conversations	Aberdeen Glasgow South Lanarkshire West Dunbartonshire	£97,900
Inspirent	Women Can! Scotland’s Women’s Start-up Roadshow.	National	£91,000
WHALE Arts	Empowering Enterprise – Building Bridges to Business	Edinburgh	£54,173
Stirling Community Enterprise	FemBA: Getting Women into Entrepreneurship	Stirling	£15,200

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Find out more about the Pathways Pre-Start Fund.

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