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Location Data Scotland

Location Data Scotland (LDS) is Scotland's inclusive geospacial community. It helps to connect, inform, and facilitate collaboration between industry, academia, and the public and third sectors. It works across multiple industry sectors to drive innovation, unlock skills, and enable economic growth. 

Supported by independent cluster-building experts Optimat, LDS works to bring together an inclusive community of entrepreneurs, industry, third sector and public sector partners, and academia. The goal is to enable location data organisations in Scotland to collaborate, drive innovation, create opportunities and efficiencies, and unlock the value in location data across multiple industries and sectors.

Details

  • Main Target Audience - Entrepreneurs, Founders and early start ups, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Large/global companies, Researchers and academia/spin outs, Social enterprises and nonprofits
  • Growth Stage - Pre-start/ideation stage, Start up/Pre-Seed, Seed stage, Early growth stage (Series A), Growth - Scale (Series B+)
  • Industry Focus - Agriculture/agritech, AI/robotics, Biotech, Creative industries, Data/tech, Financial services/fintech, Food & drink industries, Energy (including renewables), Life sciences/human health, Manufacturing (any industry), Photonics, Quantum, Radio and Semiconductors, Social enterprise/Third sector, Space industries, Tourism
  • Support Type - Community/networks, Training/skills programmes
  • Location - Scotland wide