Together, we go further

We have a strong network of industry partners who lend their invaluable expertise and knowledge to help guide the young businesses we support on their journey to success.

Better, connected

We’re proud to collaborate with a network of leading organisations across industry sectors in Scotland who help our alumni businesses go further, grow bigger and achieve more.

Knowledge share

Through our business masterclasses, workshops and resources, we bring partners, our current cohort and Converge alumni together. They share knowledge, impart advice, make connections and form long lasting business relationships.

Working together

We partner with organisations at the forefront of their respective industries – from IP and tax through to product design, human resources, technology and investment. Their financial contribution allows us to raise our ambition and deliver an exceptional programme to hundreds of aspiring academic entrepreneurs.

Meet our partners

We’ve joined forces with business leaders, disrupters, movers and shakers across Scotland to achieve more impact for our participants past and present.

BeyondHR is an HR consultancy with a proven track record of providing high quality and affordable HR support solutions across Scotland and Northern Ireland.

With more than 25 years’ experience our team of qualified HR Consultants is proud to be the chosen HR partner for over 250 start-ups and SMEs across Scotland and Northern Ireland providing a full range of HR and Employee Relations support services.

We work across all industries and are respected for our pragmatic stance to problem solving and ensuring that we make the lives of our clients pain free by taking the stress out of HR issues while ensuring the best outcomes for their businesses.

Cisco helps seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the unconnected. An integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships, working together to identify our customers' needs and provide solutions that fuel their success.

Nearly every Internet connection in the UK touches Cisco technology and we're investing in projects across Scotland to support innovation, from smart cities to transport, healthcare and manufacturing, to cyber-security and digital skills.

Enterprises is the private investor engagement and ventures arm of CPI, a leading independent technology innovation centre and a founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

Enterprises stimulates impactful investment into early-stage deep tech companies, leveraging our world-class technical expertise, facilities and innovation network to benefit both investors and companies alike.

i4 is an employee-owned company with a +15 year track record of working with start-ups and multinationals to deliver commercially successful products.

Clients utilise the i4 team to accelerate challenging roadmaps and/or innovate a way past technical challenges. The i4 team achieve this by augmenting the size and capabilities of a client’s internal team.

Our experienced engineers and creative design team work in partnership with clients throughout the product design and development process to ensure their products aren’t just beautiful, they’re brilliant too.

MBM Commercial is an award-winning commercial law firm that helps entrepreneurial businesses.

Many of our clients are going through significant growth, either by investment, acquisition or by international expansion. We are committed to helping our clients succeed and always aim to help make connections and add value wherever possible. The work that we do spans all sectors, and we are proud to represent many exciting businesses, ranging from small start-ups to large companies.

The firm provides a full range of commercial legal services, including corporate finance, commercial contracts, insolvency/restructuring, commercial property, dispute resolution, employment/HR and company administration.

Murgitroyd is a global intellectual property (IP) attorney firm specialising in patents, trade marks, designs and copyright, helping companies of all sizes, from all sectors, to maximise value from their IP assets by providing tailored strategic advice and services.

The Murgitroyd team has particular expertise in helping start-up businesses to grow and develop through good use and protection of their IP assets.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is a UK-based banking and financial services company, headquartered in Edinburgh. Royal Bank of Scotland has paved the way in banking since it was established nearly 300 years ago. From the world’s first overdraft, and the first house purchase loan by a UK bank, to the first fully-fledged internet banking service, the bank has a history of using innovation to make banking easier for our customers.

Royal Bank launched its first mobile bank in 1946 and now has 20 mobile banks serving nearly 400 communities across Scotland. Royal Bank of Scotland has over two million customers in Scotland today, with over 120,000 business customers. These relationships are now enhanced by our Enterprise team who offer face to face support to customers the length and breadth of the country.

Social Investment Scotland (SIS) provides social loan finance and business support to social enterprises and charities across Scotland. SIS, a charity and social enterprise itself, seeks to support organisations scale their impact and increase sustainability through investment and additional support and training.

Since its beginnings in 2001, SIS has invested £63 million in over 300 organisations across Scotland and developed training programmes such as the SIS Retail Academy and Ambitions Masterclass Programme.

SIS is a valued Converge partner and sole sponsor of the Impact Challenge category providing both cash and in-kind business support to our Impact Challenge participants.

Why become a partner?

Success is best when it’s shared. Partnering with us demonstrates your commitment to supporting the next generation of innovators, growing and scaling together to help Scotland thrive. It’s also the perfect platform to showcase your business and area of professional expertise while forging long-lasting connections with some of Scotland’s most promising new businesses.

Network

Meet Scotland’s most exciting entrepreneurs
Build new business relationships
Network with thought leaders
Connect with our dynamic alumni community

Grow

Showcase your expertise
Raise your profile
Amplify your news and successes via our national platform

Make an impact

Play an active role in shaping and growing Scotland’s economic future

MBM Commercial has always placed itself at the heart of the entrepreneurial ecosystem so it seemed like a natural alignment when we came across Converge and were asked if we wanted to support it. The decision has been validated every day we’ve been involved.

Alexander Lamley - Director
MBM Commercial LLP

As an independent technology innovation centre looking to engage with and invest in the best and brightest early-stage companies that Scotland has to offer, partnering with Converge was the natural choice.

Alfredo Ramos - Managing Director
CPI Enterprises

Through our continuing partnership with Converge, we meet inspiring entrepreneurs, with innovative ideas, and support their journey to developing a financially stable and impact driven business.

Lindsay Wake - Head of Impact
Social Investment Scotland

We wanted to become a partner for two reasons: we wanted to develop our network of start-ups and spin outs across Scotland and we wanted to use our experience to help small businesses with their HR issues as they start to employ people.

Neil McLeese - Managing Director
BeyondHR

We are incredibly excited to partner with Converge, to help the next generation of innovators turn their ideas into commercially viable businesses that help Scotland thrive.

Shane Heraty - Regional Director
Cisco Ireland and Scotland

We always had the desire to do something like Converge and this partnership offers us the perfect platform to support the burgeoning entrepreneur environment in Scotland. When the opportunity for us to collaborate again came up, it was an easy decision.

Tristan Elliot - Business Development Director
i4 Product Design

As a Converge partner, we are excited to support the participants to not only learn about innovation, but to support them as they put this knowledge into practice and gain a real and practical understanding of how innovation can underpin business growth and drive company value

Gordon Stark - CEO
Murgitroyd

“We are delighted to continue our long standing partnership with Converge. It is amazing to see the diverse range of innovative ideas the competition uncovers each year. Many have the potential to play a significant part in positively supporting society as they scale. And we look forward to helping them do so where we can”

Stuart Dearden - Regional Ecosystem Manager
Royal Bank of Scotland

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