Apply for Wild Card EDGE Competition (United Kingdom)

Recognising that businesses can often require support to take their product or service to market, Scottish EDGE introduced the Wild Card EDGE competition category in 2015. Open to pre-trading businesses, winning a Wild Card EDGE award results in Scottish EDGE support in the form of a grant and access to the non-financial support package, provided by leading business professionals.

Funding Information

• Companies who meet Wild Card EDGE criteria, can win awards up to £15,000. The expectation is there will be one top prize winner of £15,000 in this round, and seven winners of £10,000. These awards are in the form of a grant.

Eligibility Criteria

• Open to all businesses or sole-traders/partnerships who are pre-trading.
• Your business displays a highly innovative element around your product/service, your brand or you and your team.

Assessment Criteria

• Whilst the competition standard and level of expectation can often increase as you progress through the stages of the Scottish EDGE competition, the assessment criteria remains consistent across the 1st Stage assessments, the Semi-Final and the Final.
• The assessment criteria across all rounds scores against the following key requirements:
  • Value Proposition
  • Team
  • Impact
  • Customer Focus
  • Business Growth
  • Utilisation of Funding

For more information, visit Scottish EDGE.