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Yola Jones and her team built Seluna’s AI from scratch in-house, helping doctors reach neurological diagnoses more effic...
12/10/2026

Yola Jones and her team built Seluna’s AI from scratch in-house, helping doctors reach neurological diagnoses more efficiently from sleep study data hospitals already hold.

A 500-patient validation study with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde showed its models perform as well as human experts.

Taking a product of that calibre to Singapore and Dublin Tech Summit with Techscaler changed how Yola weighs international growth.

Her takeaways for founders eyeing new markets:

➡️ Machine learning teams everywhere face the same problems, yet Western and APAC teams rarely compare notes, so crossing that divide surfaces new solutions

➡️ Healthcare priorities differ by region, which means a product’s core focus may need to shift with each market it enters

➡️ Putting someone on the ground is a real cost, so weigh whether a market is worth it at your current stage

➡️ At technical conferences, conversations with specialist companies can be worth as much as the talks themselves

Read Yola’s full story and more of the valuable insights: https://thisiscodebase.com/case-study/engineering-trust

“Make sure your idea is solving a real and viable problem, do your research, and test and validate your product with rea...
09/10/2026

“Make sure your idea is solving a real and viable problem, do your research, and test and validate your product with real customers before scaling.”

After 20 years in IT, Samuel followed his own advice to solve a challenge he experienced firsthand: finding authentic cultural goods from home without traveling across cities or importing them himself.

Shop Much More is his solution, a digital marketplace bringing traditional foods, spices and heritage products directly to diaspora communities across the UK.

Supported by CodeBase and Techscaler programmes, Samuel accessed expert mentorship and guidance to refine his MVP, sharpen his marketing channels and master customer acquisition.

Having secured grant funding, launched his second platform iteration,and built a community of over 2,000 followers, Shop Much More is now launching Version 3 with "Store Nearby" geolocation capabilities.

We’re proud to have been part of their journey!

Calling all travel, tourism, and hospitality businesses across Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, and North East Fife! 🏨We’...
07/10/2026

Calling all travel, tourism, and hospitality businesses across Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, and North East Fife! 🏨

We’re excited to launch DigiTay Connected: a new digital adoption programme delivered by CodeBase in collaboration with DigiTay and the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) Traveltech Innovation Hub.

Running a tourism or hospitality venue means spin-up time for new tech is hard to find. DigiTay Connected is designed to help non-tech SMEs implement practical, low-friction digital tools that streamline operations, save time, and boost visitor experiences.

What participants get:

£1,000–£2,000 in direct grant funding to trial and implement tech tools.

1-to-1 expert mentoring tailored to your business needs.

Peer networking with fellow regional operators.

Whether you’re looking to cut down admin or upgrade your guest booking journey, this programme gives you the funding and hands-on guidance to make it happen.

👉 Applications are now open for 2026. Learn more and apply today:

https://thisiscodebase.com/digitay-connected

07/10/2026

Leaving a secure corporate job to start a business is scary, but Vidai UK co-founder Nagu Gopalakrishnan says the "golden handcuffs" are a myth.

After years at tech giants like Amazon, Nagu took the leap alongside his wife and co-founder, Dr. Sivapriya Mothilal Bhagavathy, to build Vidai, an AI control room giving businesses complete governance over their AI traffic.

His advice for founders sitting on an idea?
"Nothing is permanent so if you have an idea, jump in."

Watch the full video and read the case study at the link in the bio.

“One of the biggest benefits of CodeBase support was helping us think about SPATTRO more rigorously as a business, rathe...
01/10/2026

“One of the biggest benefits of CodeBase support was helping us think about SPATTRO more rigorously as a business, rather than simply an innovative healthcare platform.”

After 30 years in surgery, Dr Hisham Shalaby set out to transform how specialist consultations work. While he understood the clinical problem inside out, turning a big healthcare vision into a focused, scalable tech startup required a completely different toolkit.

Through Techscaler, delivered by CodeBase, Dr. Hisham received the commercial mentorship and informed challenge needed to test assumptions, sharpen SPATTRO's market positioning and turn a broad healthcare vision into a repeatable sales strategy.

We’re proud to have supported their journey and can’t wait to see where they go next!

Olga Maksimova went looking for a founder community on her very first day in Edinburgh.That search led the Lappa founder...
29/09/2026

Olga Maksimova went looking for a founder community on her very first day in Edinburgh.

That search led the Lappa founder to Techscaler, and from there to San Francisco and Singapore. Along the way, she picked up lessons any founder eyeing new markets can put to work:

➡️ Meet customers in person before spending anything on promotion

➡️ In APAC, small businesses expect local support before they'll treat you as a partner

➡️ Travelling with a cohort reveals mistakes you can't see in your own business

Today Lappa serves more than 3,000 clients across 48 countries. Read Olga's full story: https://thisiscodebase.com/case-study/ready-when-the-market-was

Today we had the pleasure of hosting an executive delegation from Beijing Electronics Holding Co., Ltd. (BEHC), for a st...
24/09/2026

Today we had the pleasure of hosting an executive delegation from Beijing Electronics Holding Co., Ltd. (BEHC), for a strategic knowledge exchange at CodeBase. BEHC is a global leader in semiconductors, display technology, and industrial tech.

The session focused on contrasting innovation models: exploring how BEHC’s top-down, corporate-driven industrial model can connect with CodeBase's bottom-up, community-led ecosystem.

We were lucky enough to be joined by some incredible businesses supported by CodeBase who presented their ventures to the delegation:

- Dr Shivoh Chirayil Nandakumar, Founder & CEO at RideScan
- Martin MacDonald, Co-founder & COO at weeteq
- Grant Gwyther, Commercial & Partnerships Lead at Touchlab

As we continue to discover synergies between Scotland's startup agility and BEHC’s global industrial scale, we’re excited to explore how community-led networks can drive corporate innovation.

A huge thank you to the BEHC delegation for visiting us during their time in Edinburgh!

Vulnerable adults can deteriorate silently for weeks between care appointments and often no one notices until it's too l...
22/09/2026

Vulnerable adults can deteriorate silently for weeks between care appointments and often no one notices until it's too late.

MovementGuard is Dr. Nazia Gillani’s solution to that problem, an analytics platform that tracks any changes in routine and recovery without the need for cameras or wearables.

With expert mentorship from CodeBase to refine her pricing and customer messaging, alongside pilot funding from Venture Builder Incubator, Dr. Nazia successfully moved MovementGuard from a research concept to real world testing.

Having recently been awarded a Bronze award from Intel in a global design contest, MovementGuard is now looking to convert the success of their pilot into a paid beta platform.

Stay tuned to see where they go next 👀

Lexidesk.ai founder Ivan Tryskyba chose where to grow by following the demand that reached the company first, and that d...
21/09/2026

Lexidesk.ai founder Ivan Tryskyba chose where to grow by following the demand that reached the company first, and that demand came from US law firms.

To meet those customers in person, Lexidesk joined Techscaler's June 2026 New York cohort, with CRO Nikita Bezotosnyi on the ground and Ivan planning alongside him from Scotland.

With support from the Techscaler and CodeBase team, the trip moved a pilot forward and produced more than 20 valuable connections, alongside multiple follow-ups lined up.

Key lessons from Ivan for founders expanding beyond their home market:
➡️ Test different markets before pivoting, since one product can suit some markets far better than others.
➡️ Treat every demo call as though it cost £1,000, and analyse it before the next one.
➡️ Meet customers in person where you can, because helping existing customers succeed leads to referrals, which convert best.

Read the full Lexidesk case study: https://thisiscodebase.com/case-study/following-the-pull

What does an untapped market look like before anyone else believes in it?For Marc Williamson, it looked like his own bac...
17/09/2026

What does an untapped market look like before anyone else believes in it?

For Marc Williamson, it looked like his own back catalogue. After 20 years building and selling games studios, he went looking for titles he had made and found they were no longer available to play. Umbra Dynamics grew from that discovery, and from a conviction that the audiences for those games never went away.

The fit is showing. Collector's editions of well-known titles have brought fans out to thank the team, and publishers are taking an interest in what the studio does next.

Strategic lessons from Marc's journey:

➡️ Validate demand where the audience already gathers. Marc tracks retro communities, and they have overturned his assumptions about fan favourites more than once.
➡️ Keep learning, however experienced you are. Having run and sold businesses, he still arrived at Techscaler, delivered by CodeBase, with a student's mindset.
➡️ Put funding into what builds the product. Around 90% of his Scottish Edge award is going on people.

Gamescom 2026 showed how fast sentiment can turn. A year earlier, publishers were holding back, and this August they told Marc they had space on their slates. He reads it as an industry that cut back too far and is ready to grow again. His way of making the most of a week like that is to fill the calendar with up to 40 meetings, because a conversation that looks minor can open the biggest door.

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