Myles will be leading Funding for Animation 01 – Thinking Outside the Box

Get out the lowdown on some lesser know but fantastic alternative funding sources and opportunities from UKRI and the Edge competition. Hear from 2024 Edge Wildcard winner Bonnie and Braw Cartuns about the process and why the award will make a huge different to his plans for 2025.

Thursday 20th February 14:00 – 15:00

Myles is a Relationship Manager at Scottish EDGE, where he looks after a number of award-winning startups. Prior to working for Scotland’s biggest startup funding competition, Myles grew the commercial function at a number of early-stage Startups. He was the first full-time employee at edtech startup Robotical, where he played a key role in securing seed investment alongside the Founder of the business. He took the business into international markets and established relationships with distributors and resellers around the world. Subsequently, Myles worked at blockchain technology business SICCAR as Partner Sales Manager and was Commercial Lead at Deep Tech Robotics company Touchlab Ltd. Myles understands the challenges of ensuring product/service alignment and customer focus within businesses ranging from robotics to food and drink and consumer products to cleantech.