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Podcast: The Purse Podcast
Episode: #152: Building Scotland's innovation economy and female-focused initiatives with Derek Shaw and Alison Loveday
Description: Derek Shaw is Director of Entrepreneurship and Investment, where he leads the teams supporting Scotland's spinouts, startups, and scaling companies with wrap-around support and commercial investment. Under his leadership, Scottish Enterprise co-invests more than £50 million annually, making it Scotland’s most active early-stage investor, and the UK’s fourth largest by volume.The portfolio includes around 330 high growth companies, valued at approximately half a billion pounds.Alison Loveday is part of the extended management team and leads the National High Growth Entrepreneurship team. She focuses on ecosystem development, partnerships, and leadership programs for founders — including Pathway...