Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC)
stac.ac Direct investor
STAC is an industry-led accelerator and venture builder in Glasgow running an 18-month programme for smart and deep tech startups. Through its STAC Invest syndicate and fund it provides pre-seed capital to companies from its STAC Scale programme.
Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) is an accelerator headquartered in Glasgow, United Kingdom. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in deep tech, smart tech, healthtech and robotics. Its stated cheque size is circa £250K each. 116 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“First in capital via our syndicate, fund, and investment partners, we provide pre-seed funding to startups from the STAC Scale accelerator programme.”
— Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC), own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Headquarters
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- Scotland, UK, Europe
- Sectors
- deep tech, smart tech, healthtech, robotics, quantum computing, advanced materials
- Cheque size
- circa £250K each
- Portfolio
- 116 companies
Team, as Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) publishes it
- Paul Wilson Founder, CEO & Fund Managing Partner
- Angus MacFadyen Founder, Chief of Investment & Fund Partner
- Katie Woods Operations Director
- Dennis Kerr CFO & Fund Partner
- Dr. Rhonda Wheate Programme Director
- Elena Bassiachvili Technology Director & Mentor
- Ian Reading B2B Sales & BD Mentor
- Stewart White Med Tech Sales & BD Mentor
- Robin Knox B2C Sales & BD Mentor
- Gregor Aikman Product Design Mentor
- Callum Sinclair Legal & Governance Mentor
- Jim Rowan Chair of Board & Fund Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on stac.ac. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.stac.ac/name, portfolio_count
- https://www.stac.ac/invest/is_investor, layer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, thesis_quote, description, status
- https://www.stac.ac/stac-who-we-are/type, hq_country, hq_city, people
- https://www.stac.ac/female-led-healthcare-businesses-secure-first-investments-from-stac-invest/sectors
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