Pathfinder - a programme made possible by a partnership between Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Skillfluence, and SRUC’s centre of excellence for research and knowledge exchange in the rural and veterinary sector (RAVIC) - offers support to start-ups, existing businesses and entrepreneurs in the Highlands and Islands, via a 6 month programme of coaching, group sessions and expert speakers. It helps to accelerate ideas for new products, services or start-up ventures.
Their next cohort starts in March 2022 and will have a theme of aquaculture and animal health - apply by 18 February 2022.
This is a unique opportunity for all businesses connected to animals or animal health to accelerate their ideas for new products, services or start-up ventures.
About Pathfinder
The focus of the programme is to deliver rapid, practical results for ambitious businesses with new ideas. Participants are taught
and coached by a team of leading experts from the worlds of innovation, product development, finance, and business strategy,
and animal health.
In addition, they will pitch to Angel investors and receive 1-2-1 coaching to rapidly de-risk and commercialise their ideas.
Fully funded places are available for companies based in the Highlands and Islands region. The programme is for existing businesses, social enterprises, entrepreneurs and start-ups who have ambitions to grow by developing new products services or business models. This includes businesses developing technologies to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you aim to improve health, welfare or production efficiency in animal agriculture or aquaculture, offer solutions around the concept of a circular economy, support the transition to net zero carbon agri-food systems or address public health and social inequalities then Pathfinder may be for you.
Find out more
Visit their website to find out more or to request an application form: www.hie.co.uk/pathfinder
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