While Scotland is home to a great many growing businesses, only a handful got funding boosts or made acquisitions that were deemed worthy of a Deals and Dealmakers award this year.
So Insider spoke to some of the companies that came out on top in order to find out what changes they've made recently which have driven rapid growth and how they pulled off such impressive corporate finance strategies.
Our overall Deal of the Year winner, and also recipient of Sale of the Year, was Current Health, for its £300m acquisition by Best Buy, which was the second largest healthtech exit in Europe last year.
