A total of 24 businesses with high-growth potential have received £1.4m after winning in the Scottish EDGE round 21 awards.
Among the winners were Glasgow-based Infix Support, which won £100,000 towards its clinician-led, cloud-based scheduling platform that improves NHS theatre efficiency.
Clearwell Technology, a business based in Aboyne which develops exothermic milling systems, also walked away with a prize worth £100,000.