Partners & Sponsors
The Digital TRUST Centre of Excellence is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at positioning Scotland as a global leader in Digital Trust and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). Anchored at Edinburgh Napier University, it is supported by the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow, FinTech Scotland, and Scottish Enterprise.
TRUST relies on commercial partners to drive innovation challenges and run ecosystem events. If you would like to find out more about becoming a TRUST partner please get in touch.
More about our partners and sponsors
Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s national economic development agency, helping ambitious businesses to innovate and scale, and creating a more productive, resilient and competitive economy for Scotland. Using its global reach, insights experience, it attracts inward investment and enables Scottish companies to export and enter new markets.
FinTech Scotland is a strategic cluster management organisation driving financial inclusion through fintech innovation and collaborations. Established in 2018, they support a vibrant cluster of fintech innovators, established financial firms, academics, government organisations, citizen groups and regulators.
More than 250 fintech firms within this cluster are developing innovative solutions in WealthTech, InsureTech, RegTech and much more, using new technologies such as AI, blockchain and open finance to drive better outcomes for citizen, societies and the environment.
The Blockchain Technology Lab from the University of Edinburgh will be bringing key expertise to TRUST.
The University of Edinburgh has influenced the world for more than 400 years, and is one of the country’s top-rated research universities. They have a long history of delivering research firsts, including research that led to the discovery of chloroform anaesthesia, the Higgs boson particle and in vitro fertilisation. The University’s Edinburgh Futures Institute is tackling significant and complex challenges. Regional centres engage with students, academics, and alumni across the globe.
The University of Glasgow is committed to tackling the most pressing global challenges facing humanity and the natural world. It has always been at the forefront of innovation, with graduates including eight Nobel Laureates, two UK Prime Ministers, and three First Ministers of Scotland. As a globally connected university, it works in partnership with others across the world to advance global solutions to real world problems.
Edinburgh Napier’s Blockpass ID Lab is the world’s first research lab which focuses on digital identity and citizen-focused design of digital system. Over the past few years it has developed core research skills around areas of advanced cryptography.
Edinburgh Napier is the top Scottish modern university for research power and impact. It has extensive industry connections and partnerships, and more than 500 start-ups have been supported by its in-house business incubator.