Organization · Grant Maker
Firstport
Firstport is Scotland's development agency focused on supporting start-up social enterprises. It provides services such as grant funding, business advice, and start-up support.
Overview
What Firstport does
What Firstport is
Firstport is Scotland's development agency focused on supporting start-up social enterprises. It provides services such as grant funding, business advice, and start-up support.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports grantor capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Grant Maker
- Structured capabilities
- Grantor
- Last reviewed
- April 10, 2026
Official channels
Find Firstport elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Firstport as a grantor
Grant thesis
Firstport is dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs in Scotland by providing resources, business advice, and funding to help them realize their social impact goals.
Focus narrative
Firstport specializes in supporting social enterprises through business advice, grant funding, and social investment. They offer tailored services including one-to-one start-up business advice, investment readiness support, and social investment products designed to help enterprises grow and achieve their social missions.
Value and support
Beyond funding, Firstport offers extensive business advice, investment readiness support, and networking opportunities to help social enterprises thrive and achieve their missions.
Grant economics
- Grant range
- $0–$50,000
- Typical grant
- $25,000
- Dilutive
- No
- Nonprofit only
- Yes
Availability
- Application state
- Accepting
- Application cycle
- rolling
Eligibility and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+
- Audience
- Founders
- Inclusion focus
- lgbtq
- Regions
- United Kingdom
Process and recipient context
Application process
Applications for Firstport's grants can be made through their website. They provide various programs tailored to different stages of social enterprise development, including Start It, Build It, and LaunchMe. Interested applicants are encouraged to reach out for guidance and support throughout the application process.
Recipient context
Notable past grantees include Braw Tea Café, which empowers disadvantaged women; Kaleidoscope Counselling CIC, providing accessible counselling for the LGBTQ+ community; Health by Science, offering rehabilitation programs; International Tartans, revitalizing textile heritage; and Work of Iron, a community forge providing blacksmithing education.
Common questions
What to know about Firstport
Upseed classifies Firstport under the Grant Maker organization type. Its current public profile includes grantor capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 10, 2026
Known limits
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