Bill Dobbie

Cloudsoft provides expert-led software and services that focus on empowering businesses to achieve their digital ambitions faster by taming IT complexity Cloudsoft AMP - Powerful automation software to orchestrate and govern services across complex hybrid IT environments Cloudsoft Tempo - Expert professional and managed services around cloud migration, modernisation and cost optimisation We’re based in Edinburgh, UK but we work with clients across the UK and internationally.

Edinburgh Alternative Finance is the parent company of a new peer-to-peer lending platform that will initially focus on providing loans to smaller companies. We aim to become a leading player in the exciting alternative finance industry, connecting investors looking for attractive rates of interest with businesses seeking loans. The secure online platform will enable individuals and other sources of funding, including private and public organisations, to select businesses that meet their requirements, based on factors such as risk profile, industry and geographic location. The platform will launch in August 2014 and we intend to develop into a multi-asset class offering during 2015. The company is well funded and is backed by its two founders; Bill Dobbie and Stuart Lunn. Bill is an experienced entrepreneur, specialising in internet, telecoms and technology businesses. He has led a number of businesses, including Iomart PLC (IOM), DVDs365.com (subsequently sold to Lovefilm) and Cupid PLC, an AIM-listed online dating company. Bill is also an investor in number of Internet businesses, including Maxymiser Ltd, a provider of online marketing software and services. Stuart was previously an equity analyst, and worked for firms in the City of London, including Collins Stewart and Cenkos. Stuart has acted for a broad range of companies, including in the Internet, software and telecoms sectors and was involved in a number of fundraisings on the AIM market. Stuart is a non-executive director of Gentlemen’s Tonic, a Mayfair-based men’s grooming specialist and acts as a consultant to a niche technology company that supplies leading chip manufacturers. The company has built a team with the best cross-industry talent available, including senior development capabilities, a credit underwriting team with a combined 120 years of experience and a marketing function that has significant experience in the financial services industry.

Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms and seeks to acquire scale through its buy and build strategy. Digitalbox operates three trading brands, "Entertainment Daily", "The Daily Mash" and "The Tab". Entertainment Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV, showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fueled by students. Digitalbox generates revenue from the sale of advertising, in and around the content it publishes. The Group's optimisation for mobile enables it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for publishers on mobile.

Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms and seeks to acquire scale through its buy and build strategy. Digitalbox operates three trading brands, "Entertainment Daily", "The Daily Mash" and "The Tab". Entertainment Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV, showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fueled by students. Digitalbox generates revenue from the sale of advertising, in and around the content it publishes. The Group's optimisation for mobile enables it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for publishers on mobile.

A group of companies and complementary investments in the luxury consumer goods, eCommerce and tech sectors.

Cloudsoft provides expert-led software and services that focus on empowering businesses to achieve their digital ambitions faster by taming IT complexity Cloudsoft AMP - Powerful automation software to orchestrate and govern services across complex hybrid IT environments Cloudsoft Tempo - Expert professional and managed services around cloud migration, modernisation and cost optimisation We’re based in Edinburgh, UK but we work with clients across the UK and internationally.

R&B Distillers are headquartered in Edinburgh. In September 2017, we opened our first distillery on the Isle of Raasay in the Inner Hebrides. The company was co-founded in 2014 by Scottish entrepreneurs Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day, with the ambition of becoming Scotland’s leading artisanal distiller. As one of the few Scottish-owned Scotch whisky companies, run by a team of innovators, we have the independence and imagination to create exciting new Scotch whisky styles and provenance. Our current portfolio includes: Isle of Raasay Hebridean Single Malt Scotch Whisky Isle of Raasay Hebridean Gin The Tweeddale – super premium historic blend established in Coldstream in 1820.