Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 31 Animation companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Animation Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Dimensional Imaging
Dimensional Imaging designs and develops human body 3D and 4D surface image capture and analysis solutions.
Founder(s): Colin Urquhart, Douglas Green
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Printing, Animation, Computer, Innovation Management, Life Science, Software
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MadeBrave
MadeBrave – a Global Strategic Brand Agency – Strategy | Brand | Content | Tech
Founder(s): Andrew Dobbie
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Animation, Brand Marketing, Consulting, Content Creators, Content Marketing, Creative Agency, Film Production, UX Design, Web Development
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Axis Studios
Axis Studios is an animation and VFX studio.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Film Production
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Moovii Ltd
Video Strategy, production and distribution. Building successful video campaigns with clients.
Founder(s): James Williamson
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Brand Marketing, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Motion Capture, Video, Video Advertising, Video Editing
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Gizmo
Gizmo provides product design, rendering and animation for global brands.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Product Design, Software
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Speakeasy Productions
Speakeasy Productions makes inspiring corporate films that transform the way people think, work and live their lives.
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Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Events, Film Production
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Hands Up
Hands Up create websites, animations, and films for social platforms.
Founder(s): Ben Clowney
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Information Technology, Social
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Digimania
Digimania is a software company.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Software, Software Engineering
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MAX
MAX specializes in branding, design, exhibitions, animation, motion graphics and 3D printing.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Animation, Brand Marketing
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Scottish SPCA
Scottish SPCA ,We rescue animals in danger, find pets new homes, investigate abuse and prevent cruelty through our free Prevention.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Education, Health Care, Non Profit
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Wireframe Immersive
Wireframe Immersive is a digital communication agency that provides 3D Architectural Visualisation services to marketing agencies for sale.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Animation, Architecture
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Mercury 92
Mercury 92 Ltd is a media company that specializes in corporate design & communications through graphic designs & web solutions.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment
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Dangerous Studio
Dangerous Studio provides Video Production with strategy
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Film Production, Video
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Sketch My Picture
Sketch My Picture is an animation studio that specialize in animated whiteboard images, images from VideoScribe & animated video explainer.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Video
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Web 3D Studio
Web 3D Studio provides 3D modeling, animation, and real-time 3D services across multiple platforms.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Animation, Graphic Design, Information Technology, Software
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Studio Something
Studio Something provides marketing and advertising services.
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Location: Leith, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Digital Marketing, Film Production, Product Design, Social Media Marketing
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Heehaw Digital
Heehaw Digital is a production company that develops its clients’ stories through video and animation.
Founder(s): Mally Graveson
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Film Production, Video Editing
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Flickerpix Animations
Flickerpix is an animation studio based in Holywood with one L, just outside Belfast, in breezy Northern Ireland.
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Location: Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Animation, Graphic Design
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Sundstedt Animation
Handcrafted animated film and video production
Founder(s): Anders Sundstedt
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Animation, Content Creators, Creative Agency, Video
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Heedi Design
Heedi Design is a Design agency undertaking all forms of graphic design and illustration, for print, online and motion graphics.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, E-Commerce, Graphic Design
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The Marketing Cafe
The Marketing Cafe is a video production company that provides services like corporate video production, B2B video, event videos, animation.
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Location: Ayr, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Video, Virtual Reality
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Blobina Animations
Blobina Animations is a privately held company that offers full service from development through to delivery.
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Location: Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation
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Muckle Hen
Muckle Hen Ltd. is a film & animation company with a team that makes cinematic films and animation that engage with a target market.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Commercial, Film
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Steadyhand Productions
Steadyhand Productions is a Video Production Company for commissioned content.
Founder(s): Josh McGeechan
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Film Production, Video, Video Editing, Video Streaming
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BOB MARSHALL
BOB MARSHALL is a multimedia agency delivering design, context & visual representation.
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Location: Tranent, East Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Computer, Media and Entertainment
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Production Attic
Production Attic is a video production company specialising in visual communications, video & photography content strategy development.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Photography, Video
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O Street
O Street is a designer-led studio balancing processes and plays to get things right for their customers.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Packaging Services, Web Design
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Dunedin Arts
Dunedin Arts delivers bespoke 3D projects to clients all over the world.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: 3D Technology, Animation
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Ken Bear
Ken Bear is an architectural visualizing firm.
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Location: Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation, Architecture, Professional Services
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Oncor Video
Oncor Video provides video production, 3D animation and online marketing services.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Animation, Marketing, Video
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Once Were Farmers
Once Were Farmers is a production company and animation studio, creating characters, stories, graphics and visual effects.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Animation
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