Maximum investment - £375,000 per project
Minimum investment - £10,000 per project
Minimum co-investment required – 100%

The Digital Media IP Fund is jointly financed by Scottish Enterprise and the Creative Scotland Innovation Fund.

Investment from the Digital Media IP Fund aims to stimulate the development and production of innovative, non-broadcast interactive content that encourages co-investment from the private sector and is capable of generating revenue for Scottish based companies.

Funding is available for original digital interactive media content and the technological development of associated delivery platforms, including, and without limitation, the following:

• computer-aided social networks
• peer-to-peer technologies
  
• mobile media
  
• collaborative knowledge networks
  
• user-generated content
  
• global online content
  
• imagined/alternative life networks
  
• interactive learning and interactive leisure

The fund will not invest in the following:

• development or production of feature films or conventionally broadcast television programmes
• projects where the sole outcome is the technological development of a content delivery platform
• online, mobile, viral marketing campaigns for companies, organisations or products where the marketing of the company or the product is the sole outcome

Applicants must be able to provide evidence of interest in their project from a third party investor from the private sector.  

Please note the application process for the Digital Media IP Fund varies from our normal process. For further information on the criteria and application process, please download the following documents:

Investment Guidelines

Initial enquiries should be sent to dmip@scottishscreen.com and should state: Digital Media IP Fund in the subject line. Please read the Investment Guidelines in full before making your enquiry.

Scottish Enterprise also provides investment opportunities through the Scottish Seed Fund, the Scottish Co-investment Fund and the Scottish Venture Fund. Full details of these funds can be found at www.scottish-enterprise.com.