Software-based, full-fibre internet service provider (ISP) Brillband — which launched in Glasgow and Renfrewshire last November, and has since established customer bases in cities such as Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen — gained the batch of funding, which includes backing from international angel investors.

The cash injection will be used to further develop its technology, expand its software development team, as well as growing its marketing and customer experience divisions, with the ISP primed to expand across the UK in early 2024 with sights then set on Europe the following year.

Brillband – whose model revolves around a single rate for the fastest speed for the duration of a customer’s contract with no mid-contract price hikes – is available exclusively on the expanding Cityfibre network, and is cited as one of the network’s fastest growing ISPs in Scotland.

On the investment, Duncan Di Biase, the CEO and founder of Brillband, said: “This investment opens the door to our next phase of growth across Scotland, with expansion across the UK next and then into Europe by 2025.

“Our investors believe in the brand we have built, our purpose, the people behind it, and the potential for Brillband. No other provider has the growth and scale potential we offer and the faith our investors have shown in us demonstrates that.

“2023 will be a huge year for Brillband, and we have major announcements on the horizon. However, our purpose – to provide the best possible broadband connection with outstanding customer service – will remain regardless of how big Brillband gets. That is what will always set us apart.”

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Emma Loedel, Glasgow director of global entrepreneur network Startup Grind, commented: “Scotland’s tech scene is buzzing at the moment and entrepreneurs such as Duncan (Di Biase) are the reason for it. It’s a community rich in ideas and the determination to deliver them, and that’s what’s so attractive to investors.

“Brillband’s fresh perspective on how broadband can be delivered – backed up by technology – offers its customers a genuine alternative to the accepted norm and that builds interest.

“Investors are putting their hands in their pockets because they see the scalability potential for Brillband’s model beyond their borders, and that’s a really exciting prospect for the company, and what could become another Scottish tech success story.”

DIGIT last reported on Brillband in July 2022, when the ISP made two key appointments in entrepreneur and fundraising specialist Helena Murphy, and marketing expert Euan Plater, ahead of its November launch.