SETsquared-Bristol

SETsquared Bristol shortlisted in Business Services category at Bristol Life Awards

By SETsquared-Bristol / 21st February 2019

Our team are thrilled to announce that SETsquared Bristol has been shortlisted for a 2019 Bristol Life Award in the Business Services category. The Bristol Life Awards celebrate the very best of Bristol’s businesses, with an impressive range of local companies involved, from charities to corporates. SETsquared Alumnus, One Big Circle, have also been nominated in…

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Mogul Magazine Digital Business Surgery: How to stay focused and motivated to succeed

By SETsquared-Bristol / 21st February 2019

SETsquared Bristol is proud to partner with Mogul Magazine, Bristol’s first Black led digital magazine. Members of our team share monthly business advice and digital business surgeries for Mogul’s readers in each publication. Submit your business question to info@mogulmagazine.co.uk, where it could be published and answered by one of our business experts. Together we’ll ensure that…

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Greville Commins, previous Entrepreneur in Residence: SETsquared Interviews – what the best prepared companies show us

By SETsquared-Bristol / 20th February 2019

When high growth technology start-up companies apply to SETsquared Bristol, the confidential online application is reviewed by the team and qualifying companies are invited in for interview. A lot of people ask us why do we do interviews and what are we looking for. Why do we do face to face interviews? To get to…

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Xavier Analytics Awarded Innovate UK R&D Grant for AI in Accounting

By SETsquared-Bristol / 18th February 2019

SETsquared Bristol member, Xavier Analytics, has been approved Innovate UK funding for a £380k feasibility project looking further into AI for accounting. Xavier’s team have an ambitious goal to expand the Xavier suite of applications, which already use Machine Learning to improve financial data quality and provide data-driven insights for accountancy firms and their clients…

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Case Study – TravelLocal: Revolutionising our holiday experience

By SETsquared-Bristol / 15th February 2019

To help our aspiring entrepreneurs and future SETsquared Bristol members, we are showcasing a number of case studies demonstrating the breadth of tech and depth of success in SETsquared Bristol and what it takes to achieve. We had a chat with TravelLocal Co-Founder Huw Owen… TravelLocal Key Facts Start date: September 2016 Market sector: Travel and Tourism Location: Bristol Number of employees: 27…

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SETsquared Bristol member Forth secures investment from first institutional investor

By SETsquared-Bristol / 8th February 2019

SETsquared Bristol members Forth have secured new investment from their first institutional investor for their innovative biometric tracking service. which helps people to navigate their way to better health using simply at-home finger-prick blood tests.   The new investment came from The Development Bank of Wales, together with a group of angels from Angels Invest…

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Monika Radclyffe, Centre Director: SETsquared myth busting

By SETsquared-Bristol / 29th January 2019

Monika Radclyffe, Centre Director of SETsquared Bristol, expels some common misunderstandings about who can join the business support programme. The incubator doesn’t have space for startups – MYTH Business support is delivered through our bespoke acceleration programme, and the majority of our members join us on a virtual basis. However, we do have the whole…

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SETsquared Bristol celebrates diversity and new investments in 2018

By SETsquared-Bristol / 29th January 2019

SETsquared Bristol members collectively raised over £82.1m in 2018 The global incubator champions diversity, and now hosts 23% female founders – a 150% increase in three years 14% of SETsquared founders are from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) backgrounds SETsquared members now span 23 industries from biotech to financial services   SETsquared Bristol has…

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Case Study – Zeetta Networks: Connective Issues

By SETsquared-Bristol / 18th January 2019

To help our aspiring entrepreneurs and future SETsquared Bristol members, we are showcasing a number of case studies demonstrating the breadth of tech and depth of success in SETsquared Bristol and what it takes to achieve. SETsquared alumnus, Zeetta Networks, create software to help networks to scale fast. Following ground-breaking research and development from the…

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Goldman Sachs leads $8m investment in Immersive Labs cyber security skills platform

By SETsquared-Bristol / 17th January 2019

SETsquared member Immersive Labs have announced that Goldman Sachs has led an $8m Series A investment round in its fast-growing cyber security skills platform. The funding, made alongside smaller private investors, will grow an offering which arms enterprise IT and cyber security teams with the latest skills by combining threat data with gamified learning.  …

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