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Sixteen startups announced for Tech-Xpo 2023 

By SETsquared-Bristol / 7th June 2023

Sixteen SETsquared Bristol startups have been selected to promote their innovative technologies to an audience of influential investors and business leaders at our flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase, Tech-Xpo, on 28 June.   Eleven of the 16 companies are shortlisted to compete on the night for Best Elevator Pitch. They are: Drift Energy, Gritty Talent,…

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Four key reasons to grow your business at SETsquared Bristol 

By SETsquared-Bristol / 7th June 2023

Jack Jordan-Connelly, Business Incubation Manager for SETsquared Bristol, reflects on why technology startups and scaleups should invest in business incubation support, and the benefits of growing a business at SETsquared Bristol.  Within the SETsquared Bristol cohort, we have a broad mix of experience across our founders and executive teams. What unites them all, from first time…

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Siloton: Photonics technology to prevent sight loss

By SETsquared-Bristol / 6th June 2023

Following our member company Siloton’s £470k raise, which will further fund its diagnostic imaging technology to prevent sight loss, we had a chat with Co-founder and CEO, Alasdair Price, to hear his story… Siloton key facts Start date: 1 April 2020 Market sector: Healthtech Location: Bristol Company growth status: Seed Stage In your own words, what does Siloton do? Siloton…

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Kailash Manohara Selvan, Founder of Spatial Cortex, pitching at Silicon Gorge investment showcase. Credit to photographer Jon Craig

Silicon Gorge shines a light on SETsquared Bristol companies

By SETsquared-Bristol / 31st May 2023

Thirteen pioneering tech and digital startups from the South West and Wales pitched to investors for between £150,000 and £2m at the Silicon Gorge final this May, including five SETsquared Bristol companies. Silicon Gorge is a major investment event in the South West, with companies curated after a three-stage selection process by experienced network and…

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Rosa Biotech secures £415,000 to accelerate early disease screening

By SETsquared-Bristol / 24th May 2023

Bio-sensing pioneer Rosa Biotech has secured £415,000 from angel investors and announced plans to accelerate development of its bio-sensing technology, designed to enable cost effective, early-stage screening of a range of life-threatening diseases. The University of Bristol healthtech spinout joined SETsquared Bristol in February 2023. It is initially targeting the early identification of non-alcoholic fatty…

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Zeke Steer, Founder of Milbotix with Smart Sensor Sock. Photo credit to St Monica Trust

Milbotix: Transforming dementia care with SmartSocks™

By SETsquared-Bristol / 4th May 2023

Following our company Milbotix’s recent investment from Alzheimer’s Society and £1.15m in non-dilutive funding awards, we had a chat with CEO, Dr Zeke Steer, to hear his story… Milbotix key facts Start date: 24 February 2020 Market sector: Healthtech/wearables/IoT Location: Bristol and Oxford Number of employees: 8 Company growth status: Startup Milbotix is partnered with the UK Dementia Research Institute and University…

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The winning wellbeing factor: Psychological safety for competitive edge

By SETsquared-Bristol / 24th April 2023

This month we feature a guest blog from award-winning business and wellbeing coach, Amy Armstrong, The Executive Alchemist, who has worked with SETsquared Bristol tech founders and their teams since 2016. Competitive advantage is something we’re constantly seeking for our teams. Workplace wellbeing isn’t necessarily where we look for it. Yet, we all know that…

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Welcome to our new Advisers in Residence

By SETsquared-Bristol / 20th April 2023

We are pleased to welcome QantX, Purplefish and Rocketmakers as our three new Advisers in Residence for investment, marketing and product development. Our specialist Advisers in Residence are a key aspect of our incubation membership, providing pro-bono services to our members, from funding, product development and marketing to finance, legal and IP. South West venture capital firm QantX…

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Practical sales processes for startups

By SETsquared-Bristol / 28th March 2023

Our Entrepreneur in Residence, Rick Chapman, leads an annual Practical Sales Processes workshop for tech startups in the SETsquared Bristol community.   Rick is a serial entrepreneur, Non-Executive Chair of two startups, and Founder of EDI Partners. Through his experience, he has developed a tried and tested process for non-salespeople to achieve results. Here we share…

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Ali Kazmi, Founder of Ethical Equitym, smiling in a suit at Bristol's harbour

Ethical Equity: A funding revolution for fair access to capital

By SETsquared-Bristol / 27th March 2023

We had a chat with Ethical Equity and AI Simulator Founder, Ali Kazmi, to hear his story… Ethical Equity key facts Start date: 13 Aug 2019 Market sector: Fintech Location: Bristol Number of employees:  5 core members Company growth status: Growth In your own words what does Ethical Equity do? Ethical Equity’s raison d’être is to improve…

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