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Kimberley Brook, Interim Director at SETsquared Bristol

Introducing Kimberley Brook, Interim Director at SETsquared Bristol

By SETsquared-Bristol / 6th January 2023

We’re delighted to welcome Kimberley Brook as our new interim Director at SETsquared Bristol. As Director, Kim will focus on the strategic growth of our incubation and pre-incubation programmes, alongside the development of corporate partnerships and investor relations.  Kim takes the helm from Marty Reid who has taken up the role of Interim Executive Director…

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Actuation Lab secure financial backing from hardware and climatetech investors

By SETsquared-Bristol / 20th December 2022

Developer of industrial hardware, Actuation Lab, has secured financial backing from hardtech and climatetech investors to develop hardware that will prevent catastrophic gas leakage and allow the safe and sustainable use of hydrogen as an energy source. Actuation Lab was founded by three postdoctoral researchers from the University of Bristol in 2019. It joined SETsquared…

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Kim and Optect at Invest 2022

Bristol startups shine at SETsquared@20 Investment Showcase and Impact Awards

By SETsquared-Bristol / 5th December 2022

SETsquared celebrated its 20th anniversary in style with a bumper edition of its annual Investment Showcase and an awards celebration night, which recognised member companies which have had a significant social, environmental, or economic impact. Over 200 investors and funders came together at Church House, Westminster, to see the latest crop of SETsquared-backed startups, spin-outs…

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Annie Leighton, Siemens with Kim Brook and Musty Rampuri

SETsquared Bristol partners with Siemens & OnePLM for startup support

By SETsquared-Bristol / 2nd December 2022

We’re delighted to welcome Siemens and OnePLM as our exclusive design software partners to support startups to bring their hardware product to market quicker. The partnership will support startups who are building and manufacturing a physical device or product to access free of charge or heavily discounted CAD, CAM and CAE software through Siemens Solid…

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Anna-Lisa Wesley at SETsquared Bristol

Anna-Lisa Wesley: Down with the elevator pitch, up with good chat

By SETsquared-Bristol / 2nd December 2022

Anna-Lisa Wesley, Entrepreneur in Residence at SETsquared Bristol, shares her six-step guide to get through informal pitch situations with your reputation intact and maybe even a few hot leads. For as long as I’ve been in business we‘ve been talking about refining the elevator pitch. That idea that an entrepreneur might serendipitously find themselves in…

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Emm develops world’s first biowearable for female health

By SETsquared-Bristol / 28th November 2022

Emm, a Bristol-based biotech startup, has developed a first-of-its-kind biowearable with the potential to revolutionise female health. Having closed its pre-seed funding of over $1million, it is now in Beta testing, readying for full production and launch in 2023. Founded in 2020, the company joined SETsquared Bristol in May 2021 and is working in partnership…

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Tom Riglar pitching at Silicon Gorge 2022

SETsquared Bristol companies pitch at Silicon Gorge final 

By SETsquared-Bristol / 24th November 2022

Twelve innovative tech and digital startups from the South West and Wales pitched to investors at the Silicon Gorge final this month, including three SETsquared Bristol companies.  Silicon Gorge is a major investment event in the South West, with startups selected through a three-stage selection process by experienced network and investor judges, as part of…

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Voltric founders with electric vehicles

Electric vehicle startup Voltric launches next seed raise

By SETsquared-Bristol / 22nd November 2022

Electric vehicle subscription business Voltric has announced its next seed fundraiser following an initial investment round this year. The fast-growth startup which is seeking to increase electric vehicle driving through hassle-free, cost-effective tech-enabled solutions, has also opened offices in Newport. Chief Executive Julian Mensah and COO Brent Oldfield founded Voltric in Bristol in 2019, and…

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Ferryx: Innovative biotech solutions to common gut problems

By SETsquared-Bristol / 2nd November 2022

We had a chat with Dr Jenny Bailey, Co-founder and CEO of Ferryx, to hear her story. The University of Bristol spin-out has recently raised £300k seed capital and been awarded an Innovate Fast Start grant for further development of its innovative solution to common gut problems. Ferryx key facts: Start date:  September 2019 Market sector: Healthtech…

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Paul, Anna-Lisa and Lara Lalemi at Enterprising Women 2.0 Showcase

Diverse founders are worth investing in – Paul Forster

By SETsquared-Bristol / 28th October 2022

It’s a fitting time for an update on SETsquared Bristol’s equality, diversity and inclusion work as October is Black History Month, plus Ada Lovelace Day, Dyslexia Awareness Week and Diwali all fall within this month. Yet it’s been only a year since my last update, and year can be a short time in the world…

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