News
SETsquared Bristol members and data quality startup, Xavier Analytics, has been acquired by digital accounting platform Receipt Bank, boosting the range of advisory tools offered to accountants and bookkeepers. Xavier automates complex checking of financial data with an easily understandable health score. It detects errors and anomalies in complex business data within accounting software, reducing the…
Read MoreWe are thrilled to be confirmed as a finalist of the Hottest Accelerator Award in The Europas, the premier awards for the hottest tech startups in Europe. SETsquared Bristol is competing against 5 other companies: ATI Boeing, Entrepreneur First, Founders Factory, Seraphim Space Camp and Startup Wise Guys for the title. The winner will be announced…
Read MoreBlackfinch Group announces the launch of the #ISOLATIONINTERN platform in partnership with investment industry firms and universities to enable specialist talent acquisition under COVID-19 Restrictions. The initiative aims to supercharge early stage companies and help keep this vital sector of the economy on track. Startups are facing difficult times due to COVID-19 whilst many university…
Read MoreTo help our aspiring entrepreneurs and future SETsquared Bristol members, we showcase a number of case studies demonstrating the breadth of tech at SETsquared Bristol and what it takes to achieve success. We had a chat with LettUs Grow Co-founder and Managing Director, Charlie Guy… LettUs Grow Key Facts Start date: 2015 Market sector: Agritech Location: Bristol Number of employees:…
Read MoreEleven startup companies from Bristol’s world-leading tech scene have been announced to pitch and demo their innovative products at SETsquared Bristol’s Tech-Xpo 2020. The companies competing for the Best Elevator Pitch are: AutonoMe, Barbal, Bristol Pound, Byrde, Elvie, GenomeKey, getUBetter, iletpro, KETS, Radii Devices and Zentraxa. Tech-Xpo will be hosted online for the first time in its sixteen-year history, enabling the…
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce our new and extended FD (Financial Director) in Residence service for SETsquared Bristol members, which is now available weekly instead of fortnightly. Our incumbent FD in Residence, Corrigan Accountants, led by Partner, Pete Edwards, are continuing to provide the service, but will be joined by Jonathan Gaunt, Founder and Managing Director of FD Works, helping us to providing a more frequent and broad…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol member, Industrial Phycology (I-Phyc), a company that has developed an eco-friendly water treatment system that can reduce pollution levels, has raised £550,000 to help roll it out to the water industry, and because of the take-up across the water industry, will soon be open to further investment. I-Phyc has secured a second round of…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol members, Forth, has launched its new COVID-19 antibody testing kit on to the UK market. It is the first to meet the MHRA guidelines and made available to the public. The finger prick test is laboratory analysed to check for the presence of COVID-19 IgG antibodies which develop after exposure to the virus.…
Read MoreKaedim, a student start-up which uses AI to create digital assets in a fraction of the time, is the winner of this year’s University of Bristol New Enterprise Competition, scooping £10,000 and a 12-month membership to tech incubator SETsquared Bristol. Kaedim was founded last year by Computer Science with Innovation Masters’ students, Konstantina Psoma and…
Read More