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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…
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. …
SETsquared Bristol member, LettUs Grow, has secured £1 million in funding to build world-leading indoor growing facilities and feed the growing global population with its advanced aeroponic technology for indoor farms. The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, awarded the grant of £399,650 to lead a £700,000 project – which will help the agri-tech company…
On Thursday 13th December, Bristol’s tech scene gathered for the final SETsquared Bristol Connect of the year. The December networking event was bigger than usual with the festivities bringing additional sparkle. Sponsored by Hazlewoods, over 120 people gathered to foster peer-to-peer relationships and potential collaborations. Festive Connect featured lightening pitches from four of new…
SETsquared Bristol member, KETS Quantum Security, has joined the growing list of ventures that have achieved successful investment rounds in 2018. Corporations and government initiatives have backed the quantum-secure communications start-up to the tune of £2 million. The funding round includes investments from early stage venture fund, Quantonation, Kx, and Innovate UK’s Industrial Strategy…
UK entrepreneurs behind high-growth potential technology companies, including Bristol-based Snap Tech Ltd, gathered in London on 5 December 2018, to pitch for a combined £18m to an audience of investors at SETsquared Partnership’s annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase. Running for the past 14 years, SETsquared’s Investment Showcase has become a huge success; attracting hundreds of investors,…
Ziylo was recently acquired in a deal worth up to $800m, giving rights of its glucose-binding molecules to Novo Nordisk Dr Harry Destecroix progressed through the SETsquared incubation programme with Ziylo, which he founded as a University of Bristol spin out in 2015 Bessemer Fellowship is awarded to the person who exhibits tenacity, drive, ambition,…
University of Bristol researchers, iCOMAT have been announced as winners of the New Enterprise Fund, and awarded with the top prize – a £10,000 backing fund to help develop their composite manufacturing design company. Competition sponsor, SETsquared Bristol, was delighted to award two funded places on its business incubation programme to runners up: Actuation Lab…
One of the best parts of running a tech business incubator is discovering and trying out new technology of today and tomorrow. We were pleased to collaborate with SETsquared Bristol members Sauce, to produce an audience generated smartphone film to capture one of our Connect networking events. Sauce have made a short film reflecting on…
Tuesday the 9th of October 2018 was Ada Lovelace Day, annually celebrated worldwide to honour the first person ever to write a line of code. Ada Lovelace was a 19th Century mathematician, best known for her work with Charles Babbage to develop the ‘Analytical Engine’ computer, and cited as publishing the first ever algorithm and…