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

Diverse founders are worth investing in – Paul Forster

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...
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OKKO Health announce £2 million pre-seed round to bring sight monitoring app to European market

OKKO Health, a developer of eye health self-monitoring apps, has announced the close of a pre-seed round of £2 million to support the launch of its eye health monitoring app...
Enterprising Women 2.0 showcase - group photo

Enterprising Women reopens for third year providing free business support for women

We’re delighted to open applications for Enterprising Women 3.0, a supportive and inclusive business support programme to help women take their business or idea to the next stage.  Now in...
Healthtech panel event in the Junction at Engine Shed

Healthtech products – from innovation to implementation

There is a vibrant healthtech* cluster in the South West region, with over 90 healthtech startups alone in Bristol. This sector has huge potential for Bristol, but it also has...
Mel Rodrigues Gritty Talent - cropped landscape

Gritty Talent: Connecting underrepresented talent with the TV industry

Following our member Gritty Talent’s recent pre-seed funding success with Innovate UK and partnership with Channel 4, we had a chat with Founder and CEO, Mel Rodrigues, to hear her story…...
Enterprising Women 2.0 cohort at showcase

Minority ethnic tech founders supported by Breakthrough Bursary

We are thrilled to relaunch our Breakthrough Bursary for the fourth year, continuing SETsquared Bristol‘s commitment to tech inclusivity.   The bursary is for UK tech entrepreneurs from a minority ethnic...
Jenny Bailey CEO of Ferryx exhibiting at SETsquared Tech-Xpo Showcase

Biotech spin-out Ferryx secures seed funding

Bristol-based biotech startup, Ferryx, has raised £300k seed capital from Deepbridge Capital for further development of its innovative solution to common gut problems. Ferryx is a University of Bristol spin-out...
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Sustainable startup branches into prison partnership to aid rehabilitation

LettUs Grow, a climate-crisis-fighting agritech company founded by University of Bristol alumni, has introduced its environmentally-friendly methods to a prison setting for the first time in the UK. The trial...
Jack Jordan-Connelly, SETsquared Business Incubation Manager

Thinking differently: Neurodiversity in early-stage companies – Jack Jordan-Connelly

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) shares a common trait with many other mental health conditions, in which most people assume they have a ‘pretty good understanding’ of it, without actually...

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