Posts Tagged ‘bristol’
Tech-Xpo returns for 2025!
SETsquared Bristol’s flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase – Tech-Xpo – is back for 2025, and tickets are now open for you to attend. From trailblazing startups to game-changing scaleups, this is your chance to discover the next big thing in tech and vote for your ‘Best Elevator Pitch’ on the night. Following its 20-year…
Read MoreIs your tech business ready for an incubator?
Caroline Thompson, SETsquared Bristol Centre Manager, reflects on what we look for when selecting new technology startups, and the questions to ask yourself before you apply to the incubator. SETsquared Bristol has two incubation programmes, Quest and Propel, designed to support founders at every stage of their business development. Across our programmes we are currently incubating over…
Read MoreStartup Stories – Spinout Edition
The latest panel event in the Startup Stories series, Spinout Edition, saw two University of Bristol spinout leaders share their journeys—from academic labs to building businesses to short funding runways and high-stakes team leadership. “You do a bit of everything” – Harriet Bray Harriet’s path at Zentraxa Harriet Bray, previous COO at Zentraxa, began…
Read MoreDeeptech graduate startups win membership to SETsquared Bristol
Two deeptech graduate startups from the University of Bristol are joining our SETsquared Bristol Propel incubation programme. Fidelis AI and EarTide are prize winners of the New Enterprise Competition, the University of Bristol’s longest running startup competition which awards £35,000 of funding to entrepreneurial students, staff and alumni each year. The competition is run by the Basecamp Enterprise Team in…
Read MoreWelcome to our new Centre Manager and Entrepreneurs in Residence
We are thrilled to welcome three new appointments who will join the SETsquared Bristol team this month. Caroline Thompson joins as Centre Manager, and Dr Becky Sage and Dr Kam Pooni as Entrepreneurs in Residence. The new appointments will join the incumbent team to work alongside Innovation Manager Lauren Ellse and Co-ordinator Sophie Connolly, as…
Read MoreInductosense honoured with King’s Award for innovation
Inductosense, a University of Bristol spinout and former member of the SETsquared Bristol incubator, has been honoured with a King’s Award for innovation. Now in its 59th year, The King’s Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, is the most prestigious business award in the country, with successful businesses able to…
Read MoreStartup Stories: From Idea to Exit
Bristol’s startup community came together recently for the fourth instalment of our SETsquared Bristol Startup Stories series, featuring two fireside chats exploring the founder journey – from the initial startup idea, to scaling and exit. Two founders at different stages, Laura Gemmell, founder of AI and data education company Taught by Humans, and Andrew Smith,…
Read MoreTwo new job opportunities at SETsquared Bristol
We are recruiting for two job vacancies, a SETsquared Bristol Manager and an Entrepreneur in Residence. We are now closed for applications for Entrepreneur in Residence. SETsquared Bristol is one of the region’s pioneering tech incubators. Since its inception in Bristol in 2002 it has; Supported over 500 companies across 20+ sectors Facilitated the raising…
Read MoreLife Sciences spotlight: GenomeKey
Next-generation life sciences company, GenomeKey, was recently awarded $11.4m to transform sepsis diagnosis and treatment. We had a chat with CEO, Dr Michael Roberts, to hear his story… GenomeKey at a glance: Market sector: Life Sciences Location: Bristol Number of employees: 25 Amount of funding raised: Over £16m Company growth status: Commercialisation Let’s start with GenomeKey’s…
Read MoreNeuronostics forms strategic partnership to deliver integrated EEG solutions for clinical trials
Neuroelectrics, a pioneer in high-definition brain stimulation and EEG technology, has partnered with Neuronostics, an innovator in advanced digital biomarkers and EEG analysis, to deliver an integrated EEG solution tailored for the pharmaceutical, contract research organizations (CROs) and academic partners. This collaboration combines Neuroelectrics’ cutting-edge EEG hardware with Neuronostics’ proprietary analytics to streamline clinical trials…
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