Startup Stories: From Idea to Exit

Speakers Laura Gemmell and Andrew Smith at Startup Stories event

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,…

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Two new job opportunities at SETsquared Bristol

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We are recruiting for two job vacancies, a SETsquared Bristol Manager and an 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 of more than £740 million in investment Earned global recognition…

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Life Sciences spotlight: GenomeKey

GenomeKey blood sample in lab

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…

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Neuronostics forms strategic partnership to deliver integrated EEG solutions for clinical trials 

Neuronostics brain EEG graphic showing blue brain waves and human head with brain

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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Wilder Sensing secures investment to propel growth and innovation for biodiversity monitoring 

Wilder Sensing team of five people in a field with trees

Wilder Sensing, a developer of software for biodiversity monitoring using audio and Artificial Intelligence (AI), has secured £700,000 in equity investment.   The South West Investment Fund awarded £300,000 via appointed Fund Manager The FSE Group, and additional funding was provided by Oxford Innovation Finance and Cambridge Angels. The new capital will enable the company…

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Anna-Lisa Wesley: Founder folklore and fairytales – tech desperately needs new material

Anna-Lisa Wesley wearing blue top in front of grey background

Anna-Lisa Wesley, Entrepreneur in Residence at SETsquared Bristol, reflects on the power of storytelling and needing new founder stories for our time. “Working in tech right now, we need some new heroes, heroines, new plots, new tools, new lessons. We desperately need new material.” Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn… these business stories, the founders that sit behind them and…

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Light Trace secures £600k to revolutionise photonic chip design

Four members of Light Trace Photonics' team

Light Trace Photonics, a leading innovator in the integrated photonics industry, has announced the close of its first investment round of £600,000. The company was co-founded by University of Bristol PhD researcher Dr Jake Biele who joined our incubation programme in May 2024 to commercialise and grow the company. This capital injection, led by QantX…

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Welcome to Rosie Bennett as our new Innovation Lead for Bristol Innovations

Rosie Bennett, Innovation Lead at Bristol Innovations

We are delighted to announce that Rosie Bennett joins the Bristol Innovations team as Innovation Lead. Rosie Bennett’s brief is across Bristol Innovations’ portfolio of incubators, innovation hubs and networks; SETsquared Bristol, Engine Shed, the Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre, Quantum Frontier, and the University of Bristol’s joint venture with Science Creates.  As Innovation Lead, Rosie…

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Healthtech spotlight: SoleSense

Caz Icke, CEO and Founder of SoleSense - wiinner of Tech-Xpo 2023

A year on from SoleSense’s Best Elevator Pitch award at our flagship Tech-Xpo showcase, we had a chat with Founder and CEO, Caz Icke, to hear her story. SoleSense at a glance: Market sector: Healthtech Location: Bristol Number of employees: 3 Company growth status: Pre-seed Let’s start with SoleSense’s elevator pitch SoleSense is a wearable digital system…

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