Posts Tagged ‘diversity’
SETsquared Bristol ‘Highly Commended’ at Bristol Life Awards, and shortlisted for Bristol Diversity Awards
We were delighted to be ‘Highly Commended’ in the Bristol Life Award’s Business Services category at last night’s ceremony, on 11th April 2019, celebrating the very best of Bristol’s businesses. It is a fantastic achievement to be recognised amongst an impressive range of local companies, from charities to corporates. The Business Services category had over…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol announces two new job vacancies to support growth
Nothing has stayed still for very long in our business to date, yet we are at the cusp of perhaps our most significant growth – our ‘scaling up’ phase. We are recruiting for two job vacancies at SETsquared Bristol, a full-time Administration Assistant and a part-time Marketing Manager. The Admin Assistant will play a core…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol celebrates increase in Women Founders on International Women’s Day
Today, Friday 8 March, we celebrate International Women’s Day – a global event to raise awareness of gender biases and to highlight the importance of forging a more gender-inclusive world. With #BalanceforBetter as the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day we thought it would be a good opportunity to reflect on the successes SETsquared…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol launches ‘Breakthrough Bursary’ to widen access to business support in Bristol
Today, Wednesday 27th February, SETsquared Bristol launches a new bursary that will support entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds in accessing business support through the world-class SETsquared incubation programme. Bristol is a widely diverse city, but there is a lack of BAME representation in the tech ecosystem. In 2018 SETsquared Bristol funded a research report carried out by…
Read MoreMonika Radclyffe, Centre Director: SETsquared myth busting
Monika Radclyffe, Centre Director of SETsquared Bristol, expels some common misunderstandings about who can join the business support programme. The incubator doesn’t have space for startups – MYTH Business support is delivered through our bespoke acceleration programme, and the majority of our members join us on a virtual basis. However, we do have the whole…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol celebrates diversity and new investments in 2018
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…
Read MoreAda Lovelace Day – SETsquared ventures inspire entrepreneurs and #WomeninSTEM of the future
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…
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