Posts Tagged ‘funding’
Channel 4 invests in TravelLocal, the global tailor-made holiday marketplace
SETsquared Bristol member Travellocal, a global B2C online marketplace for tailor-made holidays announced a new investment from Channel 4, the British TV broadcaster, via its Commercial Growth Fund. Channel 4 joins existing investment funds, Active Partners and Gresham House Ventures, in backing the business. It takes TravelLocal’s total funding raised to date to over £8…
Read MoreVitamica Wins Best Elevator Pitch at SETsquared Bristol’s Tech-Xpo 2019
Vitamica won the popular vote and was named ‘Best Elevator Pitch’ last night at SETsquared Bristol’s annual Tech-Xpo, showcasing the region’s hottest technology from the Global No1, University of Bristol led incubator. The biomedical tech company, which transforms the way clinicians make decisions around antibiotics, was one of eight tech start-ups to pitch at the…
Read MoreBristol sustainability start-up needs your support to win prestigious Royal competition
LettUs Grow, an innovative Bristol start-up tackling some of the world’s biggest agricultural sustainability challenges, is calling on locals for support as it competes for the People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Pitch@Palace final. Supported by the SETsquared Bristol incubator, part of the global number one SETsquared Partnership, LettUs Grow develops integrated hardware, software and…
Read MoreMinister for Immigration Visits SETsquared Bristol
Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes visited SETsquared Bristol yesterday to meet with a variety of our member companies to discuss skills and immigration. After a tour led by Centre Director, Monika Radclyffe, the minister participated in a roundtable with businesses ranging from T&VS, Sigma Polaris, and iXport. Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said: “I’m determined to ensure that…
Read MoreLine up of pitching companies announced for SETsquared Bristol’s annual Tech-Xpo 2019
We are pleased to announce the full line up of companies that are pitching at SETsquared Tech-Xpo 2019. Actuation Lab, Bristol Pound, Data Cubed, ELEM Biotech, iXport, Maths with Parents, TableTiger, and Vitamica will pitch to an audience of academics, investors, business leaders, and public sector representatives at the invite-only showcase, with 18 companies also…
Read MoreExhibitors announced for SETsquared Bristol’s annual Tech-Xpo 2019
18 start-up companies from Bristol’s world-leading tech scene have been announced as exhibitors for this year’s SETsquared Bristol Tech-Xpo. The annual event will take place on 18th June 2019 at Paintworks, Bristol. The invite-only showcase is an opportunity for exhibitors to meet potential clients, investors, partners, and influential business leaders, and to showcase their innovative…
Read MoreGreville Commins, previous Entrepreneur in Residence: SETsquared Interviews – what the best prepared companies show us
When high growth technology start-up companies apply to SETsquared Bristol, the confidential online application is reviewed by the team and qualifying companies are invited in for interview. A lot of people ask us why do we do interviews and what are we looking for. Why do we do face to face interviews? To get to…
Read MoreXavier Analytics Awarded Innovate UK R&D Grant for AI in Accounting
SETsquared Bristol member, Xavier Analytics, has been approved Innovate UK funding for a £380k feasibility project looking further into AI for accounting. Xavier’s team have an ambitious goal to expand the Xavier suite of applications, which already use Machine Learning to improve financial data quality and provide data-driven insights for accountancy firms and their clients…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol member Forth secures investment from first institutional investor
SETsquared Bristol members Forth have secured new investment from their first institutional investor for their innovative biometric tracking service. which helps people to navigate their way to better health using simply at-home finger-prick blood tests. The new investment came from The Development Bank of Wales, together with a group of angels from Angels Invest…
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…
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