Posts Tagged ‘incubator’
SETsquared Bristol welcomes three ‘Breakthrough Bursary’ businesses into its world-class incubation programme
We are proud to announce the three companies that have been awarded our SETsquared Bristol Breakthrough Bursary. Chisel Robotics Ltd, Cyber Scholars, and NORTHSTAR™ will join our world-class incubation programme in the summer of 2019. NORTHSTAR™ is a software application offering visual indicators of performance for all parts of a business, providing staff with a…
Read MoreJoin SETsquared Bristol’s emerging FinTech cluster
Bristol is a thriving hub of innovative technologies, and with new investment coming into the South West both locally and from further afield, it’s the perfect place to launch a fintech business. In fact, the UK fintech cluster is in a period of rapid growth. In 2017 alone, over £800 million was invested in London-based…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol welcomes Bristol Pound into its incubator office space
Last week, SETsquared Bristol was pleased to welcome its newest member and tenant, Bristol Pound. The UK’s largest local currency, Bristol Pound, was launched in 2012 to create a stronger circular economy in the city. Bristol Pound moved into office space at SETsquared Bristol on Thursday 21st March and have joined the incubation programme to…
Read MoreSETsquared Bristol announces new and extended Intellectual Property service
We are pleased to announce our new and extended IP (Intellectual Property) Advisor in Residence service for SETsquared Bristol members, which is now available fortnightly instead of monthly. Our incumbent IP advisors, Withers & Rogers, led by David Paton, are continuing to provide the service, but will be joined by Andrew Flaxman from Haseltine Lake,…
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 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 MoreGoldman Sachs leads $8m investment in Immersive Labs cyber security skills platform
SETsquared member Immersive Labs have announced that Goldman Sachs has led an $8m Series A investment round in its fast-growing cyber security skills platform. The funding, made alongside smaller private investors, will grow an offering which arms enterprise IT and cyber security teams with the latest skills by combining threat data with gamified learning. …
Read MoreLettUs Grow secures £1 million in funding to build the farms of the future
SETsquared Bristol member, LettUs Grow, has secured £1 million in funding to build world-leading indoor growing facilities and feed the growing global population with its advanced aeroponic technology for indoor farms. The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, awarded the grant of £399,650 to lead a £700,000 project – which will help the agri-tech company…
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