Posts Tagged ‘Investment’
Rugged composite hardware company Actuation Lab awarded £300k InnovateUK funding to support spin-out
To perform “actuation” is to put something into motion. SETsquared Bristol virtual member, Actuation Lab, a company born in the University of Bristol’s Composite Institute (ACCIS), is now in motion having received a £300k grant to spin-out of the University. SETsquared Bristol member Actuation Lab is addressing the problems of high servicing requirements and poor…
Read MoreUK agri-tech company, LettUs Grow, raises £2.35 million as demand for vertical farming technology rises
SETsquared Bristol virtual member, award-winning vertical and indoor farming technology company, LettUs Grow, has announced today that it has secured £2.35 million in seed funding. The investment round was led by Longwall Venture Partners LLP. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report states explicitly that climate change is threatening global food security with…
Read MoreImmersive Labs raises $40 million in Series B funding
SETsquared Bristol virtual member Immersive Labs has announced investment success securing $40 million in funding led by global growth equity investor Summit Partners and existing investor Goldman Sachs. Immersive Labs is an on-demand, continuous and trackable cyber skills development platform that is designed to enable both security specialists and business users to step into real-world…
Read MoreInvestment Showcase cements its place as the highlight of SETsquared’s events calendar
Tech collided with tradition once again at One Great George Street, London for the SETsquared Partnership‘s 16th annual Accelerating Investment Showcase on 4 December. 21 high-tech companies, each seeking investments of between £150k – £3m, from across SETsquared’s incubation centres pitched to over 140 investors who attended on the day with further investors watching online.…
Read MoreBuilding awesome investor decks – a game of greed and fear
SETsquared Bristol ran a workshop on how to build a winning investor deck and tell a compelling story. The session was led by David Fogel, Co-founder and Investment Lead at ADV, whose focus is on finding the most ambitious founders in the UK and helping them grow using ADV’s capital and network. Here we share…
Read MoreGreville Commins, previous Entrepreneur in Residence: Seven key questions – to make an impact in business
Whenever you want to communicate to someone, in business, time is short because in modern life most people’s attention spans are short. We have a story to tell, to succeed we need to gain their interest as soon as possible in our story flow. It helps to have a “Wow” factor. This is something that…
Read MoreRick Chapman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence: Am I ready for investment? Well that depends…
New companies often ask me if they are ‘investment ready’. The answer invariably is ‘that depends’. I break down investor readiness into three distinct tiers. By guiding companies through each one, they can prepare and develop a much stronger investment strategy and gain confidence in their pitch. Let’s dive into your pitch deck, how it…
Read MoreChannel 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 MoreTop tips to jump start your business plan (with more than an idea)
SETsquared Bristol ran a free ‘Jump start your business plan’ community workshop at Barton Hill Settlement, with funding from the University of Bristol. Aspiring entrepreneurs and startup Founders, with businesses ranging from consultancies, arts and social enterprise, were treated to an informative, practical and interactive one-day session from the Global No1 Incubator’s previous Entrepreneur in…
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…
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