Posts Tagged ‘Start-ups’
Tech-Xpo returns for 2025!
SETsquared Bristol’s flagship pitch, demo and connect showcase – Tech-Xpo – is back for 2025, and tickets are now open for you to attend. From trailblazing startups to game-changing scaleups, this is your chance to discover the next big thing in tech and vote for your ‘Best Elevator Pitch’ on the night. Following its 20-year…
Read MoreIs your tech business ready for an incubator?
Caroline Thompson, SETsquared Bristol Centre Manager, reflects on what we look for when selecting new technology startups, and the questions to ask yourself before you apply to the incubator. SETsquared Bristol has two incubation programmes, Quest and Propel, designed to support founders at every stage of their business development. Across our programmes we are currently incubating over…
Read MoreStartup Stories – Spinout Edition
The latest panel event in the Startup Stories series, Spinout Edition, saw two University of Bristol spinout leaders share their journeys—from academic labs to building businesses to short funding runways and high-stakes team leadership. “You do a bit of everything” – Harriet Bray Harriet’s path at Zentraxa Harriet Bray, previous COO at Zentraxa, began…
Read MoreDeeptech graduate startups win membership to SETsquared Bristol
Two deeptech graduate startups from the University of Bristol are joining our SETsquared Bristol Propel incubation programme. Fidelis AI and EarTide are prize winners of the New Enterprise Competition, the University of Bristol’s longest running startup competition which awards £35,000 of funding to entrepreneurial students, staff and alumni each year. The competition is run by the Basecamp Enterprise Team in…
Read MoreWelcome to our new Centre Manager and Entrepreneurs in Residence
We are thrilled to welcome three new appointments who will join the SETsquared Bristol team this month. Caroline Thompson joins as Centre Manager, and Dr Becky Sage and Dr Kam Pooni as Entrepreneurs in Residence. The new appointments will join the incumbent team to work alongside Innovation Manager Lauren Ellse and Co-ordinator Sophie Connolly, as…
Read MoreStartup Stories: From Idea to Exit
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,…
Read MoreAnna-Lisa Wesley: Founder folklore and fairytales – tech desperately needs new material
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…
Read MoreWelcome to Rosie Bennett as our new Innovation Lead for 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…
Read MoreKimberley Brook: Farewell – reflections from my time at SETsquared Bristol
After a wonderful few years working with SETsquared Bristol, my time at the tech incubator has come to an end as I move on to a new role as Head of Memberships for Capital Enterprise. I joined SETsquared Bristol in 2022 and became its Director in early 2023 with the aim to use my knowledge…
Read MoreThe least answered question when preparing for investment
Kevin Simmons, Entrepreneur in Residence at SETsquared Bristol, reflects on the best way to improve the odds of getting investment for your tech business. “No matter how ‘investor ready’ you may be, if the investor is not ‘ready’ for you, then your business will not secure the investment it desires.” “How do I make my business…
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