Apply for a Breakthrough Bursary to accelerate your tech business
Applications for the 2020 Breakthrough Bursary are now closed, please check back again for news on the 2021 Bursary.
Are you a BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) founder with an existing tech business with customers and a team? SETsquared Bristol’s incubation programme can fast track your growth and help you retain your existing company culture.
Or, are you a first-time entrepreneur from a BAME background? We can help you answer the difficult questions and avoid common mistakes while you ready your product for market.
SETsquared Bristol has re-launched its Breakthrough Bursary, which covers 75% of Residential Startup Membership (£52.50 inc VAT per month, instead of £210 inc VAT) ) available for up to one year, an initiative kindly funded by SETsquared Alumni Members.
What you get:
Bespoke business support for your needs
Skills and training
Support in the entrepreneurial community
What we're looking for:
SETsquared Bristol is proud be part of our city’s diverse communities, but there is a lack of BAME representation in Bristol’s tech ecosystem. We are committed to working towards fairer representation of under-represented groups, and are particularly encouraging women of colour to apply as part of this Bursary callout.
Bristol is the most productive tech sector in the UK, and we want to support more BAME led tech companies to be part of the movement and access the best support to propel your business to success. In 2019, SETsquared increased each of our businesses, on average, by over £130K in value, which they linked directly to receiving our business support.
For more information read our research into increasing gender and BAME representation in the incubator.
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If you meet the criteria, get ready to apply
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You will need to have information about your business available in order to complete the application.