SETsquared Bath member, The Washing Machine Project, has expanded its capacity to help low-income communities manage health and hygiene through a new partnership with the Whirlpool Foundation.
Read MoreThe University of Bath is part of the SETsquared Partnership which has been ranked the 3rd leading start-up hub in Europe and the 1st in UK and Ireland.
Read MoreEnterprise Day is the University of Bath’s annual event to bring together our entrepreneurial ecosystem and celebrate success.
Read MoreSETsquared has held its 20th investment event – an annual high-profile occasion that has showcased hundreds of the best UK technology, science and innovation-led start-ups and helped raise more than £160m.
Read MoreLaunched in June this year, The FWD Project (formerly iSTART) is a next generation skills, training, research and innovation programme aimed at helping health and wellbeing start-ups and SMEs in the West of England.
Read MoreOffering Support to technology business entrepreneurs, START is a new initiative designed to take individuals from a tech-based business idea to running their own company. It includes 28 hours of learning worth £1400 (totally free), that could lead to a coveted spot in a local business incubator/accelerator for six months.
Read MoreIt was a fantastic evening for the University of Bath at the EntreConf Awards on Thursday 28 September at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Described as an ‘unrivalled, first-ever celebration of entrepreneurialism in the region’, the University of Bath was recognised in a number of categories.
Read MoreThe Bath Digital Festival was an abundance of all things tech and it was a pleasure for the University of Bath’s Innovation Centre to host to a number of events throughout the week.
Read MoreWith his carbon footprint tracker company ECOZE having recently won Graduate StartUp of the Year – with the support of Enterprise Bath at the University’s Innovation Centre– we caught up with physics graduate Sam Linfield to ask about his time at the University.
Read MoreWe are delighted to have appointed Andrea Kelly as the University of Bath Innovation Centre Manager. Andrea brings with her a wealth of experience and has been part of the SETsquared Central Team for the last five years. She headed up a portfolio of programmes funded by the ERDF and worked in collaboration with the UK Space Agency and Academic Health Science Networks across the South West of England, which supported businesses in sustainability, health, digital and space sectors across the South West, Swindon & Wiltshire.
Read MoreKeyloop, the global automotive technology company, today announces the individual university winners of the second annual Keyloop Dealer Tech competition. Over 1,000 students from leading universities registered their interest in the competition.
One student, Tom Christensen, from The University of Bath has advanced to the final of Keyloop’s Dealer Tech competition. Tom’s idea was a platform for consumers to compare and recommend the most suitable electric vehicle based on their typical daily routine.
Read More1,000 students have now received business innovation skills training thanks to SETsquared’s Intrapreneurial Knowledge Exchange Enterprise Pathway, IKEEP. The programme provides students across all disciplines and degree levels, with a hands-on opportunity to be ‘intrapreneurs’, and work on a ‘real-world’ innovative idea or project to improve a product, process or proposition within an established company.
Read MoreEach year, the Elektra Awards attracts hundreds of attendees from more than 150 companies representing every sector of the global electronics industry.
The guest list comprises influential C-suite decision-makers and the teams who contributed to the projects and innovations nominated. The global electronics industry sees becoming an Elektra Awards winner as one of the most prestigious accolades a company or individual can receive.
Read MoreCongratulations to the University of Bath and SETsquared Scale-Up Programme participants Earswitch Ltd on scooping the University Research Readers’ Choice Award at the prestigious Elektra Awards 2021.
The Elektra Awards are a ceremony where companies and individuals are rewarded and recognised for their excellent performance, innovation and contribution to the global electronics industry.
Supported by the SETsquared Scale-Up Programme.
Read MoreThe University of Bath works across many networks to support business and accelerate SME growth. There are a number of ways that small businesses can collaborate with the University of Bath, and the West of England Sustainable Technologies Scale-Up Programme (WoESTSP) is a platform designed to help establish those relationships.
Read MoreIn Round 1 of the 2021 Dragons’ Den pitching competition we welcomed a wide range of innovative student businesses including a sustainable fashion swapping app, wearable tech to help women feel safer when walking or exercising alone, and a system that enables people living in apartments to grow an indoor garden from their food waste. There was particular emphasis on tech and sustainability with many of the businesses themselves geared towards a climate-conscious consumer.
Read MoreLast month, SETsquared Bath member Claritum announced a collaboration with Canon, a multinational corporation specialising in optical, imaging, and industrial products, at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
Expo 2020 is a World Expo, currently hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Originally scheduled to start in 2020, this global attraction hopes to stimulate the development of innovative businesses in the UAE, and enhance the country's international reputation as a location to do business.
Read MoreIt’s been a busy few months at SETsquared Bath and we’re overdue a warm welcome to several new members!
From an app that finds sports fans places to stay with other fans when you’re travelling for matches to technology that can help diagnose routine dentistry concerns from the comfort of your own home, there’s an exciting range of innovative new members on the tech scene!
We’ve got seven new members to introduce so let’s say hello…
Read MoreSETsquared Investment Manager, Rosie Bennett, gives us her insight into SETsquared’s flagship investment showcase, as well as highlighting a selection of the exciting start-ups which will be pitching this year.
2021 has been an exciting year for technology growth, following the COVID crisis we are in a period of recovery and renewal, and the UK tech pioneers that SETsquared supports are leading the reinvention on how we work, live, and interact.
Read MoreGUEST BLOG: Minal Patel, Co-founder and COO of sustainable tech start up and SETsquared Bath member LabCycle explains how gaining success with a growing business while living with a disability has challenged and enriched her entrepreneurial journey.
The entrepreneurial journey can be taxing with its high pressure and fast paced nature, with the addition of a disability, this tax is higher. My unseen disability is a part of my definition, an integral part of my enriching entrepreneurial journey.
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