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Founded by the Duke of York in 2014, Pitch@Palace provides a platform to amplify and accelerate the work of entrepreneurs. The process gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet the people who can help make their business ideas become a reality.
SETsquared Bath member, The BioFactory, took to the stage at this year’s Pitch@Palace on Tour in Surrey.
Read MoreRunning for the past 15 years, SETsquared’s Accelerating Growth Showcase has become a huge success; attracting hundreds of investors, seasoned entrepreneurs, corporate investors and VCs, all looking to invest in companies with the potential to become the tech giants of tomorrow. Already, the total raised by companies who have previously participated exceeds £100m.
Read MoreRetail Insider’s Transforming Retail Awards has just run for it’s third year. The aim of the awards is to showcase the best examples of innovation in retail technology across the sector.
Congratulations to our residential members, Zynstra, who were shortlisted and won the Most Promising Newcomer Award this year!
Read MoreBack in Summer 2018, SETsquared Bath and the University of Bath Alumni department awarded three exceptional graduates the Alumni Innovation Award. The award gives promising entrepreneurs an opportunity to start up their business after graduation by awarding them with a grant of £15k, one year’s membership at the SETsquared Bath Innovation Centre and a 1:1 business mentor.
Read MoreWe're very proud to announce that SETsquared Bath member and one of this year’s Graduate Innovation Award winners, Neuro Ai, has been selected for the next batch of Plug and Play's Innovation Platform. The program involved an initial 1000+ companies being reduced to a select 30. These 30 pitched at the Plug and Play Tech Centre in the Bay Area, and the final batch of 15 were selected of which Neuro Ai made the cut!
Read MoreWe’d like to congratulate our recent alumni member Tumelo on their latest investment news! Tumelo’s fintech platform shows people where they have invested their cash and gives them tools to take action based on their values, including voting as shareholders, joining campaigns to change company behaviour and switching to ethical fund and pension options.
Read MoreBethnal Green Ventures recently kicked off their Autumn 2019 programme with 12 tech for good ventures, including our member Compact Cane, who are all creating products and services for a sustainable planet, a better society and healthier lives!
Congratulations Nia on this brilliant news!
Read MoreNeuro Ai are hitting our headlines again with more exciting news as they have been shortlisted for not one but two Tech South West Awards.
The brand new Tech South West Awards cover the whole region of Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. They recognise and celebrate talent, creativity, business success, education, leadership, diversity and more. The awards event is all about celebrating the best of tech in the South West, showcasing the region’s tech talent and connecting the tech community.
Read MoreThe Next Generation project aims to inspire and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs throughout the UK and this free course offers 16 – 30 year olds the opportunity to learn the best strategies and tools to help make their business a success . The course will immerse attendees in an entrepreneurial environment whilst allowing them to meet and network with like-minded peers.
Read MoreFor the final event in the series we are meeting at the Engine Shed in Bristol on Wednesday 18th September 2019. There will be keynote talks, followed by flash presentations from SMEs innovating in new food models, and then a panel discussion, rounded off with the opportunity to network and also to sign up to receive fully funded support for your business through the STBAH programme.
Read more to discover the lineup of brilliant speakers and register for tickets.
Read MoreCongratulations to Naturbeads, current participants of our Business Acceleration Hub who has just secured over £580k investment for their biodegradable alternative to microplastics.
Over the last 12 months Naturbeads has been supported by our pool of business experts whilst working from the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies to develop their cellulose microbeads.
Read MoreThe South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) are looking to invest between £10K and £30K in prototypes that use creative technologies to deliver original processes, experiences, products, services or platforms within the field of automation.
Deadline to apply is 16th September.
Read MoreApplications are now being accepted for cutting-edge London-based businesses that are harnessing technology to address growing global challenges with cyber security for individuals and organisations. TechInvest seeks to showcase businesses from start-up through to scale-up that are actively raising investment in the range of £250k-£3m to expand and grow.
Read MoreGot a business in mind or want to explore an idea? From training and mentoring support to funding and resources, we're here to help you become the best entrepreneur you can be. Our free Enterprise programme takes place in a centre near you and is broken down into three stages. This programme run by the Prince’s Trust is for 18 - 30 year olds and is for all types of business.
Read MoreSETsquared Bath member and Graduate Innovation Award winner, Eoin Sharkey, founder of The BioFactory, recently shared some very exciting news with us. He was invited by Innovate UK and DFID to represent British start-ups and joined them on the Energy Catalyst Mission in Kenya!
To give you a first-hand account of Eoin’s trip we have shared an excerpt from his guest blog post (you can follow his Innovation Award blog here) below for you to read.
Read MoreThis year SETsquared Bath and the University of Bath will be putting on the first ever ENTevent, to celebrate the successes of our student and graduate entrepreneurs and highlight the opportunities available in the coming academic year.
Read MoreThe Unloc Enterprise Challenge brought to you by Verizon is an online entrepreneurship competition looking for people aged 16-25 with fresh, new and innovative technology led business ideas. We are reaching out to a Pan-European audience in our search for a great new start-up business.
Read MoreApplications are open for the SETsquared ICURe programme which offers university research teams with commercially-promising ideas up to £35k to ‘get out of the lab’ and validate their ideas in the marketplace.
It supports Early Career Researchers to undertake three months of full-time, intense market assessment and to have meaningful conversations with at least 100 prospective customers, regulators, suppliers, partners and competitors to validate the commercial potential of their research.
Read MoreenvoPAP met the relevant criteria in order to join the STBAH programme and following the first meeting it became clear that research partnerships could be developed with the University of Bath and the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies to help further diversify their product range that Kaushal had in mind for biodegradable food packaging and personal care products.
The STBAH programme is partnered with the University of Bath and business incubator SETsquared.
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