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The Advanced Engineering Business Acceleration Hub (AEBAH) has confirmed the appointment of Dr Kyriakos Kallis, as the newly appointed Research Associate for the business acceleration programme. The AEBAH is funded under the EU European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and provides free business support to start ups and SMEs in Advanced Engineering in the Automotive, Maritime, Aerospace, Energy, Defence and Space sectors.
Read MoreWe have been asked to share the LDV20 Open Innovation Programme with our members and network. There’s not long to apply so if your field of interest covers: robotics, logistics, energy efficiency, and new B2C sales network solutions then read on to find out more.
Read MoreOn 26 November we held a Celebration and Showcase for the Programme at the Guildhall. This followed a larger scale event at We the Curious in Bristol on 21 October, entitled The New Western Frontier, for over 300 delegates from the social enterprise network. Both took place to showcase the Programme and the achievements of the individuals and enterprises it has supported.
Read MoreBrian Prescott is the new Centre Director at the University of Bath’s SETsquared Innovation Centre and Entrepreneur in Residence for the ERDF Advanced Engineering Business Acceleration Hub.
A Mancunian, his early career followed a science degree and began in sales with Duracell. Frustration at the lack of opportunity spawned a move to London, where Brian joined the rapidly-growing PKFA hotel management consultancy becoming the Firth’s youngest ever consultant before moving into marketing with Trusthouse Forte.
Read MoreCalling all SMEs, startups, researchers and entrepreneurs!
Share your vision for the emerging sectors of food, energy and environment.
Benefit from equity-free funding, business catalysts, learning, mentorship and networking.
Read MoreSWCTN is interested in fellowship proposals that encompass bold, creative, challenging, cross-sector thinking in the broad field of data. This includes the social and ethical challenges around data capture and storage, data retrieval, data bias, data ownership, data literacy, as well as the role of data in sustainability across issues relating to, for example, the climate emergency, Internet of Things and Smart Cities.
Read MoreSince launching BBTP in 2013, this annual competition has been propelling forward the game changers, the disruptors and tech titans of tomorrow. BBTP finalists receive an incredible opportunity to profile their businesses to senior corporate decision makers, investors and the media. This includes presenting their business at Mobile World Congress (MWC) and Four Years from Now (4YFN) in Barcelona, February 2020 - the world’s largest annual mobile industry gathering.
Read MoreThe UK IT Industry Awards are considered the benchmark for outstanding performance throughout the UK computer industry. The awards focus on the contribution of individuals, projects, organisations and technologies that have excelled in the use, development and deployment of IT in the past 12 months. The UK IT Industry Awards is the largest technology awards of its kind.
Big congratulations are in order for our residential member Zynstra, who won not one but two awards at the 2019 UK IT Industry Awards.
Read MoreStatsBomb Services Ltd provides football analytics software and consultancy services to football clubs, player agents and the media. StatsBomb are football analytics experts. They’ve devised and built a brand new, proprietary dataset because they knew they could do better than what was out there! Granular data with powerful analytics gives organisations a winning edge. Read more to here about their first investment raise…
Read MoreHeld annually on November 19th, Women’s Entrepreneurship Day aims to empower women in business around the world by spotlighting the difficulties faced by female founders and strategising ways to overcome them. Set up by humanitarian Wendy Diamond in 2014, to date the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organisation has reached a reported five billion people.
Read MoreThe SETsquared Partnership, a unique enterprise partnership between five leading, research-led UK universities, including the University of Bath, has been ranked the global number one university business incubator for the third consecutive time by leading research and advisory firm, UBI Global.
Read MoreAcross the University, we used the month of October which is known as Black History Month, to start a conversation about race, and celebrate diversity. It's important to recognise the history and culture of black students and entrepreneurs, and build a community that supports one another. That’s why we wanted to share with our readers a selection of successful University of Bath graduates who have excelled in business, tech or have simply broken down barriers by just doing their thing.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again where we announce the new cohort of winners of the University of Bath Alumni Innovation Award. The University of Bath provides a nurturing environment for enterprising minds. We pride ourselves on the comprehensive range of activities on offer to students to develop their own ideas and gain valuable experience during their degree programme.
Read MoreThe University of Bath has been awarded £1.5 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to deliver start-up, scale-up, open innovation and investment support to grow innovative businesses in the West of England.
SETsquared Bath is the delivery partner for business acceleration services across the programmes, with one of these being the Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub (DBAH). Startup company, NutriDART have recently completed their fully-funded business support on the DBAH programme and we invited them in as a case study.
Read MoreWe’re pleased to announce that not one but two University of Bath researchers and SETsquared Bath members have been selected to join Cohort 25 of ICURe. The ICURe Innovation to Commercialisation programme offers university researchers with commercially-promising ideas up to £35k to ‘get out of the lab’ and validate their ideas in the marketplace.
Read MoreThe Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub (DBAH) a business support programme funded through the ERDF and partnered with the University of Bath and SETsquared, to support startups and SMEs in the West of England, recently held an event to celebrate the success of the hub over the last year.
Read MoreFounded 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.
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