Member News | University awarded new KTP with 3D Metal Printing
3DMP’s flagship product (TOKA), is a patient specific solution for a form of knee preserving surgery known as High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO).
Currently TOKA offers device personalisation based on individual patient anatomy, matching their geometry (shape). However, 3DMP want to increase this personalisation by also meeting the individual biomechanical loading requirements. Following discussions with orthopaedic surgeons, this has been identified as the optimal way to provide individualised treatment.
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Member News | Greener have secured over £140,000 of pre-seed funding
Congratulations to Bath-based new SETsquared members and cleantech startup Greener, who have successfully raised £142,000 in pre-seed funding – with part coming from the Innovate UK Sustainable Innovation Fund. Greener reached their ambitious pre-seed funding target just ahead of their pre-launch account creation availability at the end of April.
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Congratulations as winners announced at the STBAH end of programme event
Find out who the winners were at the Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub end of programme awards ceremony!
Open to a public vote there were five awards up for grabs with winners each receiving a plot of land from Co-forest, a local carbon offsetting forest planting organisation. These prizes signified the lasting legacy of the three year programme where real change for good has been made and will continue to do so.
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Member News | Neuro join prestigious Y Combinator accelerator
SETsquared Bath member Neuro, a start-up founded by University of Bath graduates Paul Hetherington and Oscar Rovira has been awarded a place on the highly competitive US based Y Combinator accelerator.
In 2019, Paul Hetherington was awarded a place on the University of Bath Alumni Innovation Award scheme where he was funded and supported by the University and SETsquared for a year to start the business.
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Member News | Spherics wins coveted net-zero award from Tech Nation
The Rising Stars competition is the only national tech scaleup competition in the UK, designed to showcase the most exciting companies at Seed to pre-Series A investment stage. The winners have been selected through a rigorous competition process, with more than 330 applications received. Expert judges selected 10 ‘Rising Stars’ and 2 winners for specific award categories - environmental and diversity.
Spherics dazzled the judges and went on to be chosen as the national winner of the ‘Rising Star Net-Zero’ award. The accolade recognises the best net zero company in the competition and the category represents the best of climate tech. Congratulations to George and the team!
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STBAH | Successes to be showcased at end of programme virtual awards ceremony
STBAH was the UK’s first business acceleration hub dedicated to help set up and grow a new generation of innovative small firms in the sustainable technologies sector. This pioneering hub has helped to underpin the reputation of the West of England as both a magnet for sustainable and low carbon businesses and as a centre for innovation.
To mark the end of the programme STBAH are hosting a showcase and awards event. All those who participated in the programme, as well as key-stakeholders will be invited to the event, where key successes will be highlighted, signposting for future business acceleration support and award winners will be announced.
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Bath students crowned runner up in NatWest 10k challenge
Back in January we shared the news that two students from our University of Bath Entrepreneurship Programme had made it through to the final of the NatWest 10k pitching challenge! The challenge started back in November 2020 as part of the NatWest Business Builder programme which is available to anyone starting a business.
We are extremely pleased to announce that James Russ and co-founder Andrei Petrus, Mechanical Engineering with Integrated Design Engineering - Researching Biomedical Infomatics at the University of Bath were the runners up in the competition with their start up business, Testmyteeth.
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International Women's Day 2021 | Meet our female Founders who are shattering glass ceilings
Here at SETsquared Bath we find ourselves predominantly surrounded my men. It’s known that there are less female entrepreneurs and women business owners in general but when you add technology, digital innovation and engineering to the mix we know we need to do more to encourage, engage, support and celebrate the women in our industry. We work hard with the University of Bath to encourage more female students to embark on entrepreneurial journeys whilst studying and listen to our female students to learn more about their needs to be able to shatter more glass ceilings in male dominated industries.
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Silicon Gorge Applications Are Now Open
Applications for the 2021 Spring edition of Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase are now open until the 1st March.
The competition will allow up to 12 of the most exciting early-stage tech and digital startups in the South West and South Wales the opportunity to pitch to a room of investors from across the region and beyond at the Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase on 29th April 2021.
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GradInvest 2021 is now open for registration!
GradInvest 2021 is now live! Graduates from this coming Summer and up to three years previous can apply for a place to pitch for up to £250k.
The event is a fantastic opportunity to hone your pitching skills, gain feedback from real investors, SETsquared programme managers, experienced entrepreneurs and mentors and to promote your business to a wider network.
You’ll have the opportunity to pitch your ideas in front of an audience of over 100 early-stage investors, mentors, accelerators/incubators, policy makers and significant strategic partners.
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WECA | Digital Skills Investment Programme
The West of England has a growing digital sector and growing demand for specialist digital skills to drive recovery and growth, close the skills gap and fill vacancies.
The new £2M Digital Skills Investment Programme is a key part of West of England Combined Authority’s Recovery Plan. The programme will support:
Basic digital skills and access – to build capacity to increase access and take-up;
Medium to high-level digital skills – to build on skills interventions and assets in the region to create a multi-partner approach to deliver short, innovative, bespoke training courses addressing digital skills gaps.
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DBAH Case Study | MyNestBox
“The support from DBAH was absolutely invaluable for my team and I and I’d highly recommend anyone starting out on their business journey to take advantage of business support programmes such as the DBAH.”
The DBAH is a business support programme which is fully funded through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The support is bespoke and tailored to your business need. Learn more about the programme and apply to participate in the programme via the online registration form, https://www.dbah.org/.
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STBAH Case Study | Woolly Shepherd: Natural Acoustic Sound Absorbing Solutions
Woolly Shepherd have worked with a diverse range of customers ensuring that venues such as restaurants and schools have the best acoustics by using the right products for the relevant environment.
Woolly Shepherd initially applied for business consultation support through the funded ERDF programme, the Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub - a business support programme for innovating sustainable companies in the West of England. Following an initial meeting it became apparent that Woolly Shepherd were requiring help on a life cycle assessment (LCA)*.
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Two UoB students through to the final of NatWest Business pitching competition
In celebration of Global Entrepreneur Week last November, NatWest Business launched a new competition #GEW10K where they showed new businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs how to write a 60-second pitch, with the chance to take home £10,000!
Hundreds of people took part and entered their 60 second pitches so we’re delighted to find out that two of our students have made it through to the final!
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Advanced Engineering Digital Innovation business support programme extended
Since the programme launched we have been supporting a number of enterprises, across the sectors, with 140 businesses having already completed the support programme and many more participating. The support is bespoke and can be in the form of business mentoring, some of these companies have received financial support and some we are working with on research projects through the University of Bath - enabling some of these enterprises to bring new products to market.
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VAMP and masterclass sessions now available for hub participants
Joining our Business Acceleration Hubs brings companies a wealth of fully-funded business support and we want to keep that support going so you can work with us here at SETsquared Bath to really accelerate your growth potential.
We’ve recently launched a newly upgraded virtual membership package and we would like to extend that offer to our Business Acceleration Hub participants! Read on to find out more about what is on offer to you as a SETsquared Bath member.
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IKEEP | Students to help boost industry with launch of new programme
The IKEEP programme connects interdisciplinary and multi-institutional student teams with regional organisations to enable high quality knowledge exchange. The programme is designed for students (both undergraduates and postgraduates, from any discipline) to engage with industry on knowledge exchange projects as business advisors, developing business model solutions and market awareness whilst enhancing student’s skills as intrapreneurs/change makers and future employees.
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Free Open University business courses available
The government-backed Start Up Loans scheme has partnered with world-renowned distance-learning provider The Open University to give its customers – and other small business owners across the UK – the opportunity to take free Open University business learning courses.
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WECA | Increasing support for businesses and residents
The West of England Recovery Taskforce has put together a Regional Recovery Plan which outlines how we will harness our region’s creativity and diversity to protect and secure jobs, while building back greener and creating opportunities for all residents to share in the recovery.
The recovery plan includes measures to help businesses adapt to the new economic landscape and improve resilience, as well as support for residents to develop new skills, training and employment opportunities.
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Are you raising investment at the moment?
The Quarterly Investment Briefing is an event run by TechSPARK for investors to network, share and learn. The next opportunity to raise investment is being held via Hopin on Thursday 3rd December 2020 so make sure you submit your one-pager by COP 30th November.
Investment opportunities and one pagers added to their platform will be shared by the event host verbally and circulated via their password-protected website to c. 300+ investors and enablers of investment (lawyers, accountants etc.) who have expressed interest in the region and investment opportunities here.
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