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The £17M Innovation Centre for Applied Sustainable Technologies (iCAST) was officially launched at its new base in the Carriage Works in Swindon last week.
iCAST will operate as a research and development and collaboration hub for companies working on clean growth technologies. It will focus on translating sustainable chemical technology research into commercial products to tackle the global challenges of the climate emergency, sustainable development and plastic pollution.
Read MoreThe Advanced Engineering Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub (AEDBAH) was a 3-year business support programme funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and partnered with the University of Bath and SETsquared.
Tailored support was provided to start-ups and early-stage companies in the West of England as well as opportunities for research collaborations with academics at the University.
Read MoreThe Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub (STBAH) was a three-year business support programme for start-ups and early-stage companies innovating in the low carbon and sustainable technologies sector. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund the hub helped fast track and grow over 120 businesses from across the West of England.
Watch our video overview of the impact of the programme and find out what other support is available through the West of England Sustainable Technologies Scale-Up Programme.
Read MorePlaces are filling up fast on the Health Innovation Programme, run by SETsquared alongside the West of England and South West Academic Health Science Networks.
This is a unique, fully-funded opportunity to explore the NHS and UK Health Sector as a marketplace, to enable businesses to identify the optimum customer base and get valuable feedback from healthcare experts.
Deadline to apply is 5th November 2021. This is an online programme of half days over five sessions.
Read MoreThe Outside community was born from time spent walking, finding thinking ‘space’ and inspiration in Nature - with the appreciation that a desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
Outside’s vision is to nurture an active, diverse community that connects entrepreneurs, leaders, fresh air thinkers, idea explorers, tech folk, creatives, innovators and business activists in the Bristol, Bath and SW region - who share an interest in mission driven ventures.
It is time to do business differently. Take your thinking outside.
Read MoreThe UK’s longest running index of disruptive new startups, the Startups 100, has released its 2021 lineup and Digital Business Acceleration Hub member SEIKK has made the list. SEIKK is an active men’s lifestyle magazine and online store that lets you shop conveniently and sustainably.
SEIKK, founded in 2018 by Charles de Paula received fully-funded support through DBAH by working with a member of our talent pool to improve website performance.
Read MoreSETsquared Bath member and current Alumni Innovation Award winner, Nav Sawhney founder of The Washing Machine Project has again been featured by the BBC for his efforts with helping people living in poverty the ability to wash their clothes more easily.
Read MoreThe climate emergency is the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. Collaboration is no longer optional, it is essential. Businesses must accelerate decarbonisation to meet the UK Government's 2050 net zero target and adoption of the Paris Agreement.
SETsquared Bath member Spherics is offering members a FREE 3-month licence of their software which measures and helps you reduce your business carbon emissions in minutes. The net zero toolkit for businesses, large and small!
Read MoreWe’re pleased to announce that Cardiff University has joined the SETsquared Partnership.
Cardiff University has been collaborating with SETsquared since 2018 as part of the Research England and HEFCW-funded Scale-Up Programme. This programme gave the partner universities the opportunity to work together on activities such as the launch of the the SETsquared healthy ageing innovation campaign at the NHS Expo.
Read MoreMyNestBox’s newest software, MNB Assess, has launched to enable new build developers, land agents, architects and investors to search for non-developable “deal breakers” and constraints on land.
MNB Assess is a data-led app which outputs personally branded site constraint reports in less than 10 minutes, which is more than 12x faster than doing it manually. Users have been reported as saving 2 days a week using this software.
Read MoreActing on values in business can be expensive, unclear and inauthentic. Yet a growing number of companies tap into what they stand for, attract great talent, do meaningful work and build great brands.
So how can we make this simpler and more accessible to time-strapped startups?
Starting with early stage business owners in mind we set out to answer that question. And the result is our 5 week //Value programme, developed, in collaboration with Outside/.
Read MoreThe SETsquared IKEEP programme provides businesses with fresh perspectives and skills, by matching businesses with teams of proactive students to tackle innovative project briefs through a four-week, part-time placement.
Placements run across four weeks and will run in November 2021, February 2022 and June 2022. You will be assigned a team of three or four students who have been specifically matched with your project based on their skills and preferences.
Read MoreCongratulations to our member Tickitto who has announced the closure of an oversubscribed $4.5m seed round led by Berlin based Vorwerk Ventures, with participation from TriplePoint. A number of previous investors in the company, including well-known early-stage investor SeedCamp, have followed on their investment in this round.
Read MoreAs part of the University of Bath’s Business Acceleration Hubs project, the University of Bath can offer grants of £1,000 to participating SMEs to spend on products/services that will help their businesses to grow.
To be eligible for support, the project must be a new activity that will help your business grow by developing a new product/service, improving your processes or systems or giving you new access to markets. You will need to show how the product or service that you buy will help your business to grow.
Read MoreUK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy. This funding is from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation.
Applications can come from any area of technology and be applied to any part of the economy, such as, but not exclusively:
the arts, design and media
creative industries
science or engineering
Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase is back for Autumn 2021. If you’d like to apply to pitch in front of a room of investors and enablers of investment applications are open until 17th September.
Be sure to let your dedicated Entrepreneur in Residence, Pete, Garry or Sean know that you have applied so they can support you through the process!
Read MoreInnovate UK’s Women in Innovation 2021/22 competition, that aims to get more women with excellent ideas innovating within UK businesses, will open on 23rd August. Through the Women in Innovation Awards 2021/22, 20 female entrepreneurs will be awarded with a cash injection of £50K each, as well as a bespoke package of business support, coaching and mentoring.
Read MoreWe encourage our members to enter the national Go:Tech Awards 2022! Now open to applications with a closing date of the 1st October.
The categories cover all tech verticals – including tech start-up- and are open to businesses of all sizes. It’s also straightforward to enter and there is a prestigious panel of judges
Read MoreSME funding and support to meet innovation ambitions and bring new products, processes and services to market.
The Business Innovation Fund supports businesses from a wide range of sectors to help develop innovative projects and products that not only fulfil market demand, but also deliver industrial growth.
Read MoreThe SETsquared IKEEP programme provides businesses with fresh perspectives and skills, by matching businesses with teams of proactive students to tackle innovative project briefs through placements.
If you are a company in the local region who would like to put forward a project brief for a student placement team to tackle, please email us and we will send you the information pack. Placements run across four weeks and are typically held remotely every 3-4 months. You will be assigned a team of three or four students who have been specifically matched with your project based on their skills.
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