UKSPA Directory 2017
England | Associate Member
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Celebrating the achievements
of SETsquared’s top 50
entrepreneurs in the last
15 years
SETsquared
Locati on
Operates across
Southern England
Contact detai l s
Karen Brooks
Programme Director
T: 07810 805406
E: [email protected]
www.setsquared.co.uk
@setsquared
SETsquared is a long-standing
partnership between the universities
of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton,
and Surrey which specialises in growing
high-tech start-ups through its incubation
programme and other business
acceleration services. SETsquared
provides mentoring, access to investors
and corporate innovators, and a wide
range of industry experts through its
network and training programmes.
Its business incubation programme
is ranked by the University Business
Incubator Index as the best in the world,
and over the past 15 years it has helped
over 1,200 high-tech start-ups to develop
and raise more than £1bn of investment.
Independent research carried out
by Warwick Economics estimates the
economic impact of SETsquared member
companies to be £3.8bn over this period,
with the creation of 9,000 jobs, and
predicts that these companies will go on
to deliver a further £7.3bn of impact to
the UK economy in the decade ahead.
SETsquared has physical incubation
space available in Bath, Bristol, Exeter,
Southampton and Surrey, some located
at science parks, and also offers
SETsquared as a service to other
locations and specific technology
sectors to support the development of
high-tech businesses. So far these include
Basingstoke, Farnborough, Goonhilly,
Woking, four Academic Health Science
Networks, and the UK Space Agency.
SETsquared supports the development
of a high-tech entrepreneurial community
in these locations and industry sectors to
develop potential tech start-ups. These
companies then go through SETsquared’s
acclaimed entrepreneurship programme,
which will help them to hone their
business plans, tighten their propositions,
and gain access to investors. If selected
these companies can then become
members of SETsquared and gain access
to the full range of support offered, raising
investment as required.
In addition to the access to training
programmes and experts who can help
accelerate their business, we also have
a number of software tool providers who
give preferential access to their products
at little or no cost.
Anyone interested in accessing
SETsquared support or partnering
should contact Karen Brooks to discuss
the opportunity further. ■