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SETsquared Business Acceleration Programmes

5 Jun 2024

Finance & Funding

The Business Incubation and Acceleration Centres operate within and outside the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton, and Surrey and offer bespoke packages of business support to help each start-up become a viable, profitable and thriving business

Are you an ambitious student, academic, entrepreneur or start-up founder developing a new technology?

SETsquared is a partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton, and Surrey. At their Incubation & Acceleration Centres (which operate within and outside the universities), they offer ongoing Business Acceleration Programmes to help students, academics, entrepreneurs or start-up founders validate your thinking, build a team, find start-up funding and launch an investor-ready business.

Programmes include:
- Start-up business support and mentoring
- Tips on how to get investor ready & investor introductions
- Creative working spaces
- Access to discounted software & services


To be eligible:
- the idea must be knowledge-based (seeking to exploit intellectual property or novel information)
- the idea must have high commercial growth potential
- the idea must be genuinely original and appear capable of attracting investment
- the team involved in the venture must be open to outside support and advice and actively looking to accelerate their company to market.

Head to the link below to find out how to apply via one of the 6 Incubation & Acceleration Centres.

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