Company case studies

Tidal Generation Limited (TGL)

Tidal Generation Limited (TGL) joined the Bristol SETsquared Centre as three founding directors with a desire to become market leaders in the marine renewables sector. SETsquared provided a professional, supportive environment and a sounding board for new ideas, enabling the business to grow from 3...

Basemap

  Basemap were introduced to SETsquared in Spring 2011. At that time, Basemap were in need of additional funding in order to expand the business and looked to SETsquared for help. Ben Partridge, SETsquared's Entrepreneur in Residence immediately began working with the Basemap directors...

Stratus

"The SETsquared team is friendly, professional, patient, tolerant and supportive. They have been instrumental in Stratus' transformation from an idea into a real company with great potential." Frank Lee, CEO and Co-founder Stratus Transport Connections Ltd ("Stratus")      Stratus...

DocCom

“Our relationship with SETsquared has changed over the years. We started off needing their training and mentoring and now we use them as a sounding board for key decisions. We are part of  the SETsquared ecosystem now. “ Dr Jonathan Bloor, Founder.    Fast Facts   SETsquared...

MyBuilder.com

“Working closely with Nick Sturge in the first 18 months helped me build up resilience. Having the chance to talk with other entrepreneurs who were doing it – facing the same challenges and sharing their insights made a difference at the start.”  Ryan Notz, Founder   Fast Facts...

Gnodal

  “You can’t just shove a plant in a pot and expect it to survive.  You have to nurture it with the right size pot, food, water and light.  SETsquared provided the right conditions for Gnodal to thrive.”   Fred Homewood, CEO and Co-founder.  Fast Facts...

enModus

Andy Heaton of enModus shares his journey from smart idea to winning significant funding  enModus is a next generation home energy management company with a unique technology that will allow homeowners to monitor and control their home appliances cost effectively and help them to reduce their...

XMOS

Chips with everything While the technology to make computer chips smaller and cheaper progresses each year, the fundamental structure of the chip - the computer architecture - has remained the same for decades. This led Professor David May in the Department of Computer Science to think about what...

Triopsis

"SETsquared have been great: as well as providing practical facilities, they don't mind answering young businesses' dumb questions. And, as you grow, they raise the level of their support to take you as far down the path as you need". Andy Hutt, Chief Executive, TriOpsis Ltd Benefits of the...

Surrey Nanosystems Ltd

Surrey Nanosystems (SNS) produces highly advanced systems and processes for growing Carbon nanotubes (CNTs). SNS' unique ability to grow CNTs consistently at low temperatures represents an important breakthrough both for the future manufacture of high performance semiconductor chips and for the...