CASE STUDIES

“Taking part in the SETsquared Digital Entrepreneur’s Programme, which led to the ERDF subsidised incubation at SETsquared Surrey, has been incredibly valuable to me personally and professionally on three fronts: firstly, the professional connections you make and build as a result of being part of SETsquared has been second-to-none. That could be anything from popping in to see the Entrepreneurs in Residence for help with a quick or complex problem, through to the access to guest speakers from AIM and many others.”

“Secondly, the connections with the SETsquared universities themselves. Through the universities we have been able to access brilliant people who have helped us along the way; from placement students through to MBA students on longer-term tech assignments. They allowed us to advance our research, engineering capabilities, and global penetration strategies much faster than we would have been able to alone.”

“Finally, being incubated in a SETsquared centre really helped us with the day-to-day challenges of starting up a business, including managing the administrative burden. Things like having a team in place to answer the phones, book meeting rooms and generally manage the office meant we weren’t slowed down by admin issues and could focus our efforts on the business itself from the get-go.”

“The future of Fantastec is looking very positive – we are diligently working on three fronts: ensuring our first product Fantastec SWAP continues to be a runaway success, test and refine our near-to-market products that we will roll out in coming months and developing our series 2 products from concept to testing and market roll-out. Working with SETsquared has been a very positive experience. They helped us to really accelerate getting our products to market, quicker, smarter and cheaper than we could have done by ourselves.”

Steve Madincea, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Fantastec