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PAST PROGRAMMES
See our past programmes and how they benefitted businesses just like yours
SETsquared offers high-quality business support programmes free of charge to businesses within the innovation ecosystem, to help them grow.
These programmes are no longer running, but you can use the links below to learn more and see how they benefitted businesses like yours. Keep an eye out for new programmes you may be eligible for.
SpinOutWest
SpinOutWest was a six-month pilot programme designed to strengthen research commercialisation and increase spin-out activity in health and social care in the South West and beyond.
By sharing best practices and offering training and development, the programme equipped universities, particularly those that are are traditionally less research-intensive, and NHS organisations with the knowledge and skills needed to embed new ways of working and a culture that supports spin-out activity.
Hydrogen & Sustainable Transport Economy Accelerator (HSTEA)
Funded by the West of England Combined Authority, in partnership with the world-leading centre of excellence IAAPs, this programme aimed to accelerate innovation and commercialisation in sustainable transport and low-carbon hydrogen production in the West of England.
It covered all areas of sustainable transport, including the decarbonisation of road, marine, rail and air vehicles and fleets, as well as the development of hydrogen as a green fuel and the supporting storage infrastructure.
Find out moreTransforming Telecoms
This programme provided incubator support for start-ups innovating in core, wireless and non-terrestrial networks, as well as in AI, compound semiconductors, blockchain, quantum technologies, photonics, cyber security, and cloud solutions.
Whether companies aimed to sell their technology solutions into the telecoms market or incorporate telecoms assets into their products, this programme helped accelerate their growth and success.
Find out moreThe FWD Project
The FWD Project offered a range of support for health and wellbeing start-ups and SMEs in the West of England. From two-day Business Strategy Workouts, designed to help founders strengthen their business models for growth, to dedicated expertise in securing private investment and R&D funding, the FWD Project covered all their business needs.
Find out moreCreative Tech
This Creative Tech programme was supported by the Barclays Eagle Labs Ecosystem Partnership Programme, funded by the UK Government. It was designed to help creative tech ventures in the South West raise investment to carry out the research and development needed to advance their products and services and accelerate business growth. The programme supported creative tech founders in becoming investor-ready and engaging more effectively with Angels investors and venture capitalists.
Find out moreScale-Up
Funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Connecting Capability Fund, the Scale-Up programme had been running since 2018. During that time, it supported a membership of over 400 deep tech, innovation-led companies in forming academic collaborations across the six SETsquared universities and in securing public funding and private equity for their research and development.
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