The Tech4Good networks in Bristol and Bath, which have been operating since early 2017, are to merge to create a single group bringing together social innovation and tech across the two cities. Tech4Good South-West (T4GSW) will launch next month under the umbrella of the global network and non-profit TechSoup...
International public relations agency Grayling’s Bristol office has appointed to raise the national profile of the SETsquared Partnership, the global number one business incubator network backed by the University of Bristol. Since its launch in 2002, SETsquared has supported more than 3,500 businesses and helped raise £1.8bn in investment....
Bristol’s SETsquared technology accelerator has launched a bursary to help entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds access its world-beating business support. The scheme follows a SETsquared Bristol-funded research report last year that showed that while Bristol is a widely diverse city, there is a lack of black, Asian and minority ethnic...
Pioneering virtual reality (VR) technology developed in Bristol is being showcased at an ‘experience centre’ in the city’s Cabot Circus shopping centre – the first time it has been demonstrated outside the US. Bristol-based Ultrahaptics, the world leader in mid-air touch technology, has teamed up with Lancashire-based independent game...
A Bristol firm aiming to develop novel lifesaving cell therapies has attracted additional seed funding from a group of major UK investors, bringing it one step closer to commercialising its ground-breaking cellular research. Mogrify, which has its roots in research carried out at the University of Bristol, will use...
Bristol-based specialist recruitment agency Ignite Digital Talent has appointed Miles Thresher as its new client relationship director. Miles, pictured, will focus will developing and growing new and existing business clients for the firm, and in particular, the expansion of contract and interim business. Miles brings an extensive track record of...
Bristol tech firm Rovco, which is developing 3D vision and Artificial Intelligence techniques for subsea inspections, has formed an investment partnership with a market leader in offshore engineering. The link up with Global Marine Group (GMG) comes less than a year after Rovco received a £400,000 investment from the Bristol...
Bristol’s burgeoning tech industry is making the city a hub of scale-up activity and a magnet for venture capital investment, according to new research by global accountancy group KPMG. Of the £364m invested in 21 new businesses across the South West last year, some £307m went to Bristol businesses,...
Bristol-based consultancy and tech company Techmodal has relaunched its Growth Accelerator Programme to invest and develop innovative ideas in the city’s start-up community. The programme encourages individuals and pre and early-stage start-ups with an interest in tapping into the defence industry to pitch their ideas with a view to...
Rapidly-expanding Bristol fintech firm Parmenion is partnering with independent recruiter Resource Management in a pioneering talent search programme aimed at strengthening the city’s presence in the high-growth sector. Parmenion is experiencing the fastest growth in its 11-year history, having trebled its in assets under management (AUM) over the past...
Bristol is to become a ‘living laboratory’ by harnessing the power of the city’s already strong cross-sector collaboration to speed up innovations in areas such as transport and infrastructure. It is to become home to the UKCRIC Bristol Collaboratory, which will establish Bristol as a testbed for new ideas. ...
Innovative biometric tracking service Forth, which helps people navigate their way to better health using simply at-home finger-prick blood tests, has secured investment from its first institutional investor. Forth, originally part of Bristol’s world-beating SETsquared technology accelerator, has received the funding from The Development Bank of Wales, together with...
Firms across the West of England will be left on the wrong side of the ‘digital divide’ unless the government takes action to improve connectivity and pave the way for powerful 5G networks. The warning came this week from the CBI, which fears that, with Brexit dominating the political...
