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This year’s Investment Showcase, taking place on 1 December at Church House, Westminster, is set to be the biggest and best to date. Not only will we celebrate SETsquared’s 20th year, but we will also bring you more high-quality companies all seeking investments.
Circular Economy Startup OWNI, co-founded by repeat social entrepreneur and SETsquared Exeter member, Kalkidan Legesse, has secured $420,000 to scale its re-commerce as a service technology across the United Kingdom this year.
On Wednesday 18 May 2022, SETsquared Exeter’s latest Discovery Room event was held at Real Idea’s Market Hall in Plymouth at the Immersive Dome. The Immersive Technology event highlighted the regional strengths and opportunities that the South West possesses in the field, with the sold out event drawing in speakers including Meta’s Lucia Tahan.
The inaugural SETsquared Exeter Celebration Dinner took place on the evening of Thursday 12 May at the Mecure, Southernhay Hotel, Exeter. It was an opportunity for SETsquared Exeter founders, advisors, and staff to get together and celebrate the successes of member businesses. It was also a chance to thank the fantastic professional services that work closely with SETsquared Exeter including Advisors-in-Residence and Entrepreneurs-in-Residence.
Britons are infamously bad at speaking foreign languages, but in our hyperglobalised day and age that is not an option anymore. The founders of PolyglotMe came to the same conclusion and decided to do something about it!
Type of member: Acceleration
Pete Russell founded Ooooby (out of our own back yards) to enable small scale food producers to supply the consumer market directly and create a more resilient food system. Pete reveals why he chose to relocate his business from New Zealand to South West UK and how SETsquared Exeter was able to support the transition and help to stimulate Ooooby's growth.
Type of member: Acceleration
James Moore, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Freyda reveals the motivations in seeking support from SETsquared Exeter. The Acceleration Programme enabled the businesses to expand and validate thinking, with additional support from an Entrepreneur-in-Residence providing an experienced sounding board and impartial advice.
Type of member: Acceleration
Kenton Rogers, Co-founder of Treeconomics, a company that has been supported by SETsquared Exeter, describes how a passion for the environment has turned into a data-driven growing consultancy service.
Type of member: Acceleration
Binit on how they have created an uber model for rubbish
Type of member: Researcher
Researcher and University of Exeter alumnus, Dr Pete Melville-Shreeve is the Co-Founder of OTA Water.