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.

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.

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.

Binit on how they have created an uber model for rubbish

Researcher and University of Exeter alumnus, Dr Pete Melville-Shreeve is the Co-Founder of OTA Water.

Sigma Technical is a pioneering robotics firm that is developing a state-of-the-art diagnostic and physical training machine.

In line with their promise to keep the customer at the very centre of services, Exeter born business recycling and rubbish start-up Binit have launched an app. The Binit app, one of the very first in the UK's recycling and waste sector, was launched in April 2019 and is designed to make it even easier for customers to sort their day to day recycling and rubbish needs.

Agricultural engineering start-up, Milkalyser, has received £1 million of funding to further develop its innovative equipment that monitors the productivity of dairy cows.

A forensic linguistics project developed with the University of Exeter and Seedata could change the way plagiarism is detected in academia. Plagiarism is a global issue for universities, and by using existing processes it can take up to a week for lecturers to detect issues with inconsistent results.

Minibems are an incubation success story at the University of Exeter, having recruited talented students, met new prospects, developed test facilities with researchers and successfully raised funding. The Exeter-based SME provides an efficient, intelligent heating system to complex buildings which dramatically reduces energy costs, improves resident services and shortens repair times

Custodian Solutions is an award-winning software company which has created a cloud-based, anti-counterfeiting platform with advanced brand protection. The technology is used to investigate and gather evidence to litigate fraudsters, solving intractable anti-counterfeiting and brand protection problems.

For many businesses, crowdfunding is seen as the investment platform of the digital age. Crowdcube, Pioneered by Luke Lang and Darren Westlake who created the world's first investment crowdfunding platform in 2011, has helped more than 500 businesses raise finance and has over 400,000 members - who have invested in excess of 245m.

Exeter firm BioSystems Technology is leading the way in providing a more reliable and humane alternatives to animal testing. Dr Olivia Champion, CEO of BioSystems Technology, has developed research-grade larvae, which can act as a substitute for testing diseases, poisons and new drugs.

Equipping companies with the tools to visualise data and create 3D images was the brainchild of Professor Philippe Young. Based at the University of Exeter, Professor Young was conducting a research project when he had the idea for Simpleware.

Unique technology by Theta Technologies detects flaws in engineering components enabling an early warning of material degradation to such a detailed level, it is unmatched by any other forms of testing. The ultrasonic technology was developed by Dr Peter Armitage during his PhD at the University of Exeter.

Providing the confidence for those with autism and mental health problems to fulfil their lives, from going to university to entering the workplace, was the challenge taken on by Exeter-based Brain in Hand.

Francis Malone-Lee and James Willmott are the smart cookies behind the recently launched platform for online maths tuition, Maths Kitchen.

The SETsquared Exeter business acceleration story depicts the journey taken by SETsquared Exeter members at different stages of their business development. It highlights what is on offer for potential partners and how SETsquared Exeter can accelerate their development through the provision of expert business support. SETsquared Exeter is able to expand the reach of its business acceleration provision as part of the University of Exeter Enterprise Zone (UEEZ) project. The project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Binit provide brilliant rubbish and recycling services to businesses nationwide. SETsquared Exeter worked with Binit to understand their ambitions and goals and supported them via a tailored support package, including access to a community of entrepreneurs to share experiences and develop networks.

While at university, with the support of SETsquared Exeter's Student Startup Team, Hugo Tilmouth and Hakeem Buge began work on a business idea for a green grab-and-go solution to phone charging.

When Raspberry Pi launched a low-end micro-computer aimed at encouraging programming, University of Exeter student Jacob Marsh saw an opportunity. One of the first in line to buy the much-anticipated micro-computer, Jacob set out to design a case to house the computer.

Using traditional building techniques combined with modern materials and design features, physics student Duncan Lyster is creating lightweight, high-performance wooden surfboards.

Bespoke mobile and web software firm, Seedata has experienced great success since it was founded in 2010. Starting as a digital web agency, Seedata utilised collaborations to expand operations and focus more on innovative products.

Coined as the try-before-you-buy for home improvements, Augmented Reality Creations (ARC), create immersive and explorable Augmented Reality experiences for use by home improvement installers as a sales tool both in person or remotely.