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Southampton Student Entrepreneurs in World Cup Final
News | SETsquared | Wed, 02/10/2013 | 00:00
Enactus Southampton has made history by finishing second at the Enactus World Cup in Cancun, Mexico. The University’s leading team of student social entrepreneurs were beaten to the title by Germany with Nigeria and Puerto Rico also reaching the final four. The landmark achievement by Enactus Southampton marked the first...
Butterfly wings inspire new technologies: from fabrics and cosmetics to sensors
News | SETsquared | Tue, 10/09/2013 | 00:00
A new study has revealed that the stunning iridescent wings of the tropical blue Morpho butterfly could expand the range of innovative technologies. Scientific lessons learnt from these butterflies have already inspired designs of new displays, fabrics and cosmetics. Now research by the University of Exeter, in collaboration with General...
Blu Wireless becomes first Enterprise Zone based SETsquared member to close multi-million dollar funding round
News | SETsquared | Thu, 05/09/2013 | 00:00
SETsquared has announced the first of its Enterprise Zone companies to successfully close a multi-million dollar funding round. Blu Wireless Technology has raised $3.1 million (£2m) through angel investors and funding acceleration groups. The company is the first occupier of SETsquared’s new Engine Shed facility, formerly Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s drawing office...
Bristol-based SecondSync secures investment from global media company
News | SETsquared | Mon, 02/09/2013 | 00:00
A Bristol-based business which provides social media analysis for television companies has received a huge vote of confidence after attracting investment from a global media company. SecondSync, a member of the University of Bristol's SETsquared Centre, monitors people’s social media conversations about TV broadcasts and provides audience insights that can be...
From skateboards to a collaboration with eBay
News | SETsquared | Tue, 20/08/2013 | 00:00
A software company that started life as a university start-up project has launched a real-time inventory and listings management platform available to esellers using one of the world’s biggest online marketplaces. Brightpearl, which began within SETsquared’s business incubator at the University of Bristol, is now providing its retail software to both...
The ai Corporation acquires Thoughtified to provide Big Data approach to preventing crime
News | SETsquared | Tue, 13/08/2013 | 00:00
Software development company Thoughtified Limited has been acquired by the ai Corporation Limited for an undisclosed amount. Thoughtified, a University of Surrey spin-out that was incubated by SETsquared, was founded in 2009 by two Computing PhD students, Aaron Mason and Georgios Michalakidis, while pursuing their PhD degrees. They wanted to apply...
