SETsquared Surrey

Last Breakfast Club consisted of updates from BiofuelAi and vHive Cohort 5 companies: Antigenesis Biologics, Antler Bio, K9 Biotech, LampoVet, Peptidus Biotech, Pneumonitor, and Untap Health. A strong benchmark for international engagement and cross-sector innovation. Thanks all!

We are delighted to announce seven new innovative animal health companies have recently joined SETsquared Surrey and the University of Surrey's vHive Animal Health Incubator. The vHive incubator is backed by Zoetis UK and the University of Surrey. Welcome to SETsquared Surrey!

It's #FeedbackFriday! We love hearing what our members and alumni have to say about the support they have received through @SETsquaredSRY Thank you, Justin✨ Find out more about business support at SETsquared Surrey @ surrey-research-park.com/grow-your-busi… #startup #businessaccelerator

🌟Exciting News!🌟 We're delighted to welcome a ground-breaking company to the SETsquared Surrey Incubator this month! 🧪Caravel Bio is building the first limitless protein evolution platform Welcome to the SETsquared Surrey ecosystem!🌱 #welcome #businessgrowth #innovation

🌟 Feedback Friday (Part 2)🌟 Today we’re sharing insights from Ali Anjomshoaa, Founder & CEO of Ffotoneg. His first weeks at SETsquared have been full of new connections, events and opportunities, and we’re excited to see his journey continue.

🌟 Feedback Friday 🌟 Today we’re sharing insights from Ali Anjomshoaa, Founder & CEO of Ffotoneg. His first weeks at SETsquared have been full of new connections, events and opportunities, and we’re excited to see his journey continue.

We're excited to welcome a diverse group of innovative companies joining the SETsquared Surrey community... BioFuelAI – A University of Surrey spinout transforming biogas production by applying machine learning to optimise real-time operations. Circuits Integrated – A new venture offering deep expertise in analog, RF, and mmWave integrated circuit design, supporting the wider electronic design ecosystem. ConnectPlayWise – A Surrey spinout creating adaptive gaming and intergenerational digital platforms that help educators, mental-health professionals, and care providers understand the role of digital tools in wellbeing and social-emotional learning. Ffotoneg – Delivering Design-to-Device™ compound semiconductor photonics solutions across sectors including datacoms, telecoms, sensing, healthcare, spectroscopy, transport, and consumer electronics. Kyrexa – Joining us after their vHive membership, Kyrexa are advancing kinder and more effective cancer treatments for companion animals, with potential human applications. VisiProperties – Joining after their Cosmic Capital membership, VisiProperties are bringing augmented-reality property information boards that let users compare nearby properties instantly via smartphone. Zytca – Another vHive graduate, providing fast, reliable point-of-care PCR diagnostics for animal diseases, delivering real-time results in under 30 minutes. We are thrilled to support these companies as they push boundaries across biotech, semiconductors, digital wellbeing, diagnostics, and more. 🚀 #newmembers #welcome #businessgrowth #innovation

Job Vacancy: Programme Coordinator @setsquared wish to appoint a Programme Coordinator with excellent communication skills to provide professional support for them. bath.ac.uk/jobs/CC13031 #newjob #administration #adminjobs #jobsinbath #IAmConfident

Applications for EarthScale are now open! EarthScale is a UK-wide programme that supports IP-rich #ClimateTech ventures to scale to commercialisation. Apply by Sunday 7 September: buff.ly/VZUvJdH #EarthScale #NetZeroInnovation #ScaleClimateTech

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 We're delighted to welcome another ground-breaking company to the SETsquared Surrey Incubator this month! 👣Z-PULSE specialises in advanced self-powered triboelectric sensors, co-developing zero-burden wearable healthcare systems for sustainable & smarter patient monitoring. Welcome to the SETsquared Surrey ecosystem - we are so excited to be a part of your growth journey!🌱 #newmembers #welcome #businessgrowth #innovation

It's #FeedbackFriday !!! We love hearing what our members and alumni have to say about the support they have received through @SETsquaredSRY Thank you, Andrew Hudson✨ Huge well done to Chris Hobbs on offering such brilliant support! Find out more about business support at SETsquared Surrey @ surrey-research-park.com/business-incub… #startup #business #businessaccelerator #feedback

It's #FeedbackFriday !!! Did you know that the team at @SETsquaredSRY also run the S100 Club Angel Investment Network? We received this wonderful feedback from one of the pitching companies after our most recent event. Thank you, Chantal✨ Find out more about pitching to the S100 Club or joining as an angel investor here: surrey-research-park.com/s100-angel-inv… #startup #angelinvestment #feedback

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 We're delighted to welcome another ground-breaking company to the SETsquared Surrey Incubator this month☀ 🛰 Stars Edge are on a mission to make space both affordable and accessible by pioneering the world’s lowest sustained orbital satellite! Welcome to the SETsquared Surrey ecosystem - we are so excited to be a part of your growth journey!🌱 #newmembers #welcome #businessgrowth #innovation

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 We're delighted to welcome another ground-breaking company to the SETsquared Surrey Incubator this month☀ 🤖 Cyberrock are focussing on providing a user friendly cost effective AI-powered cybersecurity solution for SMEs while delivering crucial risk insights for cyber insurance. Welcome to the SETsquared Surrey ecosystem - we are so excited to be a part of your growth journey!🌱 #newmembers #welcome #businessgrowth #innovation

✨ What a great morning at SETsquared Surrey's Breakfast Club this Wednesday! We loved welcoming our incredible members and mentors for a morning of connection, innovation, and caffeine-fuelled conversation ☕🥐 This month’s session was packed with fascinating insights: 🧠 Malin Inga Karstens of Cognite Neuro gave us a glimpse into the future with their brain stimulation cap – science fiction meets reality. 🚁 Mike Dewhirst of Evolve Dynamics took us into the world of drones and their mission-critical work with the MOD. 💡 Graeme Beever and Lucie Botha of Innovate UK joined us to share how they’re powering innovation across the UK, and how our start-ups can get involved. 🎤 And last but certainly not least, a big thank you to our mentor Tehzeeb Gunja for an inspiring Mentor Spotlight talk – spanning a career in Marketing and medical devices. Bonus: he brought along the Guinness World Record-winning world's smallest camera (yes, it really is that little black grain-of-sand sized speck📸 Huge thanks to all who attended. These mornings are a reminder of the creativity, collaboration, and curiosity that drives our community forward. Looking forward to the next one! #community #innovation #setsquared #mentorship #entrepreneurship #breakfastclub

We are delighted to announce seven new innovative animal health companies have recently joined SETsquared Surrey and the University of Surrey's vHive Animal Health Incubator. The vHive incubator is backed by Zoetis UK and the University of Surrey. Allow us to introduce Astratus, Caravel Bio, Kyrexa, Scooch, Sylvester AI, Varolis, and Zytca! Welcome to SETsquared Surrey! We look forward to watching you grow with us🐶🐱🐷🐴 #animalhealth #innovation #businessgrowth

On Wednesday this week, we hosted our first Sales Roundtable event at SETsquared Surrey, bringing together our vibrant startup community with a panel of expert mentors to dive into the realities of sales and business growth. The event gave SETsquared Surrey and Veterinary Health Innovation Engine members the opportunity to raise questions and learn from the experience of others in our ecosystem. From strategy to execution, our inspiring and informative mentors generously shared their experience and insights – and the impact was clear. 💬 Feedback from our founders said it all: ⭐ “You can tell it was a high calibre panel of experts” ⭐ “I found it incredibly valuable” ⭐ “I thought it was excellent” ⭐ “I really did learn a lot - I was taking notes non-stop" A huge thank you to our fantastic mentors for giving their time and knowledge so generously. Your support means the world to our founders and helps power the next wave of innovative businesses. Fil Zanasi, Jerry Horwood, Robert Forster, and Roberto Rivero, we are incredibly lucky to have you in the SETsquared Surrey community! #startups #sales #founders #roundtable #mentorship

Yesterday, SETsquared Surrey was thrilled to host another fantastic Start-Up Slice event — our bimonthly lunchtime networking meet-up that brings together start-ups and mentors over conversation and, of course, pizza! This month’s session was extra special as we welcomed members of the vHive Animal Health Incubator to the event. It was inspiring to see such a diverse mix of innovators sharing ideas, challenges, and opportunities across sectors — all in the spirit of collaboration. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us — your energy and insights are what make these events so valuable. It was a perfect afternoon filled with the most wonderful people (so sunny in fact that it's shone through in the pictures...)! ☀🍕🥤 #SETsquaredSurrey #StartUpSlice #Networking #AnimalHealth #vHive

🚀 Exciting Morning at Breakfast Club! 🌟 On Wednesday, 26th March, we had an incredible time at the SETsquared Surrey Breakfast Club networking event! 🥐☕️ It was a fantastic opportunity for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and mentors to connect, share insights, and showcase exciting updates from their ventures. The event kicked off with some great intros and updates from the start-ups, offering a glimpse into the amazing work being done by the local entrepreneurial community. A huge thank you to Andrew Hudson (BetterTrack), Jonathan de Jong (Ade Technology), Ash Stott (Amber Technology) and Amir Taba (Direk) for the insights into your companies. Another huge thank you also goes out to Tina Matania, our Mentor Spotlight, for sharing your career highlights and experience with us. 📸 Lastly, thank you to Abdul of Aperture Pictures Guildford - the talented student photographer from Surrey Business School, who captured the moments perfectly, including group shots and LinkedIn headshots for our members. These photos will certainly help our members elevate their online presence! Of course, no networking event is complete without some delicious coffee and pastries, which helped fuel the morning's conversations and connections. A lot of mentor/mentee matches were made at this event, which is a joyful reminder of why we do what we do! We look forward to more events like this and continue to support the growth of our entrepreneurial community. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and opportunities! ✨ #Networking #Startups #Innovation #Mentorship #Community #BreakfastClub #BusinessGrowth

📈 Why Investment Readiness Matters for Start-ups 📈 This week the SETsquared Surrey team launched our first Investment Readiness Programme of 2025💰 Raising investment isn’t just about securing funding — it’s about knowing when, where, and how to raise it effectively. Too often, start-ups dive into fundraising without a clear strategy, leading to wasted time, missed opportunities, or deals that don’t align with long-term growth. At SETsquared Surrey, we see this challenge all the time. That’s why we run our Investment Readiness Programmes biannually — to help founders: ✅ Understand what investors are really looking for ✅ Build a strong funding strategy tailored to their business ✅ Develop a compelling pitch and investment materials ✅ Gain expert feedback before facing real investors From funding options and valuations to perfecting your pitch deck, our programme equips our entrepreneurs with the insights and confidence to secure the right investment at the right time. Investment isn’t just about raising money — it’s about raising it smartly. #InvestmentReadiness #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Fundraising #SETsquaredSurrey