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A snapshot of the work we have done in 2024! 🎉 We've already hosted one regional festival this year, with the second coming this October! There are plenty of opportunities to get involved with the techSPARK community, from Bristol Tech Festival and Bristol & Bath Cyber Con, to supporting our monthly meetups - we want to hear from you 💙 As a not-for-profit organisation we rely on our partners and sponsors to work with us, as we continue to spark new collaborations and celebrate the achievements of our community 🍾 #SouthWestTech #NotForProfit #TechEvents

Had a great morning at the #bristoltechfest with our sustainability themed breakfast and talk ‘ How green is your Silicon Gorge?’. Fantastic support from Lucy P. and the #techspark team for helping set this up and facilitate it. Some really good conversations and questions through both the breakfast and the workshop. I think we all came away with new perspectives and ideas.

Thanks so much to everyone who came to our Bristol Tech Festival event 'Decoding the tech industry: comms and creativity in an ever-changing world' yesterday! ⚡ Special mention goes to our wonderful panellists Daniel S from Pax8 (which was also our amazing venue), Evelina Jankauskyte from Open Bionics and Tom Burns from Techmodal Ltd, plus our hosts Greg Halse and Maria Dickson. We've collated the key takeaways from the panel in a handy blog. Find them here: https://bit.ly/3zVl6uo #BristolTechFestival #CommsInsight #TechComms

👏 What a day👏 The West of England is an undeniable leader in Creative Technology. The incredible community that came together for Bristol Tech Festival yesterday was a testament to that 🌟 Thank you so much to everyone who attended and contributed to these inspiring events, we had a blast! techSPARK uk aer studios Bristol Creative Industries Gail Caig Tom Harber Briony Phillips Ash Phillips Nicola Price Air Giants Condense CAMERA at the University of Bath Bath Spa University Black Goblin Celestial Digital Catapult Fictioneers Limited Rosie Poebright IMPRESS Noods Radio Nulight Studios Weaving Change 📸: Julian Preece

Looking back at a fantastic #ExperienceDay as part of Bristol Tech Festival A full house covering the future of digital experiences, the business value of design and a brilliant interactive UX workshop! Much gratitude to techSPARK uk and We The Curious for collaboration and to Julian Preece for the amazing photos!

Earlier this week, our Managing Director, David de la Peña, took centre stage at the Bristol & Bath Cyber Conference, sharing his insights on a fantastic expert panel. Surrounded by some of the sharpest minds in tech and cyber security, Dave highlighted the crucial role of fostering a strong security culture in SaaS businesses. 🔒 A huge congratulations to Dave for his brilliant contribution. Bring on next year! 💪 #CyberSecurity #BristolTechFestival #Bristol #Signable #TechLeadership #DigitalTransformation

It has been wonderful to see so many leaders from the Heath & Life Science industry come together this morning at City Hall as part of Bristol Tech Festival. We've heard fascinating talks from Lord Patrick Vallance Minister of Science, Louis Taylor, Richard Olver, Penny Dash & Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, and are looking forward to the afternoon's sessions. Thanks to QantX, SETsquared Partnership, British Business Bank, University of Bristol, Bristol Innovations, Evelyn Partners & Barclays Eagle Labs for supporting this Health & Life Science Summit. 📸 Julian Preece #BTF24 #BristolTechFestival

Had a great time playing with the tech at the MyWorld - Bristol Bath Showcase as part of Bristol Tech Festival 🕹️ Well done to the teams at MyWorld, aer studios & Bristol Creative Industries for showcasing a sample of our regions creative tech sector in such a interactive way 🤳 📸 Julian Preece

💫 BREAKING NEWS 💫 Today at the Regional Innovation for the Modern Economy event in Bristol, we announced our plans for a new £300m spin-out-focused investment vehicle in partnership with QantX Our six university partners have a combined research portfolio of over £600m and have produced over 230 spin-out companies. To support this rich pipeline of talent and innovation, we’re aiming to increase the amount of capital, expertise, and support available to spin-outs and start-up companies in our regions that are working in areas of true global impact – such as sustainability, clean energy, and transformative healthcare.  The event was attended by Science Minister Lord Patrick Vallance, who says: “The UK is home to brilliant innovators, and this investment vehicle that brings together six Universities with a private sector investment firm, QantX, will help turn great ideas into thriving companies that create high-skilled jobs and exciting new products.” 👉 Get the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eaFDaDar Exeter Innovation University of Exeter Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd University of Southampton University of Bath University of Surrey University of Bristol techSPARK uk SETsquared Bristol SETsquared Bath Innovation Centre SETsquared Surrey Exeter Innovation Accelerator British Business Bank Bristol Innovations BI Foresight Marty Reid Harry Alexander Richard Haycock Michelle Law Andrew Wray Neil Hayes Diana Galpin David Woolley Caroline Fleming Aimee Skinner Photos by Julian Preece #investment #innovation #spinouts

Breaking news 🗞 Today we're excited to announce our plans for a new £300m spin-out-focused investment vehicle in partnership with SETsquared Partnership. The initiative was announced by our Chair Sir Richard Olver at Bristol City Hall at the Regional Investment and Health & Life Sciences Summit - part of the Bristol Tech Festival - with Science Minister Patrick Vallance, Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Louis Taylor and Penny Dash in attendance.   The SETsquared Partnership’s six university partners have a combined research portfolio of over £600m and have produced over 230 spin-out companies. Despite this success, the potential impact of R&D to power regional growth and productivity is being held back due to significant imbalances in equity funding across the UK. Startups in the region raise on average five times less at early stages* than in the Golden Triangle. In support of the initiative, Science Minister Lord Patrick Vallance said: “The UK is home to brilliant innovators, and this investment vehicle that brings together six Universities with a private sector investment firm, QantX, will help turn great ideas into thriving companies that create high-skilled jobs and exciting new products.” ➡ Get the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e36JRMN9 Pictured L-R: Chris Evans, Richard Haycock, Michele Barbour, Michelle Law, Sir Richard Olver, Diana Galpin Marty Reid Thank you Julian Preece for the fantastic photos 🙌 Harry Alexander Ben Woods Phil Brown Andrew Wray Rosalind Derby Neil Hayes Jim Williams David Woolley Caroline Fleming Aimee Skinner Barclays Eagle Labs British Business Bank Bristol Innovations Evelyn Partners techSPARK uk Nick Sturge MBE   Exeter Innovation University of Exeter Cardiff University Innovation + Impact Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd University of Bristol University of Bath University of Southampton University of Surrey techSPARK uk   SETsquared Bristol SETsquared Bath Innovation Centre SETsquared Surrey #investment #innovation #regionaleconomy #impactinvesting #breakingnews