Welcome to our weekly South West Tech News roundup, where you can get all the headlines from the past week in one place.
What has our busy tech and digital community been up to this week? From award wins and innovative breakthroughs to unmissable events and capital raised, take a moment to reflect on the hive of daily activity taking place in our region.
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Four new incubators have launched across Greater Bristol to supercharge founders in music, creative tech, social enterprise and space.
Highlights include Noods Levels’ SCALE incubator for grassroots music businesses, a Create Growth accelerator in Bath, a new Social Economy West programme, and Bristol Spaceworks, a hyper-local desk-based incubator in BS5. Each offers tailored support for early-stage ventures driving innovation and impact.
Learn more about the programmes below
Noods Levels | Create Growth | Social Economy West Accelerator | Bristol Spaceworks Incubator
Bristol startup PEEQUAL has raised £925,000 to take its women’s urinals global, with events in Europe, the US and Australia next in line.
The flatpack, patent-pending design is 2.7x faster to use than standard portable toilets and can be stacked to reduce transport emissions. After appearing at Glastonbury, the London Marathon and 25 events this year alone, demand from organisers worldwide is accelerating their growth.
Evex Digital Health, a startup helping young people quit vaping, has won Best Elevator Pitch at SETsquared Bristol’s flagship Tech-Xpo Showcase.
Founder Abigail Simpson impressed the crowd with a smart tech solution tackling addiction, earning top honours at the University of Bristol’s leading pitch and demo event.
The British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund has hit a major milestone, driving nearly £100 million into startups and scaleups across the region since launching in 2023.
So far, the fund has delivered £51.8M in direct investment and leveraged £48.1M in private capital across 218 deals, supporting 203 businesses. The latest: a £1.275M boost for award-winning legal tech firm Eden Conveyancing.