ELEVATOR PITCH Potato works with brands to deliver digital products that people love—and they just happen to be some of the best in the world, including Google, Mozilla, and the BBC. We also launch our own ventures, and our approach gives us the freedom to experiment and focus on creating digital products that have a […]
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ELEVATOR PITCH In 2008, Watershed, in collaboration with the University of West of England and the University of Bristol, launched the Pervasive Media Studio – an arts and technology research space designed to develop talent and new ideas in the cultural and creative economy. , By co-locating a network of artists, creative companies,
ELEVATOR PITCH Paintworks began as a genuine attempt to regenerate a mixed-use district and to perfect a model for doing so that others might replicate elsewhere. A project of Verve Properties, Paintworks has avoided slick marketing and fashion-conscious styling in favor of creating something simpler and open to everyone. From its affordable housing to its
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ELEVATOR PITCH It’s hard for us to believe, but the Rocketmakers team (www.rocketmakers.com) has been at the heart of the Bristol and Bath startup scene for well over a decade now. Our vision from the very start has been to bring the latest and greatest technologies together with passionate startup and scale-up founders to make
ELEVATOR PITCH Rumpus Animation was founded in 2011 by animation director Joe Wood and children’s book illustrator Seb Burnett after working together at several studios. Both had moved to Bristol to study animation, lured by the reputation the city has for creativity. Bristol seemed like the perfect place to start their own studio, due to
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It seems only yesterday that I was sitting in an empty office at the Bath Innovation Centre having just left an amazing role, a talented team and great stock options and benefits at Microsoft to satisfy my burning desire to create a startup. I felt that if I didn’t do it then I would always
ELEVATOR PITCH Runway East is where startups take off. We provide the space and community for entrepreneurs, innovators, dreamers, and doers to meet, think and (occasionally) drink together. We opened in Bristol in 2018. We knew that it was a booming city with a heavy focus on tech startups – it was the ideal fit
ELEVATOR PITCH NORTHSTAR is a real-time holistic and continuous appraisal system giving staff a feeling of autonomy and ownership over their destiny while also giving Managers and Directors fantastic visibility of activity and ways to develop staff productivity and careers. All delivered in a beautifully presented web platform. I truly believe we are challenging standards
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MARK PROBERT, DIGITAL STRATEGY DIRECTOR, NEWICONNot following a typical career path, Mark left school at 16 to work at a Design Consultancy in Cheltenham. Then, during a gap year in Australia in 2001, Mark worked at a leading Creative Agency in Melbourne, where he undertook projects for clients such as Adidas and the Australian Formula-1,
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Oracle for Startups facilitates mutually beneficial partnerships by connecting enterprise companies with innovative startup technology built on secure, scalable Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Global Communications Amy Sorrells leads a panel of female founders and VC experts at Startup Grind Europe. A dozen startup founders, including several from Bristol, disembark a private bus on a San Francisco
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ELEVATOR PITCH In June 2019, the inaugural LAUNCH Great West awards were held in Bristol. LAUNCH GW celebrates scientific and deep-tech innovation emerging from the South West and Wales. The event provided the opportunity to showcase the scientific commercialisation activity in universities, as well as the growth of scientific start-up ecosystems across the region. ,
ELEVATOR PITCH Securing an 88m reach in just one month through international press. Trending on Twitter. Generating £2.5m in a crowdfunding comms campaign. Landing primetime TV and radio slots. Increasing engagement online by 346%. OUR STORY All in a day’s work for OggaDoon.After turning a loss-making business into a profiting one within a year
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ELEVATOR PITCH OnCorps helps enterprises improve the performance of their existing business processes by augmenting them with digital decision guidance. By providing personalised, responsive, analytics-based recommendations to front-line decision makers, companies can unlock significant productivity and performance gains. OUR STORY OnCorps is a customisable AI decision guidance platform supported by a high-end team of data
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ELEVATOR PITCH Interactive Scientific is a start-up company, here to connect humans to the invisible scientific world so that our customers can solve science-related problems more quickly and more collaboratively. Nobody can seeatoms and molecules so we are using digital technology to virtualise and visualise science. OUR STORY Our core technology is a molecular
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THE INNOVATION MYTH – WHY OLD HABITS ARE STIFLING INNOVATION IN A NEW WORLD BY OLLY REID As John Holt once said, ‘’since we can’t know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love
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ELEVATOR PITCH Maths with Parents is an online tool that supports maths at home. We help parents and children to love learning maths together. We believe that every child can enjoy and succeed in maths. OUR STORY When it comes to maths, it isn’t always easy for parents to support their children. Our SolutionWe work
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Prior to Founding AutonoMe William was a local lecturer teaching adults with Learning Disabilities and Autism for a number of years. It was here that he established his passion and began to see the world through the eyes of people with Learning Disabilities. This helped William see how his skills and experience could further lend
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In 2016 the first phase of a masterplan to develop Ashton Gate was completed. At a cost of nearly £50m, Ashton Gate Stadium was rebuilt and transformed into a 27,000-seater modern, multi-use, 365-day-a-year venue and of course the proud home of Bristol City FC, Bristol Bears Rugby and the Bristol Sport group HQ. Ashton Gate
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Enabling innovators to get funding and build revenue by highlighting the value and importance of their ideas. Presentations and strategies untangle complicated information for clear communication with their clients and customers. When I came to Bristol to study Graphic Design, I found a great place. It’s a small city, that feels like a big city.
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Col8 is a next-generation video delivery platform. Our tools combine video with data, providing an intuitive interface to explore and understand video content at scale. , Charles Smith – CEO Jack Dyrhauge – Business Development Manager ELEVATOR PITCH Imagine you were searching the internet through Google but it only bought back the titles of webpages
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ELEVATOR PITCH In 2017 Bristol was designated UNESCO City of Film, a permanent global status that recognises the city’s achievements as a world leader in the field of film and the moving image. Bristol now stands alongside Bitola, Bradford, Busan, Galway, Łódź, Qingdao, Rome, Santos, Sofia, Sydney, Terrassa and Yamagata as an official UNESCO City
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OUR STORY Griff Holland and Ed Brown met in their mid-twenties, having both graduated from the University of Bath with degrees in Economics. After deliberating the type of business to start, the ambitious duo landed on the idea of Friska. Their aim was simple – to make Friska your favourite place for breakfast, lunch, and
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Bristol Media is the membership body combining Bristol’s creative sectors into a force for championing the region on the national and international stage. About Bristol MediaCreated in 2005, Bristol Media is a non-profit CIC and one of the largest creative networks in the UK. We are a membership organisation, whose purpose is to put Bristol
ELEVATOR PITCH Bristol Pound is a local currency, first launched in 2012. It is the UK’s most successful local currency, used by local businesses and individuals to buy goods and services, pay suppliers, energy bills and council taxes. It aims to create a more resilient and sustainable independent business sector in the city of Bristol,
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