9 Startups Founded at Bristol University

Bristol University is one of the UK’s top academic institutions, and regularly features as one of the top 100 universities in the world.

Based in the South West of England, Bristol is known for it’s colourful houses, artistic community and world-class music scene.

Famous Bristol alumni include David Walliams and Matt Lucas, Harold Pinter, David Attenborough, James Blunt and more.

But Bristol hasn’t just excelled academically. In fact, a whole group of startups were founded at the University – here, we take a look at some of the best.

 

How Does Bristol Encourage Entrepreneurship Within Its Students?

 

Like many Universities across the UK, Bristol has an accelerator programme that is designed to help its students start and grow businesses.

SETsquared Bristol helps high-tech startups with development, investment and networking. To date, the programme has helped over 450 companies, in 20+ sectors, raise over £710 million in investment.

Here are some of the most exciting startups that have come out of Bristol University:

 

Busy Brain Breaks

 

Busy Brain Breaks is a platform that hosts physical activity videos for primary school teachers.

The company helps students learn better by encouraging movement in between lessons. This can help with concentration and stress management.

 

Genome Key

 

 

Genome Key is an innovative BioTech company that can detect which antibiotics a patient needs in hours.

Their mission is to make sure no one dies from a treatable infection by creating more targeted treatment when needed. Their IVD device does just that, ensuring people get the care they need.

 

Zentraxa

 

 

Zentraxa is helping to create more sustainable materials through the power of biomaterial engineering.

The company works across a variety of industries, helping to research more sustainable alternatives to traditional materials. Through this, companies not only get better products, but sustainable ones too.

 

 

Wilder Sending

 

 

Wilder Sending is a biodiversity monitoring company, designed to record and analyse nature.

The company records sounds outdoors and the processes them using AI to identify which species have made the sounds.

Then, their tools are able to generate large datasets to understand and map out the biodiversity in an area.

 

Ultraleap

 

 

Ultraleap has created a hand tracking camera, allowing humans to navigate technology without any wearables or devices.

Their controller allows people to interact with any software, without the need for clunky hardware. Their device signals a new wave of controllers, focused on useability.

 

Route Zero

 

 

Route Zero is a comparison site, helping people find, compare and take lower carbon travel.

As travel and transport is a key emissions sector, this keeps consumers in the loop around their options – helping them make more sustainable travel choices.

 

Posterity

Posterity is an AI notetaker for financial advice businesses, designed to make sure professionals can spend more time listening to their clients, and less time writing notes.

The AI is able to capture notes and generate reports, perfect for those that are time poor, but need accurate reporting.

 

Jack Fertility

 

 

The popularity of at-home fertility tests has grown in recent years, but do tend to skew mostly towards women.

Jack Fertility is an at-home sperm test, deliverable through a letterbox. Through their data, men are able to be more informed about their fertility as they start on the journey.

 

C Dot Bio

 

 

C Dot Bio is an AgriTech company that use data to protect crops, boost sustainability and improve yield.

Through using compounds to target areas of the plant, the company is able to make plants grow more productively than ever before.