[3] In addition to hosting and supporting startup companies, SETsquared promotes university-to-business technology transfer and guides students into entrepreneurship.
[1] In 2015, it was ranked as the top university-based business incubator in the world by UBI Global,[4] as well as being ranked by UBI Global as the top one in Europe for the third year running.
[6] Bristol's centre, launched in 2003, was located adjacent to the university's Department of Computer Science.
[3] In 2013, the centre moved into the Engine Shed business incubator, housed in Isambard Kingdom Brunel's building at Bristol Temple Meads railway station, within Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
[10] In December 2014, SETsquared opened another centre, in the Basing View business park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, assisted by a grant of £100,000 from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.