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At SETsquared Exeter we help University of Exeter students become successful entrepreneurs through numerous activities and facilitating networking and collaboration opportunities.
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Student success stories
Third year medical student Line Djeokeng has been selected for the prestigious Santander Scholars Programme, to support her studies and her startup venture, The Wholesome Wealth.
Final year Biology student Ben Wedd has secured funding to take his business BensBuckets to several UK festivals this summer. To date, Ben has sold approximately 1000 bucket hats, which are made from a traditional African material called Kitenge.
A University of Exeter graduate has launched a new business that aims to improve employee wellbeing through nature-based team days.
A former student from the University of Exeter is a contestant in the current series of The Apprentice. Joe Phillips decided to apply to the show to seek investment for his sustainable brand Surf Balm, which he developed whilst at university.
Former student Enock Onsare has launched Kenya’s first-ever full-fledged consumer digital bank, or ‘neobank’. Mynt enables users to manage, save and invest their money in a smarter and simpler way.
A sustainable chocolate start-up, an app to monitor flood resilience and an A-level politics revision platform were among the original and inspiring business ideas celebrated at the 2022 Student Startups Awards.
Coined as the try-before-you-buy for home improvements, Augmented Reality Creations (ARC), create immersive and explorable Augmented Reality experiences for use by home improvement installers as a sales tool both in person or remotely.
A climate conscious confectionary business based in St Austell has won two coveted Free From Food Awards after receiving support from the University of Exeter, Cornwall Student Start-up programme.
In 2019, Constance Girard and Rhys Hamilton-Davies launched the language learning platform PolyglotMe; an online solution which would bridge the gap between traditional language learning and full immersion experience.
Since launching in May 2021, surf-hire startup Just Surf has already partnered with 55 accommodation hosts to provide surf and paddle equipment to their guests in Cornwall.
Two recent graduates from the University of Exeter have partnered up with a graduate from the University of Bath to launch STAXY, the first student-exclusive ridesharing app which aims to save students money whilst reducing their carbon footprint.
An innovative surf-hire firm and a social enterprise that helps disadvantaged women in Kenya start their own businesses were among the winners at the 2021 Student Startups End-of-Year Awards Ceremony.
Two recent graduates from the University of Exeter have launched sustainable startup Bazoo, producer of the world's first and only carbon-negative toilet roll.
A University of Exeter Business School student handed independent craft breweries a lifeline during lockdown by helping them tap into new online markets.
Paddleboat Theatre Company, which is run by four Exeter drama graduates and performs interactive plays and workshops at local schools, has launched a series of online resources for both hearing and deaf children.
Jubel Beer, a unique beer business which is run by Exeter student Jesse Wilson, has successfully increased online sales and digital marketing activity thanks to funding from Santander Universities UK.
Languages graduate Alex Somervell set up One Third Stories, which sell books to encourage language learning in children. They turned down an offer from Peter Jones on Dragons Den who wanted 20% of the business, and now One Third Stories is worth £2.6 million.