GUV reports on SetSquared's premier investment event hosted at The Shard in London.

Academic spin-outs and student startups competed for investment at the Shard in London in front of a live audience made up of private investors, venture capitalists and angel investors at an event hosted by SetSquared.

The incubator partnership of the UK universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey brought companies from across its five campuses for the event, which attracted an audience of 250, many of whom came from UK-based early-stage investors such as Mercia Fund Management and Eden…