Metasonixx, an engineering company in the industry of advanced materials for sound and noise management has won Best Elevator Pitch at SETsquared Bristol’s acclaimed Tech-Xpo 2024 Showcase. Gianluca Memoli, CEO of Metasonixx, delivered part of his winning pitch in song to demonstrate how the company’s patented technology has re-engineered everyday materials into innovative products that can manage noise and ventilation in the built environment.
To win the award, Gianluca pitched to an audience of over 100 investors and business movers and shakers, competing against seven other innovative technology companies across a broad range of sectors, from machine learning and AI to health and wellbeing.
Founders Gianluca Memoli and Bruce Drinkwater joined SETsquared Bristol’s incubation programme in 2020 for coaching and support with business planning and fundraising.
Gianluca Memoli, CEO of Metasonixx, said: “At the last minute, I decided to sing part of my pitch and I won! It’s incredible to get this award and a great celebration of all the work we have done. We want to change the place where people spend most of the time, which is the office, and I’m talking about the hybrid office, as well as noise at home. In the days when my kids were around, I’d mount one of my panels to make sure I could have a zoom call with others.”
Rick Chapman, Entrepreneur in Residence at SETsquared Bristol, said: “It’s been a pleasure to support all of the founders to deliver pitches at this year’s Tech-Xpo. The line-up featured startups from our early and later stage programmes, and the standard was exceptionally high throughout. All of the companies should be very proud, and indeed Metasonixx, whose standout pitch captured the audience with a novel delivery – well done Gianluca!”
About SETsquared Bristol :
SETsquared Bristol is an award-winning tech incubator which has supported over 450 companies to raise £710 million in funding. Founded in 2002, it is part of Bristol Innovations, the University of Bristol’s catalyst for innovation. Its companies receive bespoke business support and training, an investor and adviser network, and a community of startups and scaleups. In 2024, it was named the top startup hub in the UK and third in Europe as part of the SETsquared Partnership by the Financial Times and Statista.
SETsquared Bristol champions diversity in tech and runs inclusion programmes to promote fairer representation. Currently 49% of its founders and C-suite are women and 21% are people of the global majority.
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