2021’s coolest UK female founders making huge impact in tech
The Office of National Statistics’ latest figures say that women now comprise 31% of the tech sector workforce. While this might seem like a positive — it’s a significant proportion of a male-dominated sector — progress has been slow.
Winners of cofinitive’s #21toWatch awards for 2021 revealed
The winners of the #21toWatch awards have been revealed - and represent an extraordinary array of talent across the disruptive science and technology sectors from Cambridgeshire and the wider East of England region.
Meet the ‘next generation’ of UK tech innovators
A Cambridge University programme has produced a fleet of the UK’s ‘next generation’ entrepreneurs and world-class innovators.
Australia takes on Google
The Australian government is demanding the tech giant pays for news content
The #21toWatch shortlist for 2021 is revealed
The 2021 shortlist for next month’s coveted #21toWatch Awards can now be revealed - and it includes some of the most inspirational entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovations from the East of England.
5 digital health trends to watch in 2021, according to investors
From millennial mental health to personalised preventative care — three healthtech investors tell us where to look next.
British business investments commits £10m to syndicate room
British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a £10m commitment to venture capital fund Syndicate Room.
Cambridge life science deals worth more than $50 billion over the last 12 calendar months
Deals valued at over £1 million in the East of England life science cluster in the last 12 calendar months totalled $50.371 billion – and that doesn’t include current and potential milestone payments, some of which are huge.
Meet six from the longlist for #21toWatch in 2021
Ahead of nominations to the #21toWatch Awards closing on Friday (January 6), here are six of the entries that have made the longlist so far.
007: Angel investing in healthtech with Pam Garside.
Pam Garside is one of the most well-connected people in UK healthcare.
Funders back Spirea’s novel payload flexibility for cancer therapeutics
Cambridge University spin-out Spirea – founded to deliver nextgen antibody drug conjugate (ADC) cancer therapeutics – has secured unspecified funding from lead o2h Ventures and SyndicateRoom.
Cambridge turns light bulb moments into lightning storm
A Cambridge University programme created to nurture academic brilliance has been fine-tuned to give businesses and research organisations their best shot at turning bleeding edge innovation into commercial gold.
5 myths you shouldn’t believe about fundraising (and one stark reality)
Seed fundraising feels like a rollercoaster when you’re in it. It feels like it’s going on forever, it’s tempting to let it gobble up all of your time and attention, and you’re never sure whether it’ll be who you know or what you know that will make you stand out in front of investors.
One step forward for self-driving cars
This week we are one step closer to a future of self-driving cars thanks to a new proposal the UK government is considering, which could see automated cars on the roads as early as next year. Our tech guru Peter Cowley told Eva Higginbotham more...
Cambridge entrepreneur and investor has been announced as a winner in the regional stage of the Barclays’ Entrepreneur Awards
Barclays’ Entrepreneur Awards highlight and recognise entrepreneurs who are transforming their industries, the economy and society. Dr Andy Richards, CBE, has received the accolade in the Icon category which seeks to recognise entrepreneurs who have successfully turned their vision into reality.
Is Cambridge one of the UK’s foremost business ecosystems?
In each edition of Business Leader Magazine, we profile one of the UK’s leading business destinations – in our last edition we focused on Cambridge. Through its role as a mecca for the world’s educational elite, its relentless drive to innovate new technology, and its proximity to the capital, have all made it an attractive proposition for businesses and entrepreneurs.
CIC piles on the assets in boom year for investments
Cambridge Innovation Capital expanded its portfolio to 30 companies and increased net asset value by 46 per cent to £301.7 million in the year to March 31.
Cambridge AI firm says drug identified in April could have saved 5,000 lives
AI VIVO, the Cambridge company combining systems pharmacology and AI to accelerate drug discovery, reveals that its platform correctly identified dexamethasone as having high potential for the treatment of COVID-19 as early as April.
Serendipity may be a thing of the past, says Cleevely
Fewer opportunities for serendipity – chance encounters leading to unexpected ideas and relationships – may be one tragic outcome of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Dr David Cleevely, serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Cambridge Network and a leading business figure in the region for many years.
Cambridge Angels' top tips for remote working
It’s no secret that Coronavirus has caused a seismic shift in the way that we work. Remote working has been part of our lives for a number of months now and it seems it will be a feature that will continue to influence the way we do business, even after a return to an office environment.
It’s no secret that Coronavirus has caused a seismic shift in the way that we work. Remote working has been part of our lives for a number of months now and it seems it will be a feature that will continue to influence the way we do business, even after a return to an office environment.
Cambridge Angels has since the start of lockdown, hosted regular online sessions with both its members and our portfolio. One of the key topics for us, as for most people, has been the non-trivial matter of making remote working work. We’ve collated a list of the top tips for remote working that we’ve heard from our portfolio and our members.
As we head into the summer season, and as remote working fatigue may be starting to set in, we hope that you’ll find these reminder tips handy.
Look after your and your team’s mental health
Exercise regularly, take regular breaks, create a routine, manage your information intake, set a daily ‘no meetings’ period in your team’s diaries
Set the tone
Create an informal chat or social sessions to keep spirits high. Allow for feedback for employees to submit improvement suggestions for how we communicate and work together at this time. Make remote working work for you. Change where you sit, put on music, whatever helps you work. And enjoy the perks – no commute or uncomfortable shoes, and all your home comforts!
Keep in touch
Have a ‘war room’ call with your team at the start of each day and keep all communication explicit and transparent. Keep up one-to-one contact. Be prepared for each meeting to communicate effectively
Conference call tips
Always switch on the camera. Seeing each other’s faces really helps. Use facilitation technologies to help (e.g. Mentimeter and Kaptivo)
Remote customer contact
Behave as if every dollar of revenue is the last you’re going to see from that customer and focus on upselling. Engage with your customers on a human level – their businesses are going through the same crisis. Consider the risk associated with every revenue assumption and put contingency plans in place for each.