Longevity investment: ‘Good companies will continue to get funded’
Managing partner of o2h ventures on making first longevity investment in Five Alarm Bio and the wider challenges facing venture capital investment.
Angels have already taken wing – but will the UK?
Cambridge Angels, a group of entrepreneurs that has pumped millions into exciting businesses founded by kindred spirits, acts as a terrific bellwether for innovation action in the cluster.
Finalists for Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2023 revealed
The finalists for the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2023 can now be revealed.
£1 million gift to help ease cost-of-living crisis
Generous donation by LBS alumni Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Mr Søren Fryland Møller establishes Pathiraja Fryland Møller Staff Support Fund
Spotlighting leading women angels and initiatives driving change for International Women’s Day
As we celebrate International Women’s Day today (8th March 2023), it’s timely to reflect on the progress UKBAA and the wider early-stage ecosystem has made, as well as the work to be done, in terms of supporting women founders and angels.
Six of the best kick off 2023 Awards competition
Entry for the 2023 Business Weekly Awards has only recently opened and already a clutch of exciting companies have thrown their hats into the ring.
Inaugural Tech Week is Cambridge innovation’s crowning glory
King Charles’ coronation is not the only example of crowning glory on parade in the UK in early May.
Tech Nation Rising Stars pitch at The Bradfield Centre
The Tech Nation Rising Stars 5.0 regional pitch event took place at The Bradfield Centre this week.
Cambridge science and technology ‘Movers & Shakers’ raise c.$4bn in 2022
Overseas companies moving in, cash being splashed by global investors keen to test the water in the DeepTech and life science markets – combined, these factors further burnish the lustre of a golden era for the Cambridge Cluster.
Cambridge’s ‘knowledge engine’ finds its voice at Deeptech Labs demo day
Cambridge’s reputational capital around the world has never been higher and Cambridge Network can take a bow as one of the chief influencers. Cambridge Network is celebrating 25 years of supporting the Cambridge ecosystem.
Solid silver Cambridge Network worth its weight in gold
Cambridge’s reputational capital around the world has never been higher and Cambridge Network can take a bow as one of the chief influencers. Cambridge Network is celebrating 25 years of supporting the Cambridge ecosystem.
Innovate Cambridge gets Arm and Microsoft support to boost tech ecosystem
An initiative looking to promote innovation in the Cambridge tech ecosystem has received over 100 charter signatures from the likes of Arm, Microsoft and AstraZeneca.
Deeptech Labs named ‘hottest accelerator’ at Europas 2022
Deeptech Labs was named hottest accelerator at the Europas 2022 Technology Start-up Awards in Lisbon.
More than just gut instinct: the microbiome in medicine
Mother nature has inspired what is arguably pharma’s most exciting market: biologics ‒ therapeutics derived from living organisms. Biologics are valued globally at over £200bn and sales have grown by over 75% in the last decade (see Figure One).
Investments in impulse’s game-changing entrepreneurs top £100million
Alumni of University of Cambridge’s hugely successful entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship programme, impulse have now attracted more than £100million in funding and investments over the last five years.
Looking for an early-stage investor? Here are 100+ angels looking for healthtech deals
Sifted lists 100+ healthtech angel investors across Europe
Female founders forum empowers Cambridge entrepreneurs
The Choral Hub’s CEO and co-founder Xann Schwinn has launched a new forum for female founders which has been enthusiastically embraced by Cambridge’s top female entrepreneurs.
New owner unveils plans to create lab space at The Grafton centre in Cambridge
The new owner of The Grafton centre in Cambridge has unveiled plans to transform the shopping mall to deliver much-need laboratory space in the city.
Cambridge Network celebrates 25 years of supporting the Cambridge ecosystem
Cambridge Network celebrates a milestone birthday as it turns 25, a testament to its success as an effective and established networking organisation, operating at the heart of the Cambridge cluster.