Former teacher launches AI-powered Blutick maths tutor for home or school
Former maths teacher turned entrepreneur Rob Percival is today (Wednesday) launching an artificial intelligence-powered maths learning system.
Funderbeam granted financial services licenses in Singapore
Funding and trading platform is looking to grow its subsidiary in Singapore.
MOD announces £1.5m investment for 12 space innovation projects
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) will make an investment of £1.5m across 12 winning space innovation projects from the ‘Space to Innovate’ competition held by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Kheiron’s $22 million Series A funds early breast cancer detection for women worldwide
Kheiron Medical Technologies, an applied science company focused on innovating cancer diagnostics through machine learning, announced a $22 million Series A round led by Atomico with participation from existing investors Connect Ventures, Greycroft, Hoxton Ventures and EXOR Seeds.
NatWest and Featurespace partner to target fraud
NatWest has agreed a strategic partnership with Featurespace to profile and monitor payments and account activity to prevent fraud and scams using Featurespace’s ARIC™ platform.
Bango records 64% increase in revenues
Bango’s results for the first half of 2019 reveal a company making significant progress, with revenue up 64 per cent to £4.32million and a ninefold increase in registrations for its app developer platform, Bango Marketplace.
Fico and Arachnys forge compliance partnership
FICO, a leading analytics software firm and provider of financial crime compliance solutions, today announced a partnership with Arachnys, a leader in risk investigation solutions for client onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC), customer due diligence & enhanced due diligence (CDD/EDD), and anti-money laundering (AML).
Repositive appoints new Head of Strategic Growth and leading commercial advisers to drive scale-up
Repositive – the Cambridge-based startup that connects researchers with the right preclinical cancer models for their research – today announced the appointment of Slaven Stekovic as Head of Strategic Growth, along with leading commercial experts (Mariana Vaschetto and Francesca Crawford) to its advisory board, to drive the company’s scale-up and global growth ambitions within the pharma and biotech market.
UK's top startups to work for according to talent
New analysis on the online job seeking behavior of thousands of employees in the UK has unveiled a list of UK's top startups to work for. The data reveals startups in the banking industry and professional services sectors enjoy the highest demand from (potential) employees.
Ieso Digital Health uses deep learning for insight into clinical outcomes and psychotherapy
A leading exponent of internet-enabled mental health therapy has published new research built around psychotherapy and clinical outcomes.
TEESIDE BIOTECH FIRM SECURES £2.3M
The latest round will help to commercialise the firm’s technology, which allows fuel to be generated from waste
Featurespace cashes in on growing fraud-busting market
Innovation from Cambridge FinTech trailblazer Featurespace has opened up a new market potentially worth millions of pounds to the business.
5 tech start-ups to watch in Cambridge’s Silicon Fen
After London, Cambridge is the UK location seeing the most scale-up tech investment in recent years. Here’s a taste of some of the start-up activity in the Silicon Fen.
Two trusts trial AI to diagnose breast cancer sooner
Two trusts have turned to artificial intelligence to help them spot patients with breast cancer earlier.
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability rolls out PatientSource EPR
The independent medical charity in London says the system has reduced incidents of prescription error since it was introduced in April.
Cambridge food supplement company to raise fresh growth capital
Cambridge startup FutureYou, a science-backed online food supplement company, has strengthened its management team on the back of dramatic and sustained growth and is raising growth capital. FutureYou is looking to raise between £2m and £5m.
Spotify and Bango team up
Bango the mobile commerce company, and Spotify, have entered into a business partnership to increase access to the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service. By partnering with Bango, Spotify makes its streaming service available for operators all over the world to bundle with mobile and fixed subscription plans allowing millions of more fans to enjoy their favorite artists.
CRFS ramps technology for military bases and test ranges
Global military players – notably in the US – have been alerted to a new technology proposition launched by Cambridge-based CRFS, a global leader in RF spectrum monitoring, management and geolocation solutions.
BANGO PARTNERS WITH SPOTIFY
Cambridge-based mobile commerce company Bango has entered into a partnership with streaming giant Spotify.
ARTFINDER IS THE ART WORLD’S FIRST B CORP
Online marketplace Artfinder (which sells original works from independent artists located all over the world) has become the art world’s first B Corp