AI 'can speed up drug discovery by a decade'
CEO says HealthTech firm using AI to speed up the creation of treatments for rare diseases is to move into next phase of clinical trials
Coronavirus: NHS uses tech giants to plan crisis response
Cambridge Angels' backed company Faculty is part of the effort to help predict where ventilators, hospital beds, and medical staff will be most in need
Thought Machine’s Paul Taylor: ‘Events like this will push banking into the cloud’
How coronavirus is leading to an overhaul in the very foundations of banking.
Cambridge Mask Company’s military grade masks sell out amid coronavirus pandemic
One of the few success stories to come out of the coronavirus outbreak is a small business in Cambridge that is supplying more than 70 countries with military grade face masks that can filter out the virus.
Is 5G really worth developing?
Is developing a 5G network viable in a world reeling from the effects of coronavirus?
Bango boost as online spending platforms boom
Bango has published a tremendous set of 2019 figures – and is enjoying a huge hike in growth in 2020 as people spend more time online.
Arecor extends multi-product collaboration with clinical stage biotech
Arecor Limited, the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, announces that it has extended its multi-product collaboration with a US-based clinical stage biotechnology company.
Cambridge sees a 35% increase in VC investment in 2019 as Healx and BenevolentAI join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty 8.0 programme
Healx and BenevolentAI join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty 8.0 programme, for late-stage tech companies in the UK - Europe’s longest serving and most successful programme for late-stage tech companies, with 9 IPOs and 30 mergers and acquisitions.
The Access Platform delivers boost to universities stricken by #Coronavirus
TAPlatform platform being used by some of the world’s leading universities is being rolled out as a front line tool in the fight to maintain control of admissions amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
IQ Capital growth fund invests in first two companies
Thought Machine and Consirus are first two fast-growth tech businesses to access IQ Capital £100m growth fund.
Kalium Health secures £950k investment
Kalium Health, which aims to transform the lives of patients with kidney disease, today announces the completion of a seed investment round. The over-subscribed round was led by Cambridge Enterprise with participation from Kidney Research UK, Cambridge Angels and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group.
Redcar company signs first international commercial contract
A CLEANTECH company based in Teesside which converts unwanted plant biomass into natural platform chemicals and biofuel, has signed a partnership contract with a Pakistan-based industrial and investment conglomerate.
Nova Pangaea partners with Pakistan’s JS Group to licence biofuel technology
Teeside, UK-based Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) has signed a partnership contract with Pakistan’s JS Group to licence NPT’s technology, which converts waste plant biomass into natural platform chemicals and biofuels.
10 promising European medtech startups to watch in 2020
As medical developments zoom ahead, it’s increasingly the startups that are leading the charge.
The Rich Are Preparing for Coronavirus Differently
Concierge doctors, yachts, chartered planes and germ-free hideaways.
Cambridge Mask Company, a British company that uses what it calls “particulate filtering layers and military-grade carbon,” has seen demand for its $30 masks spike 20 to 30 times normal levels, said Christopher Dobbing, its founder.
Featurespace Named in 2020 CB Insights AI 100 List
Featurespace, the world-leader in financial crime risk management for fraud and Anti-Money Laundering, was recently named by CB Insights as one fo the most promising private AI companies in the world.
Featurespace Named in 2020 CB Insights AI 100 List
Featurespace™, the world-leader in financial crime risk management for fraud and Anti-Money Laundering, was recently named by CB Insights as one of the most promising private AI companies in the world.
Tracking coronavirus via bluetooth
While antibiotics work against bacteria, they don’t affect viruses like the new coronavirus, which is steadily spreading around the world. At the moment many countries are adopting a “containment” strategy, where they identify cases and then track down the people they’ve been in contact with to isolate them and stop the spread.
Thought Machine nabs $83M for a cloud-based platform that powers banking services
The world of consumer banking has seen a massive shift in the last ten years. Gone are the days where you could open an account, take out a loan, or discuss changing the terms of your banking only by visiting a physical branch. Now, you can do all this and more with a few quick taps on your phone screen — a shift that has accelerated with customers expecting and demanding even faster and more responsive banking services.
Enfuce futureproofs its enterprise fraud monitoring with Featurespace
Featurespace™, the world leader in financial crime risk management for fraud and Anti-Money Laundering, has announced that Enfuce - Finland's biggest fintech start-up with more than 8 million end-users in their platform – has selected the ARIC Risk Hub to protect its clients from existing fraud and new attacks.