NHS supplier urges public not to buy out medical masks
UK distributor of PPE ensures sales of its clinical masks are ‘not diverted’ from key workers
Cambridge Angels help cell therapy pioneer raise £1.4m seed cash
Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst business MicrofluidX has raised £1.4 million in seed funding to develop novel cell therapy bioprocessing technology.
The Hidden Trade-Offs Inside Contact-Tracing Apps
The disruptions caused by Covid-19 have hit the global economy at an unprecedented scale and speed, it’s not surprising that technology is being sought to find a way out of lockdown, to restart economies, and to control the current outbreak.
Sphere Fluidics receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Sphere Fluidics, a company commercialising single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has be honored with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation.
Privitar Data Privacy Platform is now available in AWS Marketplace
Privitar, the leading data privacy platform provider, announced that the Privitar Data Privacy Platform is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Grounded planes could become oxygen chambers to treat COVID-19 patients
A team of life-support system experts in Cambridge is spearheading a global initiative that could see thousands of grounded aircraft transformed into potentially life-saving hyperbaric oxygen chambers to treat COVID-19 patients.
Healx Deploys AI Drug Discovery Technology Against Rare Nerve Disease
The AI-driven drug repurposing company Healx has teamed up with the global Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) to develop new treatments for the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1, right after the FDA approved the first-ever drug for the condition.
Startup Hadean to Accelerate Francis Crick Virus Simulation With Breakthrough Compute Platform
Startup Hadean have partnered with the Francis Crick Institute to accelerate the development of a single, massive scale simulation of how viruses, like COVID-19 spread.
How digital tools and platforms can help mental health services
As the nation deals with social distancing and staying indoors more as a result of the outbreak of Covid-19, concerns have been raised about the impact this could have on people’s mental health.
Inside Audio Analytic’s silent labs, work goes on
The Sabine lab was only installed at the end of last year, but Audio Analytic’s fully anechoic chamber, which absorbs reflections of sound and prevents external waves entering the room, is up and running - and can be controlled remotely.
Cambridge spin-out Poro Technologies announces £1.5m seed round
Poro Technologies (Porotech), the Gallium Nitride (GaN) material technology developer and a recent spin-out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a £1.5 million seed round investment to develop a pilot plant in Cambridge and its first major products. The seed round was co-led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, and IQ Capital Partners, with the additional participation of Martlet Capital and a syndicate of angel investors from Cambridge Angels and Cambridge Capital Group.
Healx AI mines combination drug treatments for COVID-19
AI-powered rare disease specialist Healx is using its platform to develop drug combinations from approved products to contribute towards global efforts to find treatments for COVID-19.
Rovco announces new executive hires
AI-based offshore energy firm builds new senior executive team.
BAAS Firm Thought Machine Plans To Double Staff In 2020
Cloud-native FinTech provider to create 300 new jobs following $83m funding round
This Man Makes The World's Best Face Masks. And Right Now, They're Like Gold Dust
How the surgical mask became a symbol of modern anxiety, privilege, greed, innovation and selflessness
Bango nets almost £10m from Korean Big Data powerhouse
South Korean Big Data business NHN Corp is investing almost £10 million in Cambridge UK mobile payments technology specialist Bango to strengthen the companies’ global partnership.
Rovco grows executive team by five
New appointments and hires include chief financial, technology and scientific officer roles
Patient record software offered free to healthcare sector
Waterbeach-based PatientSource is offering an adapted version of its electronic patient record software to healthcare organisations across the globe, “completely free of charge with minimal cloud hosting costs”, to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Encore’s musical messages let you commission a video performance to send to loved ones
Encore, the U.K. marketplace that lets you find and book a musician or band online for your event, is launching a new online product to help musicians find an additional revenue stream during the coronavirus pandemic, and bring a little joy to all of us.
Undo aims to be a big cheese with Gouda tech solution
Cambridge and San Francisco debugging software pioneer Undo has launched a new technology solution codenamed Gouda and encouraged developers globally to carve off a slice.