techspert.io calls for greater democratisation of Covid-19 knowledge to aid emerging economies
Cambridge AI company techspert.io has called for the greater democratisation of Covid-19 knowledge around the world to support emerging markets.
Spotta’s smart pest systems attracts $1.18m seed funding from US and UK
Investors have rewarded the commercial success of Cambridge startup Spotta’s smart pest systems technology with a $1.18 million seed funding round.
CPI, the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult and MicrofluidX announce development of technology to rapidly scale up cell and gene therapy manufacture
CPI, MicrofluidX and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) announced today their collaboration in a project to develop bioprocessing technology for the rapid scale-up of cell and gene therapies.
Thought Machine raises an extra $42m to bring Series B funding round to $125m
Thought Machine said the funding will be used to recruit key hires and help global expansion.
Undo enables full Java app failure playback with LiveRecorder
Moving from root cause should be like watching a television show backward. Undo just made it so for Java
8power named by Gartner as a Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification
8power is delighted to announce that it has been named by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in the May 2020 Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report. (Gartner “Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification,” Bill Ray, et al, 14 May 2020)
Qkine announces key appointments to strengthen leadership team in preparation for scaling commercial operations internationally
Rob Nixon joins Qkine as Head of Commercial and Dr Cassie Doherty is appointed to the board strengthening the company’s leadership team in preparation for scaling commercial operations internationally.
Rovco charters Glomar Wave for offshore wind campaigns
SOV will deploy the recently purchased Seaeye Leopard ROV for activities on operational assets
Cross-border alliance to advance droplet technology
Cambridge-based Sphere Fluidics has joined forces with Heriot-Watt University in Scotland to develop novel droplet generator instrumentation.
Healx and Muscular Dystrophy UK join forces to find new treatments for rare muscle-wasting diseases
Healx, the AI-powered, patient-inspired technology company accelerating the discovery and development of rare disease treatments at scale, today announced its Rare Treatment Accelerator Programme (RTA) partnership with Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK).
Thought Machine ramps up hiring plans with 150 new roles in 2020
After its latest $83m fundraise, the banking tech provider is recruiting across three continents.
Controllis delivers a unique solution for easy renewables upgrades of telecoms exchanges
Innovative solution improves reliability, cuts costs and delivers greener networks
Strange but true as key hires help Closed Loop Medicine scale
Therapeutics company Closed Loop Medicine, whose UK registered office is at Babraham Research Campus, is scaling fast internationally on the back of a number of key hires – including a star finance chief.
Idea crowdsourcing business acquires US rival, raises £1.25m
Idea management software and services firm Wazoku has announced a new funding round of £1.25m, led by Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, Calculus Capital, supported by other shareholders and members of the Wazoku management team.
GeoSpock to unveil seminal funding round to fuel global expansion
GeoSpock, the Cambridge extreme data technology pioneer, is set to wrap up a megabucks and transformational investment round within weeks to underpin further international expansion.
Angels on the side of PharmEnable in £1.8m round
PharmEnable, a Cambridge drug discovery company using advanced medicinal chemistry and AI-enabled approaches to design the next generation of highly complex and specific drug candidate molecules, has closed a £1.8 million seed round.
Featurespace prepares move to Cambridge Science Park
Featurespace, whose AI technology enables financial institutions worldwide to detect and prevent fraud and financial crime, is in the process of moving its UK headquarters to the iconic Cambridge Science Park.
The future of digital contact tracing
So far in the show we’ve talked covid testing and monitoring. Now to tracking and tracing the infection. Last week, Germany launched what it claims is the world’s best app for covid contact tracing. We were expecting ours in May, but so far it’s failed to materialise. Last week we got the lowdown on this from University of Strathclyde security engineer Greig Paul...
How the University of Sunderland turned the tide on the pandemic to recruit hundreds of students
Lockdowns and travel bans proved no problem for the University of Sunderland which managed to recruit hundreds of students – the virtual way.
Brits Much Less Likely to Have Contemplated Suicide During Lockdown
Brits are 30% less likely to have experienced suicidal thoughts or thought about harming themselves during the COVID-19 lockdown than before the pandemic.