AI startups among winners of Mayor's tech challenge to help Londoners through the cost of living crisis
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has announced the winning tech companies and AI firms who will receive funding to bring to life their innovative ideas to support Londoners struggling with the cost of living crisis.
IAG invests in cleantech company Nova Pangaea Technologies
International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced an investment in Nova Pangaea Technologies, a Teesside-based cleantech company.
The firm’s technology converts agricultural waste and wood residue feedstocks into second-generation bioethanol, which can then be processed into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
IAG said its investment will progress the development of the UK’s first waste-to-fuel commercial-scale production facility.
PhoreMost appoints Professor Peter Parker and Dr Jason Imbriglio to Scientific Advisory Board
Experts in translational oncology and targeted protein degradation join Dr Simon Cook, Dr Lorenz Mayr and Dr Catherine Beech to provide scientific and strategic oversight
Fraud and financial crime fighter Featurespace continues growth trajectory in the US
Featurespace continues to maintain a leading position as a provider of enterprise fraud and financial crime prevention software on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world.
Santander start-up award is ‘validation’ for Heartfelt Technologies’ role in reducing hospital readmissions
Cambridge-based Heartfelt Technologies has acknowledged the “wonderful validation” of being a winning start-up in the Santander X Global Challenge.
Foldable incubator based on UK man's decade-old uni project saves babies in Ukraine
Inspired by his university project almost decade ago, a British inventor has created a foldable incubator that's keeping premature babies warm in Ukraine's hospitals and bomb shelters.
Qkine and Sartorius Partnership Delivers a Complete Workflow Solution for the Analysis of Advanced Cell Models
Qkine, a manufacturer of animal-free, highly bioactive, and innovative proteins, is delighted to announce its collaboration with Sartorius, a global life science group, to supply growth factors and cytokines for stem cell and organoid research, as part of a comprehensive workflow solution.
AI spinout RoboK raises £1.7m to scan CCTV for unsafe workplaces
RoboK, a University of Cambridge spinout using AI to analyse security footage for incidents in real-time, has secured $2.1m (£1.7m) in grant and equity funding, the company told UKTN exclusively.
Aeronautics Completes Integration with CRFS’ Multi-Mission RFeye Ecosystem
CRFS is proud to announce the successful integration of its RF technology as a sensor option within the Aeronautics Aerostar UAV range.
UKTN Podcast: Paragraf CEO on where the semiconductor strategy falls short
The UK published its long-awaited semiconductor strategy last month to a mixed reception from the tech industry.
UK Chief Scientific Adviser shares ieso success in mental health arena
The Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care, Professor Lucy Chappell, has experienced the expertise of Cambridge company ieso Digital Health in the ongoing battle against mental health problems.
Sano Genetics helps steer pioneering liver disease research
Sano Genetics, a Cambridge company that accelerates precision medicine research, is among applicants awarded a total of £800k by Innovate UK to identify undiagnosed, high-risk liver disease in patient populations.
Closed Loop Medicine appoints Kate Woolland as Chief Operating Officer
Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today announced Biosyntia, a biotechnology company focused on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, has adopted the Pico-Mine® platform within its workflows.
Sphere Fluidics’ Pico-Mine platform chosen by Biosyntia to accelerate synthetic biology and metabolic workflows
Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today announced Biosyntia, a biotechnology company focused on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, has adopted the Pico-Mine® platform within its workflows.
Plumis launches watermist suppression system installer competency framework
Plumis has launched a new training suite to demonstrate the competency of it watermist fire suppression system installers.
£800k grant awarded to find undiagnosed liver disease patients in UK health system using precision medicine
Grants totalling £800k have been awarded by Innovate UK to a group of applicants aiming to develop and test a system to identify undiagnosed, high-risk liver disease in patient populations.
Sano Genetics founder: Settling for the wrong funding can ‘torpedo’ your startup
Charlotte Guzzo is the co-founder and COO of Sano Genetics, a healthtech startup that connects patients that have rare and chronic diseases with personalised medicine providers.
Official opening of first commercial plant operating with the Enval technology
Enval Limited (Enval) the leading designer and constructor of decentralised, chemical recycling plants for flexible plastic packaging waste is delighted to announce that Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd. (Greenback) has officially opened its first-of-a-kind recycling plant using the Enval™ technology.
Graphene-based semiconductor named among top UK innovations
Several technologies including an AI-based forecasting and risk management tool, and graphene sensors many times more sensitive and energy efficient than established silicon technology are competing to be named the UK’s leading engineering innovation.
University of Bristol spinout Albotherm lands £1.6m investment
University of Bristol spin-out Albotherm, whose innovative carbon-saving coating for commercial greenhouses could boost food production by a third, has secured a £1.6 million investment.