Intelligent Fingerprinting Ltd in Norwich has raised £2 million funding from a consortium of private US-based investors.

Screens at Work Limited  has secured a £200,000 loan from the Regional Growth Loan Scheme, managed by Finance East and financed by the East of England Development Agency.

Business partners Stefan Weniger and John Sweeney have been named as the first entrepreneurs to receive funding from Anglia Ruskin University’s Enterprise Fellowship Scheme.

Eighty companies in the East of England have raised a total of £10m with help from the Free ‘Understanding Finance for Business’ (UF4B) programme, but time is running out for others to benefit.

A global roll-out of cutting-edge Cambridge technology that fights respiratory illness has been triggered by PneumaCare’s £2m funding round.

Cambridge UK medical materials company Camstent has reportedly raised £350k from business angels in Cambridge, London and Yorkshire.

Two local entrepreneurs behind Peterborough’s ground-breaking social network, Plugin2Peterborough, plan to roll-out their innovation across the UK having secured the backing of two angel investors with the help of a free business support programme.

Lumora Ltd, the Cambridge based molecular diagnostics company, has secured £1.5 million from the completion of the company’s latest funding round, led by Catapult Venture Managers Ltd.

Cambridge-based remote connectivity firm Arkessa has agreed a strategic partnership with Numerex Corp, the US’s leading supplier of machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services.

Cambridge University spin-out Enecsys Limited, a leader in long-life solar micro inverter systems, has clinched a further £25 million in equity financing to fund global growth.

British carmaker Caterham Cars has been bought by Team Lotus Enterprise in Norfolk.

Samuel Jones Ltd, a Sawtry-based manufacturer of adhesive labels and paper have agreed a new funding deal with RBS Invoice Finance to support its growth strategy.

Following a 13 per cent sales growth in the last year, e2v has confirmed a significant investment in additional research, development and expanded production at its Chelmsford headquarters.

Acacia Pharma, a Cambridge pharmaceutical company specialising in the development of drugs for cancer supportive care, has raised $10 million to advance lead product opportunities.

The Government is investing £70m in two East of England science and innovation clusters.

TeraView Limited, world leader in terahertz technology, have been successful in gaining a £200,000 loan from the Regional Growth Loan Scheme (RGLS), managed by Finance East and financed by the East of England Development Agency.