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Nu Quantum hails world-first Quantum Networking Unit

Nu Quantum hails world-first Quantum Networking Unit

Cambridge company Nu Quantum has unveiled a significant milestone in scaling distributed quantum infrastructure and progressing towards commercialisation.
LEX Diagnostics bids for FDA clearance after $100m takeover offer

LEX Diagnostics bids for FDA clearance after $100m takeover offer

LEX Diagnostics, a Cambridge Cluster innovator in molecular diagnostics, has submitted dual applications to the FDA seeking 510(k) clearance and CLIA Waiver status in the United States for its groundbreaking VELO system.
AstraZeneca, BioNTech and CIC back Sortera Bio's £7.5m pre-seed round

AstraZeneca, BioNTech and CIC back Sortera Bio's £7.5m pre-seed round

Sortera Bio, a Cambridge biotech based on IP developed at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, has attracted big hitting backers for a £7.5m pre-seed round to power AI models for drug discovery. The round was led by Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) with participation from AstraZeneca and BioNTech.
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology hands Constructive Bio a game-changer for next-gen tech roll-out

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology hands Constructive Bio a game-changer for next-gen tech roll-out

Constructive Bio in Cambridge now holds the exclusive licence to ‘tRNA Display’ technology from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. It means the company can start a full commercial rollout of its platform – enabling next-gen synthetic protein engineering applications for pharma, agriculture and advanced materials.
Quantum leap: Oxford hails advent of fault-tolerant quantum computers

Quantum leap: Oxford hails advent of fault-tolerant quantum computers

Research steered by Oxford University has triggered a powerful new technique to find the nextgen materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing.
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Amadeus Capital Partners co-founder Anne Glover awarded Damehood

Amadeus Capital Partners co-founder Anne Glover awarded Damehood

Anne Glover, co-founder with Cambridge's Hermann Hauser of Amadeus Capital Partners, has been formally recognised for her outstanding contributions to science, engineering, and innovation in the UK and been awarded a Damehood.
Cambridge, London and Oxford business schools align for gender parity

Cambridge, London and Oxford business schools align for gender parity

Four of the UK’s top business schools – Cambridge Judge Business School, Imperial Business School, London Business School and Oxford Saïd Business School – are joining forces to accelerate gender parity at all levels of leadership.
Fresh frontiers as new scale-up and growth hub is developed in Cambridge

Fresh frontiers as new scale-up and growth hub is developed in Cambridge

Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising intellectual property is working in partnership to create a novel innovation hub in Cambridge. It has joined forces with Abstract Mid-Tech, an associate company of Abstract Securities – a specialist in commercial property development, investment and venture capital financing – for the venture.
Nu Quantum hails world-first Quantum Networking Unit

Nu Quantum hails world-first Quantum Networking Unit

Cambridge company Nu Quantum has unveiled a significant milestone in scaling distributed quantum infrastructure and progressing towards commercialisation.
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Amadeus Capital Partners co-founder Anne Glover awarded Damehood

Amadeus Capital Partners co-founder Anne Glover awarded Damehood

Anne Glover, co-founder with Cambridge's Hermann Hauser of Amadeus Capital Partners, has been formally recognised for her outstanding contributions to science, engineering, and innovation in the UK and been awarded a Damehood.
Oxford Innovation Finance has history on the side of the angels

Oxford Innovation Finance has history on the side of the angels

UK startups with a point to prove and cash to raise have a long-established ally – Oxford Innovation Finance.
AstraZeneca, BioNTech and CIC back Sortera Bio's £7.5m pre-seed round

AstraZeneca, BioNTech and CIC back Sortera Bio's £7.5m pre-seed round

Sortera Bio, a Cambridge biotech based on IP developed at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, has attracted big hitting backers for a £7.5m pre-seed round to power AI models for drug discovery. The round was led by Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) with participation from AstraZeneca and BioNTech.
University of Oxford spin-out NavLive raises £4m

University of Oxford spin-out NavLive raises £4m

University of Oxford spin-out NavLive has officially launched after securing £4 million in combined investment and grant funding. The startup is working to improve how spatial data is captured and deployed across the built environment, according to CEO Chris Davison.
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Whipping up a STORM in new vehicle market as Marshall & Norse partner look long-term

Whipping up a STORM in new vehicle market as Marshall & Norse partner look long-term

Marshall in Cambridge has lined up a potential long-term and lucrative global revenue stream in vehicle transport through an alliance with a Norwegian partner.
Science Group shares rocket after Ricardo sale clinches £53.5m cash coup

Science Group shares rocket after Ricardo sale clinches £53.5m cash coup

Cambridge-based S & T consultancy Science Group plc saw its UK share price soar 50.5p (almost 11 per cent) to 515.5p at one point this morning as a canny piece of business looked set to guarantee a £53.5m cash haul out of the proposed sale of target UK business Ricardo to a Canadian buyer.
Birketts advises SDI Group on £8.32m acquisition of Severn Thermal Solutions

Birketts advises SDI Group on £8.32m acquisition of Severn Thermal Solutions

Cambridge's holistic and highly acquisitive SDI Group (16 acquisitions since 2014) has dipped into its treasure chest once more, and local law firm Birketts was to the fore in the £8.32 million purchase of Severn Thermal Solutions Ltd's entire issued share capital.
£50m shareholder boom as US firm agrees £60m for Oxford Instruments’ quantum business

£50m shareholder boom as US firm agrees £60m for Oxford Instruments’ quantum business

Oxford Instruments Plc, a leading provider of hi-tech products and services to industry and scientific research communities, has agreed to sell its quantum-focused business – Oxford Instruments NanoScience – to Quantum Design, International Inc. in California for £60 million cash.
US company agrees $1.075bn acquisition of Oxford Ionics

US company agrees $1.075bn acquisition of Oxford Ionics

Quantum computing continues to score big on both sides of the Atlantic after Maryland-based IonQ agreed a $1.075 billion takeover of Oxford Ionics and promised significant expansion.
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