Startups
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AgriTech startup TraitSeq wins University of East Anglia ‘Hothouse’ award
TraitSeq, an AI-based AgriTech company aiming to disrupt the field of agricultural genomics, won the Innovation Hothouse Competition for innovative... Read More
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First 100 backers unveiled for new Cambridge startup initiative
The new Founders at the University of Cambridge initiative has named its first 100 signatories to mentor the next generation of startups in the... Read More
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Innovation hothouse just got warmer
Competition is hotting up as a group of exciting startups prepare to face off in an Anglia Innovation Partnership (AIP) showdown at Norwich Research... Read More
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Food waste tech ‘recycled’ by Bradfield Prize winner as new competition launches
Applications have just been opened for the 2023 Trinity Bradfield Prize which has produced some brilliant startups in recent times – none more so... Read More
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Upfront Diagnostics raises £1.6m for test that identifies a stroke within minutes
Upfront Diagnostics in Cambridge has raised £1.6 million seed funding after developing a world-first point-of-care rapid blood test to help identify... Read More
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Patently obvious: Region’s patent approvals top the UK
The East of England has been named the UK’s most innovative region as patent approvals for novel inventions were found to be the highest in the... Read More
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Technology innovators strut their stuff in KPMG competition
Ten East of England companies have been shortlisted for KPMG’s Emerging Giants 2023 Tech Innovator UK competition. They will take part in a pitching... Read More
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Monumo sets up in Coventry after £10m haul
Cambridge startup Monumo, whose vision is to revolutionise electric motor technology, has now raised more than £10 million in two funding rounds and... Read More
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LA showcase as Porotech unveils a world first MicroLED Display AR iteration
Porotech, a Cambridge-based global leader in microLED and Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology, has launched the world's first single-panel... Read More
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PervasID CEO named in Business Elite’s ‘40 Under 40’
Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan, founder and CEO of PervasID, which specialises in RFID reader systems for automating inventory and asset tracking, has... Read More
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Lender hits £70m funding landmark in East of England region
Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, has provided the East of England with over 7,300 loans worth more than £70 million from the... Read More
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Better for Zetta as Microsoft Azure adds power to genomics data proposition
A transformational Cambridge genomics data platform is set to be turbocharged via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace online store. The fuse has been... Read More
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CodiKoat hooks eighth Innovate UK grant with £330k haul
Haverhill company CodiKoat has won a £330,000 UK Research and Innovation grant to fund development of new antimicrobial reusable food packaging... Read More
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NeuroTech startup Opto Biosystems launches with £1.85m pre-seed cash
Cambridge startup Opto Biosystems, which is developing groundbreaking technology that improves the lives of people suffering from neurological... Read More
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Built to last: CJBS Accelerate programme helps top trio forge lasting collaborations
The so-called Cambridge Phenomenon, describing the huge number of startup companies that have chosen the Cluster as the ideal location for founding... Read More
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East of England women entrepreneurs win Innovate UK awards
Four East of England women entrepreneurs – three of them from Cambridgeshire – have each won Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards to scale... Read More
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Cambridge trio make Tech Nation’s Rising Stars list
Three Cambridge companies are among 33 early stage UK scale-ups nominated as businesses to watch by Tech Nation in its Rising Stars pantheon. The... Read More
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New CEO boosts diagnostics startup LEX
LEX Diagnostics, which was spun out of TTP, has appointed a new CEO to steer a critical phase of growth as it revolutionises molecular point-of-care... Read More
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Arete Medical taking respiratory technology to patients homes
Cambridge startup Arete Medical Technologies is scaling global customer engagement and its cash runway to support the millions of people living with... Read More
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Cambridge is UK’s top city for start-ups eyeing 2023 launch
New research from Virgin Money forecasts that Cambridge will be the best city in the UK to start a business in 2023. It beats, in order of... Read More