Tech Trail
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Tristel raises £3.9 million for massive expansion
Tristel plc, which makes infection control, contamination control and hygiene products, has raised £3.9 million before expenses through a share issue... Read More
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New Cambridge biotech raises £22.4m
Convergence Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a new Cambridge company focused on the development of novel and high value analgesic medicines, was officially... Read More
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Horizon closes £6.25m Series C financing
Horizon Discovery, the translational genomics and personalised medicine pioneer, has closed a £6.25m Series C financing led by top-tier European... Read More
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Cambridge Enterprise aiming high
Teri Willey, the switched-on chief executive of Cambridge Enterprise Limited – the university’s commercialisation arm – sees stars wherever she looks... Read More
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Angels banding together to beat the crunch
A band of global business angels is poised to hoist East of England entrepreneurs onto cloud nine by filling a massive funding void. Billions of... Read More
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Skills Academy gets boost
The Norwich-based East of England Skills Academy for Financial Services has received a funding boost from the UK’s largest general insurer, Norwich... Read More
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Workspace concept wins European cash
An international partnership, led by the University of Essex has won a £275k grant from the European commission to create and develop i-Labs, a new... Read More
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Phico to begin trials as funding is raised
Phico Therapeutics is planning to start Phase I clinical trials of its novel 'guided' anti-bacterial technology in September after having closed a £1... Read More
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Light Blue Optics closes funding round
Light Blue Optics, the Cambridge based developer of miniature laser projection technology has announced the closing of a £512k extension to its seed... Read More
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Cambridge start-up making VoIP less tecchie
A Cambridge start-up has announced volume production of its first product a mere matter of months after securing angel financing. The company says... Read More
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Newnham unveils figures for funding round, adds new investor
As exclusively flagged up by Business Weekly last week, Newnham Technolgy has officially closed its Series B VC round, raising £7.25m ($13.25m).... Read More
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Energy ‘revolution’ sparked by grid deal
Eversheds has acted for Cambridge company ResponsiveLoad Limited on a major new inward venture capital investment. The business owns patents to... Read More
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Cash for ‘safer drugs’ firm
A Cambridge University spin-out has raised the seed funding it needs to test new technology that could predict whether a drug is going to be toxic to... Read More
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US firms backed by government get five times the cash of UK counterparts
Smart money is finding its way to a more targeted selection of innovative companies in the United States than in the UK, new research reveals. UK... Read More
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Cambridge Broadband raises over £5m in Series D funding round
Cambridge Broadband has raised $9 million (£5.1m) to fund its mid-term capital requirements while it seeks to extend the VectaStar wireless access... Read More
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Computer lab spin-out raises £5.1m
A spin-out from the University of Cambridge’s computer laboratory has raised £5.1m in second round funding to expand its workforce and the... Read More