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Marshall to relocate Aerospace & Defence operations
Marshall of Cambridge is relocating its world-leading Aerospace & Defence Group to a new location in the UK’s leading business and technology cluster.Three potential new ‘homes’ are being vetted –...
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What drives the success of Cambridge genomics biotech pioneer Congenica?
Congenica recently raised over £23m in its latest round and the genomics revolution has spawned thousands of start-ups, writes Pierre Socha of Amadeus Capital Partners, but why has Congenica flourished...
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Abcam raises £200m for US and China expansion led by HSBC
Abcam, which provides research tools to scientists across the planet, has raised £200 million fresh capital to underpin further growth in China and the US. The war chest will also help the UK business...
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Sanger Institute closing animal research facility
The world renowned Sanger Institute in Cambridge is throttling back on the amount of research it conducts using mice as it ramps up its use of alternative technologies to deliver its scientific...
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Google invests in Cambridge open source venture
Global technology giant Google has injected unspecified investment into and joined the board of Cambridge UK open source system on a chip innovator lowRISC C.I.C.The University of Cambridge Computer...
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Science Group angry at Frontier as takeover talks are torpedoed
Science Group, owner of Sagentia in Cambridge, has been rebuffed in a potential takeover of Frontier Smart Technologies Group, which also has operations in the UK technology capital.Science Group,...
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Mogrify hires big and becomes anchor tenant at TusPark bio hub
Turbocharged cell therapies startup Mogrify has hit the afterburners with the appointment of 15 significant new staff and the decision to become anchor tenant at the new, Chinese-financed...
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Extra £14m pushes STORM Series A funding to £30m
Cambridge UK startup STORM Therapeutics has raised an additional £14 million taking its total Series A round to £30m. The financing includes funding from new investor, Seroba Life Sciences in...
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Asian investment takes PROWLER.io to $100m valuation
Investment from China, Singapore and elsewhere globally has enabled Cambridge UK Artificial Intelligence pioneer PROWLER.io raise an additional $24 million from new and existing investors, valuing the...
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Huawei builds its own chip factory in Cambridge to counter Arm blow
Huawei is to make its own chips at a new factory in Cambridge UK technology hotspot as it fights back from the latest backlash from the US-China trade war.The chip factory is slated for the 550-acre...
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Japanese back Azuri $26m raise for fresh solar power play
Cambridge UK solar technology business Azuri Technologies has secured a strategic $26 million investment to accelerate its market growth plans in both East and West Africa and open up new opportunities...
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Cambridge VC hatches IP masterplan to trump Trump
Cambridge entrepreneur and VC investor Dr Hermann Hauser has urged non-American technology businesses to stand firm against bullying from the White House in the bitter trade war between the US and...
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Cambridge scientists drive drug discovery revolution
Life science entrepreneur Dr Jonathan Milner has praised Cambridge for taking a lead in the reduction of animal testing in drug discovery.Dr Milner, founder of world leader Abcam, applauds the...
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When it comes to data protection compliance the (Farrow &) Ball is in your court
Recent enforcement action against well-known paint and paper specialist, Farrow & Ball Limited, provides a timely reminder of the need to keep on top of data protection compliance, writes Kitty...
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Cambridge growth far stronger than figures suggest
Mark Twain was fond of quoting UK Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli that there were three kinds of lies – “lies, damned lies and statistics.”Ironically, even Twain’s honourable citation of Disraeli for...
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Sphere Fluidics opening California lab after closing $4.8m funding round
UK and US expansion by Cambridge cell technology pioneer Sphere Fluidics is being bankrolled by fresh investment which has taken the latest funding round to $4.8 million.Sphere Fluidics, which is...
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Cambridge rocket science: Graphene to enable future space exploration
Cambridge researchers have launched a campaign of zero-gravity parabolic flights using the wonder material graphene to test novel thermal management graphene devices for future space applications.The...
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Silicon Valley firm pitches into Audio Analytic $12m Series B
Cambridge-based Audio Analytic, a pioneer of sound recognition, has closed a $12 million Series B round to support its vision to give all machines a sense of hearing, beyond speech and music. The...
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Kymab breaks cover on US IPO but keeps quiet on valuation
Cambridge antibodies specialist Kymab has submitted a confidential draft registration statement for a proposed IPO in the United States.Business Weekly exclusively disclosed on May 1 that Kymab was...
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Samsung beefs up global play by Cambridge AgriTech firm
Global technology giant Samsung has signed up to a landmark AgriTech collaboration with Cambridge startup Herdsy.The alliance is harnessing optimum technology from both companies to enhance the health...
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