In February 2023, the BVCA brought out their latest set of Series A model investment documents (‘the Model Documents”).

Early in November 2024 Cambridge Angels held one of its externally sponsored dinners; this time on GenAI: “Land Grab or Bubble”. Held at Clare Hall in Cambridge, it brought together 30 prominent academics, investors and corporate leaders active in this space.

It’s the “biggest set of reforms to the pensions market in decades”, says finance minister Rachel Reeves

Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) is delighted to announce that Lord James O’Shaughnessy will take over from Laurel Powers-Freeling as the new Chair, starting at the beginning of next year.

Successful spinouts include Flusso, Riverlane, Phoremost, Horizon Discovery, Nyobolt and Psyomics.

More than $994 million has been raised by Cambridge technology companies in the past 12 months (to October 16, 2024) – helped by Pragmatic, Quantinuum and Raspberry Pi pulling in $731m between them.

A blurring vision to create the same level of innovation in the next 10 years as achieved in the whole last quarter-century promises to propel Cambridge and its hinterland to the peak of global technology transformation.

Early this week the Blair institute published a comprehensive and well researched report on reforming the UK’s capital markets. 

o2h discovery is pleased to announce the launch of o2h Biology Match Funding, a unique programme aimed at accelerating drug discovery research by offering to match fund 50% of the cost for biology research projects up to $65K/£50K in value. This initiative presents an exciting opportunity for biotechs of all sizes and pharma to achieve key scientific milestones, helping to advance their drug discovery programmes.

William Tunstall-Pedoe, the inventor behind Amazon's voice assistant Alexa, has said that the majority of companies trying to embed AI in their operations are getting it wrong.

Eight entrepreneurs have been selected to pitch their business ideas to judges at The Norwich Research Park Innovation Hothouse Competition. The pitching session will happen at the Enterprise Tuesday event being held on the 26th November at the John Innes Conference Centre on Norwich Research Park.

The father of one of Europe’s biggest success stories says pieces are still missing to create future tech champions

Between them they have sold companies valued collectively in the billions – with many of the global deals literally engineered before Cambridge University had an official commercial arm. Now, in a first of a kind ‘Pay it Forward’ initiative debuting at Cambridge Tech Week, ‘Dontrepreneurs’ Professor Sir Andy Hopper, Professor Steve Young and Professor Florin Udrea share the secrets of their success with delegates.

The Cambridge innovation ecosystem is being showcased to the world at a major event in September. Cambridge Tech Week (CTW) made an impressive bow last year and is back by popular demand from September 9-13 inclusive. And the second coming couldn’t be more timely.

Cambridge Science Centre's much-anticipated new venue at Cambridge Science Park will officially open its doors on the first day of the summer holidays, 23 July, inviting young children and their families to explore a world of discovery through open-ended, hands-on exhibits.

The second ‘female founders’ gathering was “truly amazing”, said organiser Xann Schwinn.

Angel investor and entrepreneur Peter Cowley talks about how his business success has come despite enormous personal tragedy

EMV Capital has been appointed investment manager of Martlet Capital, the 9 Hills Road-based venture capital company founded by Robert Marshall in 2011, and has acquired its operational business.