From crying babies to breaking windows, machines are being taught how to listen

According to The UK Business Angels Association, which has a hub at The Bradfield Centre in Cambridge, business angels in the UK collectively invest an estimated £1.5 billion a year, which makes them the UK’s largest source of investment for startups and early-stage businesses seeking to grow.

The government has given funding to a new medical trial which uses artificial intelligence technology to automate part of the screening process for breast cancer.

A new initiative from DC hybrid power systems manufacturer Controllis is set to help bring more reliable mobile coverage within reach of people in even the most remote areas.

Knowledge discovery in life sciences company, Eagle Genomics, has been selected as part of Hello Tomorrow’s Top 500 deeptech startups worldwide.

GeoSpock® – the extreme-scale, data integration company that provides analytics, builds insight, and enables predictions across space and time – today announced that it has secured the Smart Transport Award as part of the Liverpool Major’s Challenges for Smart Cities Realized.

Healx, the Cambridge (UK) technology company developing breakthrough treatments for rare diseases, today announced the appointment of Kate Hilyard PhD as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

PervasID has completed a Series A investment and received an Innovate UK grant to progress RFID technology developed at the University of Cambridge.

Goncalo Vasconcelos, CEO of SyndicateRoom, has been awarded a Global CEO Excellence Award for 'Best Online Investments CEO 2018'.

Repositive, a Cambridge UK technology startup bidding to help accelerate cancer drug discovery, has hired three senior executives to ready the business for its next phase of growth.

DefiniGEN, the world leader in human iPSC differentiation and disease modelling, announces the appointment of Professor Sir John Savill as a Non-Executive Director of the Board.

Featurespace has been ranked among the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table, which ranks Britain’s private technology, media and telecoms companies with the fastest-growing sales.

Arecor Ltd, the UK-based leader in developing superior biopharmaceuticals through the application of an innovative formulation technology platform, today announces that it has secured £6 million of investment from new and existing investors for the clinical development of the Company’s speciality pharma portfolio of proprietary diabetes products.

Undo, a pioneer in the development of new software execution record and replay technology, has announced the appointment of Barry Morris as its new CEO with immediate effect.

Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) Limited is pleased to announce that telecoms infrastructure provider Ontix has joined CCS’s Lead Customer Programme for the introduction of the CCS Metnet 12Gbps unlicensed 60GHz mmWave access and backhaul solution.

Eagle Genomics joins a specialised group of high-growth startups, earning co-sell status as part of Microsoft’s new programme to collaborate on intensive joint sales and go-to-market initiatives.

Featurespace team shortlisted in 6 categories ahead of Women in IT Excellence Awards 2018

Four members of the Featurespace team have been shortlisted for the Hero of the Year award, while CEO Martina King has received nominations for both Role Model of the Year and Woman of the Year.

Cambridge software company Virtual Arts has today been selected by Apple as one of its five 'rising European gaming stars'.

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A host of start-ups from both cities are competing in the ongoing battle of Oxford vs Cambridge tech, as the two historic rivals continue to serve as a bedrock for innovation in the UK

Cambridge, UK – 26th July, 2018 – Healx (https://healx.io), the Cambridge (UK) technology company developing breakthrough treatments for rare diseases, today announced a $10 million Series A funding round, led by Balderton Capital, Europe’s leading early-stage venture investor. Existing investors, Jonathan Milner and Amadeus Capital Partners also participated in the round.