GAP Pipeline Brief: UCL Ventures-Supported Spinout Cascader Raises Seed Funding to Advance AI-Enabled Eye Care
Award & Investment Overview Cascader, a medical technology spinout supported by UCL Ventures, has completed a seed funding round led by Topcon Healthcare to advance artificial intelligence technologies for ophthalmology and oculomics. The amount of the seed round was not disclosed. Cascader was formed through a partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Topcon […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: Newcastle University Spinout Dragonfly Advanced Materials Secures £1 Million to Scale Aerogel Manufacturing Technology
Award & Investment Overview Dragonfly Advanced Materials, a Newcastle University spinout developing scalable aerogel manufacturing technology, has secured £1 million in combined investment and grant funding to expand production and advance commercial deployment. The financing consists of a £500,000 investment from Northstar Ventures through the North East Spinout Inspire Fund and a £500,000 grant from […]
Novo Nordisk Foundation-Backed React Foods Turns Gases Into Yeast Protein
React Foods has spun out of Aarhus University to commercialise a fermentation technology that turns CO2 and hydrogen into a protein-rich yeast biomass, backed by a loan of 4.2 million kroner ($645,000). The gas protein sector’s newest entrant is a startup built on cross-institutional research. Danish firm React Foods is a spinout from Aarhus University, […]
Project Ventures debuts €5.8 million fund targeting DeepTech and AI startups linked to Imperial College London
Project Ventures, an early-stage VC firm rooted in the Imperial College London ecosystem, today announced the launch of its debut €5.8 million (£5 million) fund, backing pre-Seed and Seed-stage startups at the intersection of DeepTech and AI. According to the firm, they are the first independent, alumni-powered VC fund dedicated to the Imperial startup ecosystem; […]
University of Alberta and Deep Tech VC Firm Celesta Capital Launch Partnership to Accelerate Startup Commercialization
The University of Alberta and Celesta Capital today announced a partnership to commercialize deep tech research emerging from the university and strengthen Alberta’s startup ecosystem through a new partnership supporting entrepreneurship training, intellectual property and commercialization support, industry programming and strengthened collaboration between university founders and investors. The partnership will help connect University of Alberta […]