U.K.-based IQ Capital announces $165 million fund for early-stage transformative startups
U.K.-based venture capital (VC) firm IQ Capital has announced a new £125 million ($165 million) fund to invest in transformative startups that focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of disruptive “deeptech.” Cambridge-headquartered IQ Capital launched in 2006 with an inaugural £25 million ($33 million) fund, followed nearly a decade later by a £50 million ($66 […]
The University of Malta TAKEOFF Seed Fund Award
For the 5th year running, the TAKEOFF Seed Fund Award (TOSFA) will support researchers and entrepreneurs with their innovative technologies and business concepts. A total of €100,000 will be awarded through a competitive process whereby the best written applications are shortlisted for a live pitch in front of a panel of judges, with the top […]
Cambridge and four other universities form agritech partnership
The Ceres Agritech Knowledge Exchange Partnership links the universities of Cambridge, East Anglia, Hertfordshire, Lincoln and Reading, as well as the John Innes Centre, NIAB and Rothamsted Research, to enable effective sharing of commercialisation expertise, a key aim of Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund, which has awarded the partnership £4.78 million in funding. Ceres will […]
European collaborations fuelled by Imperial seed fund
Data privacy, particle physics and cancer prevention are some of the projects that have received a funding boost to strengthen European collaboration. The European Partners Fund, awarded by Imperial College London, provides up to £100,000 per year for seed funds and travel grants for Imperial academics to initiate and pursue collaborations with European colleagues. Nearly […]
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund Invests in Seven Companies
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) , formerly known as Rainbow Seed Fund, a Harwell, Oxford-based early-stage venture capital fund focused on promising technologies based on the UK’s publicly-funded research, has invested in seven companies. The investment was made via the Government’s Innovate UK (IUK) £8.5m investment accelerator, which combines equity and grant funding to back […]
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund Invests in Seven Companies
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) , formerly known as Rainbow Seed Fund, a Harwell, Oxford-based early-stage venture capital fund focused on promising technologies based on the UK’s publicly-funded research, has invested in seven companies. The investment was made via the Government’s Innovate UK (IUK) £8.5m investment accelerator, which combines equity and grant funding to back […]
Techcelerator start-up programme opens doors in Romania
A new acceleration programme that is addressed to Romanian technology startups was launched in the capital Bucharest and the city of Cluj-Napoca. Techcelerator will give funds for the development of companies in the pre-acceleration phase through an exclusive partnership with GapMinder, a venture capital fund recently launched in Romania. The programme runs over a 10-week […]
GV co-leads $27.1M Series A in Oxford Uni life sciences spinout Vaccitech
Leaning on its in-house life sciences expertise GV has backed another biotech startup in the UK, co-leading a £20 million ($27.1M) Series A in Oxford University spinout Vaccitech, which is developing a universal flu vaccine. Sequoia China, another new investor, is also co-leading the round, along with existing backer Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI) — which operates a fund that invests in high […]
University College London invests in data anonymisation software developer Anon AI ahead of GDPR
The University College London (UCL) Technology Fund has invested in a data anonymisation software start-up called Anon AI. The Fund was set-up in January 2016 to help commercialise intellectual property developed at the University, focusing in particular on the physical and life sciences. Academics whose research has commercial potential can apply for funding for early-stage […]
Enterprise Ireland reveals first start-up fund of 2018, worth €750,000
The first Enterprise Ireland CSF for 2018 is an all-sector affair. Up to 15 start-ups will be eligible for up to €50,000 in equity funding as part of the first Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund (CSF) call for 2018. The purpose of the CSF is to accelerate the growth of start-up companies that have the […]