£75m raised in technology start-up investment by Cambridge University

A capital investment fund company, founded by Cambridge University in partnership with other investors, has raised capital of £75 million in anticipation of an IPO flotation. This is a major success story for continuing investment into technology and healthcare innovative startups in the Cambridge region. The IPO was oversubscribed, a sure sign of the strong […]

Cambridge University spin-out Reduse gets £500k to develop ‘unprinter’

A revolutionary ‘unprinter’ has moved a step closer to production thanks to a £500,000 cash injection. Cambridge University spin-out Reduse, which has developed the ‘unprinting’ technology to remove print from paper, allowing it to be reused. It has raised the seed investment from Cambridge Enterprise, the university’s commercialisation arm, and the University of Cambridge Enterprise […]

Cambridge University’s Enterprise Fund makes first seed investments

Cambridge University’s Enterprise Fund has made its first investments, in Cambridge CMOS Sensors, Inotec AMD, and DefiniGEN. The fund was launched in May and closed in September and combines a seed scheme with EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme). CMOS Sensors, based on research from the university’s engineering department, is involved in nanosensors which require very little […]