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Another record year for University of Cambridge spin-out investments

10 Sep 2014

The University invested £2.7 million last year to support the development of Cambridge spin-outs.

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University spin-out wins green award

27 Aug 2014

University of Cambridge spin-out Reduse, which has developed a technology to remove print from paper allowing it to be reused several times before...

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Cambridge Innovation Capital announces first three investments from its £50 million Cambridge Cluster fund

12 Aug 2014

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), an investor in high-growth technology companies in the Cambridge cluster, has completed its first investments...

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Cambridge Enterprise announces 2013 results

20 Jan 2014

The biggest-ever return to the University seed funds was the highlight of another successful year for the University’s commercialisation arm.

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How large is the alphabet of DNA?

12 Dec 2013

New sequencing technology is transforming epigenetics research, and could greatly improve understanding of cancer, embryo formation, stem cells and...

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Streamlining manufacturing

11 Oct 2013

The small plastic tags developed by a University spin-out are helping make modern assembly lines up to ten per cent more efficient, by tracking...

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£50 million of new funding to support Cambridge companies

10 Oct 2013

A new £50 million investment business has been launched to support the development of University spin-outs and other early-stage technology companies...

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Astex Pharmaceuticals acquired by Otsuka

11 Sep 2013

University of Cambridge portfolio company Astex Pharmaceuticals is to be acquired by a Japanese company in order to accelerate the development of new...

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Letting buildings breathe

03 Jul 2013

Natural ventilation technology which has the potential to reduce heating bills by as much as 50%, while drastically reducing energy consumption, has...

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Towards the ‘holy grail’ of anticoagulant drugs

17 Jun 2013

New Cambridge spin-out raises $11 million in funding to develop revolutionary new drug for thrombosis, which causes heart attacks and strokes.

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New device could make diagnosing disease as simple as breathing

25 Apr 2013

A range of diseases and conditions, from asthma to liver disease, could be diagnosed and monitored quickly and painlessly just by breathing, using...

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New system to combat online banking fraud

18 Apr 2013

A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being...

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