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Anglia Components has broken ranks with other distributors targeting the UK’s start-ups and entrepreneurs and has launched a dedicated division, Anglia Unicorn, to put academic start-ups in touch with financial seeders and both in touch with skilled engineers who can make the vision a reality. Named after the mythical creature which eludes capture, a Unicorn company is a start-up that ...

UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to circumstances in China, the roadshow described in the following article will not be proceeding as initially planned. Check the Crayfish.io website for more details as they are provided. Following its launch in Cambridge last July, Crayfish.io is rolling out its China-focused accelerator programme during a Cambridge-London roadshow next month. The roadshow, which is aimed specifically at ...

Shenzen-based DB investment management (DBI) has joined the Crayfish.io accelerator as the second anchor investor opening up further opportunities for UK and European semiconductor and IoT companies to join the programme and get ‘China-ready’. Two months since its launch, the ‘China-ready’ investment programme for UK and European companies has increased by £2.33m. DBI’s investment focus is on IoT and semiconductors, ...

Wayve, a London-based start up which designs artificial intelligence software for self-driving vehicles, has announced a $20m series A funding round to launch a pilot fleet of vehicles in central London. The investment was led by Eclipse Ventures, with participation from Balderton Capital and existing investors Compound, Fly Ventures and firstminute capital. End-to-end machine learning based systems have dominated traditional ...

For a special feature Electronics Weekly asked some start up companies about their technologies, their paths to starting their own business, the value of market research and the highs and lows of funding and investment schemes. Some of the most exciting start up companies are launching into new application areas. Not everyone profiled here is on their first start up, ...

We’ve all experienced the clumsy scanner aimed at your name badge or business card to grab your registration information when you attend a conference or exhibition, writes Caroline Hayes. Laurence Moore had an idea to strip away the barcode scanning. Yellobox began trading in January 2018, renting its hardware to event organisers for digital marketing and lead capture. It is ...

Caroline Hayes talks to a start up CEO about the challenges of finding skills and funding. In 2014 three employees at Baolab Microsystems, a Spanish company that develops mems (microelectromechanical systems) inside complementary metal‑oxide‑semiconductor (CMOS), created Nanusens. Josep Montanyà, then CTO at Baolab Microsystems, Marc Llamas and Daniel Fernandez, asic lead engineer at Baolab Microsystems, initially operated as a design ...

Laser-based light sources and proprietary algorithms create augmented reality (AR) holographic heads up displays (HUDs) for automotive applications, writes Caroline Hayes. Based in Milton Keynes, Envisics split from the augmented reality (AR) specialist, Daqri, in 2018, to work with vehicle manufacturers and tier one automotive suppliers. The dual image plane technology provides depth and breadth to images without consuming heat ...

Recognising the role of deep learning in computing today, Cerebras Systems, still in stealth mode, has introduced a one trillion-transistor chip that dwarfs the competition, discovers Caroline Hayes. The Cerebras wafer scale engine (WSE) has 1.2 trillion transistors and 400,000 artificial intelligence (AI) ‑optimised cores. It measures 8.5×8.5 inches or 216x216mm. According to the company the 46,255mm2 device is 56 ...

Italian company Powahome is developing what it describes as a smart home system. In November 2017, the company finished the Luiss Enlabs acceleration programme and has subsequently been funded by LVenture Group and Business Angels. It was selected as a finalist in the Klimahouse Start Up Awards in January 2018. Powahome’s product is designed to allow users to control their ...