Technology Startups

A spin-out from the University of East Anglia has created a prototype of what it claims is the world’s first hand-held fingerprint drug testing device.

Europe has recorded the lowest number of venture capital deals in a decade, according to the latest figures from Dow Jones VentureSource. Social media and entertainment start-ups, the heart of Silicon Roundabout in London, were hardest hit, while medical start-ups saw many more deals coming though.

Medical data services and systems startup Isansys Lifecare in Oxford has opened a new subsidiary in India.

A young UK company developing mobile technology to help with clinical trials has won backing of £3m from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP)

The venture capital industry is starting to look again at technology investments says London group Go4Venture which was an advisor in the recent sale of Spanish start-up ADD Semiconductor to Atmel.

There’s never been a better time to invest in fabless start-ups as they are becoming increasingly scarce, says Henry Nurser, Chief Operating Officer of Bristol chip start-up Blu Wireless. This is due to the imbalance building up between supply and demand for these new companies by larger ones.

The SETsquared partnership is bringing 19 new companies to London this week to meet investors and pitch for funding.

Cambridge Wireless has released the list of companies taking part in its Discovering Startups competition. The entries range from a system for wireless brain sensing, a web-based travel management service, new speech recognition products and ultra-low power mobile sensors.

Dublin startup Decawave has taped out silicon for its ultrawideband chip for Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). 

A spin-out company from King’s College London has developed new technology to measure central blood pressure – a more accurate test of the health of your heart.