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University of Edinburgh's AI Accelerator opens the call for innovative 'AI for Good' scale-ups to be part of its sixth cohort. A University of Edinburgh initiative which helps emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies maximise their full commercial potential is now accepting applications for its 2023 programme. Open to both Scottish and international companies, the AI Accelerator is seek...
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  The lowdown on digital health startup Little Journey and its VR solution to help reduce anxiety for children undergoing healthcare procedures. Among the many fears that accompany becoming a parent is the idea that your child could get sick enough to be hospitalised. Worse still, that they might need surgery. As if these fears coming true weren’t enough, you then have to contend with...
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Newcastle-based startup Nanovery raises investment to further its mission of saving lives through better testing for prostate cancer. A Newcastle-based company has raised over £ 1.85 million of funding to help its quest to save more lives through better testing for prostate cancer. The funding includes £500,000 investment from the North East Innovation Fund, supported by the Europe...
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Glasgow-based SOLASTA Bio secures further investment to support development of its innovative nature-inspired pesticides. A UK agritech specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured a further round of investment totalling £4 million to scale up the development of its unique nature-inspired pesticides, the first of their kind to be developed worldwide. Investm...
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Archangels leads a £2.2m funding round for Bioliberty to support development of its innovative robotic glove that can help to restore upper limb mobility in stroke patients. Scottish technology firm Bioliberty has secured £2.2 million in funding to develop a unique soft robotic glove which can restore upper limb mobility in patients following a stroke. The funding round was led by ...
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The lowdown on Achelous Energy, the UK-based startup that's developing innovative solutions to help reduce C02 emissions and achieve Net Zero. Water’s pretty good. It could be said that it’s quite important to the continuing existence of life on the planet. More importantly, it makes coffee. But have you ever considered powering your Playstation with it? Of course, it’s nothin...
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The lowdown on Entocycle, the London-based startup that's using insects and technology to help drive a global transition to sustainable protein. It has been a while since we’ve written about insects. ‘Why don’t you write more about insects,’ we hear you say. If you insist. When it comes to protein production, insects are an extremely valuable source. Not only do they pro...
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Innovation that matters - equiwatt, the startup that's on a mission to make clean energy more affordable and accessible to everyone. Energy prices always seem to be on the rise, despite the increase in renewable energy sources being implemented, and regardless of what’s going on in the world. Recently, though, world events have caused energy prices to spike significantly, causing a great...
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How to select your best ideas and take them forward - Chris Thomason, Founder of Ingenious Growth shares 5 tips to help you do just that. As a startup founder it’s great to have an abundance of creative ideas, but not all ideas are created equal. How can you tell which to push ahead with and which to ditch?  Here are five things to take into account when selecting the best ideas to t...
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Leading sports marketing platform, OpenSponsorship announces move into music sector, the first new vertical industry for the trans-Atlantic martech business. Sponsorship technology platform, OpenSponsorship has announced that the platform will be making its move into music. Often referred to as the Match.com or Airbnb of sponsorship deals, and known for connecting brands to athletes f...
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