Science|Business Events

Fluidic Analytics Limited, a spinout from the University of Cambridge, has raised £1.56 million (US$2.4 million) in a Series A financing led by Cambridge Enterprise and including DFJ Esprit, IQ Capital, Parkwalk Advisors and Amadeus Capital Partners as co-investors.

Disbursing cash for research is one thing, but making a real difference lies in preparing new technologies for market, says Cheryl Martin, Director of the US energy research agency ARPA-E

A low-cost text message programme to help young people improve their English language skills won the Science|Business inaugural Global Innovation Award earlier this month. Its founder, Elvis Austins, spells out how he got here and what comes next

InSphero’s breakthrough in generating 3D cell models of human organs at scale for use in toxicity screens attracted potential customers to invest in proving the technology. Now all the top ten pharma companies are users

Akvolution’s technology combines two different pre-treatment processes in one, cutting the cost of desalination by 25%

There’s a five hour window to reduce the effects of a stroke by removing the blood clot that caused it. ACES winner Brainomix has automated the assessment of brain scans, increasing confidence in diagnosis and informing treatment decisions

It’s hard to save electricity when you don’t know where it’s going. Qualisteo’s Wattseeker reads the fingerprints of electrical systems to make monitoring energy use easier and less costly

From acceleration programmes to hands-on support; encouraging every student to pinpointing true entrepreneurs; and from tech transfer strategies to using dating agency algorithms in the search for the perfect industrial partner – how universities can have spin-out success

The Science|Business Academic Enterprise Awards for spin-outs highlight Europe’s innovation potential and underline the need for closer collaboration between industry and academe, says Jerzy Buzek MEP, former president of the European Parliament