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Early stage and late stage VC capital in
UK declined in 2007
Despite the brave gloss put on by BVCA member firms’ activity that shows an
underlying increase of more than one-third on VC investments, and despite the
credit crunch in the second half of last year, the fact is that true venture
capital investments in the UK declined by 44 percent. Despite the gloss and
several attempts to fix the market failures in early stage venture capital
market, the picture for early stage and technology venture capital in the UK
remains bleak. Click
here to read more.
Partnership for HSPA mobile
broadband in business laptops
With the increasing adoption of high speed mobile broadband HSPA shipments, and
market grab by major vendors like Ericsson it would be interesting to see how
some of the start-ups focusing on this space will fare in the near future.
Click
here for more information.
Miracor receives €6 million for medical
devices business
Vienna-based Miracor GmbH has completed a series A financing round which it
will use to conduct additional clinical trials and gain CE marking for its
PICSO system. The company has developed a pressure-controlled intermittent
coronary sinus occlusion medical device to benefit patients being treated for
heart attacks or in heart failure. More information
here.
MergeOptics receives R4 funding as it
rares towards IPO
Established in November 2000, having shipped over 75.000 optical modules, and
almost raring to an IPO, MergeOptics has attracted a new lead investor in its
fourth VC round of €5.3m/$8.5m to grow its position in the fast growing
10Gbit/s transmission module market. Click
here for more information.
ETF recruits new team member from Goldman
Sachs
The Environmental Technologies Fund has recruited Fabrice Bienfait from the
investment banking industrials and natural resources group of Goldman Sachs.
Earlier this year, the fund announced the final closing of its environmental
technologies fund at £110m, above its fund-raising target. More information
here.
‘Made for India’ forum at VLSI 2009:
submit a paper
India's >1 billion population is very young (35 percent under the age of 15).
Sustained 8 percent GDP growth, rapid urbanisation, increasing dispensable
income, and opening economic policy, are fuelling ‘explosive’ consumerism in
India resulting in persistent demand for latest goods and services. Now you can
present a paper for this forum on 'made for India' products. Click
here for more information.
Inaugural North-West Technology Network
meeting kicks off
The north-west of the UK has always had a strong technology heritage, derived
from a local ecosystem created by such companies as ICL Fujitsu, Ferranti,
local universities and colleges, plus a strong base of chemical, materials and
biotech industries - but surprisingly, no tech start-up network. Find out about
this new initiative - click
here.
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