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University spin-outs and Innovate UK ICURe are a national success story
It was great to be at the 10th birthday party of ICURe in Manchester today. So many great things I could talk about, but I...
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£1.7m Secured to Build a Pioneering Recycling Facility for the Refining of Waste Lithium-ion Battery Materials
L-R: Prof. David Hughes Associate Dean R&I Teesside University. Tom O’Neill Investment Manager Venture Sunderland, Sarah Newbould Senior...
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Congratulations to Clas-SiC Wafer Fab Ltd, a world-leading compound semiconductor fab in Scotland, on raising £12M.
NorthEast Capital LLP advised Clas-SiC on their funding round, introducing them to and working with top-tear European and global VCs. ...
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Entrepreneurs! Need to raise money in 2025?
Raising capital has never been more challenging or competitive, especially in the North of England. Here’s why: While the start-up...
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Baltic Ventures makes an impact in Liverpool
Congratulations to everyone involved with Baltic Ventures for putting on a fabulous event today. Live music, great food, great company...
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Supporting Angel investors in Liverpool
We are very proud to have been instrumental in this Liverpool Combined Authority and MSIF support for business angel investing in...
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Acquisition in German life science company
Having led the analysis and deal negotiation for Apis' acquisition of Clickmer Systems Gmbh, it is great to reflect on the effectiveness...
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Radical Uncertainty
Just noticed this Harvard Business Review piece, that suggests we should use probabilities to process uncertainty....
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Lifelong (adult) supporter of Greenpeace
Happy Birthday to Greenpeace, 50 years old. Very proud to have been supporting this organisation, that calls out corporation's and...
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The regional disparity of VC funding continues
On the 14th September 2021 the British Business Bank (BBB) helpfully published a list of UK companies that have converted their Future...
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Why corporates should invest in regional VC funds?
Many large companies invest in VC funds around the world, both as an asset class and as a form of open innovation. This paper discusses...
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