Applications for the 2021 Autumn edition of Silicon Gorge Investor Showcase close this week – apply to take part here .
The Investor Showcase, run by TechSPARK , is open to tech and creative companies based in the South West of England and South Wales who are looking for up to £3 million in equity funding, and will offer 12 of these the opportunity to pitch to a virtual room full of...
A regional centre of health technology excellence will be developed in the city following a successful bid submitted to the Heart of the South West LEP by Plymouth Science Park, in partnership with the University of Plymouth , Plymouth City Council , and private sector partner, Renishaw .
Building on existing capabilities in the region, the Health Technology Innovation Hub (HTIH)...
Poole-based online marketplace OnBuy.com has announced the closing of £35 million in series A+ funding through VC and strategic technology investors.
Since its inception in 2016, OnBuy has existed to disrupt the status quo around e-commerce, taking on the industry giants that currently dominate the market. With its 'level playing field' offering, OnBuy has attracted more than 7,000...
The South West's first ever StartUp Studio pitch event took place last week, with startups from across the region pitching to a panel of investors, business strategy experts and key partners.
Hosted by Tech South West, the event featured eight startups that have each taken part in the StartUp Studio accelerator programme - a new virtual accelerator for early stage tech companies in...
A pilot project which will see commercial drones making daily deliveries to the Isles of Scilly will take off later this year.
According to the Isles of Scilly Travel website , the pioneering partnership between the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) experts Flylogix has secured £200,000 of grant funding from Aerospace Cornwall to run the project....
Member companies at one of the South West's most prominent incubators of tech businesses raised an astonishing £616m in investment last year, an increase of 40% on the 2019 figure.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, members of SETsquared , which has partnerships with the universities of Bath, Bristol and Exeter, raised record levels of investment in 2020. Private investment accounted...