- Israeli Venture Funds raising rebounds in 2011 to reach $796 million
- Community energy project fund for both pre-planning & construction
- Focus on fibre is misplaced, says Brocade
- European collaboration in organic and large-area electronics
- Facebook Boom Over, Users Numbers Saturated, Posing Challenges for Gaming Operators
- Finance South East changes to FSE Group and a new community interest status
- UK offer one of - tax free year for angel investors
- UK Life Science Strategy
- Project Merlin falls short by £1 billion for SME lending.
- Smartphone Health Applications Will Exceed $400 Million Annually by 2016
- Digital Technology Displaces 35mm Film in Cinema Projection
- Speakers Corner: Proposals for ‘above the line’ R&D tax credit
- Large businesses & obstructive government kill British Innovation
Israeli Venture Funds raising rebounds in 2011 to reach $796 million
After a severe drought in venture fund raising, leaving only an estimated $300m surplus capacity for first stage capital, Israeli venture capital funds were back on track in 2011, after two very difficult years.
Community energy project fund for both pre-planning & construction
If you were contemplating carrying out a local community energy project but are hindered by lack of sufficient resources than, the new Community Generation Fund could be your answer.
Focus on fibre is misplaced, says Brocade
One of the reasons why UK is falling far behind in terms of creating new innovative growth engines is the increasing isolation of policy planners from the day to day reality.
European collaboration in organic and large-area electronics
Whether €3.2m funding from the EU funded Framework 7 Programme project "COLAE" is sufficient has to be seen. More than 30,000 collaborative R & D Projects have been completed by the Framework 7 Programme..
Facebook Boom Over, Users Numbers Saturated, Posing Challenges for Gaming Operators
While it was easy to build up new users in its early days, helped by a massive dose of practically free venture money, the pre-IPO metrics have changed, now that it has to show a profitable growth in the real world, Facebook now faces saturation
Finance South East changes to FSE Group and a new community interest status
The FSE Group (formerly Finance South and its subsidiaries), will now be run as a an independent community interest company (CIC), with FSA authorised subsidiary changing its name to FSE Fund Managers Ltd (formerly South East Fund Managers Ltd).
UK offer one of - tax free year for angel investors
Angel investment long recognised as the most important source of capital for start-up and early stage businesses was celebrated at a major event held at No 10 Downing St.
UK Life Science Strategy
While long on aspiration like connecting three million at-risk patients to receive hi-tech monitoring equipment in the home and a new £180 million catalyst fund for new medical breakthroughs plus a desire to cut NHS red tape to give patients faster access to new drugs.
Project Merlin falls short by £1 billion for SME lending.
In our article "Will Banks lend £76b - 15% more than 2010 to SMEs –Merlin the Magician, says maybe! it depends", we further emphasized the get out clause, is this a pledge or a promise?
Smartphone Health Applications Will Exceed $400 Million Annually by 2016
As the mobile handset adds new ways to access and support healthcare applications, it will become increasingly important within the healthcare market, including home monitoring systems for aging users, personal emergency response services, and remote healthcare monitoring applications. However, sports and fitness will dominate the mobile health application market.
Digital Technology Displaces 35mm Film in Cinema Projection
January 2012 will mark the crossover point when digital technology projection overtakes 35mm. By the end of 2012, the share of 35mm will decline to 37 percent of global cinema screens, with digital accounting for the remaining 63 percent.
Speakers Corner: proposals for ‘above the line’ R&D tax credit
Carmen Aquerreta, tax partner in the R&D and Patent Box team, comments.
Large businesses & obstructive government kill British innovation
While the UK Finance Minister (Chancellor) puts out consultation about subsidizing large companies (LargeCo) business R&D budgets in form of extra tax reliefs, the majority consensus has always been that LargeCo stifle or kill innovation.
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