Startups

Advances in photonics technology will underpin next-generation computing, telecoms, aerospace and manufacturing. Here are nine spinouts that have emerged from university labs with VC backing.

Materials analysis startup SirenOpt has recruited Hitachi Ventures and InMotion Ventures for a $6.5m round as it prepares to commercially launch next year.

From emerging brands to retailers and technology developers, these 10 startups are bringing non-alcoholic beverages into the mainstream.

Water is the next frontier for drones and unmanned vehicles - here are six startups making waves.

The IPO window is finally opening in the US, as activity expands from medtech and pharma to fintech and enterprise startups.

The German company attracted SE Ventures and Hitachi Ventures for a series B round that will be used to expand its product data management platform.

Defence and industrial investors are increasingly interested in using quantum sensors to go where the GPS system cannot take us.

The costs of making things in space — and getting them back to earth — is high. But infrastructure to bring down the costs is being built.

The decline of cleantech and hydrogen investments is overstated in H1, according to GCV data, while transport investments go cold.

From working out the strategic value a corporate can bring to scientific innovation to cultivating the right sources in the university ecosystem, here are tips for investing in academic research.

New materials and greater use of renewable energy is bringing down the costs of direct air capture of carbon. Here are eight startups with technology worth watching.