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How Equal1 is building a desktop quantum computer
University College Dublin spinout Equal1 has created a programmable quantum chip manufactured on a low-cost foundry CMOS process.
8 quantum spinouts breaking new ground
From a diamond-based, room temperature quantum computer to a unified programming language, here are eight quantum technologies of note.
10 spinouts to watch: March 2023
Regrowing limbs, a cure for AML found at the bottom of the ocean and software for data centres to use 25% less energy are all more science than fiction thanks to these 10 spinouts.
10 spinouts to watch: January 2023
How do you stop AI from being racist? What if you could diagnose autism at birth using a single strand of hair? Here are 10 spinouts doing this and more.
10 spinouts to watch: December 2022
Enzymes to infinitely recycle plastic, a way to make green ammonia and an app to detect early Alzheimer's are among this month's noteworthy technologies.
10 spinouts to watch: November 2022
Cures for HIV and blurred vision and using cosmic rays to monitor nuclear waste drums are on our list of recent promising university spinouts.
10 spinouts to watch: September 2022
Spinouts working on ketamine-based therapeutics, regenerative medicines for dogs and better sleep are among those that caught our eye this month.
Oculi eyes computer vision revolution
Charbel Rizk has spun Oculi out of Johns Hopkins University to commercialise technology that gives computer vision the capabilities of the human eye.
Other News
OQC heads to Japan after $46m series A
Oxford Quantum Circuits' series A round is already among the largest for a European quantum company and could still go higher.
Deals: May 31, 2022
ZGT has raised $48m from Tsinghua Holdings Capital, CAS Star and others, while University of Cambridge spinout Colorifix has pocketed $22.7m.
TNO throws its weight behind DeepTechXL Fund I
The research institute has been joined by limited partners ranging from Philips to Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij, with a minimum target size set at $107m.
OIST orchestrates $40m fundraising effort
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology has partnered Lifetime Ventures to raise a deep tech-focused fund with a target size of $40m.
Deals: May 24, 2022
The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.
Deals: May 17, 2022
The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.
Editor's Picks
Corporate AI funds: The list
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
Data problem slows corporate investment in AI
Adequate data collection and processing are not yet in place to ensure AI-based large language models will be useful to industry.
Bigger than the internet: Why corporates need to place bets on gen…
The valuations of generative AI startups are high and the tech is still untested, but corporate investors should still take some early bets.
Why South Korea will lead the AI revolution
Korea now is home to one the most dense AI scaleup ecosystems in the world — even more than Silicon Valley.