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Abzena signs significant licence deal for ThioBridge™ ADC linker technology with US biotech partner

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Abzena plc (AIM:ABZA), a life sciences group providing services and technologies to enable development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products, has signed a significant licensing deal for its novel site specific ThioBridge™ antibody drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology. The partner is a publicly listed US biotech company that is developing and commercialising oncology therapies, including ADCs.

MFM increases university support; invests in online academic and commercial collaboration platform, IN-PART

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Mercia Fund Management (MFM), a leading technology investor with a focus on the Midlands, the North and Scotland, has made its first investment into IN-PART, which streamlines the discovery and commercialisation of innovative academic research. The investment, which was made via MFM’s University Growth Fund, totals £300,000 and will allow IN-PART to build on its

From 14 to 140: the evolution of Mercia Fund Management’s AGM

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[Above: Mercia Fund Management’s AGM in 2014 was held at the Henley-in-Arden Golf Club.] By Dr Mark Payton, CEO Mercia Technologies PLC As Sunday night rounded into Monday morning, you’d be forgiven for waking up, looking out of your window and sighing as you greeted another cold, wet (or snowy) week in January. Nevertheless, despite

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Science Warehouse announces strong half year results as it appoints new CTO

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Science Warehouse, a leading provider of e-marketplace solutions, has announced year-on-year growth for the first half of the 2015-2016 financial year and the appointment of Jonathan Russell as chief technology officer (CTO). Russell joins Science Warehouse from analytics software company FICO where he served as senior director of software engineering. He was responsible for the

Dental diagnostic developer Manchester Imaging joins MFM portfolio

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Mercia Fund Management (MFM) a leading technology investor with a focus on the Midlands, North and Scotland, has made its first early stage investment into Manchester Imaging, a dental diagnostic software spinout from the University of Manchester. The investment supports Mercia’s recent commitment to expansion into the North of England, following its announcement of partnerships

Mercia Technologies PLC commits up to £4.5m in two high growth digital businesses

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Mercia Technologies PLC (“Mercia”), a Midlands-based investment group building, funding and commercialising technology businesses across the UK, will invest up to a further £2m into the virtual reality (VR) games developer/publisher nDreams Limited. In addition, it will also invest up to £2.5m into newly ‘emerging star, Intelligent Positioning, a cloud-based software analytics developer. The nDreams

Mercia expands into the North with new university partnerships

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[Photo credit: Paul Stevenson, Flickr.com] Mercia Technologies PLC (AIM: MERC, “Mercia”), a Midlands-based investment group building, funding and commercialising technology businesses in the UK, has further expanded its operations into the North of England, through university partnerships with the University of York, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. This takes the total

Mercia Technologies commits up to £4.5m in two high growth digital businesses

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Mercia Technologies PLC (“Mercia”), a Midlands-based investment group building, funding and commercialising technology businesses across the UK, will invest up to a further £2m into the virtual reality (VR) games developer/publisher nDreams Limited. In addition, it will also invest up to £2.5m into newly ‘emerging star, Intelligent Positioning, a cloud-based software analytics developer. The nDreams