Mercia Fund Management, one of the leading investors in UK technology and the wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercia Technologies PLC, has committed £300,000 of early stage development capital to Intelligent Health, a company dedicated to combatting inactivity through behavioural science and technology. Mercia’s capital will be used to continue scaling the business nationally and internationally, as
Soccer Manager Ltd, the creator of Soccer Manager 2015, has announced the eagerly anticipated launch date for Soccer Manager 2016 to be October 12th 2015. The latest release is stocked full of brand new features and enhancements far surpassing the 2015 iteration. “We wanted to develop the Soccer Manager 2016 version as a managerial platform
Strategic acquisition of GMP bio pharmaceutical manufacturing capability in the USA extends service and technology offering, enables the capture of more value from projects, and provides wider cross-selling opportunities across the Group. Abzena plc (AIM: ABZA), the life sciences company providing services and technologies to enable better biopharmaceutical products, has acquired PacificGMP, a privately held
A Birmingham-based professor and founder of Celentyx Ltd has been announced as the principal author of the most highly cited research paper in history from any research institution in Birmingham. The paper has now achieved over 2000 citations. Professor Nicholas Barnes, the principal founder of the Birmingham-based pharmaceutical company Celentyx Ltd, is First Author of
[Pictured: Alan Fletcher from PerkinElmer presenting the prize to CEO of MIP Diagnostics, Dr Adrian Kinkaid.] A technology developed at the University of Leicester, and the prime focus of Leicester spinout company MIP Diagnostics, has been recognised as ‘most commercially viable’ at Europe’s flagship Drug Discovery event. The annual ELRIG Drug Discovery conference, held at
The organisers of VRTGO Conference and Expo, Secret Sauce, are teaming up with nDreams to create a VR contest for students and start-ups in the VR space. The competition aims to showcase up-and-coming VR talent through innovative content and technology for games. The competition winner will get the chance to exhibit their prototype at VRTGO
A dynamic London ad-tech company has become the latest technology start-up to receive seed capital from Mercia Fund Management’s newest hybrid SEIS & EIS fund. wayve, a 360 degree advertising platform, has received a £300,000 seed investment which will be used to implement and extend its expansion strategy. Founded by Jamie Evans-Parker, a leading computer
Mercia Technologies PLC, a Midland-based leader in the funding and commercialisation of technology businesses in the UK, announces that Will Whitehorn, the former President of Virgin Galactic, has joined user-generated content platform Crowd Reactive as Chairman. The appointment follows a second tranche investment by Mercia totalling £500,000. Mr Whitehorn, who has over 30 years of
A Mercia Fund Management announcement UK based FinTech solutions provider, FriendlyScore, has announced the launch of its SAAS application, which analyses real time social media data to assist lenders in creating risk profiles for potential borrowers with little to no credit history. The company, which was a participant in London’s selective FinTech accelerator Startupbootcamp in
A Mercia Fund Management announcement UK based FinTech solutions provider, FriendlyScore, has announced the launch of its SAAS application, which analyses real time social media data to assist lenders in creating risk profiles for potential borrowers with little to no credit history. The company, which was a participant in London’s selective FinTech accelerator Startupbootcamp in