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Alongside this year’s Silicon Gorge: Autumn Edition we’re publishing profiles of a few of the companies that have made it […]

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Bristol robotics company, Perceptual Robotics, is slashing the cost of maintaining wind turbines is flying high after securing £1.6million in its latest funding round. Perceptual Robotics uses autonomous drones to map turbines, before passing the images onto a cloud-based artificial intelligence system which processes them to detect damage. The company’s founders, who met at the […]

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Karshare, the community car-sharing app, has announced a £3million pre-series A round. In addition to existing strategic investors Fullbrook Thorpe, Adjuvo Syndicate and other angel investors. Karshare is delighted to announce a significant investment by Saracens Football Rugby Club owner Nigel Wray. Wray said: “We are delighted to be backing Andy Hibbert and his team […]

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Albotherm, a University of Bristol spin-out company developing passive cooling technologies to reduce energy usage in Agriculture and the Building (Construction / Architecture) sector, announced today the completion of a £370k ($500k) seed funding round. The funding will support the development of Albotherm’s Variable Shading System, a temperature responsive glass coating that reflects sunlight and […]

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