Downing Ventures has recently welcomed Cambridge Touch Technologies and Masters of Pie to its portfolio

Venture capital fund Downing Ventures has participated in a £4 million Series A1 funding round for Cambridge Touch Technologies Limited (CTT).

Spun out of the University of Cambridge in 2011, CTT is a leading developer of AI-powered 3D touch technologies that can be used across a wide range of smart devices, from smartphones and tablets to automotive and industrial technologies.

Loot™, the blockchain protocol and crypto-asset generated by player skill in video games, is being adopted by Trendy Entertainment, the video game developer behind the Dungeon Defenders franchise, to integrate its unique blockchain solution into the rewards system of Dungeon Defenders II. The Loot protocol is in development with a goal of release in Q1 2019. Trendy plans to be the first to integrate the solution once the protocol is released.

Bidstack, the in-game advertising software company which raised £137,000 via Crowdcube in December 2015, is seeking to list its shares on AIM via a Reverse Takeover (RTO) of Kin Group Plc.

Acceleris has advised upon the completion of a £2.9m funding round into Power Roll’s novel energy creation and storage technology from existing shareholders and High Net Worth Individuals.

Power Roll Limited have developed proprietary technology that offers a manufacturing platform to develop paper thin, flexible power generation and energy storage devices. The energy storage technology has the potential to disrupt the market and possesses the following fundamental technology advantages inlcuding higher specific energy density than existing capacitors and supercapacitors, significantly lower cost and size than existing devices and enhanced lifetime for certain applications.

Masters of Pie, a London-based early stage technology firm specialising in virtual and augmented reality software for manufacturing and wider enterprise solutions, has secured £1.6 million funding led by venture capital firm Downing Ventures to accelerate product development and extend commercial partnerships.

Motorway, the UK’s first price comparison website for selling your car, today announces it has secured £2.75 million in seed funding.

Launched in 2017, Motorway enables car owners to compare multiple instant offers for their vehicle and find the best deal in seconds – bringing speed and transparency to a previously frustrating process.

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has hired telecommunication industry veteran Bill Versen to the newly created position of Chief Product Officer. 

TxCell SA, a developer of cellular immunotherapies based on regulatory T cells (Tregs) for inflammation, autoimmunity and transplantation, and Lonza Pharma & Biotech, one of the world’s leading and most-trusted suppliers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty ingredients markets, has announced entering into a Master Service Agreement for the manufacture of TxCell’s HLA-A2 CAR-Treg cellular product (TX200), which is in development for the prevention of chronic rejection after organ transplantation. 

Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable-energy investments, has officially opened a wind farm comprising 33 turbines in Egersund, Norway. 

TxCell SA, a developer of cellular immunotherapies based on regulatory T cells (Tregs) for inflammation, autoimmunity and transplantation, today announces it will present its latest manufacturing developments at the 3rd Annual Bioprocessing of Advanced Cellular Therapies Congress to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 29-30, 2018. 

Halma, a global group of life-saving technology companies, and OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, today announced a new business partnership, which will help to catalyze life protection technologies focused on hazard detection and digital health.