Inside the Bradfield Centre: Recent Episodes

James Parton & Adelina Chalmers

Bringing you the stories of the people, companies, and University at the heart of Cambridge, the UK's leading Tech & Life Sciences ecosystem. Presented by James Parton and Adelina Chalmers. Produced by Carl Homer from Cambridge TV.

From an academic learning about commercialisation, to a career spanning 25 years working on novel technology, we were thrilled to talk to Ben Brown, CTO at Cambridge Mechatronics this week.

From colloids at the University of Cambridge, to ink at TTP, and jumping into the world’s best loud speaker development at Cambridge Mechatronics, Ben has much experience to share with our listeners.

Now with a focus on actuators, we learn about the magic of Shape Memory Alloy and how Cambridge Mechatronics have cornered that market globally with a list of patents that would rival Arm to Rolls Royce.

We talk to Ben about the company move from ‘hidden gem’ to a much more public profile, triggered by their first external funding round by Atlantic Bridge, Sony and Intel, and what that means to the business model and future portfolio.

Ben also shares useful lessons about building relationships in Japan, Taiwan and China, and the dynamics of doing business is the Far East.

We think you’ll agree that Cambridge Mechatronics is a great representation of a multi-disciplinary tech team of silicon, firmware, software, material scientists, physicists, and more. And with an expansion into new premises on Cambridge Science Park, and a new office in Copenhagen, they are certainly a tech company to watch.

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Did you know that false barriers about studying science and technology can put children off pursuing #STEM from earlier than age 11?

Cambridge Science Centre connects everyone with science - from tots, through school years with teachers and parents, to expert communicators and supporters - in an enjoyable and inspiring way.

Originating out of a conversation between entrepreneurs ten years ago, who wondered why Cambridge didn’t have a science centre, the Cambridge Science Centre was born, and the interconnectedness of Cambridge has kept going within it for the last 10 years.

This week Cambridge Science Centre announced a new home on the iconic Cambridge Science Park, and we can’t think of a better place for it to be based.

With 6,000 square feet of 20 new exhibits showcasing #STEM, and portable exhibits taking STEM on the road, join the excitement and passion as you hear CEO John Bull and Trustee Amy Weatherup talk about their goals and aspirations.

Opening in July 2024, it’s time to galvanise the community to become part of the Cambridge Science Centre’s journey – as a volunteer, an expert, a supporter, a school leader, or as a family with a membership season ticket.

Find out more at https://www.cambridgesciencecentre.org/

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This week’s guest is Hanadi Jabado, co-founder and Managing Partner of Sana Capital, one of the first early-stage funds in Europe focusing on #TechBio. Hanadi founded one of the UK's first Deep Tech accelerator programmes, Accelerate Cambridge, at the University of Cambridge where she supported 180 early-stage ventures over six years, building a portfolio with an estimated collective value of over £2bn with over £250m of risk capital raised.

We talk to Hanadi about so many things, this is not an episode to miss. Tune in to hear about this, and so much more…

· Commercialisation from academia needs constant work

· Turning ‘no’ into ‘yes’

· Making waves for women and entrepreneurship within Cambridge Judge Business School

· The birth of #AccelerateCambridge and the Entrepreneurship Centre – start, scale and grow a business

· Making entrepreneurs relatable

· The role and impact of being a board member, preferably an independent non-exec

· Changing the investment ecosystem with Sana Capital for #healthtech and #climatetech

· Targeting spinouts and ‘sneakouts’ – founders from within and outside of the University of Cambridge

· Investment capital won’t start flowing again until 2025 – quality not quantity

· Personal experiences with DEI – ‘whatever I did, it seemed like I was the only woman in the room’ – ‘it’s not about lowering the bar – it’s about widening the gate’

· The role of Deputy Lieutenant in Cambridgeshire

· Supporting those companies that ‘keep going’ with the #KingsAwards

· Learning not to walk, but to march.

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We don’t think anyone would disagree that it is a global imperative to tackle food waste and address the economic and environmental loss it causes. Let’s face it, people work hard to grow nutrients so why not turn waste into something more useful?

We talk with Miha Pipan, Co-founder and CEO of Better Origin about:

· The size of the problem – food waste generates 4 Gigatons (Gt) of CO2 equivalent (CO2-eq) each year

· The efficiency of using the #Black Soldier Fly, they produce a high quality source of 1:1 fat:protein

· Creating sustainable feed from grain waste for chickens, fish, pets….

· Better Origin’s X1 birth to automate insect farming on farms in the UK, and the growth to X2 the huge potential of the OriginX

· Using #AI and #deeptech to make the X1 fully automated for farmers - it takes care of seeding, feeding, growth, and harvest

· A partnership with Morrisons to create a carbon-neutral egg – the cost of which is an increase of pence, not pounds

· A sustainable feed proposition that brings together performance, health and welfare

· Changing minds and attitudes to alternative food sources

· The start-up journey over the last 8-9 years, and how the bumps in the road make you more resilient.

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Launched in 2017, the Science and Technology Awards has become a key part of the Awards calendar for Cambridge.

Alumni includes life science and biotech - Storm Biotherapeutics, CMR Surgical, Owlstone Medical, Bit.bio, and technology companies – Pragmatic, Featurespace, C2-Ai.

With 16 categories there is something for everyone, but for this episode, we’re focusing on the more #technology categories, where often multiple technologies are pitted against each other – no easy decision for the judges.

Tune in to hear a full roster of innovative science and technology companies and individuals and hold until the end where we’ll also share details of the winners of the tech categories.

Information on all categories can be found on the Cambridge Independent website and social channels.

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Cambridge Wide Open Day (CWOD) will be held on 12th June so to bring everyone up to speed we’re joined by creator Prashant Shah, o2h group and member of the advisory committee Aline Charpentier, Bruntwood SciTech.

Created to bring the broadest possible community together -CWOD is a chance to experience a mix of tours, talks, workshops, clinics, product demos, and pitches from leading individuals, companies, and parks across Cambridge.

It was great to hear about Aline’s experience of connecting with the entire community at Melbourn Science Park. And what a great demonstration of Cambridge at its best with a decentralised and collaborative approach!

Open to everyone, whether you work within or outside of Cambridge, or are a local resident curious to see the science and tech scene - there's something for you. Come and #BeCurious – see, learn and invest, and enjoy the ‘vim’. For more details and to book a general pass to ‘design your own day’, head over to the LinkedIn page or the website www.cambridgewideopenday.com.

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We’re joined by John Stenhouse, Business Support Manager at the University of Essex, who manages the Angels@Essex programme whose purpose is to bring innovative ideas and clever founders to the investment network.

To date the programme has worked with over 500 businesses over four years and has reached investors from all over the world.

During the INVEST IN INNOVATION Spring 2024 pitching event, eight businesses from all sectors presented, and in this episode we talk to the three winners:

Best Pitch Peter Schwabach – Industrial Robotic Solutions Ltd – who assemble meals with robots and vision software.

Best Idea – Mark Thomas APPNALYSIS LIMITED – a SaaS product for mobile app developers to help them build better apps and better roadmaps.

Audience Choice – James Dunce Bravely Cultured – a novel marine bacteria to produce green chemicals.

Tune in to hear about the experiences of pitching, being serial entrepreneurs, engaging with a coach/mentor, and what is happening next for the winners.

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This last week, UK Tech Week was launched, and a host of events took place across the UK in celebration.

We asked its Founder, Stuart Clarke MBE, to talk to us about the inspiration behind creating an umbrella platform to showcase tech communities across the UK.

With events throughout the year in most regions from Glasgow to Basildon, Humberside to Bristol it was great to hear about how different tech weeks differentiate themselves based on local expertise. We talk about capital, partnerships, and why something like UK Tech Week can expand the reach of tech to a much broader audience through collaboration.

Do head over to the UK Tech Week website and social channels to find out more.

We also had some updates from Chris Bruce on Cambridge Tech Week too, including:

• The Innovation Alley exhibition call has been announced - Innovation Alley takes place on Tuesday 10th September at the Corn Exchange and will showcase 50 innovative startups, 10 scaleups and a small number of corporates to showcase the exciting diversity of tech innovation. Nominations close by 30th May.

• The call for contributors closes 13th May, so if you are interested in a speaking slot or being part of a panel or fireside chats they there is still time to apply (conditions are on the website).

• The registrations for delegate tickets went live this week, with super early bird rates for the first 50 registrations. Will we see you at #CamTechWeek?

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Please be aware this podcast talks about sensitive issues including cancer, alcoholism, and suicide.

Most people will know Peter Cowley through his hugely successful career as one of Europe’s best known angel investors.

CamTechPod was at the launch of Peter’s latest book Public Success, Private Grief in which he details for the first time the succession of tragic events which have shaped his life and fuelled his relentless drive and ambition.

In a fireside chat with Louisa Preston who spent over fifteen years as a news reporter on the BBC, ITN, Channel 4 and ITV, Peter discusses:

His inspiration as an entrepreneur and investor
Treating his cancer like another project
Experiencing bereavement from a young age and losing two sons
The advice he would give his younger self
What he hopes the book will achieve
Working on his bucket list: running two half marathons this year, sleeping on Antarctica
Helping charity and encouraging others to do so. He is donating £2 from the sale of each Public Success, Private Grief book to the charity PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide.

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Founding CEO Tom Collings talks to us about Kalium Health and managing kidney disease.

Did you know that 800 million people are affected by kidney disease around the world, costing $2 billion to manage kidney disease in US alone?

Tom talks to us about:

· His background as an engineer, to helping startups, to building a company

· Founding the company with three amazing women – Fiona Karet, Tanya Hutter, Liz Norgett,

· His tips to ‘just do it, life is too short to watch for the side lines’ and bringing others along on the journey

· Following Andy Richards well-known narrative that “Cambridge is a low-risk place to do high risk things”

· Manufacturing in Cambridge at prototype scale to get the product into the hands of clinics and clinical services, launching initially in the US

· Initial funding from Cambridge investors – Cambridge Angels, Martlet Capital – any timely opportunities for new professional investors during 2024

· We talk about medical insight and scientific innovation from an original idea to clinical trials.

Tune in to hear all of this, and much more.

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Today we bring to you the ‘Would I Sci to You?’ event - the relevant but irreverent science panel show from Cambridge Science Centre!

QI’s Head Researcher, James Harkin; scientist entrepreneur and CEO of Start Codon, Jason Mellad; Youtube sensation, Holly Gabrielle; Sliced Bread host and science journalist, Greg Foot; Director of Science and Entrepreneurship at the Babraham Research Campus, Kathryn Chapman; and renowned physicist, Isaac Newton face off against an array of science, research and other items that host Andrew Farrer directs at them.

After an intro from #CamTechPod hosts Faye and James, we go straight into the event. There’s upset about the buzzers then we’re straight into primary school science – did you guess the answers?

‘Would I Iie to you?’ puts Kathryn and Holly under pressure; the Missing Words round included suggestions from Biden to babies, and so much more. So, sit back and enjoy a selection of clips from the event and see Cambridge #SciTech in a very different way!

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In this episode we hear from Paul Beastall, CEO of HutanBio who are on a journey that has taken decades of research, formation of the company in 2019, and a trajectory to commercialise a new kind of biofuel company that is truly inspirational.

We talk about the entrepreneurial relationship growing out of Cambridge University academics that took the team from the UK to Saudi Arabia, with a firm foothold now in Malaysia and the UK.

Paul talks about the different stages of research and company development, including the creation of a floating lab to identify the right organisms to create their unique HBx algal biofuel. This biofuel is set to transform heavy transport and provide a green alternative to the over a billion tons of oil used each year.

HutanBio recently raised their first Seed investment of £2.25m and are now set to grow, but notably in a super ethical way. They intend to desert land that is currently unutilised around the globe, and that can also provide employment for local communities. This is a great story of being intellectually based in Cambridge but spreading economic value elsewhere.

Not only was it a high-impact chat, but you’ll learn a huge amount about heavy transportation and the impact a transformative biofuel could have on the global environment.

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What is good technology? Is 'good' technology even possible? And how can feminism help us work towards it? The Good Robot - Why Technology Needs Feminism addresses these crucial questions through the voices of leading feminist thinkers, activists and technologists, and co-editor Kerry McInerney tell us more about the book, its contributors, and carving her own way in the world of AI Ethics.

With such a huge amount of thought-provoking content in the book, we highlight four of the essays written by:

· Blaise Aguera yArcas, Google Research, Cerebra - Good technology is cooperative

· Margaret Mitchell, Hugging Face - Good technology is inclusive

· Ranjit Singh, Data & Society - Good Technology is Slow (to Scale)

· Kanta Dihal, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence - Good technology needs good stories.

We talk about ideas and compromises of good tech and the tensions between if it is even possible to have good tech in the environments we live in, and the need to have technology ‘community-driven’.

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Boutros Bear is a company founded after an aggressive course of breast cancer where Founder and CEO, Sheila Kissane, saw first-hand a gap in her own treatment and care.

Boutros Bear delivers comprehensive rehabilitation programs, empowering individuals facing cancer, chronic pain, and mental health challenges.

This is a very personal and insightful conversation with someone who has taken an issue that affects many, understood it, and created something to improve health and wellness.

· From civil engineering to a healthcare entrepreneur

· An initial 12-week programme to an integrated #employeewellness platform

· From blind naivety to raising initial capital and the move to Series A

· Scoping what ‘tech’ meant in such a people centric programme (and how tech for healthcare / passive apps don’t necessarily have the benefit for the user)

· 18-months of persistence to sign up the perfect partner

· How to engage with corporates on #CorporateWellness #WorkplaceHealth

· Scoping out the US market and being ‘in-pursuit- of sales

· A pursuit of asking questions and flowing honesty!

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A highlight of the annual calendar is the announcement of the #21toWatch Top21 – the seven people, companies and ‘things’ that are leading the way in innovation across the East of England, including from the centre for Science and Innovation, Cambridge.

Running since 2019, now in its 6th year, the programme has seen 1,736 applications and 126 winners. It is recognised as the most independent listing of the who’s who of startups in the region covering every conceivable type of science and technology.

Some of the programmes alumni includes Unitary, VividQ, Paragraf, Riverlane, Broken Strong BioSciences, Xampla, Sano Genetics, SATAVIA, Colorifix, Flusso, Porotech, Cambridge Gan Devices, and in this episode we will find out who the 2024 winners are.

This episode features alumni and the staggering £415m (not including undisclosed amounts, private acquisitions, and the behemoth of CMR Surgical) raised between 2019-2023; interviews with Dr Alicia Showering CEO of BugBiome (People); Mohammad Saghafifar, Co-founder and CEO, Remedium Energy (Company) and Dmitry Khazhdan, CTO, Tenyks (‘Thing’); and much more.

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As official podcast partner to Cambridge Tech Week 2024, we’re delighted to run our first full episode dedicated to the event, starting with the recording of the panel at the Cambridge launch, and an interview with Russ Shaw from the London launch event.

The Cambridge event really highlighted the desire to bring the outside in – to create a #SXSW for Cambridge and the tech space, where the objective is to bring the outside in. The panellists (Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, CEO, Nu Quantum, David Moore, CEO, Pragmatic, Pam Garside, Chair, Cambridge Angels, and Harriet Fear MBE) had an open discussion about innovation, funding, and challenges of growth, as well as sharing feedback on last year’s event and their wishes for 2024.

As one of the events ‘ambassadors’, Russ Shaw, Founder of Tech London Advocates, talked about Cambridge’s global reputation for Science and Innovation – “Cambridge punches enormously above its weight in terms of its size and scale”.

And we also caught up with Douglas MacDonald, Partner who heads up the national tech sector at Mills & Reeve who are also one of the event sponsors (others include Rathbones, Cambridge Management Consulting, UK Telecoms Innovation Network UKTIN, HSBC and Cambridge Consultants).

And of course, we caught up with the man himself, chair of the organising committee Chris Bruce, to find out which three words are on the top of his mind for 2024.

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Providing a snapshot of what it has been like trying to raise and deploy capital over the last year, is Chris Keen, Head of Emerging Companies in Cambridge, at Mishcon de Reya.

We discuss the more challenging market of 2023, but with a deal level that remained almost the same as previous years, it’s looking rosy for 2024.

From Pre-seed through to Series D, Private Equity (PE) and Mergers and Acquisition (M&A), we talk about the dynamics of deals locally in Cambridge and throughout the UK. And Chris gives some useful guidance on when to engage with a lawyer, and note, the advice is to bring it further forward than you may think.

We also find out that many advisors are providing line of sight of investment potential from the Cambridge ecosystem to investors outside of the region – so that’s great news for our homegrown tech and innovation.

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This week’s guest shares his career path from military, to a large corporate, to building a startup that supports …start-ups.

Owen Thompson, CEO and co-founder talks about Cambridge Future Tech’s ethos and how they support technical founders to grow from the pre-ideation phase, commercialise and support the business set-up.

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This week we talk to Cian Hughes, Partner at Sure Valley Ventures to find out about the inner workings of a VC – of course it’s about providing money to startups, but also about providing a platform to access other investors, partners, and experts. Investing predominantly at mid-seed stage, Sure Valley Ventures helps to identify gaps and fill them at acritical stage of development.

We talk about

· the different between the tech ecosystem in Silicon valley to Cambridge

· the importance of Universities in tech ecosystems – ideas and spinout

· access to talent

· a can-do mindset

· access to customers

And Cian showcases some of their portfolio companies including VividQ (see Aleksandra Pedraszewska in episode 53), whilst also giving a quick 101 on how to approach investors.

Watch out for Cian – he may well just strike up a conversation with you!

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We talk to Farbod Shakouri who is the Co-Founder and CEO at Phantom Technology, a Cambridge-based start-up elevating human capabilities with AI wearable technology.

Having spotted a trend of 3D graphics being used in applications other than games, Phantom Technology was founded in 2019 to improve the ‘contextual awareness’ issue with #AR which, in reality, is more of an AI problem.

The company is delivering high-end AR software for low-cost hardware, helping OEMs integrate Phantom OS into their products quickly and efficiently. Their special AI assistant called CASSI™ which has got the industry interested and we are expecting some significant announcements in the coming months.

Oh, and they chose to base themselves in Cambridge over Silicon Valley!

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In this episode we hear from all eight finalists of The Trinity Bradfield Prize, with the live announcement of the three winners made by Sir Greg Winter at the end of the event.

The pitches covered a broad range of innovative ideas – (1) targeting T cell therapies for solid tumours (Alceus Bio); (2) developing a next-generation platform for spectral imaging (ProSpectral); (3) creating new class of biofilm inhibitors, providing an alternative to traditional antibiotic treatments (BioTryp Therapeutics); (4) a first-in-class enabling technology for X-ray imaging at lower radiation doses than today's technology (Hayden Salway); (5) creating software aimed at eradicating counterfeit/compromised, or environmentally unfriendly electronic hardware (Ethicronics); (6) developing a fully automated point-of-care sepsis test in under an hour (Cambridge Nucleomics); (7) an app where anyone can take a photo of their eye at home to help detect and monitor eye disease progression (AngioGenius); (8) a novel sensor to tackle food waste (Compound Hound).

Will any of these be unicorns of the future?

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This episode we are joined by Pam Garside, chair of Cambridge Angels. Pam introduces us to Cambridge Angels and how they handle deals.

She shares her priorities as chair of the Cambridge Angels ‘network’, and we learn about Pam’s unique background, and her journey into investing.

We also delve into the Health tech space, and how AI and automation is revolutionising the sector but requires caution - don’t ‘move fast and break things’ as Mark Zuckerberg would advise!

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Epidemiologist to business leader. A pack of crisps and a diet coke, and next thing this episode’s guest is COO of #QuantumComputing company Riverlane.

Of course, we talk about Quantum, and the huge potential and reality of what we can expect. But we also have a great conversation about:

· availing yourself of the tech ecosystem in Cambridge – ‘the best place in the world’ to start a world-changing business

· being a #tech #COO – from buying the milk, to negotiating contracts

· setting up a new business –risk, change, lack of sleep – not for the light-hearted, and the importance of paying back

· building a culture and the importance of #InternalCommunications – helping scientists and engineers flourish (including a deep snack jar)

Bek calls for more women to get involved in the #DeepTech space, but for Bek, the ‘class’ conversation is also critically important. A non-privileged upbringing taught her never to take things for granted, gave her a super-power of being able to talk to people from all backgrounds, and allows her now, not to succumb to #ImposterSyndrome.

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Kieren Paterson started his career in 1998 at significant Cambridge employer Marshall majoring in engineer and technology and working with major #aerospace companies. He then moved into management within the business, and then, as part of company’s constant innovation, the idea of FutureWorx was born and Kieren found himself there.

FutureWorx looks at the Horizon Three (10+year) space and aims to identify opportunities early and then look at ideas that have the possibility of solutions created to fill the gap. If the idea is successful, it could then be spun out of, or back-in to the business ticking both the #entrepreneurship and #intrapreneurship boxes.

Their first product is LilyPad – a permanently deployed system of #UAVs located on offshore wind farms.

Kieren talks to us about how they work with the entrepreneurial community, manufacturing companies, and the larger corporations who would be interested in the R&D at FutureWorx. It’s a really great story of a way of building new businesses within an established company.

Tune in for a great story of a large company that goes through transformation to keep relevant in a very competitive space.

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Ben Stanton, Insights Manager at Deloitte returns to talk to us about the 2024 #TMT Predictions, and to look back on the 2023 predictions to see what was a hit, and what was a miss.

The four main prediction themes are:

GenerativeAI

Sustainability

Media #Entertainment and #Sports

Telecom and #Technology

Tune in for a whistlestop, and insightful tour of the insights and let us know which you think will be the biggest hit for 2024.

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This is a short episode, looking at some of the things we’ve done in 2023, and some of the plans for 2024. Neatly sandwiched in the middle are a short selection of bloopers, fluffs (or bluffs!) to make you giggle.

Season’s Greetings to all our listeners, and we wish you all good health and happiness.

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In this episode we recorded at the Form the Future annual conference held on 1st December at the Moller Centre in Cambridge. Many of us are responsible for hiring, and certainly working with colleagues of all generations, so this was an insightful day on how we can better engage.

We had a fantastic time listening to the sessions, and talking to politicians, teachers, employers and academics who are all part of the community that supports the vital work that Form the Future and Cambridge LaunchPad does. Tune in and hear some great ways that you can engage in building the next generation of our workforce.

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This week we were delighted to be on site at the Cambridge Wireless International Conference #CWIC2023 as the official podcast provider.

Paul Crane introduces the conference ‘From the moon to the deep blue sea’. Then we talk to Peter Kibutu of TTP ‘At Altitude’ about #NTN; ‘Terrestrial’ with Nick Johnson of UKTIN; James Thomas of Jet Connectivity about #MarineTech, and finally Ben Timmons of Qualcomm about #Convergence.

Tune in for a really interesting overview into the current cellular/mobile and wireless industry.

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Our two guests this week are Michelle Lim, Behavioural Scientist at Cambridge Consultants and Micol Spitale, Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Computer Science and Technology investigating #robotics.

A collaboration between academia and business, the duo has collaborated on using #technology to address one of the biggest challenges in society – in this instance using a robotic coach to focus on #mentalhealth and #wellbeing in the workplace.

Would a robot supplement practitioners in supporting good mental health of our employees?

Should technology be used as a preventative measure?

How do you handle confidentiality?

We talk about how robotics can be used in future immersive experiences in healthcare and beyond and consider whether models that are being created are fair, un-biased and ethical.

Tune in to find out more about this exciting project, and the potential for robotics in our everyday life.

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Today we are introduced to Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture – what it means and why it is needed.

We start with a detailed explanation of the challenges and opportunity from Aurelia Li and David Fairen-Jiminez.

We learn how Immaterial is working to address the expense of decarbonisation and enable companies to achieve net zero targets with their advanced materials and systems solutions, particularly for the more complex industries where processes are difficult to evolve.

And of course, we find out more about Aurelia and Davide, including how things sometimes happen as an accident!

Take a look at the following link's if you would like to see what MOFs look like:

Model of a MOF that’s well-studied in academia
3D printed model of a MOF

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We are joined by Shamus Husheer and Oriane Chausiaux who are co-founders of Heartfelt Technologies.

Heart failure is a chronic condition costing the NHS £2bn a year, and most hospitalisations are preventable. And that’s where Heartfelt Technologies comes in with their #AI and non-invasive tracking system.

Tune in to find out more about the AI solution and their experiences with setting up businesses, filing patents, clinical trials, fundraising, team building, awards, and much more

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It’s the 2023 Chris Abell Post Doc Business Plan competition and we’re joined by Christine Martin from Cambridge Enterprise.

We hear from the six finalists before finding out who picks up the 2023 prizes. Watch out for these people, who are certainly ones to watch of the future - Mark E. Carrington, Oxonium Energy; Abolfazal Mostaani, XinaTec; Ismail Sami, Mostli; Molly Haugen, Aetosense; Kamil Sokolowski Semantics, Ahmed Elwaraky, K-STEM.

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Whilst we have huge opportunities and wealth in Cambridge, there is a side of the city that is struggling. In fact, inequality in Cambridge holds the unforgivable moniker of being the most unequal city in the UK.

And that is a label that we want to actively start to eliminate.

In this episode, we are joined by a panel of speakers who will shed light on the issues and discuss how we can make a long-term impact.

Rachel Hales from Get Synergised is sparking connections and igniting change between businesses and the non-profit sector; Sarah Crick from the Red Hen Project supports families to raise happy independent kids in some of the most poverty-stricken parts of the city; and Steve Thompson of Form the Future links pupils in schools with future work opportunities and increases #socialmobility.

This is an eye-opening episode for very different reasons to normal, as it recognises the issues faced across the city, but then gives examples and solutions to start fixing the problem.

Tune in and find out how you can make the ‘S’ of ESG really count.

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This episode we are joined by Dominic Vergine, CEO of Monumo who is now emerging from ‘stealth mode’ with a plan to reinvent the electric motor.

The automotive market is challenged not to be the next Kodak, and the market is awash with new potential car manufacturers such as Apple, LG and Sony – all looking for something that will give an edge.

And that’s where Monumo comes in.

Based on experience gained from Arm, the plan is to have Monumo IP in every motor. To develop the technology, license it, and collect royalties –in Dominic’s own words, they’re selling the eggs, not the ‘golden goose’!

Hear about Dominic’s career, the plans for Monumo, and how much ‘the network’ contributes to the success of a start-up.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

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With over two decades of helping businesses succeed in China, Ting Zhang, CEO of Crayfish talks to us about Chinese culture and the Chinese economy, how to approach doing business with China (including how to protect and commercialise IP), and how things have changed over the last 20 years.

Many startups and scaleups are now much more aware of the opportunity of trading in China and the likes of Hermann Hauser urge businesses to consider leveraging the enormous market opportunity that China affords.

Ting also shares her journey that led her to Cambridge, being a founder, and the growth of the Chinese community in Cambridge.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

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Alan Patterson and Darren Garvey take us on their journey to date - linking the appeal of small companies, their passion optimising and automating things, and their desire to show how tools fit together to solve bigger and bigger problems.

With over half a dozen exits to the likes of Rolls Royce, Amazon, BT, Oracle, and Google they don’t believe in optimizing for an exit, but in building value and doing a good job.

We look at the brief history of AI - #SymbolicAI #ConnectionistAI #MachineLearning #DeepLearning - it’s all #AI!

We also talk similarities and differences between being a startup in the UK and the US – the short runway, the investment and VC culture, and the engineers.

And of course, we talk about BeyondMath and how this innovative startup is transforming engineering design in key focussed industries using AI.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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To remain globally competitive, Cambridge needed to refocus its innovation aspirations over the next 10-15 years.

Formed in 2022, Innovate Cambridge has been a collaborative approach that has brought together different actors and participants in Cambridge. Collectively they have developed a new agenda and in this episode Tabitha Goldstaub, Executive Director of Innovate Cambridge; and Diarmuid O'Brien, CEO of Cambridge Enterprise take us through the process, the plans, and the importance of translating the economic benefit of innovation with local community.

More information and how to get involved can be found at www.innovatecambridge.com

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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For our first anniversary 🎂🎉, we are joined by UK Angel Investor Simon Thorpe.

Simon talks to us about his portfolio and what he looks for in an investment. With 150-200 rounds in 60 companies and 10 successful trade exists under his belt, Simon discusses identifying investments and managing risk, advising his investments, and building relationships with his portfolio companies.

We discuss some interesting topics – does the UK sell tech companies too early? Should start-ups have revenue or not? And much more including some of the top themes from the first year of the podcast.

In this first episode of Series 2, we also have our first FOC charity advert at the end of the podcast, so stay listening to hear from this week’s charity – Form the Future CIC /Cambridge LaunchPad

Produced by Carl Homer

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This week, we have an insightful conversation with Tony Quested about the recent annual #BusinessWeeklyAwards, and about what being a journalist means in an environment where there is so much access to and pressure to deliver news.

Working with Tony and the team at Business Weekly is much more than sending press releases – they have a unique role in opening doors and helping companies develop and grow. Tony shares his thoughts with us in this episode.

Now in their 33rd year, we look back at the legacy of Business of the Year companies and showcase some of the 2023 winners.

Produced by Carl Homer

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In this episode, we talk to VividQ COO and co-founder Aleksandra Pedraszewska.

Aleks talks to us about the six-year journey to date at VividQ, how there are five co-founders, and the natural evolution as the team continues to expand.

Aleks talks to us about how VividQ is leading the visual revolution of #AR by integrating innovative and immersive holographic display technology into every conceivable consumer device.

Tune in for an open discussion about how a global team operates in such an exciting new technology area, while keeping their feet firmly on Cambridge soil.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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Financial journalist and author, James Ashton joins us to talk about his book ‘The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World’.

James tells the Arm story - a big corporate story, of global and high impact, with products used by 70% of the world’s population.

From producing a better chip for Acorn Computers, tension and competition with Intel and other corporate interactions, how the relationship with Nokia embraced the mobile opportunity, the human pursuit of creating great things, and other topics from Arm’s 33-year history so far.

The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World is available in all good book shops, and as an audio book.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

From an engineering degree, digital media product development, Paris to New York, Tech City to Tech Nation, Brexit and other inflection points, this week’s guest Gerard Grech provides a fascinating insight on tech in a national (UK) context.

From the start of Tech City with 200 software companies to bringing government and tech entrepreneurs closer together. Moving to Tech Nation with 20 clusters across the UK – find out about some regional specialisms and how the ecosystem has grown 16x in value over the last 10 years.

With 1/3rd all UK tech unicorns having gone through a Tech Nation programme, Gerard shares some great insights for anyone working in or building a tech ecosystem locally, nationally and internationally.

Founders Forum has acquired all the assets of Tech Nation – and we’re advised to watch this space for the next era of activities as the value of the UK ecosystem is predicted to be worth $4trn by 2033.

And obviously, we ask Gerard about Cambridge and its role in the national and international ecosystem - “Cambridge has always been a huge cluster of innovation, and science and technology” - we think you’ll find his comments really engaging.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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After a first rainy visit to Cambridge, in 2019 Gary Brotman made the decision to move his family here to take on a great opportunity with a startup.

Gary joined as VP product and marketing and set straight to rebranding the company to SecondMind. He added discipline in product development and commercialisation, and a real sense of purpose, resulting in an opportunity to take on the role of CEO.

Gary talks to us about the move to the UK, navigating changes in direction, restructuring, funding and operating in and after a pandemic, plus so much more.

We also find out about how the Machine Learning company helps engineers in the automotive industry make better decisions (see also a report by analyst house Frost & Sullivan about the future of automotive product development, featuring Secondmind https://www.secondmind.ai/insights/cloud-based-ml-the-catalyst-transforming-automotive-product-development/)

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

Much of our audience is outside Cambridge, so we thought we’d invite the encyclopaedic-knowledgeable David Gill to talk us through the history of innovation in this great city. Tune in to discover more about our city's ‘magic sauce’ - a research base, people with vision, and the ability to build a broad coalition - and much more.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

Qureight is a digital healthcare company focused on applying AI-enabled lung image analysis in the treatment of severe respiratory diseases

CEO and co-founder, Muhunthan Thillai, talks with Faye about the company and how it came about, technology, funding, the recent announcement with Astra Zeneca, and a whole host of other things, including some great tips for entrepreneurs starting their journey, and a passion for family and reading.

Produced by Carl Homer.

This week we bring you a live recording from Cambridge Tech Week. James hosted a panel discussion on the Cambridge Tech Ecosystem, that features Henry Whorwood from Beauhurst, Tabitha Goldstaub, Director, Innovate Cambridge and Christine Martin, Head of Seed Funds, Cambridge Enterprise.

Produced by Carl Homer.

Many people, both locally and globally, will know this week’s guest, Peter Cowley, as an international angel investor, but here we dig deeper – much deeper.

With permission, we were very privileged to talk to Peter about his personal life – living with cancer, family bereavement, and removing the stigma of suicide. We also celebrate his recent marriage to Lis before talking about his career and the advice he openly shares.

Peter is a distinguished serial entrepreneur – from running a mobile discotheque when he was a student to a 40-year-old tech company owner with all the ups and downs you’d expect; as well as a portfolio of businesses from publishing and property.

He tells us how he stumbled into becoming an angel, with that first ‘exit’ with Martin Kleppman, that made it all possible. And shares some of the successes and failures likening angel investment to a ‘marriage contract you can’t break’.

Tune in for a unique insight into a remarkable man.

Produced by Carl Homer.

If you look at the #EdTech space, the market is awash with solutions that are simple in nature, yet often lacking the power of ‘tech’. But sAInaptic is doing something very different. They have an AI-based web-app that auto-marks descriptive answers in science and provides instant teacher-like feedback. The feedback includes a predictive score and qualitative information on correct and missed concepts and provides actionable insights to teachers releasing them from hours of marking.

Telling us more about the marking accuracy that is on par with human marking, are co-founders Rajeshwari Iyer and Kavitha Ravindran.

They tell us about their mission to bring accessible, personalised learning to everyone, how they are democratising technology and how being alumna from the University of Cambridge has now introduced them to the vibrant Cambridge ecosystem.

Anyone can sign up for free to experience sAInaptic’s auto-marking tool https://sainaptic.com/

Produced by Carl Homer.

We were back on the road recently at the One Nucleus #ONHelix23 event where we talked about #biotech trends, the use of #AI #tech in #lifesciences and the importance of the One Nucleus community.

We were delighted to talk to Tony Jones, Enhanc3D Genomics, Appleyard Lees, BRAINCURES and Mike Ward – all who shared details of their journey and some of the great opportunities for the industry.

Produced by Carl Homer.

In this episode we talk to problem solver, Ben Pellegrini, CEO at #MachineLearning company Intellegens.

Intellegens’ objective is to use algorithms to get the most out of data, and they do this with a machine leading model and a complimentary enterprise SW platform that enables the tech to be deployed and the results accessible.

Ben talks about the journey that he and co-founder Dr Gareth Conduit took - spinning out from The Cavendish Laboratory, supported by Cambridge Enterprise, Innovate UK - and the path to demonstrating value as quickly as possible.

For more info about Intellegens here are a couple of links

https://intellegens.com/materials-chemicals-companies-innovate-with-ai/

https://intellegens.com/five-ways-machine-learning-can-power-life-science-data-analysis/

Produced by Carl Homer

Talking to leading tech entrepreneur Hermann Hauser was always going to cover a variety of topics and we hope you agree it was a really interesting discussion. We talk about…

· Was it all out war between Sinclair and Acorn Computers?

· How Intel initially told Arm to ‘get lost’ and how the tables turn, with Intel now paying $10m to invest in the Arm IPO.

· How Arm saved Apple from going bust

· The number of things that began life with “we had absolutely no idea”

· An investment portfolio including 7 unicorns and 2 decacorns (Arm and Illumina).

· Shoutouts for two standout companies - Photonic (Paul Terry), and Constructive Bio

· The one nut Hermann would like to crack with AI

· How “Cambridge has established itself as probably the #1 deep tech centre in Europe, if not the world”, but we can’t rest on our laurels.

Produced by Carl Homer

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This week’s guest is Ben Woodington, with fellow co-founder (AKA powerhouse) Elise Jenkins there in spirit!

Find out more about how Opto is developing a new generation of neurological interfaces that can read electrical information from inside your body.

Ben tells us about making very small interfaces, well-tolerated in the body, and applying it to one of humankind’s most significant health issues - cancer.

It is always so exciting to talk to very early-stage innovators – their passion is so evident and Opto has the makings of being a very important company in the #bioelectronics space. And how leveraging the Cambridge ecosystem works, but as important is thinking scale and globally from the outset.

Produced by Carl Homer

This week saw the inaugural Cambridge Wide Open Day orchestrated by Prashant Shah at o2h Group.

The day offered a unique insight into the city’s world-renowned science and technology, by bringing together visitors from across the Cambridge community - from scientists to school children - to explore what happens on their doorstep.

In this week’s episode, we talk about some of the activities and people involved with Prashant, Faye takes us through her whirlwind tour with Innovate Cambridge Director, Tabitha Goldstaub, and James fills us in on the activities in the North part of Cambridge.

For more information on all the companies involved and about the event go to cambridgewideopenday.com.

Produced by Carl Homer

Rather than writing about the news, this week’s guest, Matt Gooding, editor at Tech Monitor talks to us about how a range of subjects, including the potential for #AI; the Tech Nation move to Barclays Eagle Labs; the UK’s ambitions for the semiconductor and Quantum Computing industries and how we need to take our place in the global ecosystem; and the future of journalism.

Tune in to hear more from one of our most switched-on tech journalists.

Produced by Carl Homer

Did you know that Cambridge is working on autonomous vehicles, intelligent city platforms, and digital twins? Dan Clarke, Head of Innovation and Technology at the Greater Cambridge Partnership, tells us more and gets us thinking about how future cities could work.

One of Dan’s first outputs is the creation of an Innovation Prospectus to encourage more tech companies to use Cambridge as a testbed. The prospectus shares how to bring innovative ideas forward, how to access research and data, and importantly how to navigate procurement with the public sector.

For more information about Dan’s work and to get in touch, go to the Greater Cambridge website or contact Dan at smart.cambridge@cambridgeeshire.gov.uk.

Produced by Carl Homer.

In this episode, we are joined by Amelia Armour, partner at global venture capitalist (VC) firm, Amadeus Capital, which holds $1bn assets under management. Amelia shares how Amadeus’s investments are identified, what technologies are getting the team excited, and what are her top tips for early-stage entrepreneurs.

Tune in to hear about some of their portfolio, and how as a VC supporting investments is about providing much more than just money.

Produced by Carl Homer.

Welcome to the Cambridge Tech Week (#CTW23) wrap episode which includes highlights from the core and connect event, our takeaways from some of the sessions and conversations that we had, a selection of the fringe events, and some additional exclusive interviews.

Get your cup of coffee, or your shoes on for your walk, and tune in for a condensed view of the inaugural Cambridge Tech Week.

This episode was sponsored exclusively, with thanks, by Kao Data.

Produced by Carl Homer.

We did it – our first episode recorded with a live audience. And we loved it! The audience is elected as our new ambassadors, and the job was made even easier with our amazing panel – Jamie Urquhart - Arm, Martina King - Featurespace, Adam Durrant - Satavia, Umaima Malik Ahmad - 52 North Health.

We covered so much - How tech companies have changed; How Cambridge is more entrepreneurial now than ever before; How commercialisation is really hard; and how many companies wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the magic sauce of Cambridge, especially with regard to first mover advantage. And that’s not even including questions from the audience.

So much was covered that to be honest, you just need to listen in!

This episode was sponsored exclusively, with thanks, by Kao Data.

CamTechPod #CTW23

We all know that the reality is that we don’t have 95% coverage using our mobile devices, and that ubiquitous coverage simply doesn’t exist. Not to mention half of the population of the world that has zero access. Stratospheric Platforms is intending to solve both issues by replacing a typical infrastructure build.

They are working on a “flying 5G cell tower” - an unmanned aerial vehicle powered by hydrogen that can stay airborne for 6 days at a time.

Stratospheric Platforms are solving the design and manufacturing of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the operation of a “UAV airline”, scheduling software to ensure continuous 24/7 geographic coverage, and integration of the 5G radio to ensure seamless user experience for mobile phone users.

Produced by Carl Homer.

We talk about it a lot – the Cambridge ‘ecosystem’. This episode is to help people inside and outside Cambridge to navigate all the different companies and resources - from academic and research establishments to funding; from office space to incubators; from professional services to special events, we’ll try to cover it all.

We cover four distinct areas: The universities, networks, and special activities; The science parks, office spaces, and incubators; Investment and funding; and The support ecosystem made up of the companies that provide the backbone of services that help our businesses to thrive.

Produced by Carl Homer

Cambridge Business Association (CBA) is a Cambridge-born institution that started operations in 2018 to create business opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and managers throughout the world.

The CBA promotes the presence of Cambridge´s ecosystem and fosters quality decision-making among business leaders in LatAm. Guillermo Ramirez and Pablo Riccheri explain more about their purpose to introduce LatAm to Cambridge versus the normal route to the USA.

Produced by Carl Homer.

Creator Fund is a student-run, pre-seed and seed VC fund providing founders with a unique talent network via their PhD teams on-the-ground across 25+ universities. Backed by leading Venture Capital investors across Europe and the USA, Creator Fund focus on #AI #DeepTech and #LifeScience.

Edward Elson Kosasih explains how it works, and how part of the teams’ role is as super-connectors across departments.

With 50% of the national portfolio coming out of Cambridge – the fund has some interesting companies to watch in their first three years of operation - Lark Optics, Loci, Signaloid, Technics, AR-X Photonics, Beyond Math, Marqo, Glyphic, Tenyks, Enso Connect.

Produced by Carl Homer

Ramsey Faragher, Founder and CTO of FocalPoint shares his journey of identifying the deep tech as a 20-year-old, and solving the challenge as a 40-year-old, and how an interesting sequence of events can put you in a place you never predicted.

On a mission to make GPS better, FocalPoint now makes it available and accessible, and more truthful than ever before.

But interestingly, this is not a chip company, it’s a B2B enterprise that licenses IP to a very small number of very high-value customers. Ramsey shares how the go-to-market was influenced by Cambridge tech stalwarts (“Cambridge has always punched above its weight globally”) and challenges the listeners to see FocalPoint as one to watch – “our biggest deal is just ahead of us – watch this space”. Having closed a Series C, his investors are backing him, and we think you will too.

Produced by Carl Homer.

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Sano Genetics is building a software platform that helps pharma, biotech and academics deliver large-scale genetic testing from consent, engagement, testing, and results. In this episode, Co-Founder Patrick Short tells us about the challenge and Sano Genetics role in addressing this challenge and his thoughts on how genetic testing will become more and more accessible in the coming years.

He openly shares insights on the company’s growth, working remotely, being ‘truth seekers’, and thoughts on fundraising, plus much more.

Produced by Carl Homer

From a skateboard to millions of downloads, in this episode John Doherty, founder of OrcaSan - a no-code barcode application - talks us through is journey. He shares with us the business need that started the first app, how to commercialise a free download, how to build customer success (versus ‘sales’), defining product development through customers’ needs, growing through revenue vs investment, not ignoring ‘the legals’, and the role Cambridge has had in his learnings.

A great lesson in building tech that is needed over something that is just ‘cool’.

Produced by Carl Homer

This episode is with Ilyas Khan, Founder of Cambridge Quantum and Chief Product Officer of Quantinuum. It covers a range of topics starting with how Stephen Hawking led Ilyas on a mission to making quantum accessible and understandable resulting in a book published in February 2023 (already a best seller).

With country after country committing to a programme to commercialise and industrialise Quantum computing, no one wants to get left behind, and this Cambridge-born company has a huge part to play.

Ilyas talks about profound and significant uses of quantum in areas such as material/ pharmaceutical discovery, cyber security and natural language processing that will make ChatGPT look like an abacus.

Tune in to hear about Quantinuum’s journey and Ilyas’s view on how founders should remain significant shareholders of their business, and how the investment community needs to embrace this.

Link to the book Quantum in Pictures

Produced by Carl Homer

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21toWatch is the annual celebration of the up-and-coming people, companies and ‘things’ that they create across Cambridge and the East of England.

Now in its fifth year, the programme has recognised businesses that have since raised over £304 million including SATAVIA, Colorifix, Paragraf, Riverlane, Flusso, Sook, Better Origin, Porotech, Cambridge Gan Devices and DiosVax.

James talks to Faye about the #21toWatch programme and who this year’s winners are, and then this episode features two of the winners – Ama Frimpong, 52 North Health, and Simon Jones, Helio Display Materials.

Click here for the full list of the Top21.2023 winners.

We also talk to Tabitha Goldstaub about Innovate Cambridge.

Produce by Carl Homer.

An unusual journey to CEO – lessons learnt and insights from Andrea De Luca, CEO and Co-Founder of Flusso. Flusso is a fabless semiconductor company, spun-out from the University of Cambridge, developing flow sensing solutions for use in low-cost, high-volume applications.

Andrea shares his insights on the journey from the sole ‘employee’ to a £28m sale, and what the sale means to the business. There’s a story about how Andrea got to be CEO that’s very ‘Cambridge’, and asked if he’d do it again “I’d probably say yes, it’s been challenging, and painful, but it’s also been very exciting”.

Produced by Carl Homer.

Mark Treherne Biotechnology Business Institute (BBI) introduces the first MBA in life sciences in Europe which has chosen Cambridge as its location to encourage more Life Science entrepreneurs and spin outs.

Covering life sciences in its broadest term, the MBA attracts those that are in/ have been in the lab but that now want to move into business.

For more information go to bbicambridge.com

Produced by Carl Homer

From an interest in making things at school, to decades of experience in industrial design across many industries, this episode provides insights into Oomph EV and its founder Morag Hutcheon.

Oomph EV is looking to disrupt the current EV charging model. They have designed and developed the technology for off-grid, rapid mobile EV charging which, when charged by renewable energy and delivered in electric vehicles, will directly support business net-zero goals.

We also talked entrepreneurship, golf, mentorship, finding a voice and fighting cancer.

Produced by Carl Homer.

Responsible for everything to do with innovation, commercialisation, startups, spinouts, and relations with business, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations Andy Neely talks to us about the role the University of Cambridge has in creating the opportunities that will have impact on a global scale. Find out about some of the key initiatives underway and how the University extends its impact to creating a nice place to live and work.

Produced by Carl Homer.

On Tuesday evening Faye and James were at the final of the 2022 Trinity Bradfield Prize watching eight early-stage University of Cambridge teams pitch for a mixture of cash prizes, mentoring, and membership of The Bradfield Centre.

Hear all of the finalists ideas, which include #CleanTech #AdvancedMaterials #BatteryTech #BigData #DataScience #AgriTech and #BioTech and hear from Sir Greg Winter as he introduces the prize, and Kerry Baldwin from IQ Capital who was one of the Prize judges.

Visit https://www.trinitybradfieldprize.co.uk/ for more information on the prize.

CEO Lucy Jung reflects on three and a half years as an entrepreneur. She discusses her responsibility as a role model and building a company ethos that puts people with Parkinson’s at the heart of everything that the Charco Neurotech team does.

Founded in 2019 the company found itself at Cambridge Judge Business School and part of the unique founders network. At the end of 2022 Charco raised $10m which was noted for being the highest seed raise of the year for a health tech device, and the 6th largest globally.

Tune in to find out about the non-invasive medtech device that will change the lives of the 10m people with Parkinson’s globally.

This is one Cambridge-based company to watch as they scale with care.

And tune in to find out the latest news in our new regular segment brought to you with our media partner Business Weekly - this week hitting the headlines are VividQ and Quixant.

https://charconeurotech.com/

Produced by Carl Homer.

16 founders pitched their innovative technology, products and solutions to a panel of Judges at the Tech Nation Rising Stars 5.0 event this week. In this episode we talk to the judges about why every interaction of a start-up is important, the responsibility of a judge to help these early-stage companies, and a few pet-peeves in competition submissions and pitch presentations. Listen in for invaluable insights for anyone about to enter a start-up competition or funding round.

Produced by Carl Homer

Cambridge CleanTech is driving conversations at the top table on sustainability in the race to net zero. In this episode Martin Garratt introduces listeners to Cambridge Cleantech and talks about the Venture Day which provides access to finance for finalists of their annual competition.

We talk to the two finalists from Cambridge in advance of their pitch – Sean Moroney of Cambridge Electric Transport who is improving city accessibility for individuals and last mile delivery; and Andrew Terentjev of Cambridge Smart Plastics who are addressing plastic problems with cellulose.

https://cambridgecleantech.org.uk/

http://www.cleantechday.com/london/

Produced by Carl Homer

Start your year with an insight into the years tech predictions from Ben Stanton at Deloitte who talks us through the latest TMT report. From forecasting the green shoots of 5G use and a mass market for $99 smartphones; silicon sovereignty and shortages; silicon remaining king, whilst GaN and SiC will displace in certain markets; VR going mainstream but not necessarily profitable; gaming deal value increasing with more M&A; recalibrating with divestiture; opportunities at the edge; responsibility for tech companies to sustainable outcomes…

Crikey, what didn’t we talk about! What do you think will be the hits and misses?

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions.html

Produce by Carl Homer

Our lovely voice over Emma suggested that we do a Christmas wrap up issue (and hence the name of the podcast), so who are we to argue! Providing you with a break from the season’s festivities and party games, tune in to hear what we have learnt since the podcast started on 1st October, who have we spoken to, and what is to come.

Produced by Carl Homer

From early-stage companies looking for information to make informed decisions, to relocating from other parts of the UK, to supporting those in Cambridge with expansion, the team advise on everything from location to skills to funding by engaging with the right people in the ecosystem to help incoming businesses land and thrive.

If you are looking for access to talent, access to innovation/ partnerships, access to capital - “Cambridge is a fantastic collaborative environment”. For more information and to apply for the market access programmes please email locate@growthworks.uk

Produced by Carl Homer

Put the kettle on and listen in as Tim talks us through a raft of subjects including intelligent 3D printing, design management, supply chains, educating the next generation, his pending book and how we all need to step up to the plate to manufacture a better world.

Produced by Carl Homer

Join Raj Gawera as he shares his journey from working on a ‘quaint tech’ called Wireless LAN in the mid-90s’ to celebrating 10 years as VP & Managing Director for Samsung’s Cambridge Solution Centre.

Find out how Cambridge continues to play a role in the development of core silicon and software for WiFi and Bluetooth technologies – everything from capacity to battery life, interoperability, backwards compatibility, standardisation, and being ready for the next raft of use cases.

PS Who else remembers using a PCMIA card in their laptop to get WiFi?!

CEO, Steph Martlew talks to us about how Psyomics (psyomics.com) is addressing the supply and demand issues with tackling mental health, using their #mentalhealthtech. One in four people have a mental health issue in each year, and in the UK alone 1.6m people are waiting for treatment – during this time their mental health is not improving.

Psyomics’ evidence-based tech was built from research spun out of the University of Cambridge, to a commercial digital analytics tool to improve outcomes and expedite treatment at the point of patient need. By developing assessments in a more anonymous way the Censeo platform should also contribute to the destigmatising of mental health, here in the UK and on a global basis.

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From breaking websites, going to space, ten-year parties (the first order to 2022), challenges with supplying ~7m units each year, leveraging the demise of Maplin, office-based working, the importance of family and teams, and floating the company, there wasn't much we didn't talk about. Join us as we talk to Eben Upton, CEO of Cambridge-born Raspberry Pi. www.raspberrypi.com

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The Chris Abell competition finds PostDocs with an idea, and networks and mentors them to prepare a business plan with the best possible chance for commercialisation. Here we introduce the six finalists, hear them pitch and share the winners. Would you pick the same three, and will any of these six follow in the footsteps of previous winners such as Porotech (episode 6), Cambridge GAN Devices, PharmEnable, Xampla, Nu Quantum, Shaping Horizons…

LISTEN NOW to find out more: http://cambridgetechpodcast.com/episodes

For information about Alan Cowley's Legacy please go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/alan-cowley

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The podcast takes to the road to the CW International Conference where the topic of discussion is far-ranging - from connected living, entertainment, health to the metaverse. From wearables and smart devices to connected cars, houses and cities. So who'll be listening in? Will it be you, or a hyper-connected version of you? For more information on CW, visit cambridgewireless.co.uk

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We meet Dan Rooke, COO of Start Codon the Cambridge Healthcare & Life Science accelerator. We learn about Dan's career journey, the format of the venture fund and accelerator, the funding and support Start Codon provide, and the teams they work with. With half the fund still available, are you ready to start something amazing? Learn more about Start Codon - https://startcodon.co/

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Micro LED promises to shake up the huge display and AR market and Tong Tong Zhu, CEO of Porotech wants a big slice of it. Hear how Porotech plan to embed their proprietary porous technology to revolutionise screen displays - and Tong Tong's plan to become a new Cambridge Unicorn. Learn more about Porotech - https://www.porotech.com/

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Join Colin Payne and Jana Voigt as they share their news of the launch of the battery-powered, deeptech, sensor technology that puts machine learning at the edge. Find out about their first offering to tackle legionella, working with Syntiant, and running a deeptech business in Cambridge. Press release at https://www.infersens.com/news/company-news/press-release-sensor-technology/

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Molly discusses her air pollution research and the development of low-cost sensors backed by support from The Trinity Bradfield Prize. Learn more about her experience of applying and winning last years prize, and how to enter this year's competition which is open now. Visit https://www.trinitybradfieldprize.co.uk/ for more information.

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In our 1st Special Edition, we attended the Homerton College Changemakers Seed Day where we heard from five student-led projects that hope to transform the world we live in. Hear from them, their mentors & sponsors. Learn more about Changemakers here: https://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/homerton-changemakers

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Does ultra marathon running and leading six technology ventures have anything in common? Find out about the PragmatIC CEO’s journey, insights into running a deep tech company, and how paying it forward is increasingly important. Learn more about PragmatIC - https://www.pragmaticsemi.com

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What’s in store on the Cambridge Tech Podcast – glad you asked! Here’s a quick overview of the guests, listeners and some special editions that will be coming up. Subscribe and join the conversation. Visit cambridgetechpodcast.com for more information.

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James meets Bruce Beckloff, Co-Founder and CEO, Bloc Ventures and discusses Bruce's career background, the focus of Bloc Ventures, and the current state of venture and start up funding.

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As part of the celebrations marking the 5th anniversary of The Bradfield Centre opening, James chats to Rory Landman, the former Senior Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge who was the key driving force behind the creation of The Bradfield Centre. We cover the origin of The Bradfield Centre, how the idea took shape, the design principles and objectives of the Centre, how the Bradfield fits in the city's innovation offer, outsourcing the operation of the Centre, and a look back at the highlights of the first 5 years of The Centre.

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James chats to Hakim Yadi, CEO & Co-Founder, Closed Loop Medicine, a Cambridge Angels portfolio company. We cover Hakim's career path, the problem Closed Loop Medicine solves, building a team during COVID, and their plans for the future.

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James chats to Jennifer Barnett, CEO at Monument Therapeutics, a Cambridge Angels portfolio company. We cover Jennifer's career path, the experience of spinning out from Cambridge Cognition, the problem Monument Therapeutics solves, managing a dispersed team, and their plans for the future.

In this episode, James chats to Joe the co-founder of The Marketing Meetup which has grown from a local Cambridge Meet up to a global community of 29,000 professionals. We learn about Joe's background, the origins of the meetup, his strategy for growth and what's next.

In the first show of 2022, James chats with Harriet Fear, Director of Cambridge&. We explore Harriet's career, the origins of Cambridge& and the services they provide. The Bradfield Centre is a supporting organisation of Cambridge&, and you can learn more here: https://cambridgeand.com

In the final episode of 2021 we chat to Rachel Drury from Collusion, a not for profit company, operating at the intersection of art, technology & human interaction to create cool projects with artists & communities.

James chats to Kevin, co-founder and CEO of Gearset, The Bradfield's fastest growing company. A spin out from Redgate Software, they are solving DevOps for Salesforce implementations. Learn about Kevin's background, how has he adapted to becoming a CEO, Salesforce, continuous delivery & integration, how Gearset have grown and roles they are hiring for.

Hannah founded Kickstart Coffee which is a not for profit coffee company here in Cambridge that uses its profits to support disadvantaged children in Uganda. Learn all about the inspiration for the company, and how Hannah has grown the business. We at The Bradfield are proud to use Kickstart Coffee for the coffee machines in our member areas, and Kickstart features as a guest coffee in the Lakeside Cafe - buy a cup and start making a difference!

James chats to Stuart to learn more about the free support available to SME's which includes access to funding, investment readiness, impartial business advice, sector specific challenges, international partnering, networking and introductions.

In this special episode of the podcast, Adelina returns and James and Adelina discuss the launch of Office Hours at The Bradfield Centre. Learn how you can get free expert support from 15 leading companies on key topics like fund raising, pitching, company structure, hiring, accountancy, marketing, legal, IP, insurance and more. Visit https://www.bradfieldcentre.com/events/office-hours/ for more info and dates.

Mike Coto, Project Manager for The Trinity Bradfield Prize, joins James to provide an overview of The 2021 Trinity Bradfield Prize which opens for applications on the 1st July. What it is, eligibility, prizes and the support programme, the application process, and key dates. To hear directly from previous winners of The Trinity Bradfield Prize, listen to episode 33 of the Inside The Bradfield podcast.

As the 2021 Trinity Bradfield Prize opens for applications, we catch up with two of the previous winners of the prize in this special episode of Inside The Bradfield Centre. James chats to Simon Engelke, Founder and Chair of Battery Associates and Yichuan Zhang, Founder of Boltzbit.

In this episode we meet Nigel Hall, CEO of Bradfield Centre members Cambridge Broadband Networks Group. We learn about Nigel's extensive experience including the launch of mobile network operator Orange, and all about Cambridge Broadband Networks Group and the impact of COVID.

James meets Linn Clabburn to discuss all things Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor, the effect of COVID on the commercial property market, and news of their new investment platform.

We meet Shreya Singhal to learn about The Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club which aims to enhance the entrepreneurial spirit amongst academics and students at the University of Cambridge. We cover the activities of CUTEC, the environment and opportunities for students interested in entrepreneurship, and how students can engage in the wider Cambridge Tech ecosystem. Visit https://www.cutec.io/ for more.

We learn about Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, and how they help Cambridge academics and researchers make tangible impact. We cover how CE benchmarks with other Universities, how they support their portfolio, explore their 'greatest hits' and discuss the hottest technologies. Extended show notes - https://bit.ly/3nnfuyg

We meet Fernando an AI Engineer based at The Bradfield Centre. We learn about his career journey, the work of Bspoke Global Networks with Formula 1, and get his insights into the field of AI and the local job market. We discuss how he works remotely from his company HQ, why he uses The Bradfield Centre to be around like minded people, and their plans to grow the team in Cambridge.

Emmi joins us from Cambridge Angels, one of the most active Angel networks in the UK. We discuss their investment criteria & process, pitching mistakes, the impact of COVID on the investment process, what's hot in Tech for 2021, and the Cambridge ecosystem.

We learn about Owen's career has a Typhoon fighter pilot and his move into business. We discuss the gap Owen & his co-founders spotted in existing support to commercialise University research and early stage technology ideas, leading to the creation of Cambridge Future Tech.

Faye Holland joins us to tell us all about the upcoming #21toWatch programme and awards that showcases and highlights the next generation of people, companies and the ‘things’ that they create – recognising those across all market sectors and celebrating the very best work going on today in the region.

In another revealing and wide ranging conversation with a Bradfield Centre based entrepreneur, Mark Turner joins us to talk about his diverse experiences and changes in career path leading him to starting Krank in Cambridge.

In a wide ranging and very open conversation with Anne we learn about the origin of Form The Future, the work they do, the impact they have, the challenges of operating a not for profit social enterprise, what happens when your funding dries up, and how Form The Future has adapted to COVID.

Bruno Cotta, Executive Director, of the Entrepreneurship Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School joins us to share his personal journey, the role of the Business School in supporting entrepreneurs, how it is adapting to COVID, decoding the Cambridge entrepreneurial ecosystem, and how our two organisations are collaborating.

Kate Rhodes, Account Executive at S-Tech Insurance, joins us to demystify the world of startup insurance. We cover the types of policies, things to consider, COVID, and where to go for advice & support.

In our end of year special, we chat to Mark Watson, General Manager of The Bradfield Centre about his role at the Centre, look back at a challenging year, and discuss his personal highlights from his time at The Bradfield. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all our members, partners and listeners. See you in 2021!

We chat with Tim Robinson to learn all about his journey, the work of Tech East, and a whistlestop tour of what's hot in Tech in the region, and the impact of COVID.

David joins us to talk about his career, his new venture and why he choose Cambridge to build his next business.

MedTech Entrepreneur Bassam Karout of Bradfield Centre based Milltons chats to us about his experience in #MedTech creating new therapeutic approaches to unresolved chronic illnesses.

We meet Tim Beard from Bradfield based Iprova to learn about their novel approach to data led innovation.

Chef Manager Dave Grave joins us to update on the re-opening of The Lakeside Cafe at The Bradfield Centre.

George describes his role at Metro Bank Cambridge & how Metro supports local startups and entrepreneurs in the Cambridge ecosystem. We discuss The Bradfield Centre Office Hours, and the importance of networking and taking the time to connect. We round off discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the businesses George works with.

James Parton, Managing Director of The Bradfield Centre describes the impact of COVID-19 on the Centre, the feedback received from our membership, and outlines how this feedback has led to the creation of a range of new services tailored to a new way of working.

Simon joins us to discuss his background, the role of CW and the benefits it provides to its members, and how CW and The Bradfield Centre have collaborated since the building opened in 2017.

David joins us to chat about his career, Nickelled, SaaS, and how the support he received at The Bradfield Centre saved him a year of hosting costs from Google.

Uday Phadke, CEO The Triple Chasm Company joins us to retell the origin of The Bradfield Centre, introduces The Triple Chasm Model and discusses the challenges of scaling a successful company, and provides his top three tips to Bradfield Centre members looking to scale. Learn more at https://www.thetriplechasm.com/

Stephen Christie, CEO of Bradfield Centre members Agxio, joins us to talk all things Agxio, AI, and AgriTech. We discuss the problem they solve, how they are helping with the fight against COVID-19, and their recent fundraising.

Davide Turi and Jamie Qiu from Studio Zao join us to discuss Intrapreneurship and how larger organisations can innovate. We talk about MedTechBOOST, and due to COVID-19, how Studio Zao are adapting to delivering their innovation programs using remote technology.

Catherine joins us to discuss her entrepreneurial journey, the problem QKine solves, spinning out of The University of Cambridge and news of QKine's recent £1.5m Series A.

Andrew demystifies the world of SEO, gives his top tips, and explains how he has built community via his SEO meetup held at The Bradfield Centre.

We chat to Faye and Vikki about the role of events in any marketing plan, the importance of physical community, our new lockdown reality and the impact of COVID 19 on the events industry and get their predictions on how events will evolve post crisis.

In this episode we learn about Eastern AHSN's role in the UKs Medical ecosystem, their approach to fostering innovation, and we discuss how we have partnered over the past 18 months.

In this episode we chat with Thea Goodluck to learn about the wide program of support TechNation offers startups and scaleups in the UK, and get her perspective of Tech in the East of England.

We meet Bradfield Centre member Phil Nunn, Founder of Jumptech. A serial entrepreneur, we discuss Phil's career path, get his top tips, talk about the importance of intuition, and learn about the electric vehicle market.

We meet Bradfield Centre member Bryan Littlefair, Founder of Cambridge Cyber Advisers. We learn about Bryan's entrepreneurial journey, the appeal of Cambridge, and security tips for Bradfield Centre members.

Over the coming weeks and months, we hope this series will 'virtually' take you inside the Centre to meet the founders of the businesses based here, the organisations that support The Bradfield Centre community, the event organisers that run some of the hundreds of free events we host every year and introduce the fabulous team that keep the Centre running smoothly.