The corporate team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an $18m (£14.8m) fundraising for a fast-growing virtual reality (VR) training business used by some of the world’s biggest companies. London-based Gemba helps global enterprises such as Philips, Pfizer, Nike, Coca-Cola, Caterpillar, Johnson & Johnson and...
A group of Bristol investors is backing a firm developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed in a deal that brings its technology another step closer to everyday use. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the unique compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years...
Bristol media centre Watershed is financing six creative teams to build prototypes that connect people to their city in the latest version of its innovative Playable City scheme. Watershed launched the Playable City Award 10 years ago, inviting artists from across the globe to create playful, creative technology installations that...
Bristol businesses that have links with China will next week get the chance to usher in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit at a banquet in the city. Staged by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau as an annual showpiece, the dinner brings together firms and professionals...
Bristol-based pioneering hand-tracking software firm Ultraleap is continuing on its mission to remove boundaries between physical and digital worlds by recruiting the former group head of TV product at Vodafone. Miguel Rodrigues, pictured, joins Ultraleap as senior vice president (SVP) of product from Kaltura, a video streaming company that...
A tech platform set up by a Bristol social enterprise to link community tree-planting groups with businesses that have unused land has secured funding to help it grow into a national operation. Called Project Vana, the platform has been devised by TISCreport, a business set up in in 2016...
Bristol brand consultancy Firehaus has been appointed by techSPARK, the community for the West of England’s tech, to develop a clearer brand purpose and positioning for it. TechSPARK, which like Firehaus is based in Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub, works with tech and digital businesses from start-ups to scale-ups, small...
Limbs & Things, the Bristol-based medical simulator manufacturer, will be able to offer a wider range of products, such as mannikins for CPR training, to healthcare training organisations after signing a multi-million pound contract with a Northern Irish business. The deal with TruCorp makes Limbs & Things the exclusive supplier...
Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise and innovation hub has appointed Mike Paton as its new director. Mike, pictured, has extensive knowledge of the University of Bristol-owned Engine Shed, having overseen its operations and finance as general manager since 2021. He is also programme manager for the University of Bristol’s quantum...
Confidence among the South West’s small businesses has plunged to the lowest level since the country emerged from Covid lockdowns, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly confidence report from the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) reveals that fears of inflation, falling consumer demand and the general cost...
A Bristol-based tech firm founded by two former defence intelligence officers has been acquired by a business behind some the most technically advanced data and communications systems used by governments. Geollect, which was launched in 2017 by Cate Gwilliam, who worked with the US National Geospatial Agency, and Richard...
A Bristol-based digital platform that dramatically speeds up home buying has raised £1.3m to grow the business in an oversubscribed seed funding round. MyNestBox was launched by Dr Henry Crosby PhD, a geospatial data scientist, after he bought his first home – a process which took a gruelling six...
LatchAid, the Bristol firm that uses apps to support breastfeeding mothers worldwide, is to expand under a new name. Rebranding to Anya allows the firm to expand its scope beyond breastfeeding to the first 1,001 days of parenthood, helping families to overcome a much broader range of challenges in...
