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IoT pioneer Wiliot secures $200M investment round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

Monday 02 August 2021
Companies / Markets

Wiliot, a sensing as a service company and Internet of Things (IoT) technology leader whose self-powered, stamp-sized computer is intended to change the relationship between manufacturers and their products, recently received $200M in a Series C funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Lloyd’s Register to lead group of UK businesses to reduce waste and build consumer confidence in food supply chains through data and technology

Friday 30 July 2021
Companies / Markets

A group of eleven UK companies has been awarded funding by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for a project designed to bring technology to the fore in the farm-to-fork ecosystem. The award is part of ‘Made Smarter Innovation delivered by UK Research and Innovation’.

Oxford PV completes build-out of its Brandenburg factory

Tuesday 27 July 2021
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Oxford PV, a leader in the field of perovskite solar cells, has completed the build-out of its manufacturing site in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany. The site houses the world’s first volume manufacturing line for the company’s innovative perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells with an annual target manufacturing capacity of 100MW.

Motherson announces collaboration with startups Dycotec and Sensel to add solutions to its smart surface portfolio

Thursday 22 July 2021
Companies / Markets

The interior of the vehicle is changing for the better as the need for seamless and stylish solutions expands. The Motherson Group (Uttar Pradesh, India), a global Tier-1 automotive supplier, has a strong focus in smart surface solutions and enhancing the user experience. Now, the company is announcing two separate collaborations with startups whose technology is expected to add valued solutions to the group’s smart surface portfolio. One collaboration is with Sensel, a company with a focus in interactive touch technologies. The second collaboration is with Dycotec Materials, a UK based advanced materials startup which is developing and manufacturing transparent and non-transparent conductive, insulator and barrier layer inks and coatings. Motherson met both companies through Program 10 of Startup Autobahn Powered by Plug and Play.

Identiv joins DoseID Consortium to develop and strengthen industry standards for RFID in healthcare

Tuesday 20 July 2021
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Identiv, Inc. (Fremont, California), a global leader in digital security and identification, recently joined the DoseID Consortium to strengthen its focus on radio frequency identification (RFID) applications in healthcare and participate in the development of industry standards for RFID use. DoseID connects industry participants from across the healthcare continuum to ensure RFID quality, performance, and interoperability for drug products and medical equipment. Identiv joins the consortium of leading healthcare companies sharing the mission and vision of DoseID to facilitate industry-wide collaboration for RFID healthcare standards.