We all know that newspaper ad revenues have been falling off a cliff for years. Many media companies blame Google and are trying to put the genie back in the bottle with partial metered models for online news.

Latest Deal: Anaxsys Technology

In this challenging environment, we are pleased to announce that Anaxsys Technology, a Mercia Technology Seed Fund portfolio company, has now completed an oversubscribed combined investment of £1.73m over two rounds of investment in the last 12 months.

Catapult Venture Managers are pleased to announce the acquisition of Atlantic Link by Kaplan IT Learning.

Atlantic Link, based at Nottingham Business Park, was established by a group of entrepreneurs seven years ago and is now the world’s leading provider of collaborative rapid e-learning authoring software.

Networking to Success

“What’s the difference between invention and innovation?”, “Who’s guaranteed to make money during a gold rush?”, “Where could a Friday night telephone call possibly take you?”

Coatings for life

New soluble fibers developed by an Israeli researcher have potential life-saving applications in wide-ranging areas - from burn victims to heart patients.