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London, UK – 18 August 2016 – Astuta Partners (Astuta) – an entrepreneur-led investment and advisory firm providing strategic counsel and operational support to technology companies – has once more demonstrated their commitment to partnering with new and innovative technologies with their recent investment in SPICA. SPICA helps companies drive business efficiencies by utilising ‘connected...Continue Reading

Earlier this month ‘Make the Future London’, a four day festival, took place in London. The festival provided the opportunity for inventors and innovators to showcase their best and brightest energy ideas. Here are three exciting startups that impressed with their renewable energy efforts at the festival: 1. Pavegen http://www.pavegen.com Having started up with only...Continue Reading

London gets a Breather! Breather, a short-term office space and meeting room startup operates in a similar manner to Airbnb but focuses on the professional market as opposed to residential. The startup was founded in the US and is backed by Valar Ventures’ Peter Thiel. Offering work space that is easy to book and rent,...Continue Reading

Magic Pony, a London-based artificial intelligence startup has recently been acquired by Twitter, the online networking service. Twitter has reportedly paid about $150 million for the startup, which was founded by Imperial College graduates. It is thought the co-founders, Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang, owned approximately half of their startup’s shares, which means the acquisition...Continue Reading

According to the recently released edition of the Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) Mobility Report, by the end of the year 2021, we should expect to see 16 billion devices to join the Internet of Things (IoT). For those who might still be unsure of what IoT is, the term refers to a network of connected devices, i.e....Continue Reading