UK-based ThinCats raises €118.73M to provide alternate financing to UK-based SMEs

ThinCats' CEO Amany Attia | Image credit: ThinCatsUK-based ThinCats, an alternative finance provider dedicated to funding growing and ambitious mid-sized SMEs across the UK, announced on Monday that it has…

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European Commission adopts 2022 European Innovation Council (EIC) programme, opens €1.7B in funding

European Commission adopts 2022 European Innovation Council (EIC) programme, opens €1.7B in funding | Silicon CanalsImage credits: Ugis Riba/ShutterstockIn 2021, the European Innovation Council (EIC) was launched as a major…

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Enabling digital capabilities in a highly regulated environment for building Pharma 4.0

Digitalisation has enabled greater opportunities for innovation throughout the life-cycle of pharmaceutical products. There's a greater degree of connectivity and transparency, which has now imposed a closer and greater control…

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Waabi’s new simulator could scale autonomous vehicle tech faster – TechCrunch

Testing autonomous vehicles on public roads is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor, and one that Raquel Urtasun, former chief scientist at Uber ATG, doesn’t think is the most expedient route…

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Mecho Autotech gets $2.15M to expand vehicle maintenance and repair services in Nigeria – TechCrunch

Nigeria has more than 12 million registered vehicles, and approximately 90% of them are used cars that need frequent checkups to prevent recurring breakdowns. Given this number, one would expect…

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