ConnectTVT founder Louize Clarke shares the latest stories on tech companies and digital leaders from across the Thames Valley.
Reading is a top 3 Data City in the UK Digital Technology Census
Reading continues to forge a path in the digital economy, coming in just behind London and Manchester in Data City’s 2019 UK Digital Technology Census.
The census aims to analyse the technology and digital industries, garnering a full picture of their impact on the UK economy. One big revelation: digital technology industries are over 25% larger than previously thought.
Reading showed a high density of medtech, gaming and e-commerce activity in particular.
Oxford Drug Design secure £8m in grant and equity investment.
Oxford Drug Design (ODD) has won over £8m in funding awards from CARB-X, the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and an equity investment led by o2h Ventures, which launched Britain’s first therapeutics and AI fund earlier this year. The investment will go towards R&D to help develop new antibiotics effective against drug-resistant superbugs and expand its proprietary AI platform....