Cambridge's tech sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 106 Cambridge tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.
The last update was made on September 11, 2020.
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Spectral Edge
Spectral Edge combines patented Image Fusion tech with Deep Learning to reveal more of the color, detail and clarity in any image.
Darktrace
Darktrace is an artificial intelligence company for cyber security.
Healx
Healx is an AI-powered and patient-inspired technology company, accelerating the discovery and development of rare disease treatments
Abcam
Abcam is a producer and distributor of high quality research-grade antibodies and associated proteomics research products.
SyndicateRoom
SyndicateRoom connects ambitious investors with the country’s most trailblazing companies.
PROWLER.io
PROWLER.io is an AI/machine learning platform for building autonomous agents for games and decision-support simulations.
FiveAI
FiveAI provides software for safe and cost effective urban mobility in public transport and solution to complex urban environments.
Featurespace
Featurespace is a provider of adaptive behavioral analytics technology for fraud and risk management in financial services & gaming.
Speechmatics
Speechmatics provides automatic speech recognition technologies that can be used anywhere, by anyone, in any language.
Ieso Digital Health
Ieso is a world leading digital health company specialising in internet enabled evidence-based psychological therapies.
Fluidic Analytics
Fluidic Analytics designs, develops and manufactures tools that seek to revolutionise the way proteins are characterised.
Bicycle Therapeutics
Bicycle Therapeutics is developing a technology for the creation of new generation biotherapeutics.
Cambridge Quantum Computing
CQCL develops tools for the commercialisation of quantum computers by understanding quantum protocols and also quantum algorithms.
Audio Analytic
Audio Analytic provides sound recognition technology that makes consumer technology more intelligent.
Luminance
Luminance develops document analysis software to secure big data systems for multinational and governmental organizations.
GeoSpock
GeoSpock is an extreme-scale spatial big data platform company that provides analytics, visualisation & builds insight.
Congenica
Congenica is the provider of the diagnostic decision support platform.
Metail
Metail is a virtual fitting room service for fashion retailers that allows customers to create a 3D model of themselves and try on clothes.
Horizon Discovery
Horizon is a world-leading gene editing company that designs & engineers genetically-modified cells, applying them to advance human health.
IPV
IPV is a provider of multi-media content management systems
Frontier Developments
Frontier is a UK games developer and publisher based in Cambridge.
Cambridge Cancer Genomics
Cambridge Cancer Genomics develops precision oncology solutions to transform the way cancer patients are treated.
Azuri Technologies
Azuri brings affordable solar power to off-grid rural africans.
UltraSoC Technologies
UltraSoC Technologies provides SoC infrastructure to enable rapid development of embedded systems.
Kymab
Kymab is engaged in the discovery and development of human monoclonal antibody therapeutics.
Fetch.AI
Fetch.AI is an artificial intelligence and digital economics company based in Cambridge, UK.
Undo
Undo allows some of the biggest software companies to improve the quality of their products and fix customer issues quickly.
Artios Pharma
Artios is a DNA Damage Response (DDR) company focussed on developing first-in-class treatments for cancer.
KisanHub
KisanHub is a Crop Intelligence Platform that connects enterprises with their crops to deliver actionable insights.
Cambridge Epigenetix
Cambridge Epigenetix is using epigenetics to reduce several routine & important diagnostic tests for common cancers to a simple blood draw.
Sphere Fluidics
Sphere Fluidics develops products for use in single cell analysis and characterization, and provides associated collaborative R&D services.
Bango
Bango is the standard platform chosen by leading global stores to deliver mobile payments to everyone.
Eagle Genomics
Eagle Genomics is a enterprise software solutions company to enable the management, orchestration and exploitation of life sciences data.
CMR Surgical
CMR Surgical is developing the next-generation surgical robotic system for minimal access surgery.
Abzena plc
Abzena provides complementary services to organizations involved in the development of bio-pharmaceuticals.
Patients Know Best
Patients Know Best provide hospitals with personal health records software so that their patients can better manage their health.
BIOS
BIOS is a full-stack neural interface company.
Ubisense
Ubisense is a developer of real-time location systems that provide enterprise business automation services.
The Cambridge Satchel Company
Beautiful leather satchels and music bags in a variety of sizes, colours, backpack or shoulder strap styles.
Imagen
Imagen is a modular enterprise video platform that enables content owners to publish and monetize media archives.
CorrosionRADAR
Smarter infrastructure using Industrial Internet of Things and Predictive Analytics
PragmatIC Printing
PragmatIC Printing manufactures ultra-thin and low-cost flexible microcircuits, incorporated into mass-market objects and packaging.
FlexEnable
FlexEnable is the global leader in the development and industrialization of organic electronics for flexible displays and sensors.
Cambridge Touch Technologies
Pressure Sensitive Multi-Touch for Next-Generation Smart Devices including Smartphones, Tablets, Automotive and Industrial
Foundries.io
Foundries.io delivers secure, over-the-air updatable software platforms for embedded product development.
Healthera
Healthera is a provider of next-generation, pharmacy-integrated personal health management solutions.
OKRA Technologies
OKRA is an AI analytics company for healthcare. We combine complex data sets, you get evidence-based insights and predictions in real time.
MISSION Therapeutics
MISSION Therapeutics is a platform of technologies for the development of drugs targeting enzymes involved in cancer and other diseases.
Storm Therapeutics
STORM is a company currently tackling disease through the modulation of RNA modifying enzymes.
Agile Analog
Agile Analog is a company with a mission to transform the landscape of the Analog IP market space.
techspert.io
techspert.io is an AI-driven technology for identifying and sourcing specialist expertise, globally.
F-star Biotechnology
F-star is developing a pipeline of novel bispecific antibodies with a therapeutic focus in immuno-oncology and oncology.
Base4
A multi-disciplinary team, based in Cambridge, working to solve some of the most difficult problems in biotechnology.
Repositive
Repositive offers a platform that enables individuals to access and share human genomic data.
PetaGene
PetaGene’s mission is to make genomics data cheaper, faster and better.
Sano Genetics
Sano Genetics is a personalised medicine research platform with data privacy and transparency at its core.
Endomag
Endomag is a medical technology company devoted to improving breast cancer care through its magnetic sensing technologies.
Wren Therapeutics
Wren Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company based, focused on drug discovery and development for protein misfolding diseases.
Aqdot
Aqdot is a specialist chemical company with a focus and expertise in intelligent encapsulation technology.
PhoreMost
PhoreMost is a new-model drug discovery company based in Cambridge, UK.
Sphere Medical Holding
Sphere Medical Holding develops and commercializes monitoring products for critical care environments.
Cambridge Communication Systems
Cambridge Communication Systems Limited develops microwave backhaul systems for the mobile communications industry.
Kristalic
Kristalic is building an AI-powered assistant designed to record your work-related conversations
Cydar Medical
Cydar Medical has developed computer vision software that produces real-time automated 3D overlays during X-ray guided procedures.
Money Mover
Money Mover is a global payments and currency exchange platform for small/medium enterprises (SMEs) and the mass affluent.
SATAVIA
SATAVIA provides airlines with decision intelligence to make aviation smarter.
Focal Point Positioning
Focal Point has developed next generation navigation and positioning software for smartphones, wearables and autonomous vehicles.
Green Energy Options
Green Energy Options designs and produces in-home energy displays, online energy services, and mobile applications.
Acacia Pharma
Acacia Pharma is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the R&D of supportive care drugs for cancer patients.
Kirontech
Kirontech uses cutting edge machine learning technology to revolutionize the use of healthcare data.
Entomics
Entomics is a biotechnology platform that transforms food waste into sustainable, renewable resources with the use of insects.
Definigen
Definigen provides human cells to the drug discovery sector for use in lead optimization and toxicity programs.
Cambridge Glycoscience
Cambridge Glycoscience is a biotechnology platform that makes sugar substitutes that actually work in food.
Eight19
Eight19 develops solar cells using organic photovoltaic technology for solar power generation.
Millo
Millo is The World's Smartest Smoothie Maker
Morphogen-IX
MORPHOGEN-IX Limited is a drug discovery company founded in 2015 by Index Ventures to develop bone morphogenetic proteins
1Spatial
1Spatial provides the software solutions and services that manage the world’s largest spatial big data.
Nanna Therapeutics
Nanna Therapeutics is a drug discovery company addressing age-related diseases for which others are failing to provide effective treatments.
Silicon MicroGravity
Silicon MicroGravity is a company developing novel sensor technology.
TeraView
TeraView develops terahertz instruments which can generate, detect and manipulate radiation to characterize a wide range of materials.
AudioTelligence
AudioTelligence delivers real-time audio processing technology for the enhancement of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems.
Cambridge Broadband
Cambridge Broadband designs wireless back-haul and access provisions that improve telecommunication network capacity and efficiency.
CyanConnode
A world leader in the design and development of Narrowband RF mesh networks that enable Omni Internet of Things communications.
Phico Therapeutics
Phico Therapeutics is developing a unique antibiotic technology to destroy multi-drug resistant bacteria in the human anatomy.
Yagro
Yagro.co.uk is a company devoted to supply chain management software for farmers.
Sorex Sensors
Sorex Sensors manufactures high sensitivity MEMS mass sensors to transform industrial and consumer products.
Clinked
White-label client portal and document management platform, Clinked offers secure communication, collaboration & information sharing portal.
Augmentra
Creator of ViewRanger - The Outdoor Discovery App helping people worldwide plan, navigate, record and share outdoor adventures.
Elpis BioMed
Produce pure, mature and highly consistent batches of human cell types for research, toxicology and drug development.
Pekama
Pekama reinvented the best way to manage intellectual property
Zeevou
Zeevou is an easy-to-use online platform that automates hospitality management - from marketing, to bookings, to operations. One unified hub
Owlstone Medical
Owlstone Medical is a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for diseases.
Cab Guru
Cab Guru is a taxi and cab comparison app.
CamBioScience
Changing the future of eLearning with OBRIZUM, using Ai to create Automated, Adaptive, and Analytic eLearning.
Psyomics
PsyOmics develops proteomic diagnostics to improve early diagnosis and treatment outcomes for those with neuropsychiatric disorders.
Lightcast Discovery
Lightcast Discovery is a life science technology company.
Nemesis Bioscience
Nemesis Bioscience is a new biopharmaceutical company .
Mursla
Mursla is a quantum biology diagnostics company.
ROADMap Systems
RoadMap is founded on four patents licensed from the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) in the area.
Lab21
Lab 21 supports healthcare providers and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with technically advanced testing services.
Z Factor
Z Factor Limited is a drug discovery company to identify and develop therapeutic agents to treat alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
NeoPhore
NeoPhore is creating novel small molecule immuno-oncology therapeutics.
CRiL
CRiL was formed in April 2013 specifically to develop innovative medical devices to diagnose and manage respiratory conditions.
Antibodies.com
Antibodies.com is a leading supplier of protein research tools.
Camallergy
Camallergy develops and provides new treatments for common food allergies.
8power
8power is a University of Cambridge start-up developing novel technology for sensing and measurement in industrial applications.
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