Briefs: Nujira raises $18m; Cambridge Uni spin out E-Stack wins award
Nujira, provider of ultra-high efficiency RF power amplifier technology, has raised $18m from existing investors 3i, Amadeus Capital Partners, Cambridge Capital Group and undisclosed business angels, and new investor BankInvest.
Nujira is focused on improving the efficiency of cellular network base stations and digital broadcast transmitters by reducing the amount of waste energy dissipated as heat in the RF power amplifier circuit. The funding will be used to commercialise the company's Coolteq products and to accelerate the development of its Coolteq handset silicon.
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Autonomy Corporation plc, a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, said Adobe Systems Incorporated has integrated its Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) platform and rich media management functionality into the newly-launched Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium. Autonomy's speech analytics technology enables the automated encoding, indexing and retrieval of audio files created by users of the Adobe suite, taking advantage of Autonomy's ability to rapidly find the most relevant audio clips based upon the meaning of its content.
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In mid September, E-Stack, a spin-out from the BP Institute at the University of Cambridge, was awarded the Euromoney and Ernst & Young Global Renewable Energy Awards 2008 "Most Enterprising New Market Entrant of the Year".
The Awards, in their fifth year, were established to recognise the projects, companies and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the global renewable energy sector.
The e-stack ventilation system provides low energy ventilation in winter, while preventing the formation of cold draughts in the interior space. This enables interior spaces to remain thermally comfortable but also replenished with fresh air to keep CO2 levels low. E-Stack emerged from a project established by the Cambridge-MIT Institute and backed by a development grant from BP in 2001. Cambridge Enterprise Ltd, the University's commercialisation arm, helped to set up E-Stack, and on behalf of CMI facilitated and negotiated the licence.
