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xford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. has raised £25 million ($41 million) in new funding via

a private placement of ordinary shares in the Com- pany. The funds will support further development, external technology validation and production ca- pabilities for the Company’s proprietary technology for molecular analysis applications that include DNA sequencing and protein analysis. In addition to the development of techniques using biological nanopo- res, Oxford Nanopore has also strengthened existing projects and collaborations in the development of solid-state nanopores.

The round was funded by existing and new institu- tional and individual investors from the US and UK, including Lansdowne Partners, IP Group, Invesco Perpetual, Redmile Group, Illumina and other undisclosed investors. The Company has previously raised £49 million since its formation in 2005.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd is developing a novel technology for direct, electronic detection and analysis of single molecules using nanopores. The modular, scalable GridION technology platform is designed to offer substantial benefits in a variety of applications. http://www.nanoporetech.com

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anoramic Power has raised $4.5 million in an investment round co-led by Israel Cleantech

Ventures (ICV) and Greylock Partners. Clal Energy has also joined the round. Existing investors Qual- comm Ventures (via QPrize), the Israel Electric Company (Karat Program) and Alexander Schnei- der have participated as well. This round brings the total financial backing of the company to $6M.

„This investment will allow us to accelerate our development, production and business development efforts. It empowers us to deliver a low cost, non- intrusive and scalable real-time monitoring solution that will provide a fast return on investment for our customers. We will introduce a breakthrough ap- proach to the energy management market,“ said Dr. David Almagor, co-founder and CEO of Panoramic Power. Panoramic‘s co-founder and CTO, Adi Shamir, said, „Our cloud-hosted service utilizes sophisticated data mining and analytics that can uncover hidden inef- ficiencies, identify problems and highlight money saving opportunities. Combined with our ability to monitor energy at unprecedented granularity our platform will revolutionize the way organizations view their energy consumption.“ http://www.panpwr.com

P articular® is a start-up company based in Hanover, Northern Germany, that produces

nanoparticles with high purity, applicational safety, and the largest material variety. Particular processes and delivers nanoparticles of virtually any material dispersed in various liquids. The innovation is based on laser ablation in liquids, which works without chemical precursors.

In this way, the company even produces nanoparti- cles from pure metals. These nanoparticles show al- most no agglomeration. Particular‘s laser technology method prevents the clumping of nanoparticles that is common in powders, as we make the nanoparti- cles electrochemically stable in the liquid. http://www.particular.eu

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