PragmatIC, a leader in flexible electronics based in Cambridge, UK, has secured £18M of funding including a strategic investment from Avery Dennison, a Fortune 500 company with leading global positions in labelling and packaging materials as well as radio frequency identification (RFID). Avery Dennison joins the existing shareholders Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) and ARM, who also participated in the round.
E Ink Holdings, a leading innovator of electronic ink technology, the direct patient care service provider of data science HTC Healthcare (both based in Taiwan) and the Italian pharmaceutical packaging company Palladio Group announced a collaboration to improve medication adherence by harnessing the healthcare segment of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Imec, a leading R&D centre for nano-electronics and digital technology based in Leuven, Belgium, and Holst Centre (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) have announced a new sensor hub integrated as system-on-chip (SoC) intended for a broad range of wearable health devices and applications. The SoC combines an unprecedented number of biomedical analogue interfaces into a single chip, on-board digital signal processing, high fidelity operation, and multi-day monitoring capability with a single battery.