世界的に有名なケンブリッジだが、テクノロジーの分野ではロンドンに吸い取られているという。
ファンドを設けて弱いベンチャーキャピタルの部分を強化しようということ。
BBCより。
Cambridge – making a noise about tech
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28746580
With a world-class university, a clutch of billion pound businesses, and a constant stream of young graduates with bright ideas, Cambridge should be unchallenged as the UK’s top technology cluster. But in recent years it’s struggled to make its voice heard above the hubbub from London’s TechCity, which has had the backing of the government and plenty of its marketing muscle.
Cambridge has also suffered from a lack of venture capital, and that has meant plenty of its young tech firms have headed to London, because that’s where the money is. But today a new venture capital fund Cambridge Innovation Capital unveils its plans to change that.・・・
