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Peppy, a B2B digital health platform has announced a £6.6m Series A funding round. The investment was led by Felix Capital with previous investors including Outward VC, Seedcamp and Hambro Perks also participating. The investment will be used to scale Peppy’s existing menopause, fertility, pregnancy and early parenthood support and introduce a range of new services for others, including men’s health. Onto accelerates the UK shift to electric vehicles All-inclusive electric vehicle (EV) subscription service Onto has raised $175m (£125m) in a combined equity and debt Series B funding rou...

LATVIA'S COVID-19 APP CONNECTS TO EU'S INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM Latvia's contact tracing app, Apturi Covid (Stop Covid) has connected to the interoperability system for other contact tracing apps in the European Commission. This will allow the Apturi Covid app to warn and notify a user if they have come into contact with an COVID-19 infected person when in Germany, Italy, Ireland and Spain. The European Commission's solution enabled interoperability of EU member states' contact tracing apps last month. Smartphones with the app will be able to exchange "digital handshakes" via Bluetooth, which ...

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON ROBOTICS RESEARCH CENTRE   Construction has started on a research facility for robotics and AI, based at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh campus, the National Robotarium. The facility is supported by a £21 million funding from the UK government, and £1.4 million from the Scottish Government as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal. Expected to open in spring 2022, the National Robotarium will create innovative solutions to global challenges using research, product design and industry collaboration. The project will bring together academic...