Northstar

A BIOMETRICS reader capable of scanning fingerprints at temperatures as low as -20 degrees will go into production after its North East developer received a £150k cash boost.

BASED in Newcastle, Northstar is a venture capital firm with over £80m under management. Having fully invested the £30m Co-Investment Fund and £13m Proof of Concept Funds, Northstar is now actively investing in three funds...

Alex, an incredibly polished, professionally conceived and presented PC for the older user from an impressive young company in Newcastle....

A serial entrepreneur has won a £100,000 investment to fuel the nationwide growth of his human resources consultancy...

TECHNOLOGY company Nomad Digital has landed a £1.5m investment which it plans to use to increase the worldwide market share of its train-based internet technology which is hoped to quadruple its turnover.

A biotechnology firm which has pioneered technology that will advance stem cell research and could lead to a cut in the number of medical tests on people and animals has won £1.6m of investment...

FT - Eutechnyx, a Gateshead-based videogame developer, has become the first company to secure an investment from north east England’s new £125m ($180m) venture capital fund.

IT WAS a tale that ended in penalties and tears. England’s World Cup semi-final struggle against West Germany in 1990 united the nation as Bobby Robson’s squad battled it out to a very bitter end...

A TECHNOLOGY firm has won a £600,000 boost in its bid to win the race to improve the efficiency and stability of energy distribution around the national electricity network...

ELECTRONICS experts in the North East have developed a guitar amplifier they hope will win over rock bands the world over...