US battery firm sucks up $15m Dyson funding March 16, 2015 VACUUM cleaner maker Dyson has invested $15m (£10.1m) in solid-state battery maker Sakti3, which it claims will help it to improve smartphone battery life. The investment means that Dyson will commercialise Sakti3’s next-generation battery technology, which can store twice as much energy as traditional lithium batteries. With its investment in the Michigan-based firm, Dyson said [...]
Here’s everything we know about Sakti3 – the US startup Dyson just invested $15m in March 16, 2015 Some 15 years into the entrepreneur game, Sir James Dyson has made his first-ever investment outside his own business, after he ploughed $15m (£10m) in US startup Sakti3. The company, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, develops solid-state batteries. The investment was part of a wider, $20m funding round. Dyson said the company will help it [...]
Former Dyson boss Martin McCourt to advise VentureFounders March 9, 2015 Montagu Private Equity director and former chief executive of Dyson Martin McCourt will act as a senior advisor to VentureFounders – a UK-based equity crowdfunding platform. McCourt brings with him more than 35 years’ experience in manufacturing, design marketing having spent time at Mars, Duracell and Toshiba. He spent 15 years at Dyson. He is also [...]
James Dyson savages Theresa May’s “short-sighted” policy on foreign students January 5, 2015 Theresa May is once again under fire for her plans to force foreign students out of the country when they finish their studies. Inventor and business leader James Dyson, writing in the Guardian, has launched a stinging attack on the plans: May’s immigration plans simply force the nimble minds we nurture to return home and fuel [...]
Inventor James Dyson now owns more land than the Queen after buying Cranwell and Roxholme estate December 29, 2014 James Dyson, the man who removed the bag from the humble vacuum cleaner, is hoovering up land in Britain. Dyson, a self-made billionaire, has bought a 3,000 acre estate in Lincolnshire, which brings his estimated land holdings to 25,000 acres (or 14,204 football pitches), more than the Queen’s private estate, Sandringham, which is 20,000 [...]
Dyson commits £1.5bn in global invention quest November 20, 2014 Inventor James Dyson has today announced that his eponymous company, known for its revolutionary versions of household objects from electric fans to vacuum cleaners, is making a £1.5bn investment in future technology, at home and abroad. Dyson aims to launch 100 new products worldwide in the next four years. The financial commitment includes a £1bn [...]
A good year for Dyson: Profits up and robots in the pipeline September 16, 2014 The improving global economy and an increase in exports to China combined to push up Dyson's underlying profits by 5 per cent to £382m in 2013. An increase in popularity of its cordless vacuum cleaners also had a positive impact, raising turnover to £1.3bn from £1.2 in 2012. And it doesn't stop there [...]
Watch: Dyson unveils the 360 Eye, its robotic vacuum cleaner September 4, 2014 In recent years James Dyson has experimented with fans and hand dryers, but it seems he has returned to his first love, the vacuum cleaner. At a press conference in Japan this morning, Dyson unveiled his first robotic vacuum, the 360 Eye. Admittedly, robotic vacuum cleaners aren't a new idea – in 2001 Dyson trailed [...]
Dyson reveals the innovations that never were June 2, 2014 DYSON is marking its coming of age 21st birthday with a sneak peak at the inventions that did not quite make it. The company, best known for its revolutionary vacuum cleaners and bladeless fan, has revealed one design that didn’t make it to market back in 2001 was a virtual reality headset, similar to Google [...]
Dyson ploughs £5m into new lab to build future household robots February 9, 2014 SIR JAMES Dyson is investing £5m in a new robotics lab at London’s Imperial College that will focus on developing the next generation of robots that “see and think” like humans. The engineer behind the bagless vacuum cleaner has been working with the university since 2005 on creating machines that use vision to navigate their [...]