Japan Post Investment Corporation, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and NEC's Innovative Venture Fund Investment helped Atonarp take its total funding past $61m.
Japan-based molecular diagnostics system developer Atonarp secured $33m on Monday in a series C round featuring representatives of postal service Japan Post, insurance firm Northwestern Mutual and IT services provider NEC.
Japan Post Investment Corporation, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Innovative Venture Fund Investment were joined by SBI Investment, a vehicle for financial services firm SBI, as well as public-private partnership INCJ and an unnamed medical equipment maker.
Atonarp has developed miniaturised quantitative mass spectrometers capable of detecting and analysing…