Microsoft and Itochu contributed to a $14m round for high performance computing software producer Rescale, adding to a $6.4m seed round.

US-based high performance computing (HPC) technology developer Rescale raised $14m on Thursday in a series A round that included software provider Microsoft and trading group Itochu.

The corporates, which participated through their Microsoft Ventures and Itochu Technology Ventures units, were joined by venture capital firm TransLink Capital, which led the round, Jump Capital, Two Roads Group and Data Collective.

Rescale supplies simulation software and cloud HPC software for enterprises through a secure web-based application environment. It closed $6.4m in seed…