Fuyo General Lease and Itochu Technology Ventures both invested as the cell-sorting technology developer completed a $15.3m round.

Japan-based cellular technology developer ThinkCyte closed a $15.3m series A round today featuring leasing services provider Fuyo General Lease and trading group Itochu, which invested through Itochu Technology Ventures.

Asset manager Sparx Group led the round, which included financial services group SBI, Real Tech Fund and Osaka University Venture Capital. The latter two took part as existing investors, and ThinkCyte said it has now raised $18.5m in total.

ThinkCyte has created a single-cell sorting system it calls Ghost Cytometry, which…

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