Teijin has led the second close of an $11.4m round for the flash memory technology developer, investing with backers including Marubeni Ventures and NEC Capital Solutions.

Japan-based flash memory intellectual property (IP) producer Floadia completed a ¥1.2bn ($11.4m) series C round yesterday, closing a second tranche led by advanced materials and healthcare group Teijin.

Marubeni Ventures and NEC Capital Solutions, corporate venturing units for conglomerate Marubeni and IT services firm NEC Corporation respectively, filled out the ¥510m second close, investing alongside venture capital fund Idaten Ventures and Miyako Capital, an investment vehicle for Kyoto University.

The company had reached a ¥530m first close for the round…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.