Comcast Ventures and Amdocs returned for the connected lighting system developer's series C round having backed a $12m round in April.

Mass media group Comcast has led an $18m series C round for Israel-headquartered lighting technology provider Juganu through corporate venturing unit Comcast Ventures, CrunchBase News has reported.

Customer technology producer Amdocs also took part in the round, as did Viola Growth, the growth capital fund operated by venture capital firm Viola Ventures. The same three investors had supplied $12m for Juganu six months ago.

Founded in 2011, Juganu has created a system that uses a wide-band wireless network to…

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