Oilfield services company Schlumberger joins $7m series B funding for maker of handheld chemical analysis tools, with participation of existing investors including University of Tokyo Edge Capital.

908 Devices, a US-based maker of handheld, mass spectrometry tools, has received $7m in series B funding from investors including new participant, oilfield services and technology company Schlumberger, as well as from existing investors, venture capital firms ARCH Venture Partners and Razor’s Edge Ventures, and also University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC), a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo, in Japan.

Previously, 908 Devices raised $8.1m series A funding in September 2012. 

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