Industrial

Based on Ghent University, KU Leuven and VIB research, Aphea.Bio is now making provisions to launch its initial products.

Poly Capital led a series A-plus round for the industrial IoT technology provider Jiangxing Intelligence, which also counts Baidu Ventures as an investor.

Property engine developer Homesnap agreed to a $250m cash acquisition by Real estate data provider CoStar Group. This is a notable exit in the space in which corporates have been actively investing over the past five years but there have not been many exits.

The Codexis-backed SynBio Innovation Accelerator will target early-stage biotech developers and has made Arzeda its first portfolio company.

Heat regulation material developer Carbice picked up capital from Toyota AI Ventures and Downing Ventures that will support recruitment.

The mass spectrometry system provider has filed to go public having already raised $70m from investors incuding Saudi Aramco and Schlumberger.

The wind turbine producer has followed investments in Northvolt and Sowitec with the establishment of its own corporate venture capital unit.

Satt Paris-Saclay, École Polytechnique and National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research have joined forces for an aerospace and defence accelerator.

The autonomous inspection robot's total funding now stands above $72m, after Koch Disruptive Technologies led its latest round.

Aderans, DCM Holdings, Dentsu, Hakuhodo, Nippon TV, Nihon Kolmar, Settsu Warehouse, Shima Seiki, Yakuodo and Yodobashi Camera all backed the limestone-based material maker’s $19.7m round.

Backed by Uniseed, TenasiTech has commercialised scratch-resistant plastic additives pioneered at University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.