ThinkCyte, a Japan-based cell sorting visualisation spinout from University of Tokyo, has raised $3.2m from seed investors including Osaka University Venture Capital, a VC fund run by Osaka University.

The round also included government-backed research board Japan Science and Technology Agency and seed-stage VC vehicle Real Tech Fund.

ThinkCyte is working on a machine learning system, Ghost Cytometry, that classifies cells at a greater pace and with more precision than alternative methods which cannot accurately discern between specimens with similar sizes…