CU Boulder spinout ALD NanoSolutions has merged with its peer Forge Nano, with new merged company securing $20m from a range of corporates.
ALD NanoSolutions, a US-based advanced materials spinout of University of Colorado (CU), Boulder, has merged with its peer Forge Nano, with the new entity raising $20m in funding from investors including carmaker Volkswagen (VW).
LG Technology Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of consumer electronics supplier LG, also contributed, as did mining cmopany Mitsui Kinzoku Trading and SBI Investment, a corporate venturing subsidiary of financial services provider SBI.
The merged company will operate under the Forge Nano name going…
