US-based car refuelling service provider Booster Fuels raised $20m in a series B round yesterday from investors including Stanford University’s StartX Fund.
The round was led by Conversion Capital and also included Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Version One, Perot Jain, RRE Ventures Badr Investments, and US Venture.
Booster allows drivers to park their car in work and request their tank be refilled through a mobile app. The company then sends a vehicle to refuel the car on the same day…
The University of Kentucky has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
The £40m recently allocated by the UK government to proving university research is commercially viable shouldn't just benefit Oxford, Cambridge and London say sector pundits.
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