Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Biztex, a Japan-based robotic automation technology developer, has obtained ¥630m ($5.8m) in an equity and debt financing round featuring Miyako Capital, a venture capital affiliate of Kyoto University, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, a VC vehicle co-run by telecoms firm KDDI and Global Brain, IT services firm TIS and existing investor World Innovation Lab (WIL). Japan Finance Corporation and Shoko Chukin Bank supplied debt, but a ratio was not disclosed. Globis Alumni Growth Investment previously injected $179,000 in October 2018, after WIL…
