Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Sonas, a Japan-based developer of an internet-of-things wireless communication tool dubbed Unisonet spun out of University of Tokyo, has raised ¥450m ($4.1m) from the institution’s Innovation Platform and JR East Start Up, a vehicle for rail operator JR East. The round also included Anri, which had joined Global Brain for a $3.2m series A round in October 2018.
BioCaptiva, a UK-based medical device developer spun out of University of Edinburgh, has received more than £1m ($1.4m) in seed funding…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.