Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
InHeart, a France-based medical imaging technology spinout of the Electrophysiology and Heart Modelling Institute (Lyric) and the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria), has raised €3.7m ($4.2m) in its inaugural funding round led by venture capital firm Elaia and backed by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s regional development arm, Agency for Development and Innovation. Regional tech transfer office Satt Aquitaine Science Transfert helped set up the spinout and gained a stake through these activities. InHeart has developed technology to create a 3D model of a patient’s heart to help cardiologists prepare for surgery.
Incon.ai, a Switzerland-based augmented reality (AR) technology developer targeting the construction industry, has been spun out of ETH Zurich. Incon.ai has created software that enables architects to design buildings with specific visual and acoustic effects, as well as noise insulation, by having bricklayers point a camera at the structure to align bricks with a 3D plan to millimetre precision. One of the spinout’s first clients was a wine cellar that features a semi-transparent facade to create changing light patterns throughout the day while ensuring optimal climate in the room.