Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Vesper, a US-based smart sensor developer spun out of University of Michigan, raised $18m in funding on Wednesday. The round included Applied Ventures, the corporate VC arm of semiconductor technology producer Applied Materials, as well as e-commerce group Amazon’s Alexa Fund, audio equipment producer Bose, electronics manufacturer Unitrontech, fabless semiconductor maker MegaChips and electronics distributor World Peace Group. The round was led by Accomplice and included Sands Capital, Gopher Asset Management and Industrial Technology Research Institute’s Industrial Technology Investment. It…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
