Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Amira Learning, a US-based early-years reading assessment tool developer based on Carnegie Mellon University, University of Texas and University of Houston inventions, has obtained $5m in a series A round led by VC fund Owl Ventures, EdSurge reported on Wednesday. The round involved textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – one of Amira’s distribution partners – as well as GSV Accelerate and Rethink Education. Founded in 2018, Amira markets a speech recognition-powered software product that helps primary school children develop their…
