The Global University Venturing deal net rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem.
The Routing Company, a US-based public transit routing technology developer based on research out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is focused on reducing greenhouse emissions, has raised $15m in its series A round led by Galvanise Climate Solutions. Veery Maxwell, co-head of Galvanize Innovation + Expansion Strategy at Galvanize Climate Solutions, has joined The Routing Company’s board of directors.
Neural Concept, a Switzerland-based deep learning-powered industrial engineering platform developer spun out of EPFL, has procured $9.1m in a series A round led by Alien, with participation from Aster Capital, CNB Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The latter had previously backed a seven-figure round in 2019.
Tacto, a Germany-based industrial procurement software developer, has pocketed €5.3m ($5.9m) in a round featuring UVC Partners, the venture capital fund aligned with TU Munich’s tech transfer arm UnternehmerTUM. Cherry Ventures led the round, which also attracted Visionaries Club as well as angel investors…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is the editor of Global University Venturing, host of the Beyond the Breakthrough interview podcast and responsible for the monthly GUV Gazette (sign up here for free).
