Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
SoSafe, a Germany-based cybersecurity platform spun out of RWTH Aachen, has raised $73m in a series B round led by Highland Europe, with participation from Acton Capital, Global Founders Capital (GFC), La Famiglia and private investors Carsten Thoma and Christian Henschel. GFC previously backed a seven-figure pre-series A round in March 2020 and a round of undisclosed size in March 2019. Further details about SoSafe’s financing could not be ascertained.
PreOmics, a Germany-based mass spectrometry sampling technology business based on research from Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, has secured €13.5m ($15.3m) in series B funding from scientific instruments manufacturer Bruker. High-Tech Gründerfonds, ThinkHealth Ventures and assorted angel investors sold their shares to Broker in a concurrent secondary transaction, financial terms of which were not disclosed, to give Bruker a majority shareholding in PreOmics. The spinout had previously secured $3.8m in a…
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).
