Osage University Partners has returned to bring the big urban transit data analytics company's funding total to more than $40m.

StreetLight Data, a US-based urban transportation analytics technology developer, closed a $15m series D round yesterday featuring spinout-focused investment firm Osage University Partners (OUP).
The deal was rounded off by Macquarie Capital, Activate Capital and Ajax Investment Strategies.
Founded in 2011, StreetLight Data has built a big data analytics portal for the transportation industry containing spatial and time-based statistics covering 5 million miles of roadway and multiple modes of urban travel.
The data is fed to machine learning models billed as providing insights for almost every North American road, helping transit agencies adjust grid operations and prepare new capital expenditures.
StreetLight Data argues its technology will enable cities to cope with population growth and evolving modes of commuting, with the latter trend exacerbated by social distancing requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Streetlight Data has now raised more than $40m in equity financing, according to press releases and regulatory filings.
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) and Engie New Ventures, respective investment units of telecoms firm Deutsche Telekom and energy service provider Engie, backed a $10m series C round for StreetLight Data in mid-2018 alongside OUP and undisclosed investors.
OUP contributed to a $7.5m series B round for StreetLight in 2016 together with Engie, Deutsche Telekom and Vision Ridge Partners, which had previously co-led a $3.6m series A in 2013 with T-Venture, a former Deutsche Telekom unit whose portfolio is now part of DTCP. Ajax Investment Strategies took part in the series D round as an existing investor.
Laura Schewel, co-founder and chief executive of StreetLight, said: “Just as e-commerce, web conferencing and telemedicine companies have enabled life to continue in a socially distanced world, so has StreetLight enabled critical transportation planning to weather the pandemic era.”