Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Standard Energy, a South Korea-headquartered vanadium ion battery developer co-founded by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has obtained $8.9m in series C funding from internet group SoftBank through its Softbank Ventures Asia subsidiary, DealStreetAsia reported today, citing a company statement. Standard Energy has now raised $22.5m altogether, according to TechCrunch.
Futurae, the Switzerland-based developer of a cybersecurity software platform covering user authentication and transaction confirmation, has secured €5m ($5.9m) from…
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).