Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Pickle, a US-based spinout of Massachusetts Institute of Technology developing a logistics robot, has secured $5.6m in seed funding led by Hyperplane, according to TechCrunch. The round also attracted Third Kind Venture Capital, Box Group and Version One Ventures and unnamed others.
Exotanium, a US-based cloud optimisation software developer spun out of Cornell University, has closed a $5m seed round co-led by Walden International and Nepenthe Capital. The round will allow Exotanium to scale its business, recruit more staff, expand its offering and sign up additional customers.
WarpSpace, a Japan-based small optical relay satellite developer spun out of University of Tsukuba, has secured ¥400m ($3.7m) in a series A first close from financial services firm Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s SMBC Venture Capital unit, Space Frontier Fund, a vehicle for asset manager Sparx Innovation for Future, and KSK Angel Fund.
Springpod, a UK-based professional social network linking young…
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).
