Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Prophecy.io, a US-based low code data engineering platform backed by University of California, Berkeley’s SkyDeck Fund, has raised $6.8m in capital led by SignalFire, with participation from angel investor Ross Mason. Berkeley SkyDeck Fund and SignalFire previously supplied an undisclosed amount of seed financing in August 2019, with Angel.co estimating the round to have been worth $4.7m.
High-Reso, a Japan-based operator of data centres catered for graphical processing unit developers, has received ¥330m ($3.1m) in a series A round featuring Tokyo University of Science Innovation Capital, energy utility Hokuriku Electric Power Company, agricultural product provider Cifra and calendar publisher Jingukan. The total figure includes an unspecified amount of debt financing provided by undisclosed financial institutions. The company said it has now raised $9.4m in overall debt and equity financing.
Hexigone, a UK-based smart corrosion inhibitors developer based on research at Swansea University, has collected £894,000 ($1.2m) in funding…
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).
