Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Aidemy, a Japan-based artificial intelligence programming course provider, has received ¥830m ($7.6m) in a round led by University of Tokyo Edge Capital (Utec), a venture capital affiliate of University of Tokyo. Utec was joined by two unnamed corporate investors, two investment firms and four private investors. Aidemy has now pulled in $8.6m altogether, following a $840,000 seed round in mid-2018 also led by Utec with contributions from nine unnamed private investors.
Fumi Ingredients, a Netherlands-based developer of vegan-friendly alternatives to egg protein spun out of Wageningen University, has obtained €500,000 ($550,000) from Innovation Industries and Shift Invest. The proteins are made with organic micro-organisms using a formula devised by co-founder Edgar Suarez Garcia during his bioprocess engineering PhD at Wageningen’s University and Research centre (WUR). The founding team was subsequently supported through WUR-run accelerator StartLife.
Purdue Ag-celerator, an investment vehicle linked to Purdue University’s agtech accelerator contest, has…
