Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Mecuris, a Germany-based orthopaedic technology spinout of Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich’s research hospital, has closed a €3.6m ($4m) round involving public-private partnership High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Bavarian state-owned investment firm Bayern Kapital backed the round, as did hospital operator Sana Kliniken, investment firm Mulcan and venture firm Vesalius Biocapital. The spinout provides an online-based software platform enabling clinicians to order custom-made prosthetic and orthotic aids for patients made using 3D printing technology. Bayern Kapital and HTGF invested a “high six-figure” seed sum in 2016, before returning with both Vesalius and Mulcan for Mercuris’s $4.1m series A round this time last year, according to EU-Startups.
Calltic, a Belgium-based telecommunications fraud prevention system developer, has completed a €1.5m ($1.7m) series A round led by multi-institution-backed seed fund Qbic II, EU-Startups reported today. The round featured nanoelectronics research institute Imec’s iStart accelerator in addition to evergreen investment firm Akiles and…
