Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
ToposWare, a Japan-based blockchain network platform developer spun out of Digital Hollywood University (DHU), has raised ¥750m ($7.2m) in funding from business management software supplier Miroku Jyoho. The deal came after ToposWare raised $1.85m from DHU, D Rockets and individuals including Ōki Matsumoto and Kenji Kasahara in May 2020.
RxRevu, a US-based medical prescription decision-making tool developer, has closed a $7m series B round led by Jazz Venture Partners, with participation from unnamed, existing health system partners. The company has now raised a total of $28m, it said, and its shareholders also include University of Virginia’s Licensing and Ventures Group (UVA LVG) Seed Fund following a $15.9m series A round in 2019.
Parse Biosciences, a US-based single-cell RNA sequencing technology spinout of University of Washington, has raised $7m in funding led by Bioeconomy Capital, with participation from assorted angel investors. The spinout rebranded from its original…
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).
