Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Voxy EnGen, a US-based language tuition software developer focused on teaching immigrants and refugees, has received $6.8m of series A funding from investors including University of System of Maryland’s Momentum Fund and insurer American Family Insurance’s Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. The deal was filled out by Rethink Education, Social Entrepreneurs Fun and Juvo Ventures. Voxy EnGen has developed software providing personalised language coaching to help immigrants acclimatise to their new home. The funding will support its operations.
Theolytics, a UK-based spinout of Oxford University developing oncolytic viral therapies for cancer, has received $6.8m in a series A round co-led by commercialisation firm Epidarex Capital and Taiho Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of pharmaceutical firm Taiho. The round included university venture fund Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI). Taiho Ventures president Sakae Asanuma will join the company’s board of directors in connection with the round, which follows $3.2m from OSI…
