Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Wibotic, a US-based wireless charging and power optimisation spinout of University of Washington, has received $5.7m of series A funding from investors including commercialisation firm Washington Research Foundation and its W Fund, GeekWire reported yesterday. The series A round was filled out by Junson Capital, SV Tech Ventures, Rolling Bay Ventures and Aves Capital. Wibotic’s wireless charging technology uses near-field antennas and battery optimisation software to power devices such as autonomous robots and drones without using wired plug points. The company was co-founded by Joshua Smith, a professor of computer science and electrical engineering, and his then PhD research assistant Ben Waters. Wibotic will spend series A proceeds on technology development and building out sales capacity to cope with projected customer enquiries.
Egle Therapeutics, a France-based developer of a therapeutic platform for oncological and autoimmune indications, has been spun out of Institut Curie and raised €4.6m ($5.2m) in convertible…
