Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Oxford Ionics, a UK-based quantum computing spinout of University of Oxford, has raised £2.5m ($3m) in funding from university venutring fund Oxford Sciences Innovation and Atmos Ventures.
Regional Fish, a Japan-based high-speed breeding smart fish farming spinout of Kyoto University, has raised more than ¥199m ($1.9m) in a seed round led by VC firm Beyond Next Ventures, with participation from industrial machinery manufacturer Ebara Corporation. The funding will be used to improve marine product breeding system including expanding target products and adding new characteristics and to boost research and development efforts for smart aquaculture.
APB, a joint venture between Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) and Keio University professor Hideaki Horie that develops all-polymer batteries, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Toyota Tsusho, the trading arm of carmaker Toyota. KII previously contributed to a $74.4m funding round for APB in March 2020, and the spinout will use…
