Daily deal net: May 26, 2020

Regulus Cyber, an Israel-based cybersecurity business focused on protecting automated technologies, has obtained $4m as part of an ongoing series B round backed by Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s R&D Foundation and TIOF Fund. Family office SPDG Ventures led the initial tranche with participation from Btov Partners, Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners Israel and F2 Capital. Regulus intends to use the money for R&D and sales activities for its machine learning-driven software platform, which protects satellite positioning-dependent systems from malevolent cyberattacks. Regulus Cyber emerged from stealth in 2018 having already raised $6.3m of seed and series A-stage funding from Technion, Sierra Ventures, Canaan Partners Israel and F2 Capital.
Encamp, a US-based environmental, health and safety (EHS) software developer , has procured $3.1m of series A funding from investors including IU Ventures, the university venturing and innovation support arm of Indiana University. The round was co-led by VC firm Allos Ventures together with incubator and seed-stage venture firm High Alpha Capital. David Kerr, managing director at Allos Ventures, and Mike Fitzgerald, partner at High Alpha, have both joined the board of directors. Encamp has created an EHS project management software platform equipped with documentation and scheduling tools that help clients achieve regulatory compliance as work is completed. The funding will go towards product development to add support for EHS regulations for a wider variety of industries and companies. Encamp secured $250,000 of seed money from IU Ventures in January 2019 before adding $750,000 to the round that July from High Alpha Capital, Allos Ventures and existing investor Ade Olonoh.
UniKLasers, a UK-based precision laser manufacturer aligned to Heriot-Watt University, has closed a £750,000 ($926,000) round led by Par Equity with participation from Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of state-owned economic development agency Scottish Enterprise. UniKLasers will invest the proceeds in its manufacturing, R&D, sales and marketing strategies while also bolstering headcount. The company previously raised $1.4m in an early 2018 round featuring Scottish Investment Bank, Lancaster Capital and Par Equity, which had also invested an undisclosed sum in 2017, according to media reports.
RoadPrintz, a US-based street painting truck developer based on Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) technology, has secured $100,000 as part of a potential $250,000 commitment from university venture fund Case Technology Ventures, Mirage has reported. RoadPrintz has devised a robotic arm that can be affixed to motor trucks in order to automatically paint street markings using computer-controlled software. The technology is intended to service roads at one-third of the cost of traditional methods, using special paint that dries quickly. RoadPrintz’s existing investors include Lorain County Community College-backed seed fund Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio, as well as Ohio state-founded vehicle Technology Validation Startup Fund. Wyatt Newman, a professor at CWRU’s electrical engineering and computer science unit, serves as chief technology officer of RoadPrintz.
Cambridge Innovation Capital, the patient capital fund affiliated to University of Cambridge, has invested an undisclosed sum in PetMedix, a UK-based veterinary medicine developer founded on research from Wellcome Trust’s Sanger Institute. PetMedix develops antibody-based drugs for pets such as dogs and animals based on a discovery platform tailored to making species-specific medicines. It will use the funding to continue work on its platform having doubled its headcount over the past 12 months and launched a new US-based subsidiary. Parkwalk Advisors, a subsidiary of commercialisation firm IP Group, had co-led an £8m ($10.6m) series A round for PetMedix in  March 2019 together with VC firm Digitalis Ventures.