Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Iotas, a US-based smart apartment platform backed by the Oregon State University-linked VC firm Rogue Venture Partners, yesterday completed an $8.5m series A round led by Telus Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of telecoms firm Telus, with participation from telecoms provider Liberty Global and chipmaker Intel’s corporate venturing division Intel Capital. Iotas has now raised more than $17m in total funding, it said. Intel Capital previously invested in 2017 adding to earlier funding from Rogue Venture Partners, National Science Foundation, Creative Ventures, Oregon Best, Portland Seed Fund and Oregon Angel Fund.
Shyftplan, a Germany-based workforce scheduling platform, has received approximately €5m ($5.5m) in equity financing from backers including UnternehmerTUM Venture Capital (UVC) Partners, the venture capital firm affiliated with TU Munich’s tech transfer arm UnternehmerTUM, Deutsche Startups reported on Monday. SEK Ventures, the investment vehicle of transport company FlixMobility’s co-founders, also took part in the round, as…
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).
