Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Liberaware, a Japan-based industrial indoor drone developer, has raised ¥420m ($3.8m) in a series C round led by Bonds Investment Group, a subsidiary of marketing group Opt, and backed by Kyoto University’s Miyako Capital vehicle, printing services firm Toppan, financial services firm Orix, security service Central Security Patrols and Drone Fund. The company has secured ¥970m in total, having last raised $2.4m in May 2020.
WizWe, a Japan-based habit development platform, has raised ¥260m ($2.4m) from Waseda University’s Weru Investment affiliate, financial services firm Shinsei Bank, consulting group EggForward and VC firm Mobile Internet Capital. Japan Finance Corporation supplied an additional $1.4m in debt financing. The company had raised ¥100m from Shinsei Bank, Mobile Internet Capital, Nippon Venture Capital and unnamed individuals in December 2019.
Capex, the Japan-based developer of an artificial intelligence-powered conversation companion service dubbed Patona, has raised ¥130m ($1.2m) from University of Tokyo’s Edge…
