Bic Camera, Brother Industries, Hi-Lex, Nac, TIS, Tokai and Towa were among the backers that supplied $32.3m for pneumatic exoskeleton developer Innophys’ series C funding.
Author: Edison Fu
Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
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