Austin, TX – VUV Analytics, Inc., the leader in vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy, announced closing of a $6.5 million Series B equity financing. The round was led by new investor New Science Ventures, with participation from S3 Ventures and other previous investors. Vivek Mohindra, Partner at New Science Ventures, has joined the company’s board of directors. In 2014 and 2015, the company had previously raised a total of $7 million in Series A equity and $2 million of debt.

“VUV Analytics has developed a platform technology that is currently being adopted in diverse markets,

from refining and petrochemical to food and life science,” said Vivek Mohindra, “We were especially

impressed with the company’s traction among Global 100 companies. We expect VUV technology to

ultimately penetrate a broad cross section of the laboratory analytical and process control markets.”

“We are very excited to have New Science Ventures as our Series B lead investor,” said Clar