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Top 50 Life Science Startup Investors in Japan in May 2025

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Life science startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Life Science Startup Investors in Japan in May 2025

Investor Life Science Japan investments
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital 4
Nissay Capital 4
UntroD Capital 4
Osaka University Venture Capital 4
SBI Investment 3
Nippon Venture Capital 3
SMBC Venture Capital 3
Miyako Capital 3
Senshu Ikeda Capital 3
JAFCO 3
Mizuho Capital 2
Real Tech Japan 2
Incubate Fund 2
HERO Impact Capital 1
Will Capital Management 1
Genesia Ventures 1
Energy & Environment Investment 1
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital 1
Kyogin Lease & Capital 1
Tokyo Gas 1
DG Daiwa Ventures 1
Fujifilm 1
Angel Bridge 1
Future Venture Capital 1
Essential Pharma 1
Mobile Internet Capital 1
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners 1
Yuriko Minami 1
MedVenture Partners 1
Hidetoshi Takano 1
Ohara Pharmaceutical 1
ITOCHU Technology Ventures 1
Hirofumi Miki 1
JMTC Capital 1
NCB Venture Capital 1
PALTEK 1
Sosei CVC 1
Japan Science and Technology Agency 1
Capital Medica Ventures 1
Japan Finance Corporation 1
Kaga Electronics 1
Sompo Holdings 1
Fast Track Initiative, Inc. 1
SPARX Group 1
Fuyo General Lease 1
Lifetime Ventures 1
WASEDA University Ventures 1
Innovation Engine 1
FueTrek 1
Mitsui Mining & Smelting 1
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 70 investments in the past 12 months
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
  • M&A Cloud — M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies
  • NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
Nissay Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 26 investments in the past 12 months
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Internet, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Portfolio highlights
  • CloudLegal — CloudLegal provides AI-powered legal services, combining generative AI with legal expertise to streamline corporate operations.
  • Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
  • Knowhere — Knowhere is a company that applies high-performance AI to sports.
UntroD Capital VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in the past 12 months
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Alternō — Alternō was founded with a vision to create Asia's first low-cost thermal energy storage solution for renewable energy, to be deployed widely across the region by 2050. Alternō received early stage funding from Antler VC in Jan 2023 to kick off the research & development.
  • Q5D Technology — Additive manufacturing with conductors. Eliminate traditional wiring, saving space and weight. Unique 5-axis robots add power and data functions to products. Simplify supply chains and manufacturing. Transform productivity with our hardware, software, and support.
  • Optieum Biotechnologies — Optieum Biotechnologies Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company committed to developing innovative scFv antibody-based therapies for the treatment of patients with cancers. Their proprietary platform technology, Eumbody System™, enables to develop and detect a scFv-based product candidates that specifically bind to, and modulate tooptimize the immune-cell function for oncology targets.We are committed to helping patients with severe diseases by bringing life-changing therapies to the patients in need.
Osaka University Venture Capital VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Osaka University Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in the fields of life innovation, green innovation, and platform technology. The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Osaka, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Ayumo — Ayumo is a research and development company that provides deep learning services with medical insights and AI technology.
  • QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
  • RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .
SBI Investment VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 17 investments in the past 12 months
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Series B, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Zolve — Best neo bank in India offering international banking & financial services online. Apply for a US bank account, credit card & student education loan with Zolve!
  • Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
  • TOKYO GameFi — TOKYO GameFi is a Web3 firm formed by a management team of developers and engineers with previous experience at CyberAgent.
Nippon Venture Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Gecipe — Gecipe is a video service for e-sports players.
  • Awarefy — Awarefy is a mental health tech startup that offers CBT-based apps to maximize well-being.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
SMBC Venture Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 42 investments in the past 12 months
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Health Care, Software
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
  • DelizMart — Deliz Mart is a digital-driven platform that helps to solve food distribution challenges and reduce cost transactions in the food industry.
  • Penetrator — Penetrator transforms the real estate market with space technology, tackling transaction issues and forming landslide observation systems.
Miyako Capital VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Miyako Capital is the venture capital that manages Kyoto University 2nd Venture Fund (KUVF). The company was founded in 2013 and based in Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan. Investment fields are: 1) Life Science, Biotechnology: Drug creation, regenerative medicine, medical beauty equipment, medical services.2) Agri-Food: Industrialization,agricultural and fishery products growth-promoting technology, specified health food, health food.3) Environment, Energy: Alternative energy, and related technologies.4) IT, Electronics: Web, mobile related devices and application, telecommunication technology, security, consumer and business oriented application, mechatronic, robot.5) New services utilizing state-of-art technology.Investment stages: Primary investment stages are initial-growth stages of seed and early. However, we aim at all growth stages and make investment in post-IPO portfolio companies as well as public companies that are related with Kyoto University.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Peds3 — Peds3 is a digital healthcare platform that specializes in the research and development of pediatric medicine and maternal and child health fields.
  • Oishii — Oishii Farm provides indoor vertical farming technology. Oishii sells via supermarkets, offering a container of between eight and 11 strawberries for $50 per package. Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville started the company in 2017.
  • Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
Senshu Ikeda Capital VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • HOLO BIO — HOLO BIO is a research and technology firm that employs biological breeding techniques to address the food challenges faced by humanity.
  • Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
  • Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
JAFCO VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 21 investments in the past 12 months
Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
  • Pocket Sign — Pocket Sign develops digital platforms that store e-signatures and other authentication details for it's users privacy and security.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
Mizuho Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 45 investments in the past 12 months
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Quemix — Quemix is an IT company specialized in providing quantum computing solutions.
  • Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
  • Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
Real Tech Japan VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, Singapore, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
  • Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
  • MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Incubate Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 22 investments in the past 12 months
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Gatebox — It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of ​​Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension.
  • NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
  • Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
HERO Impact Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
HERO Impact Capital is a venture capital firm that co-founds research and development startups.
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Security, Aerospace
  • Series A, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • ChillStack — ChillStack provides information on AI, security, and development.
  • toggle — toggle is the social implementation of technology in the real estate area.
  • Cosmobloom Co. — Cosmobloom Co. is a manufacturing company that analyses, designs, and develops space solar power generation systems and solar power sails.
Will Capital Management VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan
Will Capital Management is a capital management company that specializes in business development consulting and principal investment.
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Investment focus
  • Aquaculture, Life Science, Biotechnology
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • HOLO BIO — HOLO BIO is a research and technology firm that employs biological breeding techniques to address the food challenges faced by humanity.
Genesia Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 23 investments in the past 12 months
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Content
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
  • Mined — Mined is a marketplace that provides online lessons in various subjects for elementary school students. Mind develops and operation of education-related services.
  • Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
Energy & Environment Investment VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in the past 12 months
Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Internet of Things
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Asusola — Asusola engaged in the renewable energy power generation business
  • Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
  • NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital VC Fund
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital is a venture fund of Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Sales, Food Processing
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Thyas — Thyas Co. Ltd. provides preparations of regenerative immunocell therapy for cancer and infection.
  • Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.
  • Space Power Technologies — Space Power Technologies (SPT) was founded in 2019 as Japan's first start-up for “Spatial Transmission Wireless Power Transmission (WPT)”. We will harmonize elemental technologies cultivated through academics with people and society, and solve social issues related to power supply.
Kyogin Lease & Capital VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Kyogin Lease & Capital is an investment firm that specializes in the leasing, stock and bond investment and public offering consulting.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Task Management, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Thinca — Thinca is an IT system planning, development, and operations company that provides a cloud-based CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) hospitality & communication solution for corporate offices.
  • Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
  • Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
Tokyo Gas VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Tokyo Gas provides energy solutions and engages in the production and supply of city gas. Tokyo Gas is a provider of city gas, serving more than 11 million customers for over 130 years, primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area and surrounding Kanto region. The company was established in 1885 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Audio, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Nature — Nature offers a product that enables its users to save money by controlling the use of their air conditioners.The product that the company offers is an air conditioner controller that transforms any window-mounted or through-wall AC into a smart one, equipped with infrared, power control, and sensors that, along with a mobile app for voicesensors, enabling users to operate household appliances with just one smartphone to control their ACs. It transforms the operation of room air conditioners (ACs) to improve comfort and efficiency for consumers while reducing energy demand peaks for utilities with simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device.The Boston, Massachusetts-based company was incorporated by Mash Ohtsuka and Haruumi Shiode in 2014.
  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Octopus Energy — Cheaper, greener energy, heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles from Britain's most awarded energy supplier. One of Europe's largest investors in renewable energy. Switch today.
DG Daiwa Ventures VC Fund · Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
DG Daiwa Ventures invests in start-up companies with next-generation technology and provides business development support. It is focused on blockchain, xR, AI, security, and BioHealth, as they are likely to be at the foundations of future businesses. In addition to the five core technologies, the fund will also focus on IoT technologies, whichoften overlap or serve as an application layer.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Software, Internet
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Lens — Lens ocuses on supporting corporate activities related to governance, risk management, compliance (GRC), and security.
  • Zolve — Best neo bank in India offering international banking & financial services online. Apply for a US bank account, credit card & student education loan with Zolve!
  • Acompany — Acompany provides products and consulting development related to secret computing.
Fujifilm VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Fujifilm develops and sells consumer products and business products related to photography. Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is a Japanese multinational photography and imaging company. The company serves various industries, including medical, graphic arts, optics, enterprise storage, motion picture, and photography.The company’s consumer productsare categorized as digital cameras and accessories, film photography, Instax photography, and binoculars. Its business products are categorized as medical systems, Fujinon endoscopy, microfilm, data storage, graphic arts and printing, professional video, optical devices, specialty chemicals, printing imaging colorants, and more. Color films, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color papers, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging equipment, graphic arts equipment and materials, flat panel displays, and photocopiers and printers are some products developed by Fujifilm USA.Fujifilm USA is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Ripcord — Ripcord is a robotics company that combines hardware and software robotics via an integrated SaaS offering. Its focus is on smart robotics digitization, smart content management with AI, and helping enable RPA and business processes.Ripcord is based in Hayward, California, and is backed by leading investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,Google Ventures, Lux Ventures, Legend Star, and Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak.
  • 24M Technologies — 24M Technologies develops energy storage systems for grid and transportation applications. 24M Technologies, Inc. builds energy storage systems for grid and transportation applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Tome Biosciences — Tome Biosciences is a biotechnology company that develops programmable gene insertion technology. Using CRISPR, its technologies allow them to insert any genetic sequence of any size at any location into any genome.
Angel Bridge VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Consulting
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
  • Lisse — Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI.
  • Bloomo Securities — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
Future Venture Capital VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 12 investments in the past 12 months
Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Myanmar
Portfolio highlights
  • Nagaku — Nagaku is a web magazine that publishes about culture along with web development, PR, marketing, and consulting services.
  • Perkup — Perkup is a coworking company that conducts off-site meetings and training camps for organizations.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
Essential Pharma VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Essential Pharma provided on this site is created for the purpose of providing information on our ethical drugs to medical professionals
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Biotechnology, Genetics
  • Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
  • HekaBio — HekaBio connects world-leading healthcare innovations to unmet medical needs in the Asia Pacific, with broad category development expertise in pharma, medical device, in-vitro diagnostics, digital health, and cell & gene therapies.
  • Jiksak Bioengineering — Jiksak Bioengineering is a biotechnology company. Jiksak Bioengineering provide an efficient screening service using a three-dimensional cell tissue "Nerve Organoid". We will mainly develop screening technologies specifically for neurodegenerative diseases and search for drugs that are effective for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Mobile Internet Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • KAKEAI — Amazon S3 is cloud object storage with industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. S3 is ideal for data lakes, mobile applications, backup and restore, archival, IoT devices, ML, AI, and analytics.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Recustomer — Recustomer is an IT company that develops software for digital payment and provides support for web development.
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in the past 12 months
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
  • Quanmatic — Quanmatic is an information and technology company that provides algorithms development and solutions to bridge quantum technologies.
  • SUN METALON — Next Generation Sustainable Metal Manufacturing
Yuriko Minami Angel
Yuriko Minami is the Capitalist at Mirai Sozo Organization.
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Investment focus
  • SNS, Apps, Content
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to makes people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that brings profits tocompanies by improving lifetime value (sales) through the habitation of users that companies have.
  • digzyme — Digzyme is a research and development platform for creating, discovering, and evaluating new enzyme-catalyzed reactions by bioinformatics.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
MedVenture Partners VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
MedVenture Partners invests in seed to early stage projects and start-ups in the life science field focusing mainly on medical devices.
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Investment focus
  • Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Alivas — Alivas is a medical company that develops new therapeutic medical devices for refractory constipation. It is a joint venture between Stanford University and the University of Tokyo with the Japan Biodesign program for innovative medical device creation. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Hongo, Tokyo in Japan.
  • PaMeLa — PaMeLa is a company that measures pain with science.PaMeLa will establish a method of objectively assessing pain and contribute to medical care.
  • SentiAR — SentiAR is digital health, software device company adding a new dimension to clinical practice in interventional procedures. Spun out of Washington University, we are developing the first 3D visualization platform using real-time holography of the patient's anatomy and catheter location, "floating" over the patients, with a goal toprovide the clinician and patient a faster, safer delivery of care.SentiAR’s mission is to transform the experience for both patient and clinician in interventional procedures with a 3D augmented reality platform featuring real-time holographic visualization of the patient’s actual anatomy, “floating” over the patient.The visualization is fully controllable “hands-free” by the clinician, providing an ergonomic breakthrough for the treatment and analysis of cardiac arrhythmias within an interventional catheter lab environment. SentiAR is developing the platform for eventual FDA submission.
Hidetoshi Takano Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
Ohara Pharmaceutical VC Fund · Koka, Shiga, Japan
Ohara Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical business involved in the development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Biotechnology, Nursing and Residential Care
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Japan, Kenya, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
  • Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.
  • Revital Healthcare — Revital Healthcare is a manufacturer of medical devices and disposables for hospitals and other medical laboratories. It offers single-use syringes, needles, re-use prevention syringes and auto-disable syringes which helps in reducing the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne diseases along with infusion sets, blood transfusion sets and bloodcollection tubesThe company was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Kilifi, Kenya.
ITOCHU Technology Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
  • KAICO — KAICO is a pharmaceuticals, diagnostic drugs production company.
  • Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
  • Quollio Technologies — Quollio Technologies is an IT company that specializes in corporate data governance, SaaS, metadata management, and software solutions.
Hirofumi Miki Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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Investment focus
  • Content, Marketing, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
  • Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
  • Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
JMTC Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
JMTC Capital (JMTCキャピタル) is the venture capital arm of Japan Material Technologies Corporation. It focuses on investments in R&D-oriented hardware startups in areas such as robotics, drones, personal mobility, wearables, AR/VR, and sensing.
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Investment focus
  • Robotics, Environmental Consulting, Medical Device
  • Funding Round, Series C, Series A
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • F.MED — F.MED is a manufacturing company that designs and develops robotic microsurgical devices for the healthcare industry.
  • BioPhenoMA — BioPhenoMA develops an AI-powered platform for detecting ultra-trace proteins that helps accelerate new drug discovery phases.
  • Spiral — Spiral is a game changer in providing autonomous drone solutions for indoor environments, most notably during non-GPS situations.
NCB Venture Capital VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 6 investments in the past 12 months
NCB Venture Capital provides investment to companies.
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Investment focus
  • SNS, Recruiting, Task Management
  • Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Medteria — Medteria is a medtech startup developing pathology AI. It is the provider of the “Medteria” communication cloud platform for healthcare professionals and medical students.
  • Live Search — Live Search provides the real estate industry with online room availability management, property photography, and floor plan services.
  • Japan Carbon Cycle Lab — Japan Carbon Cycle Lab is a technology company that focuses on the research and development of CO2 capture and recycling techniques.
PALTEK VC Fund · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
PALTEK offers semiconductor products to electronics manufacturers and design consignment services.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Software, Life Science
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
Sosei CVC VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Sosei CVC is support the creation and growth of life science companies.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • StemRIM — Stem Rim is a biotechnology company aiming to develop “regenerative medicine”.We are developing drugs based on a new mechanism of action that mobilizes stem cells present in the living body to the injured or diseased tissue without removing them out of the body and induces functional tissue regeneration.
  • Chromocenter — Chromocenter is a next generation biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing company. It uses technologies such as artificial chromosome vectors, mainly for drug discovery such as medical pharmaceuticals
  • Stem Cell & Device Laboratory — Stem Cell & Device Laboratory is aiming to contribute to a healthy society with new cell application products.
Japan Science and Technology Agency VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Japan Science and Technology Agency is an integrated organization of science and technology that implements science and technology policy in Japan.  It handles many projects, including the government’s Science and Technology Basic Plan and knowledge creation. The European Sustainability School ESSSR is the owner of Japan Science and TechnologyAgency.Japan Science and Technology Agency undertakes its task in a comprehensive manner. It also works to provide a sound infrastructure of science and technology information and raise awareness and understanding of science and technology-related issues in Japan.Japan Science and Technology Agency is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
  • Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
  • RadioNano Therapeutics — RadioNano Therapeutics is developing innovative drugs for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), a type of radiation therapy that utilizes the nuclear reaction between thermal neutrons and boron-10 (¹⁰B) to destroy cancer cells by releasing alpha particles and lithium nuclei.
Capital Medica Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan with a focus on startups in the healthcare industry.Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital that operates a venture fund specializing in the healthcare field. It is the only healthcare-specialized VC in Japan that can provide 30 medical institutions as a business trialfield.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Software, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • HCMJ — HCMJ specializes in software development in the medical industry.
  • Epigno — Epigno provides hospital management systems for medical institutions.
  • Rehab — Rehab for Japan is developing a special rehabilitation SaaS for day service .
Japan Finance Corporation VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
  • Japan, India, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
  • Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
Kaga Electronics VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kaga Electronics is a Japan based company engages in the sales of electronic components, electronic devices and other. It operates through following segments: Electronic Components, Information Equipment, Software and Other. The firm generates majority revenue from the Electronic Components.
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Investment focus
  • Education, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, Taiwan
Portfolio highlights
  • Bonx — GO MAKE NOISE
  • 17LIVE — Flip action technology, connect the world together; integrate instant audio and video into life, and create a new generation of action audio and video. No matter where you are, in any corner of the world, you can connect with the world anytime, anywhere through the 17LIVE platform, show your talent and enthusiasm, realize your dreams, and createyour own wonderful life.
  • Linkage — Linkage is a Online health support business and Online specific health guidance.
Sompo Holdings VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Sompo Holdings provides property and casualty insurance, life insurance, and other financial services. In addition to the core businesses of domestic non-life insurance business, overseas insurance business, domestic life insurance business, and long-term care/senior business, they will develop new business strategies in the fields of digitaland healthcare.It was established in 2010 and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Analytics, Nursing and Residential Care
  • Series B, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, Israel, Taiwan
Portfolio highlights
  • Allm — Allm is a medical ICT company dedicated to shaping healthcare. The company seeks to benefit society by launching next-generation technologies and medical communications platforms for the healthcare industry. The solutions are installed more than 18 countries across US, South America, EU, Japan, Middle East and Africa.
  • Wejo — We unlock limitless possibilities with connected vehicle data
  • Pulsora — Pulsora is the all-in-one platform for enterprise sustainability management, helping companies collect, report, and improve their ESG and sustainability performance.
Fast Track Initiative, Inc. VC Fund · Hongo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Medii — Medii provides a physician sharing service for hospitals.
  • A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to makes people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that brings profits tocompanies by improving lifetime value (sales) through the habitation of users that companies have.
  • CellFiber — Cell fiber technology was developed as a basic technology for handling cells in the engineering field.
SPARX Group VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
SPARX Group Co., Ltd. is an independent Asia-based equity and credit asset management services and Asian fund financial specialist with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul for global institutional and individual investors, including financial advisors and financial planners, with alternative strategies (including activist, short-enabled, private equity and quantitative and fund-of-funds) and mutual funds (through SPARX Asia Funds such as SPARX Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund, SPARX Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund, SPARX Japan Smaller Companies Fund and SPARX Japan Fund) managed or sub-advised by SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd., SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited and Cosmo Asset Management Co., Ltd.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Blue Skies Space — Blue Skies Space provides access to space science data from low-cost space missions.
  • Blue Laser Fusion — Blue Laser Fusion is a commercial fusion company. Blue Laser Fusion is a laser startup to commercialize laser fusion by inventing its own laser and fusion reactor.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
Fuyo General Lease VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Fuyo General Lease focuses in the leasing and installment sales trading of equipment and fixtures, and financial transaction. The company provides leasing services of information-related equipment, office equipment, and industrial equipment, installment sales of commercial facilities, production facilities, and hospital facilities. It also providessecurities management services and anonymous association composition.Fuyo General Lease was founded on 1969 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Sales
  • Series A, Funding Round, Corporate Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • avatarin — avatarin develops next-generation mobility and human augmentation platforms.
  • A.L.I. Technologies Japan — Aerial Lab Industries focuses on research and development of UAV (unmanned miniature aircraft).
  • 3D Printing Corporation — 3D Printing Corporation provides 3D printing technology solutions.
Lifetime Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Lifetime Ventures is a VC firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Medical
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Kinish — Kinish is a company leading a revolution in dairy products. To achieve environmentally friendly and delicious dairy products, we are developing a special rice variety that produces milk proteins.
  • Kwahuu Ocean — Kwahuu Ocean develops sustainable squid farming systems.
  • Spine Chronicle — Spine chronicle is a medical device manufacturing firm that specializes in developing orthopedic medical equipment.
WASEDA University Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
WASEDA University Ventures (WUV) is a venture capital firm specialising in founding investments by creating new start-up companies that make use of academia and are based on "the practical application of scholarship". Our mission is to be a capitalist that implements academic knowledge and
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Investment focus
  • Laser, Commercial, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Convertible Note
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • BioPhenoMA — BioPhenoMA develops an AI-powered platform for detecting ultra-trace proteins that helps accelerate new drug discovery phases.
  • Pestalozzi Technology — Pestalozzi Technology is a development and provision of educational products in the fields of physical education and club activities.
  • Power Diamond Systems — Power Diamond Systems is a research and development firm that focuses on diamond semiconductor devices.
Innovation Engine VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Innovation Engine has been is promoting investment to create and grow promising business areas created from technology.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series C
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Asilla — Asilla develops and provides AI specialized in image and video analysis. Its services, the Vehicle recognition AI, recognizes the manufacturer and model from the image of the vehicle. It also has a censorship service that detects inappropriate images that can not be released, including copyrights and obscene expressionsAsilla was founded in 2015and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ranimaru — Ranimaru is pet service providing company that offers pet sitting, care of your pet dog in events, professional course about pet sitting.
  • Drone Show Japan — Drone Show Japan company specializes in drone shows for events, aerial photography, and workshops.
FueTrek VC Fund · Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
FueTrek provides a better and faster way to communicate through with speech recognition, speech dialogue, and speech translation.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, Robotics, Health Care
  • Series A
  • Japan
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Mitsui Mining & Smelting VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd. mainly produces non-ferrous metal such as lead and copper alloys.
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Investment focus
  • Life Science, Renewable Energy
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Atomis — Atomis provides global solutions for precisely controlling gases. Its core technology, porous coordination polymers (PCPs; also known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)), is based on research developed by Distinguished Professor Susumu Kitagawa at the Institute for Advanced Study at Kyoto University. It aims not only to provide solutions such asthe optimization for manufacturing processes of PCPs but to also develop applications that provide innovative value using these materials.It was founded by Masakazu Higuchi in 2015 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
  • Alpha Fusion — Alpha Fusion Inc. is a clinical-stage startup committed to transforming cancer treatment through the design and development of powerful and precise radiopharmaceuticals.
  • Chitose Group — CHITOSE GROUP is a family of biotechnology companies operating mainly in Southeast Asia and Japan with an aim of leaving mankind with an environment where they can live in abundance for over a thousand years. CHITOSE GROUP is creating new values in the fields of agriculture, medical, food, energy, chemistry and others through “Technologicaldevelopment capabilities in the biotechnology field by constantly promoting economic rationality” and “Business development capabilities for drawing a path towards commercialization by understanding the essence and limitations of biotechnology”.
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