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Top 50 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Asia in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Life science startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Asia in May 2025

Investor	Life Science Asia investments
Prox Ventures	9
Hillhouse Investment	6
HSG	5
Qiming Venture Partners	5
UntroD Capital	4
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	4
Nissay Capital	4
EFung Capital	4
Huagai Capital	4
Osaka University Venture Capital	4
Linear Capital	3
Legend Capital	3
Anzu Partners	3
MiraclePlus	3
BioVenture	3
Entrepreneurship Relay Group	3
SMBC Venture Capital	3
WuXi AppTec	3
Miyako Capital	3
CD Capital	3
Senshu Ikeda Capital	3
JAFCO	3
ZSVC	3
CITIC Capital Holdings	3
Vinno Capital	3
ULTIMA	3
Nippon Venture Capital	3
ASBV	3
Hillhouse Ventures	3
SBI Investment	3
Real Tech Japan	2
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners	2
Orient Securities Capital Investment	2
Green Pine Capital Partners	2
Danen Capital	2
Lilly Asia Ventures	2
BOHE Angel Fund	2
Bits x Bites	2
Northern Light Venture Capital	2
Starlight Capital	2
Innoangel Fund	2
Med-Fine Capital	2
Zoo Capital	2
Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group (LCIG)	2
EDBI	2
Rivercity Investment	2
Mizuho Capital	2
Loyal Valley Capital	2
Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund	2
Sherpa Healthcare Partners	2

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Proxima Ventures focuses in the healthcare industry, supporting outstanding enterprises with innovative technologies or service models that have tremendous potential.They manage multiple funds in RMB and US dollar, covering from seed to growth stages. Their team members with multidisciplinary backgrounds and resourceful networks, have many yearsof remarkable venture capital experience and achievements. They believe that active and effective collaboration with entrepreneurs will make substantial economic returns while bring meaningful improvements in public health.

Investment focus

Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
China, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rhino Medical — Rhino Medical develops advanced technologies with independent intellectual property rights. The founding team has rich experience in R&D, marketing, and clinical. On the basis of benchmarking imported phacoemulsification instruments and vitrectomy instruments
Cytonus Therapeutics — Cytonus Therapeutics is a biotech company that develops a therapeutic platform designed to treat immune-related disorders. The Cargocyte platform at Cytonus has diverse applications as it can be engineered to target specific tissues and can deliver strategic therapeutic payloads.
Rapafusyn Pharmaceuticals — Rapafuysn is pioneering RapaGlues - a modality of non-degrading molecular glues that addresses hard-to-drug targets.

Founded in 2005, Hillhouse is a leading global investment management firm, active across public equity, private equity, real estate and private credit. The firm invests over a long-term horizon and partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable value creation for quality companies.Hillhouse is a full life-cycle private equityfirm, investing for the long term across opportunities in the healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. The firm manages capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pensions.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

dinii — Dinii is a mobile order platform for take-out shops.
Ascentium — At Ascentium, we believe in the power of partnership to realise unlimited growth potential.
Xingmai Innovation — Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots.

We help founders build enduring companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
Noematrix — Noematrix is an embodied intelligence company that specializes in innovative general robotic intelligence solutions and services.
Xingkeyuan — Star Science is a high-performance lithium battery silicon-carbon negative electrode material research and development company. It has achieved small-scale mass manufacture of nano-silicon as well as the experimental development of high-efficiency silicon-carbon composite materials.

Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong in China, and Singapore.Currently, Qiming Venture Partners manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.5 billion in capital raised. Since our establishment, we have invested in outstanding companiesin the Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare industries at the early and growth stages.Since our debut, we have backed over 530 fast-growing and innovative companies. Over 200 of our portfolio companies have achieved exits through IPOs at the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange, or Shenzhen Stock Exchange, or through M&A or other means. There are also over 70 portfolio companies that have achieved unicorn or super unicorn status.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Engitist — Jiangling Technology provides high-quality optical measurement and inspection equipment to semiconductor customers around the world.
iflybuds — Vision Intelligence is a AI smart hardware company that manufactures and sells interactive intelligence based electronic consumer products.
Pulnovo Medical — Pulnovo Medical integrates development, production and services. Our core products including use pf radiofrequency ablation technology to treat pulmonary hypertension. The high-frequency ablation equipment and intravascular catheters developed by the company are pioneer inventions with global invention patents.

UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.

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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

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 is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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.

Shenzhen EFUNG Investment Management Enterprise L. P. is one of China's earliest institutions investing in professional biomedical industries. Their strong research team and great investment returns made us won 'The Most Pioneering VC Institution” 'The Most Dynamic Pharmaceutical VC Institution in China' and 'The Top Ten VCInstitutions in Shenzhen'. With this influence, EFUNG has drawn a lot of attention from the medical and life science industry. And it is interviewed by Nature, which is the most authoritative science magazine in the world. Over a decade of years, they have been focusing on the medical and health industry, especially the VC and PE investment business of novel drugs and high-end medical devices. The mission of EFUNG is to drive the industrialization of medical researches by capital and to gain rich returns to investors. EFUNG has deeply screened and invested in more than 20 domestic and international premium enterprises, such as Chipscreen Biosciences, Frontier Biotechnologies, Ascentage Pharma, Lifotronic, Aridis Pharmaceuticals, and Centrexion.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Huiguan Biology — Huiguan Biology is a developer of super-resolution microscopes for in vivo drug screening.
CATUG Biotechnology — CATUG is focused on the development and application of new biomedical technologies. It provides one-stop CDMO services for the entire industry chain from quality research and clinical application to industrialization. It has R&D centers and industrialization bases in Suzhou and Wuhan.
Pregis New Materials — Pregis New Materials is a cold chain technology company that provides customers with dual carbon and temperature control solutions and materials.

Huagai Capital is a private equity investment firm that invests in start-up or growth companies in the areas of healthcare, TMT, and culture.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Amazinc — Amazinc is a zinc battery R&D and production company that specializes in zinc battery development and manufacture.Amazinc offering a systematic design of leading zinc-based battery solutions, including energy storage mechanisms, battery materials, and structural design.
ViGeneron — ViGeneron is dedicated to developing innovative gene therapies to treat ophthalmic diseases with high unmet medical need, as well as partnering with leading biopharmaceutical players in other disease areas. The company’s pipeline is built on two proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV) technology platforms. The first, vgAAV gene therapy vectorplatform, allows superior transduction efficiency and intravitreal, less invasive treatment administration. The second, REVeRT vector platform, targets diseases caused by mutations in large genes. Privately-owned ViGeneron was founded in 2017 by a seasoned team with in-depth experience in AAV vector technology and clinical ophthalmic gene therapy programs and is located in Munich, Germany.
Index Technology — Index Technology is a company that specializes in applying artificial intelligence technology to electronic design and production. Index Technology uses generative AI technology to optimize the traditional R&D process for electrical devices, and it offers automated generation services ranging from product requirements to PCBA manufacturingdesigns and supporting embedded programs.

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.

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 .

Linear Capital focuses on investment projects in the fields of Data Application, Data Infrastructure and cutting-edge technology applications. they believe that cutting-edge technology is the primary productive force, and they are committed to becoming an important promoter of cutting-edge technology landing industries, realizing FrontierTechnology,

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Seed, Angel, Series A
China, Germany, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Bot Auto — Bot Auto develops and operates autonomous trucks for middle-mile freight.
RIVR — Discover RIVR's innovative Physical AI solutions revolutionizing last-mile delivery. Our autonomous robots ensure faster, safer, and sustainable deliveries of parcels, groceries, and meals
NewPro — NewPro is in the process of increasing production and establishing regulations for lactoferrin raw materials, with the goal of bringing the product to market as quickly as feasible.

Legend Capital, a subsidiary of Legend Holdings Ltd., started its vintage year in April, 2001 with a mission to become a top-notch and the most respected venture capital investment manager in China.Managing up to US$700 million across four funds, Legend Capital focuses on driving high-growth ventures with operations substantially based in Chinaor on markets related to China.Legend Capital mainly invests in early stage IT companies, specifically, in sectors of network applications and services, outsourcing and professional services, Infrastructure (IC design/key components), and mid-market growth stage companies in the fields of consumer goods, clean technology, health care, equipment manufacturing and modern services.Among over 60 portfolio companies are Joyo.com (acquired by Amazon.com), SinoCom (0299.HK), Solarfun Power (Nasdaq: SOLF), Spreadtrum Communications (Nasdaq: SPRD), China Sunshine Paper (2002.HK), and VanceInfo (NYSE:VIT), Eyang (0117.HK), etc.As an active investor, Legend Capital provides its portfolio companies extensive business resources and tailored services to assist with business development, company image building, and other critical company building activities on Chinese market so as to add value and maximize returns. Legend Capital is proud and thankful that it has the opportunity to blaze a trail with its innovative practice for China's venture capital industry.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Easy Flow — Easy-Flow is committed to efficiently creating a complete set of solutions in the field of peripheral interventional devices.
Force Inspiration — Force Inspiration is a start-up focusing on embodied intelligence technology. The company mainly engages in technology development, technical consulting, software development, basic artificial intelligence software development, information system integration services, intelligent robot research and development and sales, and industrial robotmanufacturing and sales.
Core Medical Technology — Core Medical Technology is a technology enterprise mainly engaged in the research, production, development, and sales of implantable left ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal ventricular assist devices, percutaneous interventional ventricular assist devices, and equipment. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

Anzu Partners is an investment firm that focuses on industrial and life science technology companies with the potential to transform their industry. Anzu's portfolio support platform is dedicated to drive results beyond our initial investment and establish long-term relationships. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercializetechnological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations. .Co-founders Whitney Haring-Smith, David Michael, and David Seldin launched the firm in 2014 in Washington, District of Columbia.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

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e-Zinc — Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future.
CytoTronics — Visualize live cell function at scale for cell biology discovery with Pixel systems. Monitor cell viability, morphology, electrophysiology, metabolism and more.

MiraclePlus invests in and accelerates early-stage startups. MiraclePlus assists startups in developing products that are good enough to succeed in the market. MiraclePlus' acceleration program works with the founders to get each team in top shape so that they can present to thousands of investors on Demo Day.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

TestSprite — AI powered fully automated end-to-end testing solutions to help enterprises launch their products faster.
Excellent Vision — Excellent Vision is a spatial intelligence company focused to transforming video creation into a 4D world model, enabling AI big models to grasp, generate, and reason about 4D space.
Gongji Technology — Gongji Technology is an idle computing power sharing platform that combines distributed computing power with leading scheduling techniques to address elastic computing power requirements.

Suzhou Industrial Park Bioventure Investment Management Limited (Bioventure) was established in September 2013. Bioventure its first element of the new bio-industry funds 540 million yuan fund size. Bioventure specialize in the field of life sciences in the early stages of the venture capital investments as having high strength and growth, greaterdevelopment space, excellent management team, biotechnology, drug discovery, medical devices and healthcare services companies, and provide capital, management , operation and other aspects of post-investment support and services.Bioventure brought together senior investment professionals team with bio-pharmaceutical industry investment experience, strong fund management, entrepreneurship and venture capital and operating experience in business, have a deep understanding of the domestic and foreign markets, capable of its forward-looking international perspective and extensive The industry has the potential resources to help innovative companies grow rapidly and gain greater success, while giving fund investors bring considerable returns.Suzhou Industrial Park, the core investor BioBay has the country's best medical and pharmaceutical incubator function, use the platform, the project team has great resources and industrial service advantages, Yuan-sheng venture has successfully invested in 20 projects have been cast projects in their own development and follow-up financing, has made outstanding achievements in the industry for all to see, and won the Venture's trust and praise.By focusing and extensive industry resources, Bioventure determined to become one of China's most successful medical and pharmaceutical venture fund. Bioventure expectations and in the medical and pharmaceutical industry where there joint venture development cooperation.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Hengyu Medical — Hengyu Medical is a medical device firm focused on R&D and production of IVUS and optical coherence tomography, and catheter equipment.
Degron Therapeutics — Degron Therapeutics is a leading platform company in discovery of molecular glue degraders for cancer treatment.
MyoGene Life Sciences — MyoGene Life Sciences is a regenerative medical company that specializes in the promotion of its regenerative repair material product line for bone repair.

Entrepreneurship Relay Group manages a fund of more than 4 billion yuan, directly or indirectly.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Enterprise
Series A, Funding Round, Angel
China

Portfolio highlights

Songying Technology — Songying Technology focuses on the research and development of cloud-native real-time 3D engines and graphics collaboration platforms.
Spectral Domain Technology — Spectral Domain Technology is a provider of 5G low-orbit broadband terminals, supplying operators, industrial Internet companies, satellite Internet, and government and enterprise customers with ocean communication needs.
Optical Standard Technology — Optical Standard Technology focuses on the design and manufacture of optical computing chips and optical computing boards for use in scenarios requiring large amounts of AI computing power, such as large model reasoning and training, autonomous driving, smart cities, quantitative finance, AI security.

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.

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.

WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries worldwide to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients. As an innovation-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi AppTec helps our partners improve theproductivity of advancing healthcare products through cost-effective and efficient solutions,With industry-leading capabilities such as R&D and manufacturing for small molecule drugs, cell and gene therapies, and testing for medical devices, WuXi AppTec's open-access platform is enabling more than 3,900 collaborators from over 30 countries to improve the health of those in need – and to realize our vision that "every drug can be made and every disease can be treated".

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, Israel

Portfolio highlights

D3 Bio — D3 Bio is a globally focused biotechnology company focusing on developing and registration of innovative medicines in oncology and immunology. At D3 Bio, our new medicine development approach is fundamentally differentiated. We do not just only start with science in the lab. First, we pinpoint the greatest unmet patient and market needs – whereexisting standard-of-care approaches yield unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. Then we take those insights into the lab to guide the identification of fit for purpose science and technology and define our drug development path.
ShouTi — ShouTi specializes in the discovery and development of drugs against a type of targets called GPCR. The company develops drugs focused on novel small molecules for multiple unmet medical needs. ShouTi is currently operating in Stealth mode.
Bioyond Tech — Bioyond Tech utilizes robotics and artificial intelligence technology to provide a new generation of modular products and automation solutions for the life sciences sector.

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.

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.

CD Capital is a venture capital firm specialized in life sciences and medical technology. They are currently managing both RMB and USD funds with total size of $600M. CD Capital is operated by a professional team with diversified and profound industry backgrounds. They have made over 40 investments with high growth potential and earned a reputationas a premier venture capital firm with main focus on China healthcare industry. With broad network around China and the world, they have been able to seize the global trend, capture investment opportunities as well as help to define the future for China healthcare industry. Ultimately, they strive to grow best-in-class companies and deliver solid financial return to their investors.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Healingovation — Healingovation is a med-tech company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of surgical robots, intelligent diagnosis and treatment equipment.
Greenon Biotech — Greenon Biotech specializes in the research, development, production, and promotion of alternative antibiotic preparations for animals, which primarily include bacteriophages, probiotics, plant extracts, novel acid preparations, high-efficiency disinfectants, and so on.
Qihe Biotech — Qihe Biotech develops novel genome editing technologies with an emphasis on making them autonomous and programmable.

Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.

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.

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.

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.

ZSVC is a Chinese venture capital firm specialized in seed and early stage investments.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Pixmoving — PIX Moving develop and manufacture the next-gen smart vehicles powered by its proprietary Ultra-skateboard chassis platform. PIX is an innovator and global leader of groundbreaking smart connected vehicles. Based on the research and development of PIX Ultra-skateboard chassis platform, a wide range of purpose-built robo-vehicles, commercialvehicles and passenger cars can be built and developed. Currently PIX products have expanded to 20 countries around the world and the company is growing rapidly. With the modular architecture, PIX products are more smart and flexible, covering 30+ application scenarios worldwide, which makes PIX a full-stack autonomous driving company with the most versatile scenario solutions. Moreover , PIX has developed the award-winning large-scale in-house metal 3D printing system, the dieless forming system as well as the real-time manufacturing. Combined with its patented vehicle generative design algorithms, PIX is capable of reducing vehicle parts and the assembly work by 70%, which enables easier maintenance and meanwhile disrupts the automotive industry from design to manufacturing, beaconing the next-generation of smart vehicle production.
Stial — Stial is a manufacturer of adaptable polishing robots.
Prim Semiconductor — Prim Semiconductor specializes in ultra-high precision motion solutions, wafer transfer (EFEM), precision parts production, and comprehensive equipment research and development. The company focuses on providing integrated solutions across various sectors, including semiconductors, integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing, and new energy applications.

CITIC Capital Holdings is an alternative investment management and advisory company headquartered in China.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Xiaohongshu — Xiaohongshu is a lifestyle-sharing platform for users to share positive energy and good life through the sharing of text, pictures, and videos. Xiaohongshu offers an overseas shopping tip app. Xiaohongshu started its business by helping overseas travelers to draft a shopping list before they hit the roads. But with the aggregation of more UGCcontent, the service is transforming into a community for those who are passionate about fashion and shopping and want to know more about these fields even though they do not have overseas traveling plans on their schedules.
Healthy Tree — Healthy Tree is a comprehensive solution provider for self-medication devices.
Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.

Vinno Capital focuses on early-stage venture investments in ICT and healthcare-related fields.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Hardware
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Huachen Core Light — Huachen Core Light is a semiconductor technology company that produces and manufactures optical communications and laser chips.
Beijing Ruidaen Technology Co. — Beijing Ruidaen Technology Co. is a manufacturer of target detection, radio interference, and laser electronic series.
Northern Hemisphere Technology — Northern Hemisphere Technology is a high-tech company specializing in automotive-grade one-piece molded inductors. Northern Hemisphere focuses on high-performance and high-quality products, uses technology to serve customers and the market.

ULTIMA is an investment management firm.

Investment focus

Hardware, Software, Agriculture
Angel, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Maimai — Maimai provides software and hardware smart care solutions for middle-to-high-end institutions, senior citizens, communities and home care.
Mol Breeding — Mol Breeding is a biotech firm that focuses on animal and plants molecular breeding technology R&D and services.

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.

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.

ASBV focuses on early and mid-term venture capital investments.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Angel
China, Australia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kaiyue Life — Kaiyue Life focuses on small molecule medication research & development for the treatment of human Ras mutant solid tumours.
Boundary Intelligent Control — Boundary Intelligent is specialized in creating airborne systems, such as flight control systems, that satisfy the needs of civil aircraft, as well as enhancing the ecology of the civil aviation industry and constructing aircraft perception, navigation, decision-making, and planning capabilities.
Longyue Mechanical and Electrical Technology — Longyue Mechanical and Electrical Technology engaged in technologies, strengthened linkages, and provided commercial aircraft services.

Hillhouse Venture Capital is an investment institution established by Hillhouse Capital that focuses on investing in early-stage startups.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, Singapore, Norway

Portfolio highlights

TARS — Zhihang Zhong is a prominent researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly known for his work on integrating spatial perception and reasoning into AI systems.
Xinyanyi Code — Xinyanyi Code is an artificial intelligence programming application service provider that focuses on AI Coding and benchmarks the American intelligent code generation product Cursor.
Deepin Technology — Deepin Technology is a company that utilizes artificial intelligence, quantum chemistry, and high-throughput experiment technologies to enhance the efficiency and workflow of chemical material innovation. it offers efficient R&D solutions for chemical materials, aiming to solve lab bottlenecks, promote innovative research, and enhance customervalue.

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.

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.

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.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, Singapore, Austria

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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.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

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Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
Aerem — Make the switch to rooftop solar effortlessly with Aerem solution's innovative solar finance and technology solutions. Discover how we're making solar adoption easier than ever before and start saving on your energy costs.
Piece — Piece is a digital real estate platform offering the easiest and most transparent way to participate in income-producing real estate in Europe. Our mission is to make real estate ownership inclusive and more accessible.

Orient Securities Capital Investment is an private equity fund business platform.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
China

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News Dart — News Dart is a manufacturer of precision planetary reducers and helps promote automation and intelligence transmission solutions.
Picea Motion — Picea Motion is a precision harmonic drive company that specializes in the development and production of harmonic speed reducers.
Xinhui Lianxin — Xinhui Lianxin is an electronic component manufacturer, mainly engaged in the manufacturing of special equipment for semiconductor devices, semiconductor discrete devices, power electronic components, integrated circuit manufacturing, integrated circuit chips and product manufacturing.

Shenzhen Green Pine Capital Partners Co. Ltd. (“GPCP”) was established in 2007, with the investment team assembled in 2000. GPCP is one of the most time-honored Chinese VC companies that boast experience in areas such as biotech, new materials, new resources and AI, etc. Currently, GPCP manages assets over 15 billion RMB through 21 special fundsand have invested 7 billion RMB into 388 enterprises among which 14 are listed on NEEQ and 48 of them are either listed or acquired by listed companies, including BGI(300676.SZ), Aurora(600666.SH), Nationz Tech(300077.SZ), Foresee(002530.SZ), Qudian(NASDAQ:QD), etc. GPCP invested in the angel round of BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute), Royole, Kuang-Chi, Appotronics, BMF, C-one, Arrayed Materials and other star enterprises.GPCP is based in Shenzhen, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. GPCP also runs two GPI incubators and an incubator for overseas Chinese scientists who start businesses in China.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Angel
China, United States, Canada

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Neurogin — Neurogin is a bioelectronics company that provides reliable monitoring and auxiliary diagnostic tools for clinical and health institutions and focuses on advanced engineering methods for brain science research and clinical diagnosis.
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NAEN Auto Technology — Shanghai NAEN Auto Technology co.Ltd provides automotive electronics products for automobile manufacturers.

Danen Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on high-growth fields, such as information technology and internet, renewable energy and environmental, advanced manufacturing industry, biotechnology and medical science, and healthcare.

Investment focus

B2B, Fashion, Medical
Series A, Angel, Seed
China, United States

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SynMetaBio — SynMetaBio is a company that develops synthetic biological materials, combining synthetic biology and material design. Their business modules include bio-based medical beauty, functional recombinant proteins, and medical aesthetic materials, including bionic bio-based leather.
Meiyou Technology — Meiyou Technology is a DNA synthesizer developer focusing on enzymatic long-fragment DNA synthesis and splicing technology. They use high-throughput synthesizers to reduce DNA synthesis costs and offer gene design services for the biotechnology industry.
01 Life Science and Technology — Shenzhen is a high-tech firm dedicated to the application of human micro-ecological technology to develop solutions for a healthy life. It also offers solutions for clinical research and diagnosis and treatment of diseases. It was stablished in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Lilly Asia Ventures (LAV) is a leading biomedical venture capital firm headquartered in China, with offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Palo Alto.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

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Fine Vision — Fine Vision is a company with R&D facilities in Nanjing and Wuhan that focuses on femtosecond laser application research in the fields of ocular surgery and biomaterial processing. The entire femtosecond laser corneal refractive surgery equipment, its first commercially available item, was developed by the university's WuhanOptoelectronics National Research Center under the Huazhong Technology Technology transition.
Stairway Medical — Stairway Medical is a developer of implantable brain-computer interface technology.
Timberlyne Therapeutics — Taking Best-in-Class Therapies to New Heights Our mission is to bring life-changing medicines to patients living with autoimmune diseases. About Us Timberlyne Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of transformational therapies for autoimmune diseases. We are leveraging the extensive drug development expertise

BOHE Angel Fund is an investment Fund.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Angel, Series A, Seed
China

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QuarkMed — QuarkMed is a nuclear medicine clinical CRO service company.
Tyligand Bioscience — Tyligand Bioscience is a biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics to help patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases. Tyligand's pharmaceuticals are designed to target and treat tumors and autoimmune disorders, enabling healthcare professionals to prescribe more effective medicine andimprove health outcomes.
Yili Pharmaceutical — Yili Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical R&D company that mainly engages in biochemical product technology R&D, medical research and experimental development, engineering and technology research and experimental development, and software development.

Bits x Bites is a food tech VC that invests in early-stage startups tackling global food system challenges. It targets companies innovating across the food supply chain, from farming, production, distribution, and logistics, to consumer goods and food services.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, Israel, Singapore

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Cataya Bio — Cataya Bio (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a product company powered by an advanced engineering biology platform and biomanufacturing. We engineer microbes and develop clean fermentation processes to manufacture products of high purity, at low cost, and in a sustainable way. We strive to help the world to transition away from petroleum and addressimportant global issues in environmental preservation, carbon emission and climate change.
Ketai Bio — Ketai Bio is a synthetic biology company dedicated to the R&D, production and sales of high value-added bio-based products.
Changjin Biotechnology — Changjin Biotechnology engages in the research, development, and industrialization of microbial synthetic proteins.

Supporting the next generation of entpreneurs in enterprise, healthcare, and consumer with disruptive potential.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, South Korea

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VOC AI — VOC AI offers AI tools for ecommerce insights and customer service solutions.
AscentStream — AscentStream is a software development company that provides cloud messaging software and stream processing solutions.
Shengrun New Materials — Shengrun New Materials is an aerogel material and system solution service provider integrating advanced material process research and development, product application development, advanced production line design, and mature system solutions.

Starlight Capital provides investment and assistance to companies from the digital industry. It searches for businesses that are focusing on digital transformation and helps with its management. Starlight Capital is based in Shanghai, China.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Robotics, Software
Series A, Series C, Series B
China

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Mol Breeding — Mol Breeding is a biotech firm that focuses on animal and plants molecular breeding technology R&D and services.
Wanxun Technology — Wanxun Technology is a service robot developer dedicated to flexible, dexterous and interactive service robots for industries and families.
Kedian Intelligent Cloud — Kedian Intelligent Cloud is an innovative enterprise focusing on the field of industrial hemp.

Innoangel Fund is an investment firm that invests in early stage companies.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Software
Angel, Seed, Series A
China, Canada, Hong Kong

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Qianjue Technology — Qianjue Technology is a company that created the first full-stack application-level robot model and offers cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions to robot manufacturers.
Shifang Technology — Shifang Technology is a high-tech enterprise that provides integrated intelligent equipment for manufacturing industries.
Anquan Digital Intelligence — Anquan Digital Intelligence is an internet security technology service provider specializing in network security breach detection and defense, data risk and protection, artificial intelligence.

Med-Fine Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on early stage investments in China healthcare industry. The company is headquartered in Shanghai with offices in Beijing and Shenzhen.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States

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ZD Medical — ZD Medical develops phase variance optical coherence tomography that can detect macular degeneration and retinal microvascular proliferation caused by diabetes at the same time. It is a non-invasive, early-detection technology for diabetic retinopathy. ZD Medical's phase variance optical coherence tomography can detect both maculardegeneration and retinal microvascular proliferation caused by diabetes. ZD Medical brings together scientific and technological elites from both at home and abroad to pursue the development and manufacture of high-quality medical devices, and is dedicated to providing practical overall solutions for medical diagnosis and clinical treatment in order to benefit humanity's medical and health causes.
BV Laser — BV Laser is a manufacturer of medical beauty equipment.
Allink Biotherapeutics — Allink Biotherapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on oncology and immunological treatment.

Zoo Capital is focusing on early-stage investments in technology, healthcare, and consumer companies.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Series B
China, Hong Kong, United States

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TabbyML — Tabby is an open-source AI coding assistant that empowers developers to code faster and smarter. Discover a self-contained alternative to GitHub Copilot, tailored for your development needs.
Mol Breeding — Mol Breeding is a biotech firm that focuses on animal and plants molecular breeding technology R&D and services.
Xingan Technology — Xingan Technology is a developer of SiC power semiconductor products.

Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group is an accelerator and venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, Hong Kong, United States

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TARS — Zhihang Zhong is a prominent researcher in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly known for his work on integrating spatial perception and reasoning into AI systems.
Zhuji Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots
Deepin Technology — Deepin Technology is a company that utilizes artificial intelligence, quantum chemistry, and high-throughput experiment technologies to enhance the efficiency and workflow of chemical material innovation. it offers efficient R&D solutions for chemical materials, aiming to solve lab bottlenecks, promote innovative research, and enhance customervalue.

EDBI invests in high growth technology sectors. EDBI Creates value and empowers companies to build sustainable legacies.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Series C, Series B, Series D
United States, Singapore, China

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Island — Meet Island, the Enterprise Browser that gives you control over SaaS governance, visibility and productivity. Secure your critical data and apps with Island.
Nuevocor — Nuevocor is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing gene therapy‑based treatments that have the potential to restore cardiac function in diseased hearts.
Callio Therapeutics — Callio Therapeutics focuses on developing next-generation, multi-payload antibody-drug conjugates to maximize therapeutic benefits.

Ruijiang Investment is a market-oriented, professional and international fund management company focusing on equity investment funds, industrial investment funds and asset management business, with a management scale of more than 2 billion yuan.

Investment focus

Medical, Biotechnology, Electronics
Seed, Series A, Series C
China

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Tuo Rui Jing — Tuo Rui Jing is a global molecular diagnostic company with technological innovation at its core.
Ruixun Biotech — Ruixun Biotech is a Healthcare company.
Qianjue Technology — Qianjue Technology is a company that created the first full-stack application-level robot model and offers cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions to robot manufacturers.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

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Instalimb — Instalimb is the world's first 3D printing prosthesis business.
Penetrator — Penetrator transforms the real estate market with space technology, tackling transaction issues and forming landslide observation systems.
Umee Technologies — Umee Technologies is an IT firm that offers full-stack development, conversational AI, and psychological analysis engine services.

Loyal Valley Capital is a thematic, research-driven private equity firm.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Series C, Series B, Series A
China, United States, Hong Kong

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DP Technology — DP Technology is a global leader in the "AI for Science" research paradigm, where AI learns scientific principles and data, then tackles key challenges in scientific research and industrial R&D.DP's commitment to interdisciplinary research has led to the creation of the DP "Particle Universe", an array of pre-trainedlarge science models designed to bridge foundational research with practical industrial applications. DP's software suite includes the Bohrium® Scientific Research Space, Hermite® Computational Drug Design Platform, RiDYMO® Dynamics Platform, and Piloteye® Battery Design Automation Platform. Together, these platforms form a robust foundation for industrial innovation and an open ecosystem for AI in science, fostering advancements in key areas such as drug discovery, energy, material science, and information technology.
DP Technology — Deep Technology uses a new generation of molecular simulation technology to tackle micro-scale industrial design difficulties. Founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing China.
Core Medical Technology — Core Medical Technology is a technology enterprise mainly engaged in the research, production, development, and sales of implantable left ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal ventricular assist devices, percutaneous interventional ventricular assist devices, and equipment. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

The Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative launched by Alibaba Group in 2015 to help entrepreneurs and young graduates realize their dreams and vision. Two separate funds have been set up in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively to support specific programs in each place.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States

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Vpon Holdings — Vpon Holdings is an AI big data analysis and advertising company.
Ziwu Technology — Ziwu Technology offers the conversion of bio-based waste into sustainable new materials and provides environmentally friendly solutions.
Rice Robotics Limited — The friendliest robot at your service.

Sherpa Venture Capital is an investment firm that focuses on the investment and cultivation of the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industry. It also specializes in the investment and management of sector leaders and innovators within the Pharma, GeneTech, MedTech, Medical services, and various sub-sectors, where they have established robust portfoliosources, lasting value-adding cooperations and relationships, as well as mature all-cycle services with key resources. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Kenya

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AusperBio — AusperBio is a Phase II clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming hepatitis B treatment for a cure and advancing oligonucleotide therapeutics. Leveraging their innovative and proprietary Med-Oligo™ ASO platform with effective targeted delivery technologies, AusperBio strives to unleash the power of ASO therapeutics to treata wide range of diseases, including viral infections, metabolic conditions, genetic disorders, and immune diseases.
Kunwei Technology — Kunwei Technology manufactures high-precision force sensors (six-axis force sensors) as well as force control systems. It is involved in the research and development, manufacturing, sales, and technological promotion of intelligent force sensors, as well as the development of force sensor products for the robot and other intelligent equipmentindustries. It provides force measurement systems as well as goods connected to measurement and other industries.
New Vision Medical — New Vision Medical is an IT infrastructure service provider that offers clinical trial-related digital platforms and services.

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