Top 50 Medical VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2026
Top 50 Medical VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2026
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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Superworm — Superworm is a producer of environmentally friendly and long-term solutions to societal challenges. The company undertakes genome editing research and sells protein powders, biofuels, and organic fertilizers made from superworms, allowing customers to consume insect-derived proteins and biofuels.
- Japan Agriculture — Exportation of Japanese agricultural products is currently small in volume. While Japanese farmers aspire to export their products to foreign countries for more people to enjoy and local consumers universally share the positive perception of the quality of Japanese agricultural products, issues such as price, communication, and logistics hinder theexpansion of exportation.They aim to solve these issues and satisfy the needs of both Japanese farmers and global consumers which are so clearly evident but devastatingly unmet.
- Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, India
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- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
- Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.
Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Ichirou — Ichirou provides digital senior care support services to connect elderly people with caretakers. It offers caretaker services for different types of support, including housework, hospital care, nursing, hospital and doctor visits, and shopping assistance.
- 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 .
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
- Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Japan, United Kingdom
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- Space quarters — Space Quarters is a manufacturing company that produces payload deploy and panels, and develops space assembly robotic systems.
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, United States, Israel
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- QREATION — QREATION is a digital intellectual property studio specializing in producing a wide range of popular content that originates primarily from social media platforms. The company focuses on creating high-quality short-form entertainment, including short dramas, comedy sketches, and variety shows.
- Forward — Forward is a SaaS-based startup that offers recruitment agency services.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Health Care, Internet, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, Ethiopia
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- CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
- Global Trust Networks — Global Trust Networks is a company that helps foreigners to live in Japan
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, Singapore, Austria
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- Innovacell — Innovacell is a biotechnology firm entirely focused on the area of tissue engineering and it operates one of Europe's largest and most modern production facilities for the proliferation of the body's own tissue cells. Its supervisory board is chaired by the experienced financial expert, Dr. Harald Pöttinger, a director of Alpine EquityManagement AG, based in Bregenz, Austria. Innovacell currently employs 20 staff as well as numerous outside experts.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
- Blue Whale Energy — Blue Whale Energy connects and optimises distributed batteries across Singapore, helping businesses and solar developers unlock new revenue streams while supporting a cleaner, more reliable grid.
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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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, India
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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.
- Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, South Korea, United States
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- Fivot — Fivot is a financial company that provides venture capital, financing, credit, money lending, and prepaid payment services.
- MODE — With offices in both San Mateo, California, and Tokyo, Japan. The company is rapidly growing with now over fifty employees and is in business to provide end-to-end semi-custom IoT and AI solutions for organizations to improve their operations by connecting them to their data, giving them “real-time” insights, so they can turn innovative ideas intosustainable solutions that address a wide range of challenges.Simple, yet powerful, our latest "next generation" BizStack IoT and BizStack AI solutions are comprised of a continuous improvement technology stack that collects real-time data from any sensor, device, product, equipment, or legacy system. The data is then sanitized, uniquely structured, and provided to highly customizable, intuitive dashboards with powerful insights, along with proper security in the cloud for ongoing IoT and AI applications.BizStack can be deployed 4X faster and 75% less expensively than in-house developers or outside consultants.
- OPTEMO — OPTEMO develops and supplies sales technology that allows businesses and customers to connect through a website.
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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- Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Mui Lab — Mui is an aesthetically-pleasing wooden IoT device connected to a cloud service. By accessing information through natural wood, we can rethink a new type of lifestyle.
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
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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- Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan
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- 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.
- FerroptoCure — FerroptoCure is a research firm that specializes in ferroptosis research and the development of therapeutic drugs to treat diseases.
- 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.
DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Canada
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- enpay — enpay is a SaaS platform that offers cashless collection services.
- Banzai — Leverage Banzai's event solutions to transform your bored registrants into paying customers. Learn more about Reach and Demio today.
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
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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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, United States, China
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- 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.
- NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States
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- Nstock — Nstock is specialized in developing SAAS based applications for ecosystem.
- STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
- Oceanic Constellations, Inc — Oceanic Constellations empowers ocean visualization with a network of autonomous surface drones and advanced marine monitoring technology.
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Australia
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- Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
- Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Helpfeel — Our vision is to make saving, sharing, and exploring ideas as natural as breathing. On this journey we're humbled to be helping millions around the world from solo makers to university research labs, from gamers to pro designers, and large to small teams like ours.
- Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Cognigy — Automate customer and employee services through Conversational AI implementation across any organization with Cognigy. Book demo or try free now!
The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.
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- Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
- RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
- Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
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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- 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.
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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- Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, Myanmar
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- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- 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.
- ORENDA WORLD — ORENDA focuses on developing high-definition 3D simulation systems that apply gamification and real-time rendering technology.
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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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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- iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
- Zen Intelligence — SoftRoid provides a software robot that patrols and collects data for analyzing the construction site.
- Catallaxy — Catallaxy is operates Japan's easiest-to-understand manufacturing industry media and sheet metal processing media.
IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.
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- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Japan, Germany
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- Ubitus — As cloud gaming enablers, Ubitus' GPU virtualization, Streaming technology and hybrid cloud deployment can serve different kinds of solutions for Telco, Game companies to quick enter cloud gaming market. Moreover, Ubitus provide Global distribution and New Media content solution for new media studio and fashion brand to help them distribute rich media contents worldwide.
- Drivezy — Own the Experience, not the Car
- Address — ADDress is a provider of co-living spaces in both urban and rural areas, enabling people to live in a range of luxurious residences at fixed prices.
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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- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, United States
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- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
- Upward — UPWARD is highly by linking CRM · schedule map / location information, is a cloud service for the visiting business of field sales easier. Field salespersons who have many customers and who are out of the office feel that it is difficult to grasp all customers to Kampek and measure the timing of visits no matter how memorable they are.
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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- iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
- Ichirou — Ichirou provides digital senior care support services to connect elderly people with caretakers. It offers caretaker services for different types of support, including housework, hospital care, nursing, hospital and doctor visits, and shopping assistance.
- Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
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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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, United States, China
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- 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 is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
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- Fivot — Fivot is a financial company that provides venture capital, financing, credit, money lending, and prepaid payment services.
- Zen Intelligence — SoftRoid provides a software robot that patrols and collects data for analyzing the construction site.
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, China
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- Morus — Morus is a university-based biotech startup developing functional food ingredients from silkworms to address global health and nutrition challenges.
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
- AI Silk — AI Silk are innovative conductive fibers produced with a dyeing technique. By using natural silk and giving conductivity to the fiber itself, They have succeeded in producing electrodes that reduce some of the risks and challenges of conventional medical electrodes, which can cause discomfort,skin and in vivo inflammation, and measurement failuredue to sweat or other elements. Their brand, AI Silk, is a new material that has strong and diverse application potential, even beyond the health / medical field.
Tsukuba Institute of Research (筑波総研) is an R&D center owned by housing and wood products group Sumitomo Forestry. The facility develops technologies to make more effective use of wood in a wide range of fields.
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- Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Japan
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- LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
- Celaid Therapeutics — Celaid Therapeutics specializes in manufacturing and sales of regenerative medicine products utilizing human hematopoietic stem cells.
- Veneno Technologies — Veneno Technologies engages in the research and development of therapeutic disulfide-rich peptides and contribute to advanced medicine.
KSP, Inc. is the core business entity responsible for operating the Kanagawa Science Park (KSP) and has accepted the challenge of creating new industries through the support, development, and incubation of venture businesses. We provide a variety of business support services that best meet the needs of venture businesses in each stage of theirbusiness growth, ranging from the processes of startup and growth to public offerings. Several hundreds of new startup companies have been created and nurtured since its foundation. An incubation manager (IM) acts as a coordinator and provides a variety of support services to a venture company to help them successfully launch and develop their new business, such as offering individual consultations and a variety of information or advice. KSP, Inc. is well poised to cope with the varying needs of new ventures for highly sophisticated, specialized tasks by offering a business school, business support center, business matching services, and investment funds.The public sector, such as the Kanagawa prefectural government, Kawasaki city government, and the Development Bank of Japan, Inc., has an equity participation in KSP, thus playing a vital role in the deployment of local industrial development policy.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan
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- 3DC — 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices.
- THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
- Mira Robotics — Mira Robotics is a software based company provide services that can robots in various fields.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital, and other credit-related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries, and affiliates in the various businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.
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- Financial Services, Energy, Finance
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
- Japan, United States, India
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- VPBank — As one of the earliest-established Joint-stock Commercial banks in Vietnam, VPBank has achieved steady development throughout its history. Especially since 2010, VPBank has grown dramatically with the development and implementation of the strategic transformation program diligently with support from one of the world’s leading consulting companies.
- Pacific Energy — Our innovative energy solutions are transforming the way power is generated, delivered, and managed across the nation.
- Waypoint Leasing Services — Waypoint Leasing is a global helicopter leasing company founded in 2013 to provide financing solutions to helicopter operators worldwide. Headquartered in Limerick, Ireland, Waypoint differentiates itself with a senior management team possessing direct helicopter operating and helicopter leasing experience. Their deep operational backgroundtranslates directly to a passion for rotary-wing aviation and a commitment to building long-lasting partnerships.
Honda Motor Co Ltd is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. It distributes motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides, and more in the United States.The company conducts sales, marketing, and operational activities for cars, trucks, sport utilityvehicles, automobile parts and accessories, engines, generators, lawnmowers, tillers, trimmers, multi-purpose utility vehicles, outboard motors, pumps, scooters, and snowblowers through authorized Honda dealers.Honda Automobiles is also specialized in the design and development of race engines, chassis and performance parts, and technical support services.Honda Automobiles was founded in 1959 and is based in Torrance, California. It operates as a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
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- Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Energy
- Corporate Round, Series A, Series C
- United States, Japan, Germany
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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.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
- Sonocharge Energy — Sonocharge energy is developing a platform technology that enables a battery to charge. This technology energizes a range of markets such as transportation electric vehicles, e-mobility, electric bikes, scooters, aerospace, electric airplane, and drones.
Iwagin Jigyo Souzou Capital utilizes industry-academia-government-financed networks to support venture companies. The company was established with the aim of continually working to support entrepreneurship and founding under the management philosophy of contributing to regional revitalization in Iwate.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in Morioka, Iwate.
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- Software, Medical, Internet of Things
- Funding Round, Series B, Seed
- Japan
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- LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
- Robofull — Robofull is a manufacturing firm that specializes in the design and sale of automation equipment for factories to solve the labor shortage.
- Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
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- Health Care, Sports, Medical
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, India, Canada
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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.
- Bisu — Get personalized wellness insights with Vivoo's innovative, science-backed products. Understand your body's needs and take control of your body. Shop now!
- Godot — Godot's mission is to “inspire personal and societal growth through human augmentation”. As part of this mission, we are developing a Behavior Intelligence Platform (BIP) that helps enterprises improve UX, CX, and EX by visualizing human behavior principles and making it easy for anyone to implement insights from behavioral science. Thisplatform leverages evidence from behavioral sciences and advanced AI technologies. Our technology has already proven successful in health insurance industries, resulting in significant improvements in customer retention and satisfaction. Our team comprises experts in AI, behavioral science, and industry-specific applications, bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to our solutions. Together, we are committed to creating a society where everyone can enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life, true to themselves, with the support of Godot's innovative technologies.
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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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Belgium
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- Alumnote — The alumni association management software developed by Alumnote allows schools to manage their alumni associations online. The focus of the company is to undertake loyalty building and marketing for potential donors such as graduates and provides digital tools, and supports the execution of donation acquisition.
- SkyDrive — SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.
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- Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, Singapore, United States
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- Alumnote — The alumni association management software developed by Alumnote allows schools to manage their alumni associations online. The focus of the company is to undertake loyalty building and marketing for potential donors such as graduates and provides digital tools, and supports the execution of donation acquisition.
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
Takeda is a global, research and development-driven pharmaceutical company committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients by translating science into life-changing medicines.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Grant, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- United States, Japan, China
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- Ascentage Pharma — As one of the leading clinical stage biopharmaceutical companies, we develop innovative therapies for global medical needs. Our biotech company is engaged in developing novel approaches for treating cancer.
- Beacon Biosignals — AI + EEG to change the way patients are treated for disorders of the brain.
- Crescendo Biologics — Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Japan
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- NeoPhore — NeoPhore targets the dynamics of cancer neoantigen evolution and makes effective medicines that will become a key part of the next-generation of cancer immunotherapies.
- PhoreMost — PhoreMost is a new-model drug discovery company based in Cambridge, UK: Using its core expertise to open up new ‘druggable’ target space and working with a global network of co-invested academic and industrial collaboration partners, we aim to bring a wide array of novel ‘targeted’ therapies more efficiently to market and pass these cost savingsonto patients.
- SyntaxBio — SyntaxBio develops CRISPR/Cas9-based, genetic programming platform that converts cells into biological computers using DNA-based instructions that read like lines of code. SyntaxBio's platform can program cells without the need for consistent external intervention.
Quantum Leaps Ventures establish and invest in internet and technology companies.
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- Consulting, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan, Malaysia
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- Agatyca — Agatyca is an IT company that develops customized solutions to optimize payment system processes for organizations.
- CareMaker — CareMaker is a technology company that develops and operates visit schedule management and regional collaboration cloud services.
- Umee Technologies — Umee Technologies is an IT firm that offers full-stack development, conversational AI, and psychological analysis engine services.
FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.
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- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, United States
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- FELIQS — FELIQS is a preclinical-stage start-up company established based on the robust science from molecular pathobiology, department of pharmaceutical science, Kyushu university.
- ATOMica — ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments.
- OPTEMO — OPTEMO develops and supplies sales technology that allows businesses and customers to connect through a website.
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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- Medical, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
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- 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 .
JIC-VGI helps promote innovation and improve its international competitiveness through growth-investments in startup companies. The firm accelerating innovation and helping to solve industrial and social issues by supporting and seeking innovative technologies and new businesses.JIC Venture Growth Investments was established in July 2020 and isbased in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Software, Information Technology, Medical
- Series B, Series C, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore, Thailand
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- Hacobu — Hacobu offers an integrated solution "MOVO (MOVO)" centering on the operation management system utilizing in-vehicle terminals. Connect with carriers and shipping companies sending luggage using an easy-to-use online mechanism. To provide tools to support the management of the shipping company. Through these, it becomes a platform toaccumulate distribution data of various companies, aiming at overall optimization of physical distribution system. That is, "to optimize carrying". That is Hacobu 's mission.
- TeraWatt Technology — Electrifying all for the sustainable future
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.
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- Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
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- Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
- Space quarters — Space Quarters is a manufacturing company that produces payload deploy and panels, and develops space assembly robotic systems.
- Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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- Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
- Omnis — OMNIS
- Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
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- Mined — Mined is a marketplace that provides online lessons in various subjects for elementary school students. Mind develops and operation of education-related services.
- PartnerProp — PartnerProp is a PRM tool with outstanding potential and a wide variety of capabilities that resolves all partner business difficulties.
- Takumi Giken Kogyo — Takumi Giken Kogyo is a price technology developer to help parts manufacturers quickly identify acceptable product prices. Takumi Giken Kogyo assists in estimate calculation and product function through AI drawing search and repeat project determination function, enabling manufacturers with flexible customization of product functions based oncustomer requirements.
D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.
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- Financial Services, Software, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
- Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.
- AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
Gogin Capital provides financial services and invests in insurance companies.
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- Consulting, Manufacturing, Medical
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- Japan, Kenya
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- Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
- CommerceX Holdings — CommerceX Holdings is a DX infrastructure company group that uses technology to replicate retail growth, drawing on on-site knowledge gained from running its own businesses.
Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.
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- Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Israel
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- Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
- Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.
- Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.
Kyoto Capital Partners is an investment company affiliated with the Bank of Kyoto.
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- Retail, Medical, Elder Care
- Series C, Funding Round
- Japan
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- Mui Lab — Mui is an aesthetically-pleasing wooden IoT device connected to a cloud service. By accessing information through natural wood, we can rethink a new type of lifestyle.
- Cizucu — Cizucu is a stock photo community that helps creators and brands to create photos.
- Xperisus — Xperisus provides solutions to government agencies and local governments, such as support for the development of value-added experiences.
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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- Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States
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- 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.
90s aims for mutual growth of each business by returning the high-quality knowledge and networks cultivated within the community to the entrepreneurs who belong to them .
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- Medical, Wellness, Health Care
- Series A
- Japan
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- OASIZ — Oasiz is a creative agency that provides vertical video production and business consulting services.
- MTU — MTU offers medical security cloud services to medical organizations and delivers IT support, including the recent cyber harm to medical institutions, both online and offline.
- Urth — Urth is an IT company that specializes in architectural design by providing corporations with a metaverse for architects' business models.
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