# Brother

> Brother is a VC fund in Bridgewater backing Medical and Manufacturing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bridgewater, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3662804
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/brotheroffice
- Website: https://global.brother
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrotherOffice

Brother is a VC fund in Bridgewater focused on Medical and Manufacturing. Brother Industries is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment company that offers a wide range of consumer electronics. The company operates in business segments where the printing and solutions segment manufactures and sells printers, multifunction devices, fax machines, electronic stationery, and typewriters, among others; thepersonal and home segment offers household sewing machines; the machinery and solution segment provides industrial sewing machines, machine tools, and other industrial equipment; the network and contents segment is engaged sale and service of commercial karaoke equipment, and the provision of contents delivery services; and the industrial component segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of speed reducer and gear.Brother Industries was founded in 1954 and is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 100% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kanekichi Yasui | Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| INNOPHYS | INNOPHYS is developing, designing, manufacturing, consulting and distributing robotics equipment for various industries. Their flagship product, Muscle Suit® is a wearable robot supported by artificial muscle technology, well known for its high quality and reasonable price compared with the same kind of support exoskeletons. The company is planningto expand its business to Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. | $496.1M | Series C | Dec 25, 2019 |  |
| 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. | $43.9M |  | Oct 23, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Bic camera — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fidelity International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-international-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Miraidoa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- HI-LEX Corporation — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NAC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nac-b87d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nissay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nissay-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Brother invest in?

Brother invests primarily in Medical, Manufacturing and Big Data startups, most often at Series C and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Brother?

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### Who are the partners at Brother?

The team at Brother includes Kanekichi Yasui (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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