# Euglena

> Euglena is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/euglena_jp
- Website: http://www.euglena.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euglena.co.jp

Euglena is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. euglena Co., Ltd. engages in the research, development, production, and sale of microalgae with a focus on euglena. The company also manufactures and sells foods and cosmetics using euglena. It offers green juices, cookie bars, beverages, dietary supplements, and raw materials, as well as contract manufacturing/processing services; and skincare products.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 38% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 38% |
| Snack Food | 2 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 25% |
| SNS | 1 | 13% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 7 | 88% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mitsuru Izumo | Representative Director and President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsuru-izumo |
| Akihiko Nagata | Executive Vice President COO | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akihiko-nagata |
| Daisuke Susa | Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-susa |
| Junnosuke Awa | Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/junnosuke-awa |
| Kengo Suzuki | Co-Founder & Executive Officer Research and Development | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kengo-suzuki |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Misaky Tokyo | MisakyTokyo provides food and beverage services. | $3.7M | Seed | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| KAICO | KAICO is a pharmaceuticals, diagnostic drugs production company. | $2.3M | Series A | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate | Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate sells cacao beans and handmade chocolate. Their product line includes chocolate rare cheesecake, cacao tours, chocolate bars, sweets, chocolate sandwich cookies, and sweets. Their products serve consumers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 13, 2020 |  |
| NeuroSpace | NeuroSpace is a science venture that leads human's 24 hours to a new level with Neuroscience Technology, which elucidates the mystery of sleep . | $35.4M | Series A | Apr 08, 2019 |  |
| Medcare | Medcare is a medical service corporation. | $86.5M | Series A | Apr 27, 2018 |  |
| Pocket Marche | Pocket Marche is a smartphone app that allows you to buy food while talking with farmers and fishermen across the country. | $25.5M | Seed | Sep 29, 2017 |  |
| Amelieff | Amelieff provides bioinformatic skills and knowledge to help bio-researchers. The company's bioinformaticians analyzes data by using open-source software and in-house developed tools. The company delivers data analysis servers made of widely used bioinformatics software. Servers may be customized on request, such as organisms’ genome. Thecompany also offers bioinformatics skill training. Training can be at a desired site and schedule, and the contents may be customized to customers demands.Amelieff was founded in July 2009 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $7.1M |  | Feb 15, 2016 |  |
| Meltin MMI | Meltin MMI is a cyborg-technology company that focuses on biosensors and robotic arms. Meltin has successfully enabled fine finger movements, such as for amputees and participated in Cybathlon 2016 and won the Microsoft Innovation Award. | $8.5M | Seed | Feb 15, 2016 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UntroD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Real Tech Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Euglena invest in?

Euglena invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Snack Food startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 Euglena?

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### Who are the partners at Euglena?

The team at Euglena includes Mitsuru Izumo (Representative Director and President), Akihiko Nagata (Executive Vice President COO) and Daisuke Susa (Executive Officer), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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