# HI-LEX Corporation

> HI-LEX Corporation is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Medical, Robotics and Manufacturing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hi-lex-corporation
- Website: http://www.hi-lex.co.jp/e/

HI-LEX Corporation is a Japanese corporation specializing in the manufacture and sale of remote-controlling electrical cables .

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |

## 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 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Bic camera — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Brother — 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
- [NAC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nac-b87d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TIS Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HI-LEX Corporation invest in?

HI-LEX Corporation invests primarily in Medical, Robotics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did HI-LEX Corporation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HI-LEX Corporation closed in Dec 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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