# IDATEN Ventures

> IDATEN Ventures is a VC fund in Minato backing Manufacturing, Sales and Medical. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Japan
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last fund: Dec 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/knt137
- Website: https://www.idaten.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idatenventures/

IDATEN Ventures is a VC fund specializing in seed-stage and early-stage startups developing technologies and/or services which will support the following industries: manufacturing, construction, and logistics.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.3M–$9.9M |
| Series A | $1M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 29% |
| Sales | 2 | 12% |
| Medical | 2 | 12% |
| Computer | 2 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 12% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 35% |
| Series A | 5 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 24% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 14 | 82% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astra Food Plan | Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders. | $30.5M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Astra Food Plan | Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders. |  | Seed | May 31, 2022 |  |
| Floadia | Floadia Corporation is an energetic start up, focused on providing embedded non-volatile memory IP solutions.The engineering team came from Renesas who has been developing embedded FLASH technology for over 20 years, including the inventor of "Source Side Injection" for Split Gate FLASH, which is the fundamental technology for commonlyused FLASH architecture today. | $9.9M | Series C | Oct 26, 2020 |  |
| Magic Shields | Magic Shields is a manufacturer and seller of floors, nursing care, and welfare products. | $5.7M | Seed | Sep 11, 2020 |  |
| BitBiome | BitBiome is a biotechnology company focused on analyzing microbial genomes and discovering enzymes and proteins that can be applied across industries such as pharmaceuticals, food production, and sustainable manufacturing. The company uses single-cell microbial sequencing technology to study microbes that are difficult to culture throughconventional laboratory methods, enabling the creation of a large microbial genome database called bit-GEM. Its platform supports enzyme discovery, genome analysis, and bioengineering efforts aimed at developing bio-based alternatives for industrial processes. bitBiome also works with academic institutions and commercial partners on research projects involving areas such as biodegradable materials, biomass conversion, and pharmaceutical ingredient synthesis. The company positions microbes as a resource for advancing the bioeconomy by providing tools and data that support biotechnology research and industrial applications. | $6.6M | Series B | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| QuantumCore | QuantumCore develops reservoir computing solutions, including a multivariate time-series processing solution exceeding the performance of deep learning by diversion of technology in the field of quantum computing. | $22.7M | Series A | Jul 01, 2019 |  |
| ISKEN | ISKEN is a Information Systems Research Institute is a book on information system modeling, architecture. | $18.4M |  | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| keychain | Keychain is the decentralized authentication blockchain platform for finance, IoT, and enterprise. Keychain provides a Decentralized Authentication Platform (tm) that allows clients to solve concrete business problems related to authentication and access control in a way that enhances and integrates cleanly into existing systems and processes.Seamless integration, instead of replacement, is a key advantage to achieving wide adoption of this powerful innovation.They are a technology company that believes in fortifying operational integrity in finance, IoT, and enterprise through well-engineered, business solutions.They do that by applying the blockchain concept in a new way to concrete business problems that they understand through long experience in financial technology infrastructure. | $1M | Series A | Aug 15, 2018 |  |
| ExaWizards | Exa Wizards is integrated the digital sensation that has been conducting research in collaboration with EXAIntelligence | $126.2M |  | Mar 29, 2018 |  |
| TRINUS | TRINUS, which means the trinity of the surprise of the chemical reaction of technology and design in Latin, means the trinity of technology, design and the senses of the user, bringing surprises to people around the world. | $7.8M |  | Feb 14, 2018 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [01booster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/01booster) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agribusiness Investment Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agribusiness-investment-consultation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does IDATEN Ventures invest in?

IDATEN Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Sales and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is IDATEN Ventures's check size?

IDATEN Ventures typically joins rounds of $4.3M–$9.9M at Seed and $1M–$31M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IDATEN Ventures participates in.

### When did IDATEN Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for IDATEN Ventures closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 17 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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