# Jun Ueki > Jun Ueki is a seed investor at Keiretsu Forum Japan backing Biopharma and Biotechnology. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Keiretsu Forum Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum-japan) - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Feb 2023 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jun-ueki-%E6%A4%8D%E6%9C%A8-%E6%BD%A4-43733214a Jun Ueki is a seed investor at Keiretsu Forum Japan focused on Biopharma and Biotechnology. Jun Ueki is the CEO at Keiretsu Forum Japan. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Biopharma | 1 | 33% | | Biotechnology | 1 | 33% | | Food Processing | 1 | 33% | | Food and Beverage | 1 | 33% | | Information Technology | 1 | 33% | ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 33% | | Funding Round | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Michroma | Michroma is a biotech platform that produces natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. It uses synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable foodcolorants which we are prototyping with some of the top food & beverage and cosmetic companies in the world. We are also producing mycoprotein and many more ingredients to come. It accelerated by Indiebio (Batch 9) and we are part of Mista. Michroma is based in Rosario, Argentina and San Francisco, USA. | $6.4M | Seed | Feb 01, 2023 | | | CarLabs | It is an Automotive AI startup dedicated to rethinking the way people buy, sell, finance, insure and maintain their cars. It is the creator of Carla, the world’s first conversational agent for all things automotive. Carla uses a proprietary API that helps translate user needs into data sets and complex data into user friendly language. It is thecar expert you’ve always needed on hand, only smarter | | | Feb 10, 2018 | | | CarLabs | It is an Automotive AI startup dedicated to rethinking the way people buy, sell, finance, insure and maintain their cars. It is the creator of Carla, the world’s first conversational agent for all things automotive. Carla uses a proprietary API that helps translate user needs into data sets and complex data into user friendly language. It is thecar expert you’ve always needed on hand, only smarter | | | | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Be8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/be8-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Boro Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boro-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [CJ CheilJedang Corp.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-cheiljedang-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Fen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fen-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [HackCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foodhack) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Groundswell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groundswell-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Keiretsu Forum Japan VC Fund 1 contacts available at Keiretsu Forum Japan. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Jun Ueki | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-ueki | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund - [OrbiMed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbimed-advisors) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Newtopia VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newtopia-vc) — VC Fund - [NXTP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nxtp-ventures) — VC Fund - [Alaya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alaya-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [All Angel Investors in Argentina](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-argentina) - [Biotechnology Angel Investors in LATAM](https://shizune.co/investors/biotechnology-angel-investors-latam) - [Biotechnology Investors in Argentina](https://shizune.co/investors/biotechnology-investors-argentina) - [Enterprise Angel Investors in Argentina](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-argentina) - [Health Care Investors in Argentina](https://shizune.co/investors/health-care-investors-argentina) - [Biotech Angel Investors in LATAM](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-angel-investors-latam) ## FAQ ### What does Jun Ueki invest in? Jun Ueki invests primarily in Biopharma, Biotechnology and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Argentina. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Jun Ueki last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Jun Ueki closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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