# Kiichiro DeLuca

> Kiichiro DeLuca is a funding round investor at WERU Investment backing Pharmaceutical. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [WERU Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weru-investment)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiichiro/

Kiichiro DeLuca is a VC at WERU Investment. He Attended University of Colorado Boulder.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Synfini | Synfini, Inc., a privately held Menlo Park, California-based company, is a pioneer in agile chemistry. Its advanced, automated molecular discovery platform is transforming drug discovery through integrated neuro-symbolic AI, discovery-focused robotic automation, and world-class chemistry data. The patented Synfini platform includes automatedchemical synthesis technologies from SRI International. As a commercial enterprise Synfini will provide accelerated molecular discovery to drug hunters and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. | $8.9M |  | Jul 07, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SRI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sri-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ferocity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ferocity-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [High Water Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-water-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JSL Health Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jsl-health-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About WERU Investment

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

As a pioneer and innovator in venture capital in Japan for the past 2 decades, we are deeply engaged in developing and supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups by leveraging our strategic position as a conduit between government, business and academia.“WERU” is the first research unit in the field of entrepreneurship in Japan established byprofessors at the graduate school, Waseda University in 1993.　“WERU Investment” is the first venture capital closely associated with university research labs, centers and institutes in japan. WERU Investment provides financial services for institutional investors (e.g. Pension funds and Endowments) as a Japanese discretionary investment manager (DIM) by fully taking advantage of these research resources, accumulated know-how and strong network.

4 contacts available at WERU Investment.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haruto Asaumi | Head of Fund Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haruto-asaumi |
| Hiroshi Imasaki | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshi-imasaki |
| Keisuke Kikuchi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keisuke-kikuchi |
| Kiichiro DeLuca | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiichiro-deluca |

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## FAQ

### What does Kiichiro DeLuca invest in?

Kiichiro DeLuca invests primarily in Pharmaceutical and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kiichiro DeLuca last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kiichiro DeLuca closed in Jul 2025. 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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