# KISCO

> KISCO is a VC fund in Osaka backing Health Care and Medical. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.kisco-net.co.jp/

KISCO is a VC fund in Osaka focused on Health Care and Medical. KISCO engages in the sales of synthetic resins, chemicals, electronics materials, and packaging materials. KISCO offers domestic demand import and export services. KISCO Corporation was founded in 1921 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for KISCO. Shizune tracks 1 team members at KISCO. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/kisco?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 60% |
| Medical | 2 | 40% |
| Nursing and Residential Care | 2 | 40% |
| Robotics | 1 | 20% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Koichi Kishimoto | President and CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koichi-kishimoto-9f3e |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gaudi Clinical | Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments. | $8.9M | Series A | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| Gaudi Clinical | Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments. | $8.9M | Series A | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| United Immunity | United Immunity is a research, development, manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals, mainly for cancer immunotherapy. | $4.5M | Series B | Sep 07, 2021 |  |
| EditForce | EditForce develops drugs and seeds by using nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) manipulation technologies. | $24.8M | Seed | Feb 03, 2016 |  |
| Seven Dreamers Laboratories | Seven Dreamers Laboratories is the maker of personal-use devices dedicated to creating totally novel, world-first products. The company develops carbon tool, medical equipment with haute couture design, and a household laundry robot. It targets to commercialize the Laundroid, a laundry-folding robot that uses image-recognition algorithms and techto identify types of clothing, such as t-shirts, towels, and pants, fold each one appropriately, and sort them by item or family member.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $212.6M | Series A | Jun 08, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jic-venture-growth-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Creation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirai-soso-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-sumitomo-insuarance-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does KISCO invest in?

KISCO invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Nursing and Residential Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 KISCO?

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### Who are the partners at KISCO?

The team at KISCO includes Koichi Kishimoto (President and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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