# MAKOTO Capital

> MAKOTO Capital is a VC fund in Sendai backing Medical and Manufacturing. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sendai, Japan
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $110M
- Last fund: Sep 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.mkto-capital.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mkto.capital/

MAKOTO Capital is a VC fund in Sendai focused on Medical and Manufacturing. MAKOTO Capital engages in VC business, venture studio business, and management consulting business.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$4.8M |
| Series B | $13M–$283M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 4 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 19% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Health Care | 3 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 14% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 9 | 43% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 14% |
| Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tomohiro Takei | CEO and President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomohiro-takei |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ElevationSpace | ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Cogsmart | Cogsmart provides services for brain function research and development. In hopes of helping prevent dementia and maintain and improve other cognitive functions, they manufacture and sell software for medical and healthcare devices. | $3M | Series A | Jan 06, 2022 |  |
| ElevationSpace | ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $271.9K | Pre-Seed | Jul 12, 2021 |  |
| Wakaze | Wakaze is a supplier of craft sake beer. They provide products that include beer, other alcoholic beverages, food products, snacks, and drinks. They provide products that are available for online shopping. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $3M | Series A | Jun 12, 2021 |  |
| Sonire Therapeutics | SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future. | $4.8M | Series A | Jun 11, 2021 |  |
| Wired Beans | Wired Beans Inc. supports basic manufacturing stages using novel information technologies. It was founded on October 13, 2009, and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 28, 2021 |  |
| Metcela | Metcela is a clinical-stage biotech startup providing patients with an innovative and alternative treatment option for heart disease. The company's lead asset, MTC001 is a cell therapy based on VCAM-1-positive Cardiac Fibroblast (VCF) that re-established a favorable microenvironment and repaired damaged heart tissues in preclinical studies.Metcela's therapy uses a specific fibroblast cell that is obtained from the patient's heart and instead of replacing them, it repairs the damage by enhancing the cells' ability to heal, providing patients with an effective and reasonably-priced cure for heart failure.It was founded on March 9, 2016, and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan. | $12.7M | Series B | Jan 04, 2021 |  |
| Clue | CLUE, Inc. is a technology startup that develops and offers drone-based operating systems, platforms, cloud services, and smartphone apps. CLUE, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $283.5M | Series B | Dec 21, 2020 |  |
| Sky Pharma | Sky Pharma focus on manufacture and sale of regenerative medicine using low molecular weight compounds. |  |  | Nov 09, 2020 |  |
| Pocket Marche | Pocket Marche is a smartphone app that allows you to buy food while talking with farmers and fishermen across the country. | $92.3M | Series B | Aug 24, 2020 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CAC CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cac-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alfresa Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfresa-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asahi Media Lab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-medialab-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dai-ichi Life](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dai-ichi-life) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does MAKOTO Capital invest in?

MAKOTO Capital invests primarily in Medical, Manufacturing and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is MAKOTO Capital's check size?

MAKOTO Capital typically joins rounds of $3M–$4.8M at Series A and $13M–$283M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds MAKOTO Capital participates in.

### How do I contact MAKOTO Capital?

Public channels for MAKOTO Capital include the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at MAKOTO Capital?

The team at MAKOTO Capital includes Tomohiro Takei (CEO and President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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