# Mitsui Chemicals

> Mitsui Chemicals is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Biotechnology. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mitsui-chemicals-group
- Website: http://www.mitsuichemicals.com/

Mitsui Chemicals is a leading manufacturer and supplier of value added specialty chemicals, plastics and materials for the automotive, healthcare, packaging, agricultural, building, and semiconductor and electronics markets. Combining advanced technologies and processing methods, we deliver high performance materials to you for use in thedevelopment of medications, packaging materials, automotive components, building materials and electronic parts and accessories.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 36% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 29% |
| Medical | 2 | 14% |
| Robotics | 2 | 14% |
| Industrial Manufacturing | 2 | 14% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 2 | 14% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 8 | 57% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |
| South Korea | 1 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jun Sasaki | General Manager, Corporate Planning Group | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-sasaki |
| Atsushi Komoriya | Managing execuitive | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atsushi-komoriya |
| Nakajima Hajime | Chief Financial Officer, Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakajima-hajime |
| Osamu Hashimoto | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osamu-hashimoto-52af |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Varinos | Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer. | $7.9M | Series D | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Glydways | Glydways, formerly Wayfarer is a transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium, and extremely high-capacity needs. | $170M | Series C | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Monogusa | Monoxer is a Information Technology. | $12.2M | Series C | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Glydways | Glydways, formerly Wayfarer is a transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium, and extremely high-capacity needs. | $101.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| RLWRLD | RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments. | $14.8M | Seed | Apr 14, 2025 |  |
| Rege Nephro | Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics. | $15.2M | Series B | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Glydways | Glydways, formerly Wayfarer is a transportation technology and clean energy company based in South San Francisco, California. It specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and operation of affordable autonomous transportation for low, medium, and extremely high-capacity needs. | $20M | Series B | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Apeiron Bioenergy | Apeiron Bioenergy is an integrated global player in the entire chain of bioenergy products from feedstock to the end and by-products. |  | Corporate Round | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Monozukuri Ventures | We Make Hardware Startups Together. Empowering people to build high-quality products.For startup founders, it takes more than funding to bridge the gap between idea and product/market fit. With our unique way of supporting startups with manufacturing needs, we partner with startups for the long term and work hand-in-glove with our portfolioevery step of the way to grow their businesses. Monozukuri Ventures (former Makers Boot Camp) is an early stage VC focused on hardware startup investments in the US & Japan.Our mission is to help the world’s entrepreneurs deliver high-quality products to the market, regardless of production volume. As a global ecosystem contributor, we provide founders with essential resources such as investment, mentorship, prototyping know-how, manufacturing expertise, and community support.To achieve this ambitious goal, we stress the importance of Monozukuri, the art of making things in a creative way. Although known as a traditional practice of manufacturing in Japan, Monozukuri enables us to create new values by fusing two opposite ideas integrated into harmony, such as old and new, East and West, hardware and software, and historical and modern.Based in historical Kyoto City and modern New York City, Monozukuri Ventures empowers talented and diverse people to build tangible solutions to create a better future. |  |  | Nov 25, 2020 |  |
| Z-Works | "Z-Works Life Engine" is a cloud-type IoT platform. Collect and analyze the data of the terminal equipped with Z-Wave on the cloud, you can browse various data with the smartphone and remotely control the terminal equipped with Z-Wave. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Gates Frontier Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gates-frontier-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Suzuki Motor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzuki-motor) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acs-actividades-de-construccion-y-servicios) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ANA Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ana-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mitsui Chemicals invest in?

Mitsui Chemicals invests primarily in Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Medical startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Mitsui Chemicals?

The team at Mitsui Chemicals includes Jun Sasaki (General Manager, Corporate Planning Group), Atsushi Komoriya (Managing execuitive) and Nakajima Hajime (Chief Financial Officer, Finance). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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