# The Okinawa Times

> The Okinawa Times is a VC fund in Naha backing Medical, mHealth and Genetics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Naha, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/theokinawatimes
- Website: http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/okinawatimes/

The Okinawa Times is a provider of newspapers for news, gourmet foods, gifts, and event information. Its products are Okinawa Times, Nikkan Sports Okinawa Regional Edition, Cultural Business / Publishing Business. The 1949-founded company is headquartered in Naha, Okinawa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| mHealth | 1 | 50% |
| Genetics | 1 | 50% |
| Biopharma | 1 | 50% |
| Nursing and Residential Care | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FullStem | FullStem is a company specializing in high-density mass culture technology for stem cells. FullStem creates and sells low-cost, safe, and portable culture equipment for use in clinics, as well as mass culture technology for treatment. FullStem proposes non-woven scaffold-based next-generation stem cell mass culture platform technology. | $9.9M | Seed | Nov 15, 2019 |  |
| CBcloud | CBCLOUD is offers outsourcing services. The Company provides light cargo crowdsourcing and other services. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 15, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bank of the Ryukyus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-the-ryukyus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JR East Start Up](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jr-east-start-up) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Okinawa Development Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okinawa-development-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ryugin research Institute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryugin-research-institute) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Okinawa Times invest in?

The Okinawa Times invests primarily in Medical, mHealth and Genetics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did The Okinawa Times last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The Okinawa Times closed in Nov 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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