# Osaka University Venture Capital

> Osaka University Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Biotechnology. See 89 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Total investments: 89
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 34%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.ouvc.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OsakaUniversityVentureCapital/

Osaka University Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in the fields of life innovation, green innovation, and platform technology. The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Osaka, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$43M |
| Series A | $3M–$49M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 17 | 19% |
| Health Care | 15 | 17% |
| Medical | 12 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 12 | 13% |
| Therapeutics | 8 | 9% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 19 | 21% |
| Series A | 15 | 17% |
| Series B | 9 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 8% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hayami Shimizu | Founder & CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hayami-shimizu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JiMED | JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication. | $2M |  | Jun 18, 2026 |  |
| Toregem BioPharma | Toregem BioPharma is a startup from Kyoto University that develops a treatment for congenital adentia. Toregem BioPharma is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. | $5.3M | Series C | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Orbital Lasers | Orbital is a space tech company that provides space debris business to remove debris and a satellite LiDAR business to provide surface data. | $19.2M | Series A | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| A-Wave | A-Wave is a manufacturing company that develops and markets medical devices, pharmaceuticals, computer software, and hardware. | $3.5M | Series B | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Celaid Therapeutics | Celaid Therapeutics develops technologies and products based on hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) expansion and gene-augmented therapies. The company operates a platform that enables in-vitro propagation of human HSCs without relying on animal-derived components, facilitating scalability, consistency, and cost control. It applies this platform acrossworkflows, including donor/patient cell collection, HSC expansion, cell processing, and gene editing to deliver cell therapy products. Celaid advances pipelines in areas such as blood cancers, genetic disorders, and rare hematologic diseases. Through partnerships and internal research, it seeks to support both reagent/media supply and therapeutic development around HSC-based regenerative medicine. | $3.6M | Series B | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| 3DC | 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices. | $16.7M | Series A | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| A-SEEDS | A-SEEDS, an innovative biotech company sprouted from Shinshu University, is dedicated to pioneering advanced treatments for life-threatening cancers. Harnessing the potential of non-viral genetic engineering, our cutting-edge immune cell therapy opens up new horizons of hope for patients seeking effective and transformative solutions. | $15M | Series A | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Thinker | Thinker provides sales of proximity sensors and proposed solutions using these products. | $3.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| EX-Fusion | EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation. | $16M | Series A | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Ayumo | Ayumo is a research and development company that provides deep learning services with medical insights and AI technology. | $698.7K | Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |

10 of 89 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
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- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Osaka University Venture Capital invest in?

Osaka University Venture Capital invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 89 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Osaka University Venture Capital's check size?

Osaka University Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$43M at Seed and $3M–$49M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Osaka University Venture Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Osaka University Venture Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Osaka University Venture Capital?

The team at Osaka University Venture Capital includes Hayami Shimizu (Founder & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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