Taiho Ventures
VC Fund
California City, United States
Taiho Ventures is a company that specializes in the research and development of pharmaceuticals.
- Total investments:
- 43
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
- Fund size:
- $300M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Taiho Ventures invests in
BiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeuticsMedicalLife Science
Stages Taiho Ventures invests in
Series ASeries BSeries CSeedVenture - Series Unknown
Countries Taiho Ventures invests in
United StatesUnited KingdomChinaJapanGermany
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 24 (56%)
- Health Care 14 (33%)
- Therapeutics 14 (33%)
- Medical 11 (26%)
- Life Science 8 (19%)
Stage
- Series A 12 (28%)
- Series B 11 (26%)
- Series C 6 (14%)
- Seed 4 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (7%)
Country
- United States 19 (44%)
- United Kingdom 2 (5%)
- China 1 (2%)
- Japan 1 (2%)
- Germany 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sakae Asanuma
Founding President and CEO
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Founding President and CEO | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
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Nobuyuki Hashimoto
Investment Committee Member
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Investment Committee Member | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signadori Bio is the next-generation cellular immunotherapy for cancer cure.This has culminated in the creation of a groundbreaking biotech venture in the cell and gene space that is set to advance innovative approaches in oncology. | $13M / Seed / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Targeting pathways that modify RNA to deliver novel cancer therapeutics. | $56M / Series C / Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Crossbow Therapeutics is a seed-stage, stealth-mode oncology startup company. The company develops antibody engineering for intracellular cancer targets. | $77M / Series B / Mar 18, 2026 | ||
| EpiBiologics develops first-in-class antibody based targeted therapies against membrane and extracellular proteins that drive underlying disease biology. | $107M / Series B / Jan 08, 2026 | ||
| Cellvie develops cell-derived medicines, leveraging the therapeutic potential of mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell.Mitochondria are at the heart of complex life's origin. Likely a bacterium at the time, the would-be-organelle merged with a simple organism, entering into a symbiotic relationship: The mitochondria began supplying theenergy for elaborate cellular functions to evolve, while the organism provided the mitochondria with an environment to thrive. Today, mitochondria are found in all human cells, except for red blood cells. They take on a pivotal role in cellular fate, as they produce most of the energy (ATP) and are involved in a large number of cellular and metabolic processes. The density of the organelles is particularly high in cells requiring a lot of cellular energy - e.g. cardiomyocytes or brain cells.Mitochondria function, and hence energy supply to the cell, may be impaired due to acute insults (e.g. ischemia) or genetic disorders (e.g. LOHN).Researchers at Harvard University developed an approach for mitochondria augmentation and replacement to ameliorate the damages from ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ischemia is a lack of blood flow leading to an undersupply of oxygen and an impairment of mitochondria function. Reperfusion describes the re-introduction of blood flow, inducing an oversupply of oxygen. Both, ischemia and reperfusion, damage cells, with the mitochondria dysfunction being at the heart of the injury. The cascade of events, from ischemia to reperfusion, will eventually lead to cell death. The most prominent acute conditions associated with ischemia-reperfusion injury are heart attacks. At Cellvie, we are developing a means to transplant viable mitochondria into the compromised cells, to interrupt the said cascade of events, re-enabling the cells to turn oxygen into energy via the mitochondria. | $5M / Seed / Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| Normunity is a biotechnology company creating a new class of precision immuno-oncology medicines, called immune normalizers, that target novel mechanisms that free the body’s normal immunity against cancer.Based on an ongoing, interactive academic-biotech alliance with the lab of Dr. Lieping Chen at Yale School of Medicine, Normunity is targetingnewly-discovered mechanisms of immune disruption in cancer based on proprietary discovery platforms that elucidate the complex interactions between human cancer and the immune system. The company is advancing an emerging pipeline of immune normalizers, including initial drug programs that target mechanisms that drive the exclusion of T-cells from immune-sensitive tumors and other mechanisms that are barriers to normal immune function in cancer.Normunity is located in Boston, Massachusetts and West Haven, Connecticut. | $75M / Series B / Jan 13, 2025 | ||
| Light Horse Therapeutics is the gene editing applied to small-molecule drug discovery, pioneering approaches to target the root causes of disabling and life-threatening diseases. Its advanced platform identifies cryptic chemically accessible functional domains within targets that are critical in disease biology. Our initial focus addresseshigh-value, historically challenging oncology targets with the opportunity to apply the technology to other therapeutic areas in the future. | $62M / Series A / Jan 09, 2025 | ||
Halda Therapeutics
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Halda Therapeutics is a research-stage drug discovery company, seeking to create the next generation of precision medicine based on a novel therapeutic modality which may be a platform for a number of disease states. | $126M / Series B / Aug 12, 2024 | |
| LiberoThera provides drug discovery research and development services. It focuses on making drugs with GPCRs for membrane proteins. LiberoThera was founded in 2018 and is located in Tokyo. | $1.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Theolytics is a clinical stage biotechnology company harnessing viruses to combat disease. A step-change in the adenoviral therapy field, our phenotypic screening Platform enables the discovery and development of efficacious, targeted candidates suitable for intravenous delivery and optimised for a chosen patient population. In addition toadvancing an internal Pipeline of programs spanning both solid and liquid tumours, we are establishing select strategic partnerships to expand and accelerate pipeline development. | $23.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 17, 2024 | ||
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FAQ
What does Taiho Ventures invest in?
Taiho Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Taiho Ventures?
The team at Taiho Ventures includes Sakae Asanuma (Founding President and CEO) and Nobuyuki Hashimoto (Investment Committee Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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