# Tetsuro Higuchi

> Tetsuro Higuchi is a Series A investor at Tohoku University Venture Partners backing Medical. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tohoku University Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tohoku-university-venture-partners)
- Location: Sendai-shi, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Tetsuro Higuchi is a Director and President at Tohoku University Venture Partners.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 50% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LIGHTz | LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI. | $5.7M | Series A | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Green Chemical | Green chemical production process for aromatic bioplastic raw materials that can replace conventional petroleum-based products. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 02, 2024 |  |
| AZUL Energy | AZUL Energy is a next-generation energy device that improves air battery performance, develops air battery-related products, and proposes eco-friendly and comfortable new lifestyles. They discovered that a catalyst electrode containing one of these pigments performed better than platinum carbon or existing catalyst electrode materials. | $2.2M | Series A | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| AI Silk | AI Silk are innovative conductive fibers produced with a dyeing technique. By using natural silk and giving conductivity to the fiber itself, They have succeeded in producing electrodes that reduce some of the risks and challenges of conventional medical electrodes, which can cause discomfort,skin and in vivo inflammation, and measurement failuredue to sweat or other elements. Their brand, AI Silk, is a new material that has strong and diverse application potential, even beyond the health / medical field. | $2.4M | Series A | May 15, 2023 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EPSON X Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epson-x-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fiducia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiducia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fukuda Electronics Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fukuda-electronics-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FVC Tohoku](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fvc-tohoku) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MIRAI SOUZOU](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovations-and-future-creation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tohoku University Venture Partners

VC Fund · Sendai-shi, Japan

THVP is a venture capital corporation for startup innovation. It was established in 2015 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.

1 contacts available at Tohoku University Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tetsuro Higuchi | Director and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tetsuro-higuchi |

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## FAQ

### What does Tetsuro Higuchi invest in?

Tetsuro Higuchi invests primarily in Medical, Energy and Fashion startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tetsuro Higuchi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tetsuro Higuchi closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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