# TomyK

> TomyK is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Medical, Software and Nursing and Residential Care. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: http://tomyk.jp

TomyK is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Medical and Software. TomyK seeks investments in technology startups that create the future, and support angel investment, management, and business promotion. It aims to foster tech entrepreneurs by solving social issues with innovative technology.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $508k–$7.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $46k–$400k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Nursing and Residential Care | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Beauty | 1 | 14% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LPIXEL | LPIXEL, a spin-out venture from the University of Tokyo, is a leader in advanced image analysis software and systems tailored to life science research. With strong emphasis on integrating top-tier technologies to its services and strong dedication to maximize research efficiency. LPIXEL aims to bring innovation to the world of research. | $9.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 01, 2020 | https://lpixel.net/en |
| Tetra Aviation | teTra provide consulting, research and solutions as well as design and manufacture of hardware and software. | $7.1M | Seed | May 24, 2019 | https://www.tetra-aviation.com/ |
| Nature Architects | Nature Architects develops Direct Functional Modeling (DFM), the design algorithm for additive manufacturing by which users are able to directly design the functional properties for their product. Using DFM, it is possible to design multiple features, such as motion, kinematics, and elasticity, which have been difficult to design in theconventional design process. By leveraging the benefit of additive manufacturing, users can design and manufacturer a product with multiple functions in a consolidated one part. DFM can be applied to the area in which complex processing and assembling is required such as automobiles, airplanes, Robotics was necessary development. | $45.6K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2018 | https://nature-architects.com/ |
| Academist | Academist is a crowdfunding platform that specializes in acquiring research funds. Through Academist, researchers can raise research expenses from a large number of unspecified supporters through the Internet. All supporters can directly help interested researchers and research themes in the form of research support. The company contributes to thefuture academic situation by managing services.Academist was founded in April 2013 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Seed | Apr 10, 2018 | https://academist-cf.com/ |
| Genomelink | Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market and do research with it. The best founders in consumer genomics with real experience in the industry for many years, including M3, Inc. ($13B valued Meditech in Japan), a founding member of the Japanese version of 23andMe, and leadbioinformatician and software engineer at a joint-venture between Illumina and Sony. Raised $4M for Seed Round from Berkeley SkyDeck, SONY, and top-tier Japanese VCs. Supported by Illumina Accelerator, Carlos Bustamante Lab at Stanford University among others. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2017 | http://genomelink.io |
| Moff | Moff is a gesture-controlled wearable tech bracelet and wearable IoT platform for healthcare and gamification applications. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 07, 2015 | http://www.moff.mobi/ |
| Elephantech | Elephantech makes electric industry more sustainable with metal inkjet printing technology. | $508.4K | Seed | Jan 13, 2015 | https://www.elephantech.co.jp/en/ |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cyberdyne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberdyne) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does TomyK invest in?

TomyK invests primarily in Medical, Software and Nursing and Residential Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is TomyK's check size?

TomyK typically joins rounds of $508k–$7.1M at Seed and $46k–$400k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds TomyK participates in.

### When did TomyK last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for TomyK closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 7 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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