# University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund

> University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://todaifund.net
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/441637083177527/?ref=share

University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund is a venture capital fund that started as a community of founders from the University of Tokyo.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |
| Gaming | 2 | 13% |
| Training | 2 | 13% |
| Education | 2 | 13% |
| Consulting | 2 | 13% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICOS | RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies. RICOS creates an AI algorithm called IsoGCN that is tailored for use with simulation data, allowing for faster and more interactive design and evaluation. RICOS promotes research and development with the goal ofrealizing a world in which scientific computing technology, including CAE, can be used at manufacturing sites and people's ideals can be realized instantly. | $4M |  | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Cizucu | Cizucu is a stock photo community that helps creators and brands to create photos. |  | Seed | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Recho | Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent. | $800.1K | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Recho | Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent. | $800.1K | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Issin | Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone. | $2.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| TricoLogic | TricoLogic is a consultancy that offers technical code coaching, language skills training, and digital marketing services. |  | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| EduCare | EduCare provides affordable solutions to financial assistance for giving education to students. | $778.7K | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| Metaverse Creators | Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools. | $768.9K | Seed | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| HiTalent | HiTalent is a tool that provides career planning services. |  | Seed | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Sally | Sally is a company that turns people-to-people conversations into entertainment. It specializes in developing conversational reasoning games. |  | Seed | Jul 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [GENDA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genda-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [i-nest capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/i-nest-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [G-STARTUP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-startup) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [90s](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/90s) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund invest in?

University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund invests primarily in Information Technology, Gaming and Training startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for University of Tokyo Founders Association Fund closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 16 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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