# UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners

> UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 198 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 198
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1526095/
- Website: https://www.ut-ec.co.jp/english/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UTEC-The-University-of-Tokyo-Edge-Capital-277503132266043/

UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, is a Japan-based seed/early stage deep-tech venture capital firm associated with academic institutes such as The University of Tokyo. UTEC has over $1 billion in Assets Under Management, and has invested in 150+ companies in Japan, USA, Singapore, India and Europe with a track record of 20IPOs and 22 successful M&A (as of Nov 2025). UTEC predominantly invests in three deep-tech sectors: a) Healthcare & Life Sciences, b) IT/AI, and c) Physical Sciences & Engineering.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$35M |
| Series A | $2.8M–$64M |
| Series B | $2.8M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 22 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 20 | 10% |
| Medical | 19 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 17 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 17 | 9% |

138 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 40 | 20% |
| Series A | 37 | 19% |
| Series B | 29 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 26 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 74 | 37% |
| United States | 14 | 7% |
| India | 5 | 3% |
| Singapore | 5 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atsushi Usami | Partner & Board Director | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atsushi-usami |
| Hiroaki Kobayashi | Principal | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroaki-kobayashi-3588 |
| Keisuke Ide | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keisuke-ide |
| Kiran Mysore | Principal | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiran-mysore |
| Maiko Katadae | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maiko-katadae |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| X Mile | Corporate Site：https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site：https://x-work.jp/ | $20.1M | Series C | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Sinumy | Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology. | $3.4M | Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Piece | Piece is a digital real estate investment platform offering the easiest and most transparent way to invest in income-producing real estate in Europe. Our mission is to make real estate ownership inclusive and more accessible. | $1.9M | Seed | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| KUZEN | KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| KUZEN | KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices. | $10.1M | Series B | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| ALGO ARTIS | ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics. | $9.6M | Series B | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| ALGO ARTIS | ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics. | $9.6M | Series B | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Oxford Quantum Circuits | Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies. | $350M | Series C | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Triorb | Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions. | $14.4M | Series B | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| Solaris | Solaris commercializes, manufactures, and sells soft robotics using pneumatic artificial muscles. Solaris was founded in 2017 and was headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $3.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 20, 2026 |  |

10 of 198 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners invest in?

UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 198 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners's check size?

UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$35M at Seed, $2.8M–$64M at Series A and $2.8M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners participates in.

### How do I contact UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners?

The team at UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners includes Atsushi Usami (Partner & Board Director), Hiroaki Kobayashi (Principal) and Keisuke Ide (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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