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Top 50 Health Care VC Funds & Investors in Japan (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Health Care startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Health Care startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
26 Japan, United States, China Series B, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $11M–$330M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
21 Japan, United States, Mexico Series A, Series B Health Care, Information Technology, Software $18M–$357M
ANRI
VC Fund
17 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Information Technology $4.1M–$275M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
15 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Internet, Medical $925k–$69M
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
15 Japan, United States Series A, Seed Software, Health Care, Information Technology $6.8M–$112M
Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund
14 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $6.9M–$233M
Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
14 Japan, Singapore, Austria Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics $4.8M–$233M
Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
12 Japan Seed, Series A Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology $12M–$100M
Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $9.8M–$536M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
10 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, Software $5.9M–$302M
DBJ Capital
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, Australia Series A, Seed Software, Internet, Biotechnology $1.5M–$151M
KSP
VC Fund
8 Japan Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $18M–$102M
UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care $7.9M–$275M
Lifetime Ventures
VC Fund
7 Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Marketing $360k–$16M
Future Venture Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Myanmar Seed, Series A Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care $6.9M–$64M
Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund
7 Japan Series A, Series B Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care $4.1M–$275M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
6 Japan, France, Singapore Series A, Seed Task Management, Software, Internet $4.1M–$96M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $4.3M–$330M
Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan Seed, Series A Medical, Software, Health Care $14M–$48M
Glocalink
VC Fund
6 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Health Care, Robotics, Task Management $687k–$8.3M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $730k–$56M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Content $1.5M–$55M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, China Series A, Seed Software, Mobile, Internet $1.2M–$82M
Cyberdyne
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States Series B, Seed Health Care, Medical, Information Technology $1.4M–$206M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $7.8M–$343M
Leave a Nest
VC Fund
5 Japan, Singapore, Malaysia Seed, Corporate Round Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $214k–$34M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $1M–$62M
Takeda
VC Fund
5 United States, Japan, Canada Corporate Round, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical $5M–$1.4B
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Content, Food and Beverage $3.4M–$300M
F-Prime Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, United Kingdom, China Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $5M–$135M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage $2M–$275M
Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
4 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $7.9M–$302M
East Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $640k–$42M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Belgium Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $4.2M–$206M
NEDO
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing $14M–$124M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $500k–$165M
Shinsei Corporate Investment
VC Fund
4 Japan, India, Belgium Series A, Series B Information Technology, Internet, Software $10M–$206M
Coral Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Internet $3M–$250M
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
VC Fund
4 Japan, Singapore Series D, Series A, Series C Internet, Software, Information Technology $12M–$1.2B
Japan startup support Association
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Task Management
SPARX Group
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, China Series B, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $11M–$412M
MTG Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage
ASICS Ventures Corporation
VC Fund
3 Japan, India, Canada Seed, Series B Health Care, Sports, SaaS
Fujifilm
VC Fund
3 Japan, Israel, United States Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical $49M–$412M
Chibagin Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Construction $12M–$330M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning $1M–$102M
Vector
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Media and Entertainment, Marketing, Content $2.1M–$41M
MedVenture Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Software, Robotics $5M–$357M
Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Germany Series A, Series B Internet of Things, Software, Energy $3.8M–$536M
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 26 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 259
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$96M; Series B $12M–$330M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
  • CADDi — CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry.
  • EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 21 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 309
  • Round size: Series A $18M–$165M; Series B $21M–$357M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 17 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 10 in the past 12 months

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $4.1M–$47M; Series A $12M–$275M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
  • YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
  • Carnot — LLM, Autonomous Agent
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Internet, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $925k–$55M; Series A $14M–$69M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
  • LUCA Science — LUCA Science develops innovative treatments intended for mitochondrial and related diseases.
  • Beer and Tech — Beer and Tech operates a website for the Phalaenopsis or foliage plant HitoHana. Norihisa Morita and Yoshiaki Ito founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Saitama in Japan.
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$112M; Series A $6.8M–$82M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Utill — Utill is anything that expands the possibilities of not only production but also our own services
  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
  • LUCA Science — LUCA Science develops innovative treatments intended for mitochondrial and related diseases.
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Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 14 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Osaka University Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in the fields of life innovation, green innovation, and platform technology. The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Osaka, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$48M; Series A $17M–$233M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • SK Fine — SK Fine is the first to develop a 3D printer for ceramics and release it to the market for the first time in Japan.In addition, we are using 3D ceramic printers to develop 3D ceramic parts molding processes that meet our needs.
  • EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
  • GAIA BioMedicine — GAIA BioMedicine Inc., a spin-out venture from Kyushu University founded on 2015, is a technology-driven biopharmaceutical company focusing on cellular therapies and immunotherapies mainly for intractable malignancies.
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 14 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $4.8M–$41M; Series A $6M–$233M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • ProfilePrint — ProfilePrint synthesises complex molecular data of ingredient samples into digital fingerprints, rapidly predicting its identity and quality, helping agribusinesses to buy and sell better with its patented digital food identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) technology.
  • Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Sentient.io — We provide a secure AI & Data platform with ready-made AI models for easy adoption and turnkey AI solutions for Enterprises on your digitalisation journey.
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 12 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $12M–$55M; Series A $49M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
  • Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund · Hongo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Series A $9.8M–$137M; Series B $25M–$536M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • AIRNA — AIRNA is on a mission to transform the lives of patients with rare and common diseases by pioneering thediscovery and development of RNA editing therapeutics.
  • Storm Therapeutics — Targeting pathways that modify RNA to deliver novel cancer therapeutics.
  • Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 13 in the past 12 months

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 232
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$179M; Series B $5.9M–$302M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.
  • Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
  • Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 6 in the past 12 months

DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$41M; Series A $16M–$151M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
  • Cellusion — Cellular technology breakthrough for clear vision of the future.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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KSP
VC Fund · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Health Care startups

KSP, Inc. is the core business entity responsible for operating the Kanagawa Science Park (KSP) and has accepted the challenge of creating new industries through the support, development, and incubation of venture businesses. We provide a variety of business support services that best meet the needs of venture businesses in each stage of theirbusiness growth, ranging from the processes of startup and growth to public offerings. Several hundreds of new startup companies have been created and nurtured since its foundation. An incubation manager (IM) acts as a coordinator and provides a variety of support services to a venture company to help them successfully launch and develop their new business, such as offering individual consultations and a variety of information or advice. KSP, Inc. is well poised to cope with the varying needs of new ventures for highly sophisticated, specialized tasks by offering a business school, business support center, business matching services, and investment funds.The public sector, such as the Kanagawa prefectural government, Kawasaki city government, and the Development Bank of Japan, Inc., has an equity participation in KSP, thus playing a vital role in the deployment of local industrial development policy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $18M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Metcela — Metcela Inc. is a pioneer biotechnology company founded in Japan. Metcela aims to be the first to commercialize biological products that heal damaged heart muscle to treat heart failure.
  • Mira Robotics — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
  • Melody International Japan — Melody International Japan is a company that supports medical and health with ICT.
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UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Health Care startups

The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $8.7M–$41M; Series A $7.9M–$275M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
  • Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
  • Logomix Inc. — Logomix Inc is a mammalian cellular genome architect startup. Logomix proprietary platform, Geno-Writing™, technology integrates large-scale (Mb) human genome-writing technologies and providing genetically architected versatile human cells and/or downsized cells and microbes for drug development and cell & gene therapy area.Majority ofthe cell engineering companies are currently focused on optimization of gene clusters by automatic high throughput system however, Logomix’s Geno-Writing™ provides the required tools for dealing with mammalian or complex genomes. Logomix works with partners by providing new biology-based solutions to co-create business and social values on Geno-Writing™ platform Current Focus Area includes: 1. Human Health & Therapeutics 2. Biomaterials & Chemicals 3. Agriculture & EnvironmentLogomix has 11 ongoing collaborative research partnerships. Currently Logomix is specifically looking for industry partners to address unmet needs in neurodegenerative disease areas.
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Lifetime Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Lifetime Ventures is a VC firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $360k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Blusink — Blusink is an ocean-based carbon removals company.
  • EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
  • MORPHEUS — Development of Nose To Brain Drug Delivery System (DDS)
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Future Venture Capital
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$17M; Series A $16M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
  • IGNITE IMPULSE, INC. — As a digital agricultural enhancing service, Ignite impulse offers a variety of services, some of which include the following: agricultural software and equipment rentals, sales, maintenance, and leasing solutions; self-regulated farm shells with pre-installed vertical farming solutions; machined irrigation consulting and installations; artificialintelligence (AI) powered farming solutions; hydroponics farming consultation- partnership and installations; supply chain and logistics partnership; and more.Ignite Impulse also offers hydroponics solutions, as well as controlled farming assistance and consulting, to corporate, government, and educational organizations as part of our cooperation with these entities.
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Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Japan Science and Technology Agency is an integrated organization of science and technology that implements science and technology policy in Japan.  It handles many projects, including the government’s Science and Technology Basic Plan and knowledge creation. The European Sustainability School ESSSR is the owner of Japan Science and TechnologyAgency.Japan Science and Technology Agency undertakes its task in a comprehensive manner. It also works to provide a sound infrastructure of science and technology information and raise awareness and understanding of science and technology-related issues in Japan.Japan Science and Technology Agency is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Series A $14M–$275M; Series B $4.1M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
  • bitBiome — BitBiome is a microbiome analysis company that aims to discover and understand disease-linked microorganisms. Its, single-cell whole-genome analysis platform specifically targets microbes and can be used on uncultured, raw samples, providing unprecedented strain-level quantitative and functional insights.THe company was founded in 2018 and isbased in Japan.
  • Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, France, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Seed $4.1M–$19M; Series A $14M–$96M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
  • DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 12 in the past 12 months

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 204
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$22M; Series A $11M–$91M; Series B $4.9M–$330M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Cofactr — Whether managing shortages today or planning for next year, Cofactr is the place to get all the parts you need, when you need them.
  • Delos Insurance — An insurance company which uses advanced technology and artificial intelligence to protect California homeowners from wildfires.
  • Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
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Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan with a focus on startups in the healthcare industry.Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital that operates a venture fund specializing in the healthcare field. It is the only healthcare-specialized VC in Japan that can provide 30 medical institutions as a business trialfield.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $14M–$16M; Series A $22M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HCMJ — HCMJ specializes in software development in the medical industry.
  • Epigno — Epigno provides hospital management systems for medical institutions.
  • Rehab for JAPAN — Rehab for Japan is developing a special rehabilitation SaaS for day service .
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $730k–$48M; Series A $19M–$56M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early-stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 122
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$21M; Series A $1.5M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
  • UMAMI UNITED — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
  • Friend Microbe — Friend Mike Robe is Developing new market with microbe-related technology
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$32M; Series A $3M–$82M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • MedUp — MedUp operates foro CRM, a SaaS CRM tool that provides hospitals with sales and marketing support, data analysis and visualization, and more.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
  • Sumutasu — sumutasu is an online real estate marketplace that enables users to quickly buy and sell their properties.
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Cyberdyne
VC Fund · Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Health Care startups

CYBERDYNE Inc. is a venture firm which is established by Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai, University of Tsukuba, Japan, in order to materialize his idea to utilize Robot Suit HAL® for the benefits of humankind in the field of medicine, caregiving, welfare, labor, heavy works, entertainment and so on. Robot Suit HAL® was developed with the technologies createdin Sankai Laboratory of Tsukuba University as an application of “Cybernics*” advocated by Prof. Sankai.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$48M; Series B $12M–$206M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
  • Metcela — Metcela Inc. is a pioneer biotechnology company founded in Japan. Metcela aims to be the first to commercialize biological products that heal damaged heart muscle to treat heart failure.
  • Rehab for JAPAN — Rehab for Japan is developing a special rehabilitation SaaS for day service .
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Series A $7.8M–$130M; Series B $25M–$343M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
  • Bloomo Investment — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
  • LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
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Leave a Nest
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Leave a Nest thrives to achieve global happiness by enhancing everyday life through science and education for future generation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $214k–$14M; Corporate Round $6.9M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • uFraction8 — Multi-award-winning, innovative, microfluidics-based filter systems to provide bio-manufacturers with energy-efficient & ultra-scalable bioprocessing systems.
  • Robopreneur — Robopreneur brings the future by empowering robotics capabilities for use in human's environment to become human's partner and enhance sustainable lifestyles.
  • Crown Digital — Crown Digital harnesses the future-ready power of robotics and Artificial Intelligence to open doors with cutting-edge solutions for the not-so-distant future.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$30M; Series A $11M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • pickupon株式会社 — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision
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Takeda
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Takeda is a global, research and development-driven pharmaceutical company committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients by translating science into life-changing medicines.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$165M; Corporate Round $52M–$1.4B
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ambys Medicines — Ambys Medicines is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing regenerative and restorative therapies. Ambys Medicines is working to fundamentally transform the lives of people suffering from severe liver diseases by creating breakthrough therapies capable of restoring liver function, preventing the progression of liver disease,and treating the devastating complications of liver failure.
  • Crescendo Biologics — Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies.
  • Cardurion Pharmaceuticals — A Boston-based cardiovascular biotechnology company developing next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of heart failure and cardiovascular diseases.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Health Care startups

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Content, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $3.4M–$21M; Series A $5.5M–$300M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • nat — nat develops iOS application - Scanat and provides consultation service in data strategy.
  • Dots for — Dots for is a technology that aims to improve the lives of rural residents by providing them with digital services.
  • Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
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F-Prime Capital
VC Fund · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 32 in the past 12 months

F-Prime Capital is a global venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology, with a heritage that spans four decades.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$63M; Series B $13M–$135M; Series C $20M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Doceree — Doceree is a pharmaceutical advertising & healthcare marketing company which helps in getting a better healthcare services
  • Avalyn Pharma — This does NOT display on the home page
  • Nvelop Therapeutics — Nvelop Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that provides gene editing technology services for unmet major disease needs.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$54M; Series A $5.5M–$275M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
  • LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
  • Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Series A $7.9M–$151M; Series B $14M–$302M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Anzu.io — Anzu is an in-game advertising platform that introduces native, creative, and dynamically-updated ads to video games and esports.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
  • Verity — Our automated inventory tracking system powered by self-flying inventory drones makes the zero-error warehouse a reality.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 53 in the past 12 months

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 334
  • Round size: Seed $640k–$16M; Series A $2.1M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
  • Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
  • Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$151M; Series B $4.2M–$206M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
  • K Pharma — K Pharma Is the development Of the Treatment Of the Spinal Cord injury
  • OriCiro Genomics — DNA amplification | OriCiro Cloning Kit - OriCiro Genomics, Inc.
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NEDO
VC Fund · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) was established as a governmental organization in 1980 to promote the development and introduction of new energy technologies. Research and development of industrial technology was later added, and today NEDO is active in a wide variety of areas as one of the largest publicresearch and development management organizations in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $14M–$16M; Series A $32M–$71M; Series B $45M–$124M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ANSeen — X-ray COLOR Imaging
  • Aba — Aba develops products that reduce the burden of nursing care. Aba company has developed a device that can detect and record the excretion status of the care recipient, aiming to solve the mental and physical burden of the carer / care recipient by excretion sensing and pattern analysis.
  • EmbodyMe — Making the unimaginable, imaginable with AI
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 180
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$45M; Series A $11M–$165M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.3B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Cerby — Collaborate without chaos. Cerby helps your team be productive while protecting your brand. Secure unmanageable applications. Only with Cerby.
  • CYBO — CYBO provides products and services to understand cells deeply and to harness them widely.
  • Bondy — Bondy is an HR Tech automation platform that specializes in connecting different HR processes.
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Shinsei Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Shinsei Corporate Investment supports the creation and development of the business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$165M; Series B $10M–$206M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
  • any. — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
  • Synspective — Synspective provides one-stop-solutions by satellite gathered geospatial data. The core technology was developed by the ImPACT program led by The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, building small SAR satellites and constellations, allowing frequent observation of areas of interest (AOI). Synspective uses its satellites to produce SAR data which can be provided to both government and commercial clients as-is, as well as transform that data through AI solutions to produce insights and user-friendly information across industries.
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Coral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$30M; Series A $7.9M–$250M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • HQ Inc — Hq is a consutling firm that works in the area of personnel organization strategy, working style office strategy and software development.
  • TeraWatt Technology — Electrifying all for the sustainable future
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust provides Japanese equity products for corporate and governmental pension funds. SMTB also provides products investing in Asian equities. The capability was developed through its experience in Japanese equity, although it maintains an investment team in Hong Kong.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series D, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Series A $38M–$934M; Series C $30M–$357M; Series D $12M–$1.2B
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
  • Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
  • Aculys Pharma — Accuris Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that aims to develop innovative and superior medical methods and deliver them to patients.
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Japan startup support Association
VC Fund · Ikeda, Osaka, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Japan startup support Association is a management support association specialized for startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Docodoor — DoCoDoor is a web production company that is strong in attracting customers with top class in SEO. Clients nationwide from the creative bases in Tokyo, Niigata and Aomori through the agency system called DOKODO LICENSE.
  • LiveYourDreams — LiveYourDreams offers video media, robotics workshop and AI technology services.
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SPARX Group
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Health Care startups

SPARX Group Co., Ltd. is an independent Asia-based equity and credit asset management services and Asian fund financial specialist with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul for global institutional and individual investors, including financial advisors and financial planners, with alternative strategies (including activist, short-enabled, private equity and quantitative and fund-of-funds) and mutual funds (through SPARX Asia Funds such as SPARX Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund, SPARX Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund, SPARX Japan Smaller Companies Fund and SPARX Japan Fund) managed or sub-advised by SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd., SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited and Cosmo Asset Management Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$330M; Series B $36M–$412M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Blue Laser Fusion — Blue Laser Fusion is a commercial fusion company. Blue Laser Fusion is a laser startup to commercialize laser fusion by inventing its own laser and fusion reactor.
  • UnaBiz — Based in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan, UnaBiz delivers end-to-end customised IoT solutions worldwide. Simple, cost-efficient & low maintenance
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
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MTG Ventures
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

MTG Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of MTG that invests in beauty and wellness tech, food tech, and sports tech sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
  • HitoBito — HitoBito is a LINE advertising and account management agency.
  • EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
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ASICS Ventures Corporation
VC Fund · Kobe, Kyoto, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

ASICS Ventures Corporation, a venture capital arm of the company that would accelerate and invest in startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Sports, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Bisu — Every day we flush precious information on our bodies down the toilet. Bisu helps people capture these data and lead healthier, happier lives. Our product is a home health lab that provides personalized advice to help you look, feel and perform at your best, through easy, accurate urine and saliva tests. We are graduates of HAX, the world'sleading hardware accelerator, and have won numerous awards including Johnson & Johnson Innovation, MedTech Innovator, the Edison Awards, UK Tech Rocketship Awards and the British Business Awards. At CES 2020 we won the IHS Markit Innovation Award and were named by CNET as one of the top health-tracking devices.
  • LYMB.iO — We are on a mission to make the world more active using the power of gamification.In a time, where technology fosters an inactive lifestyle, we realized that physical activity needs to be more attractive to stay relevant. Our mixed reality sports solutions enable athletes to train in more engaging ways, provide coaches with data analytics, helpkids to improve their motor skills and make it easier and fun for all of us to start working out and stick with our training routine. But apart from making sports as fun as gaming, we’re especially proud of getting inactive people moving – the kids and adults that never considered taking up a sport.
  • Seevix Material Sciences Ltd. — Seevix is a privately held biotech company producing high-strength, biocompatible spidersilk fibers, identical to natural fibers. Through recombinant DNA technologies, we are unique in our ability to replicate the natural self-assembly process of spidersilk creation. Seevix targets applications where the fibers’ mechanical properties can radicallyimprove existing products and provide solutions for unmet needs in a variety of industries.
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Fujifilm
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Fujifilm develops and sells consumer products and business products related to photography. Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is a Japanese multinational photography and imaging company. The company serves various industries, including medical, graphic arts, optics, enterprise storage, motion picture, and photography.The company’s consumer productsare categorized as digital cameras and accessories, film photography, Instax photography, and binoculars. Its business products are categorized as medical systems, Fujinon endoscopy, microfilm, data storage, graphic arts and printing, professional video, optical devices, specialty chemicals, printing imaging colorants, and more. Color films, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color papers, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging equipment, graphic arts equipment and materials, flat panel displays, and photocopiers and printers are some products developed by Fujifilm USA.Fujifilm USA is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $49M–$412M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
  • Nanox Imaging — Nanox Vision develops a next-generation medical imaging system based on groundbreaking technology. Our aim is to democratize medical imaging and bring preventive healthcare to communities worldwide, helping create a better standard of care for all.
  • 24M Technologies — 24M Technologies develops energy storage systems for grid and transportation applications. 24M Technologies, Inc. builds energy storage systems for grid and transportation applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Chibagin Capital
VC Fund · Chiba, Chiba, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Chibagin Capital, part of Chiba Bank, is focused on consulting services, IPOs, and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Construction
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$55M; Series B $49M–$330M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
  • Strobolight — Strobolight provides consistent support such as production, construction and maintenance by staff with expertise to users who have trouble with garden.
  • Algal Bio — Algal Bio is an food tech startup, was established in 2018 based upon 20 years of research results at the University of Tokyo.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$27M; Series A $11M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Spacely — Spacely is a cloud software that allows you to easily create, edit and manage VR web contents using photos taken with a 360 degree camera. From April 1, 2018 the service name has been changed from 3D Stylee to Spacely.
  • any. — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Marketing, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $8.2M–$41M; Corporate Round $2.1M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Canly — Canly is a cloud based system to reduce management & operating costs in a retail store along with being in the media & advertising business.
  • PeaceTecLab — PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business.
  • Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.
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MedVenture Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

MedVenture Partners invests in seed to early stage projects and start-ups in the life science field focusing mainly on medical devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alivas — Alivas is a medical company that develops new therapeutic medical devices for refractory constipation. It is a joint venture between Stanford University and the University of Tokyo with the Japan Biodesign program for innovative medical device creation. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Hongo, Tokyo in Japan.
  • PaMeLa — PaMeLa is a company that measures pain with science.PaMeLa will establish a method of objectively assessing pain and contribute to medical care.
  • SentiAR — SentiAR is digital health, software device company adding a new dimension to clinical practice in interventional procedures. Spun out of Washington University, we are developing the first 3D visualization platform using real-time holography of the patient's anatomy and catheter location, "floating" over the patients, with a goal toprovide the clinician and patient a faster, safer delivery of care.SentiAR’s mission is to transform the experience for both patient and clinician in interventional procedures with a 3D augmented reality platform featuring real-time holographic visualization of the patient’s actual anatomy, “floating” over the patient.The visualization is fully controllable “hands-free” by the clinician, providing an ergonomic breakthrough for the treatment and analysis of cardiac arrhythmias within an interventional catheter lab environment. SentiAR is developing the platform for eventual FDA submission.
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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$330M; Series B $5M–$357M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • QUADRAC — QUADRAC is a develop, manufacture, and sell telecommunication devices as well as payment servers for public transportation systems. The company aims to improve user convenience through a variety of payment methods, and to contribute to the realization of a cashless society. QUADRAC's thin-client type high-speed server "Q-CORE" isable to consolidate all of the fare calculation, payment, and security functions carried out by train station ticket gates and payment.
  • ANYCOLOR — ANYCOLOR is an entertainment start-up that provides creator support and licensing business, mainly for the support and operation of virtual rivers participating in the “Nijisanji Project”. Using the latest technology, we will shape our thoughts on society as a new era of cutting-edge, and provide a magical experience to the everyday lives of peoplearound the world.
  • GRA Japan — GRA is a Production and sales and export of agricultural products company.
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Health Care startups

Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet of Things, Software, Energy
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$206M; Series B $7.6M–$536M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $137M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Astroscale — Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company solely dedicated to on-orbit servicing across all orbits.
  • Synspective — Synspective provides one-stop-solutions by satellite gathered geospatial data. The core technology was developed by the ImPACT program led by The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, building small SAR satellites and constellations, allowing frequent observation of areas of interest (AOI). Synspective uses its satellites to produce SAR data which can be provided to both government and commercial clients as-is, as well as transform that data through AI solutions to produce insights and user-friendly information across industries.
  • Clean Energy Connect — Clean Energy Connect is into offering green energy solutions. It invests in its own generation capacity for a stable electricity supply by not harming nature.
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Health Care VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 461 deals from 525 investors.

525
investors
in Japan Health Care startups
461
deals
in Japan Health Care startups
$27M
median round
in Japan Health Care startups
22%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Seed
most common funding stage

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