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Top 50 Medical Device Startup Investors in Japan (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Medical Device startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Medical Device startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States Series A, Seed Software, Health Care, Information Technology $6.8M–$112M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, China Series B, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $11M–$330M
UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care $7.9M–$275M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Health Care, Internet, Medical $925k–$69M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
3 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, Software $5.9M–$302M
Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology $12M–$100M
Glocalink
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Health Care, Robotics, Task Management $687k–$8.3M
Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $6.9M–$233M
Cyberdyne
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Series B, Seed Health Care, Medical, Information Technology $1.4M–$206M
Foxconn Technology Group
VC Fund
2 United States, China, Japan Series A, Series B Software, Hardware, Information Technology $1.6M–$69M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $730k–$56M
2020 Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Japan Seed, Series A Consumer Electronics, Financial Services, FinTech $1M–$69M
DBJ Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Australia Series A, Seed Software, Internet, Biotechnology $1.5M–$151M
CEJ Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Series B Medical, Nursing and Residential Care, Medical Device
MedVenture Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
Axil Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $7M–$14M
Scrum Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, China Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, Information Technology $1M–$25M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $7.8M–$343M
Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care $4.1M–$275M
Hack Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, China Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing $6.9M–$151M
Fujifilm
VC Fund
1 Japan, Israel, United States Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical $49M–$412M
Miraca Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
Mistletoe
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Education $700k–$73M
Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, Austria Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics $4.8M–$233M
Toray Engineering
VC Fund
1
Leave a Nest
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, Malaysia Seed, Corporate Round Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $214k–$34M
Revamp
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B, Debt Financing Internet, Eyewear, Security $22M–$55M
Nomura Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Medical $12M–$93M
Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan, Tanzania, Singapore Series A, Series D Manufacturing, Robotics, Health Care $7.7M–$1.2B
J-POWER
VC Fund
1 Japan, Tanzania Series A, Corporate Round, Seed Renewable Energy, Water, Biotechnology $7.7M–$60M
QB Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology $6.9M–$206M
Yoshitsune Ido
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Robotics, Software
Shinsei Corporate Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Belgium Series A, Series B Information Technology, Internet, Software $10M–$206M
Dogan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Medical, Health Care, Big Data $5.8M–$137M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, France, Singapore Series A, Seed Task Management, Software, Internet $4.1M–$96M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Internet, Information Technology, Software $12M–$357M
Findex
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
NEDO
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing $14M–$124M
Macnica
VC Fund
1 Japan, Taiwan, Germany Seed, Series A Fitness, Health Care, Biotechnology $5.4M–$48M
KSP
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $18M–$102M
Toyota Tsusho
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Kenya Corporate Round, Series A Automotive, Manufacturing, Software $1.4M–$6.5B
Konica Minolta
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Medical $3.8M–$90M
Olympus
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Content, Software, Medical Device
Toho Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Corporate Round, Seed Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Series A Content, Media and Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence $14M–$165M
Media Future
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Medical, Software, Life Science $37M–$76M
NVentures
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Techmatrix
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Content, Software, Medical Device
Hao Yan
Angel
1 Japan Series A Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Ohara Pharmaceutical
VC Fund
1 Japan, Kenya, Nigeria Series A, Series B Medical, Biotechnology, Nursing and Residential Care $10M–$76M
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Cyberdyne
VC Fund · Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Foxconn Technology Group
VC Fund · Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Foxconn Technology Group, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer,and the fourth-largest information technology company by revenue.The Companymanufactures connectors for use in PCs in Taiwan, and also manufactures connectors and cable assemblies worldwide. The Company also manufactures enclosures, primarily for desktop PCs and PC servers. Foxconn is the registered trade name for the Company. Connectors & Cable Assemblies Connectors have applications in various industries - computers, automobile, communications, consumer products, medical, and defense. Foxconn focuses on offering a range of connectors and cable assemblies for desktop and notebook PCs and PC peripherals. Approximately 500 types of connectors are produced and sold under the Company's own Foxconn brand name. Foxconn has branched into manufacturing connectors for communications and consumer products. PC Enclosures Foxconn manufactures PC enclosures for desktop computers. Depending on its client's specifications, the casings can be sold together with floppy disk drives, switching power supplies, connectors, cable assemblies, and riser cards. Foxconn provides integrated mechanical solutions for clients to deal with thermal, acoustic, environmental, mechanical, functional, and design problems.The Company primarilt serves in Taiwan. In addition it has distribution centers in various key cities in Asia, Europe, and America. Foxconn's principal manufacturing operations are based in Taiwan and mainland China. It has also set up production facilities in Europe and the United States. Foxconn is in the process of setting up new production facilities in Ireland, and is also considering Central America as a production center. Significant Events Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. has established a unit to enter the business of assembling liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions. The company and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. have formed a joint venture, Ampower Holding Ltd, that makes inverters meant for television sets fitted with TFT-LCD screens. The company has formed a strategic partnership with United Keys, Inc. As part of this partnership, Foxconn would build display-key input devices using United Keys technology. Display-keys are regular keyswitches with small OLED displays embedded in their tops. This allows interactive and image-based communication between software and users. On September 5, 2009, Sony Corporation announced that it has agreed to form a partnership with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. for the production of LCD TVs for the Americas region.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Series A $1.6M–$69M; Series B $3.2M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Astor — Astor provides R&D and manufacturing of automation equipment and carrier fixtures with supply of different hardware and welding products.
  • XRSpace — Explore beyond your dreams
  • Nuwa Robotics — AI Robot
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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2020 Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

venture capital and angel investment fund

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Electronics, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.3M; Series A $5M–$69M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unocoin — Unocoin a cryptocurrency exchange in India, offers seamless trading of Bitcoin & other cryptos. With 2M users Since 2013. Join India's trusted crypto platform.
  • Kava Labs — Kava is a lightning-fast Layer-1 blockchain that combines the two most used permissionless execution environments into a single, scalable, developer-optimized network.
  • Triple W Japan — Triple W develops DFree, the first wearable device for incontinence that can track the progression of bladder movements using a non-invasive ultrasonic sensor. The device will help elderly and disabled people who suffer from incontinence by notifying when they will need to go to the bathroom. DFree is now widely marketed in Asia and Europe and usedin over 500 senior care facilities. Triple W has offices in Japan, France, and the US.
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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CEJ Capital
VC Fund · Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

CEJ Capital is a venture capital arm of CYBERDYNE. It engages in the creation of cybernics industry, management, and management of growth promotion investment business association property.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Nursing and Residential Care, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ANSeen — X-ray COLOR Imaging
  • 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.
  • Jiksak Bioengineering — Jiksak Bioengineering is a biotechnology company. Jiksak Bioengineering provide an efficient screening service using a three-dimensional cell tissue "Nerve Organoid". We will mainly develop screening technologies specifically for neurodegenerative diseases and search for drugs that are effective for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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MedVenture Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Axil Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Axil Capital is a venture capital firm investing in companies in the biomedical and healthcare fields from the early stages.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Series A $8.5M–$9.8M; Series B $7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AIBIOS — Leading biotech focused on R&D of novel drug discovery and development in the therapeutic areas of Immunology, Oncology, and Neuroscience.
  • Suono Bio — Suono Bio is a biotechnology company harnessing our proprietary delivery platform to transform treatment of intractable diseases.
  • TechsoMed — TechsoMed is an Israeli based medical device company, developing ultrasound based real-time monitoring systems for thermal ablation procedures. The applications of thermal ablation are numerous: tumor destruction, heart arrhythmia, blood pressure treatments and more. The procedure has market size in the billions, but lacks real-time monitoringcapabilities, causing high failure rates.Their technology offers added value to patients, physicians and insurance companies by solving the high failure rate of these minimally invasive and cost effective procedures.
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Scrum Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that has invested in over 80 startups across a range of industries in the U.S. and Japan. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities. Scrum Studios is reinventing the traditional accelerator -- taking a stage-agnostic approach in connecting best-in-class startups with leading Japanese corporations.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6.6M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • BiPSEE — BiPSEE is a medical XR company that provides treatment support for children for the purpose of nurturing a sense of self-efficacy. They also deploy AR and VR animation with one button dentistry and medicine, whether outpatient or hospitalized in various situations your child's anxiety and pain relieve. It aims to reduce anxiety and pain inchildren in a wide range of medical fields such as dentistry, pediatrics, and dermatology.BiPSEE is abs ed in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Bloomo Investment — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
  • Project Admission — A software solution that integrates with ticketing platforms, Project Admission makes buying, transferring, and reselling tickets simple, intuitive, and effective.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups, 13 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: 262
  • 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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Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Hack Ventures
VC Fund · Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Hack Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in the fields of rehabilitation, support business, and advice on initial public.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$16M; Series A $26M–$151M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $659M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
  • BitClout — BitClout is a platform owned by its users. Bitcoin is decentralizing money, BitClout is decentralizing social media.
  • On The Slope — On the way to Sakano deliver vegetables grown without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, aiming to spread agriculture with low environmental impact. We want to make agriculture sustainable and reach a sustainable society.
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Fujifilm
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Miraca Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Miraca Holdings Inc. is a Japan-based holding company engaged in manufacture and sale of clinical test drugs, entrusted clinical examination and healthcare related business

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AGREE — AGREE is an application developer and operator for medical consultation. Its product is the medical consultation application, LEBER. It allows its users to consult with a doctor on their smartphone 24/7. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
  • SmartScan — SmartScan is a Japanese company that manufactures preventive medicines. SmartScan's mission is to create and provide an image screening environment that is easy for anyone to visit.
  • Kringle Pharma — Kringle Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical products based on its research on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and NK4. Its HGF has the regenerative healing ability in regard to liver cells, as well as various cells and organs; and NK4 is a bi-functional molecule, which inhibits the invasion and metastasis of tumorcells as an HGF-antagonist, as well as possesses antiangiogenic activity. The company’s pipeline includes recombinant human HGF for the treatment of acute renal failure, skin ulcers, and CNS diseases; and recombinant human NK4 and NK4 gene drugs for cancer therapy. Kringle Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Toyonaka, Japan.
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Mistletoe
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Mistletoe is a hub for startups and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. It specifically provides learning opportunities for entrepreneurs, facilitates startup communities, invests in and supports startup companies and venture capitals.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$27M; Series A $2.1M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ULUU — ULUU is an exciting new renewable biomaterial that's incredible for our oceans and climate. ULUU is made from renewable resource, farmed seaweed!
  • Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
  • Craft Health — Craft Health aims to combine all your daily medicines and supplements into a single daily pill, through 3D printing of personalized medicines and supplements. Our technology allows controlled release of each active ingredient as selected by the user.
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Toray Engineering
VC Fund · Chuo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Toray Engineering utilizes its features that combine the engineering business and mechatro-finetech business. The Toray Engineering Group promises to leverage its Technology, Engineering, and know-how in order to provide the most advanced and even higher quality solutions to its customers. They provide new value to their customers throughhigh-quality products and superior services.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LPIXEL — Just another site
  • Riverfield — Riverfield is a Japanese start-up that develops robotic technology for use in the healthcare sector. Jafco has invested in robotics before. Earlier this year, portfolio company Cyberdyne, a robot suit maker, raised $8
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Leave a Nest
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Revamp
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Revamp is provides management support and management consulting for support companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Eyewear, Security
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Series A $22M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caulis Inc. — Caulis is a cybersecurity company building the open security platform for every single device.
  • Oh My Glasses — Oh My Glasses TOKYO is a lifestyle brand that offer high quality made in Japan eyewear at an affordable price.Oh My Glasses has been providing an eyeglass e-commerce service that offers five sets of eyeglasses at a time upon order, and buy one if you can find any favorite among them. So customers can try them on before buying.
  • Triple W Japan — Triple W develops DFree, the first wearable device for incontinence that can track the progression of bladder movements using a non-invasive ultrasonic sensor. The device will help elderly and disabled people who suffer from incontinence by notifying when they will need to go to the bathroom. DFree is now widely marketed in Asia and Europe and usedin over 500 senior care facilities. Triple W has offices in Japan, France, and the US.
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Nomura Holdings
VC Fund · Chuo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

The Nomura Group, one of the largest global investment banking and securities firms, is represented in The Americas by Nomura Holding America Inc. (NHA), operating from four strategically positioned offices in North and South America.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$54M; Series B $13M–$93M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fedrigoni — Fedrigoni is an Italian producer of specialty papers and self-adhesive labels. Fedrigoni focuses its daily efforts on collaboration with clients – an approach instilled in all Group divisions and companies – so that a significant part of its production is made-to-measure for customers, thereby flanking the collection of more than 3,000 articlesalways new and always available in stock thanks to logistics integrating 8 branches in Italy, 6 in Europe and 3 in Asia.Still today a family-run business, Fedrigoni has overcome many recessions and two world wars, managing to consolidate and expand its operations in many production spheres and all over the world.
  • Sapphire Foods — Sapphire Foods’ value system is firmed based on simple understanding that We WORK together, GROW together and WIN together as a TEAM. We firmly believe in being open and honest in our business and value openness in all our transactions and dealing. Integrity is treasured and upheld in our organization. We believe in continuous improvement andinnovation to progress towards a better tomorrow. Our motto is to "Get better than yesterday".
  • EaseMyTrip.com — Discover the best deals on flights, hotels, holiday packages, bus & train tickets.
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. It was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series D
  • Geography: Japan, Tanzania, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Series A $7.7M–$90M; Series D $20M–$1.2B
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ADDX — Private market Investment with lower minimums. ADDX gives investors access to private equity, hedge fund, real estate & other alternative investment choices.
  • 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.
  • TeraWatt Technology — Electrifying all for the sustainable future
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J-POWER
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Water, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $7.7M–$60M; Corporate Round $31M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

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.
  • WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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QB Capital
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $6.9M–$41M; Series A $8.9M–$206M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Grace Imaging — Grace Imaging is a development of advanced fatigue measurement service by lactic acid sensing in sweat and MRI technologies.
  • Infostellar — Infostellar is a Space start-up dedicated to making the Ground Segment simple, through our cloud-based ground station aggregator StellarStation.
  • KOALA Tech Japan — Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.
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Yoshitsune Ido
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Robotics, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • 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.
  • Dots for — Dots for is a technology that aims to improve the lives of rural residents by providing them with digital services.
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Shinsei Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Dogan
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

an is a professional group that provides corporate investment and advice to revitalize the local economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $5.8M–$137M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AdipoSeeds — Making Platelets from Fat and Inventing New Blood Supply System.
  • Green Card — Green Card s a company in Fukuoka that runs Junior Soccer NEWS and youth soccer cheering teams.
  • KabuK Style — KabuK Style provides services that combines co -working spaces, accommodation facilities and cafes.Our service will be started from Nagasaki and We aim to expand the services all over the world.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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: 112
  • 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

  • Lisse — Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI.
  • 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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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is one of Japan's leading venture capital firms. With its unique combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$275M; Series B $33M–$357M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $522M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.
  • Orange — About Us With a mission of Creating a world where everyone enjoys manga since our founding in 2021 Orange has been developing various manga specialized deep l
  • SUN METALON — We localize metal part manufacturing, anywhere.
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Findex
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Findex is a medical system that manages images and documents of all departments. The company was founded in January 1985 and is based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CROSS SYNC — The company was founded in October 2019 by Dr. Takaki, a Japanese intensivist with more than 20-year experience in critical care medicine, from his strong desire of wanting to decrease preventable death and sudden changes in patient conditions while in the ICU. CROSS SYNC’s vision is to provide ICU-level medical treatment anywhere. The mission isto help and assist medical professionals utilizing the power of technology so that they can provide high-quality medical care even in an environment where there is a shortage of specialist physicians, and to ensure the best patient outcomes. As a Yokohama University certified startup, CROSS SYNC develops a variety of AI clinical assistant tools in collaboration with affiliated hospitals, the school of medicine, and the department of health data science. By delivering our AI-based platform to acute care settings all over the world, we aim to create a world without avoidable deaths and preventable acute changes for in-patients.
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NEDO
VC Fund · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Macnica
VC Fund · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Macnica is a global leader in supplying semiconductor, electronic components, network equipment, software products, and various services. Its semiconductor equipment and electronic devices include integrated circuits, network equipment, programmable logic device, memory devices, and related accessories that enable electronics and enterprise ITmarkets to avail electronics equipment to manufacture commercial and consumer electronic products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $5.4M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Team T5 Inc. — TeamT5 is a professional cyber security solution provider. Compared with other cyber threat intelligence (CTI) vendors, TeamT5 has the deepest understanding of cyber espionage in the Asia-Pacific region. Our world-class research team has dedicated to malware research and security incident response for more than 10 years. With solid technicalbackground and frontline expertise, our portal ThreatVision delivers the best CTI, and ThreatSonar offers the most effective APT hunting solutions. With TeamT5, you are able to being ahead of your threats.
  • Save Medical Corp. — Digital Therapeutic company for Japan market. First product is for Type 2 Diabetes patients.
  • Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development — The Japan Medical Device Development Organization aims to activate Japan's medical innovation and medical device industry, centering on the medical device incubation business, and aim for Japan to become a world leader in this field.Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development is a country of craftsmanship, possesses high technicaland quality control skills, and should be good at producing medical equipment. However, in the medical device field, imports exceed 600 billion yen every year. Japan's “manufacturing” technology has not been fully utilized.
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KSP
VC Fund · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device 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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Toyota Tsusho
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Toyota Tsusho is the trading arm of the Toyota Group. It enriches society by creating value by the company as Metals; Global Production Parts; Logistics; Automotive; Machinery; Energy; Project; Chemicals; Electronics; Food and Agribusiness; Consumer Products and Services;.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Manufacturing, Software
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Series A $7.5M–$31M; Corporate Round $1.4M–$6.5B
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
  • May Mobility — May Mobility is a leader in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. With more than 275,000 autonomous rides to date, May Mobility is committed to delivering safe, efficient and sustainable shuttle solutions designed to complement today's public transportation options. The company's ultimate goal is to realize a worldwhere self-driving systems make transportation more accessible and reliable, the roads safer, and encourage better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant, and livable spaces.
  • PD AeroSpace — PD AeroSpace is a space development of a "fully reusable sub-orbital spacecraft" that can reach an altitude of 100km Use for space travel, experiments using the space environment, etc.PD AeroSpace provide technical support for customer's new product development and new business development.
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Konica Minolta
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Konica Minolta Inc. is an Innovative Company and continues to create inspiring products and services in the field of imaging. An innovative corporation that continues to create inspiring products and services in the field of imaging. A global corporation that leads the market by advanced technologies and reliability. The Konica Minolta brandshows intellectual creativity with its challenging, reliable, friendly personality. Four unique characteristics help realize the ideal value of the brand: broad technical expertise covering the entire imaging field; a culture relentlessly committed to creating great products and services; unique product groups developed from integrated technologies; a marketing service network that swiftly copes with customers’ needs.The essence of their brand is Konica Minolta’s comprehensive technological expertise that yields highly original innovations, which are a constant source of surprise to customers. The logo is a representation of their brand value and company name and expresses what Konica Minolta offers to customers. The Konica Minolta Group owns a wide array of specialized technologies and technologies that support the competitiveness and attractiveness of their products. These technologies are defined as our core technologies, totaling twelve – four in materials, two in optics, two in nano-fabrication and four in imaging fields. Throughout their history, they have expanded and advanced these technologies, integrating them at whole new levels so that they are the driving force of our production activities. They continuously strive to integrate these technologies into innovative products with new functions and added value that contribute to the daily lives of people at home and at work. Naturally, this also includes our range of Business Solution products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$90M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WELMO — WELMO has currently been working on R&D to launch Japan's largest welfare AI service platform called "CPA(Care Plan Assistant)" which supports care coordinator (caregiver), who helps a daily activities of the elderly people, to create a care plan for them, with using ICT and advanced technology, especially NLP(Natural LanguageProcessing), in terms of knowledge support. It has mainly two fundamental technologies; data warehouse includes all fast date and big date about care, explainable AI that describes a reason why the care is provided for the users. It also reduces time and cost to create the care plan, which enables anyone to be able to use easily and get enough information that the users want to know and use.
  • CROSS SYNC — The company was founded in October 2019 by Dr. Takaki, a Japanese intensivist with more than 20-year experience in critical care medicine, from his strong desire of wanting to decrease preventable death and sudden changes in patient conditions while in the ICU. CROSS SYNC’s vision is to provide ICU-level medical treatment anywhere. The mission isto help and assist medical professionals utilizing the power of technology so that they can provide high-quality medical care even in an environment where there is a shortage of specialist physicians, and to ensure the best patient outcomes. As a Yokohama University certified startup, CROSS SYNC develops a variety of AI clinical assistant tools in collaboration with affiliated hospitals, the school of medicine, and the department of health data science. By delivering our AI-based platform to acute care settings all over the world, we aim to create a world without avoidable deaths and preventable acute changes for in-patients.
  • Ispace Technologies — ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.
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Olympus
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Olympus Corporation manufactures and sells precision machineries and instruments worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Medical, Scientific, Imaging, and Others. The medical business segment provides endoscopy systems comprising videoscopes, video processors, light sources, and liquid crystal display panels; peripheral equipment such asimage recording devices, endoscope cleaning systems, and sterilization systems; surgical video endoscopy systems and peripheral devices for endoscopic surgery, electrosurgical knives and more.; and endoscopic devices for various diagnostic and treatment procedures, including biopsy forceps, high-frequency polypectomy snares, grasping forceps, stone retrieval and lithotriptor baskets, and hemostasis accessories.The scientific solutions business segment offers upright and polarizing microscopes, inverted microscopes, laser confocal microscopes, box-type fluorescence imaging devices, stereo microscopes, fluorescence macro microscopes, microscope digital cameras, imaging software, bio-imaging systems, and virtual slide systems; and metallurgical microscopes, semiconductor inspection microscopes, laser and measuring microscopes, microscopic 3D measurement systems, industrial videoscopes and fiberscopes, industrial rigid scopes, ultrasonic flaw detectors, eddy current flaw detectors, phased array flaw detectors, X-ray diffraction analyzers, and peripheral equipment. The imaging business segment offers digital single-lens cameras, compact digital cameras and related products, digital camera lens barrels, and optical components as well as IC recorders and binoculars. The Others Business segment manufactures biomedical materials as well as conducts system development and other business activities.Olympus Corporation was founded by Takeshi Yamashita in October 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Software, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LPIXEL — Just another site
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Toho Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Toho Holdings focuses on pharmaceutical wholesale business, dispensing pharmacy business, and pharmaceutical manufacturing business. The firm was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KUBIX — KUBIX is a biotechnology company.
  • Cellusion — Cellular technology breakthrough for clear vision of the future.
  • Aevice Health — Aevice Health Imagine: A World With Control Over Chronic Respiratory Disease. We develop solutions that empower patients to take charge
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Series A $23M–$45M; Series B $14M–$165M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
  • patternstorage — patternstorage is an IT advisory company for apparel manufacturing industry.
  • Nature Architects — Nature Architects develops Direct Functional Modeling (DFM), the design algorithm for additive manufacturing by which users are able to directly design the functional properties for their product. Using DFM, it is possible to design multiple features, such as motion, kinematics, and elasticity, which have been difficult to design in theconventional design process. By leveraging the benefit of additive manufacturing, users can design and manufacturer a product with multiple functions in a consolidated one part. DFM can be applied to the area in which complex processing and assembling is required such as automobiles, airplanes, Robotics was necessary development.
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Media Future
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Media Future is a group of communication technology professionals that works on connecting feelings and thoughts. The Tokyo, Tokyo-based company was established in 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Software, Life Science
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Series A $37M–$76M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
  • HekaBio — HekaBio connects world-leading healthcare innovations to unmet medical needs in the Asia Pacific, with broad category development expertise in pharma, medical device, in-vitro diagnostics, digital health, and cell & gene therapies.
  • Jiksak Bioengineering — Jiksak Bioengineering is a biotechnology company. Jiksak Bioengineering provide an efficient screening service using a three-dimensional cell tissue "Nerve Organoid". We will mainly develop screening technologies specifically for neurodegenerative diseases and search for drugs that are effective for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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NVentures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups, 6 in the past 12 months

NVentures is a venture capital arm of NVIDIA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Moon Surgical — MastOR is a medical device company developing a surgical robot for laparoscopy assistance. MastOR is an early-stage surgical robotics company whose laparoscopy assistance platform broadens access to minimally-invasive techniques for surgeons and optimizes resource utilization in the operating room.
  • Evozyne — We have a new way of thinking about proteins. We've uncovered Nature's hidden rules to build Natural Machines. With our partners, we are changing the world.
  • Generate Biomedicines — Generate Biomedicines is a biotechnological company focusing on creating breakthrough medicines.
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Techmatrix
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Techmatrix provides business applications and new technologies. The company also provides network security that protects the user from cyber attacks. Techmatrix was founded on August 30, 1984.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Software, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LPIXEL — Just another site
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Hao Yan
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Hao Yan is the Representative Director of EPS Holdings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Ohara Pharmaceutical
VC Fund · Koka, Shiga, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Medical Device startups

Ohara Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical business involved in the development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Nursing and Residential Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$76M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
  • Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.
  • Revital Healthcare — Revital revolutionizes healthcare by bringing advancedmedical devices, including WHO-Prequalified syringes, meeting the healthcare needs of Africa and beyond.
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Medical Device Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 97 deals from 151 investors.

151
investors
in Japan Medical Device startups
97
deals
in Japan Medical Device startups
$26M
median round
in Japan Medical Device startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
21%
Seed
most common funding stage
97/3
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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