Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a unique public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing the value of businesses in Japan, was launched in July 2009. 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 “open innovation,” 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.
ClipLine offers a video-based service to businesses with multiple locations in Japan and abroad. The service was launched in October 2014, beginning with the introduction of a restaurant company and progressing through the introduction of various industries and companies such as nursing care and retail, and now even multi-site businesses such as transportation and factories that do not have stores. It has spread to a variety of fields and is now used by approximately 15,000 stores and 420,000 people.
LE System has developed technology to recover vanadium from electrostatic precipitator (EP) ashes produced as an industrial byproduct at thermal power plants, and produce vanadium electrolytes for use in redox flow batteries at a low cost. It is currently transitioning to the mass production stage.
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 people around the world.
Xtia is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and sales of high-precision measurement instruments and 3D scanners. Our patented optical frequency comb laser (Optocomb) has the ability to detect objects with micrometer precision at distances up to 78m. We are currently collaborating with major Japanese and overseas companies that are leveraging the multiple benefits of our unique technology to automate their quality processes, build smarter factories or explore new telecommunication avenues.
LE System has developed technology to recover vanadium from electrostatic precipitator (EP) ashes produced as an industrial byproduct at thermal power plants, and produce vanadium electrolytes for use in redox flow batteries at a low cost. It is currently transitioning to the mass production stage.
Atonarp combines electronics and data processing algorithms for chemical composition analysis. Atonarp’s Smart Spectrometer will enable manufacturers of gas-composition analysis instruments, such as field-based gas chromatography equipment, to achieve breakthrough improvements in cost, size, accuracy, and maintenance-free operation without the need for expensive carrier gases. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
GROUND provides innovative solutions based on the advanced technologies in the logistics and distribution industry (LogiTech®), aiming to achieve Intelligent Logistics®, its original concept that applies the latest technologies such as AI and robotics.
LinkWiz offers software that solves something about robots that is a bit difficult to use. It also develops and sells control system software with proprietary algorithms for industrial robots. Linkwiz's main products, L-ROBOT, control software for robots that perform operations such as welding and coating, and L-QUALIFY, a production-line inspection software, have already been adopted by major companies such as auto manufacturers. The company also provides technical consulting services. LinkWiz was founded in March 2015 and is based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
GROOVE X is designing and developing a totally new, next-generation household robot that no one has seen before, that truly touches people's hearts and inspires real affection.
Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of end-of-life (EOL) and active debris removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and is working with national space agencies, international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies, and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations, and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
Dynamic Map Platform is a company that provides research, development and commercialization of high precision 3 dimensional (3D) map data used in the realization of autonomous driving and safe-driving support systems, beginning with Japan’s motorways and expanding to overseas markets.
Axelspace is a startup company developing businesses in the microsatellite field. Axelspace plans to construct a monitoring platform to cover the entire globe on a daily basis at extremely low cost.
BeeEdge supports the commercialization of business ideas and technologies not utilized within large companies. It offers a new model case to improve Japan’s entrepreneurship, the rate of which is low compared to those of other countries. It aims to roll out the same model to other large companies in Japan.
Oscar Technology Corporation develops automatic parallelization technology for industrial application software on multi-core CPUs from embedded equipment to supercomputers. It offers OSCARTech Compiler, a parallel programming tool that automatically parallelizes sequential software and is used for any multi-core processor with any instruction set, and on any operating system available in the market. The company also provides parallelization consulting services, including evaluation services, parallelization services, and multi-core parallelization seminars; and software licensing services. Oscar Technology Corporation was founded in 2013 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Cloudian is a file and object storage company specializing in S3 object storage in the data center. It turns information into insight with an infinitely scalable platform that consolidates, manages, and protects enterprise data. Cloudian Enterprise Object Storage brings cloud technology and economics to the data center with uncompromising data durability, intuitive management tools, and the industry’s most compatible S3 API.
ABEJA is a platform that integrate state-of-the-art AI technologies including IoT, big data and deep learning and enables to carry out sophisticated analyses with accumulated data. Also, on the basis of the platform, ABEJA offers variety of services optimized for each industries, especially for Retail, Manufacture, Infrastructure. Its platform supports the entire pipeline of machine learning / deep learning, from development, deployment, and operation.
Umitron is a data company for aquaculture. We support fish farmers to increase productivity through data analytics. One of the biggest challenges in aquaculture is increasing feeding costs. We optimize feed amount and timing by using fish behavior analytics and water quality data. Our goal is to install Sustainable Aquaculture on Earth.
Tavelmout Corp. is one business entity of a group of biotech companies, the “Chitose Group”. Tasteless and odorless raw Spirulina are produced and commercialized using the efficient cultivation technologies developed by Chitose Laboratory Corp., which is the research entity of Chitose Group. In addition, in order to use Spirulina as a protein source in various food products, original technologies have been developed and applied for product development, commercialization, and marketing.
Ispace Technologies is a space resource exploration company founded in 2013 to develop micro-robots that will locate the resources necessary to extend human life into outer space. Their main focus is to locate, extract, and deliver lunar ice to customers in cis-lunar space. Ispace manages the technological and business development operations of Team HAKUTO in the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Team Hakuto is a front runner in the $30M competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon and was one of only three teams to win a $500,000 Milestone Prize in mobility. Ispace utilizes 3D printed and commercially off the shelf products (COTS) for rapid prototyping while maximizing structural mass efficiency and shortening the developmental life cycle. Their micro-robots are able to explore larger areas of the Moon faster, at a fraction of the cost of large robots.
Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, and founded in 2012, CerebrEX Corporation is a venture-backed semiconductor start-up in the business of developing proprietary display technologies for the flat panel display market. The company directly addresses the challenges posed by conventional design, small pixels and high resolution. The company has an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. “CerebrEX” is a compound word – a union of the word “CEREBRA” with such inspiring words as expertise, expansion, excitement, and extol. The word was created and adopted as our company name to signify our belief that a team of brains would more effectively contribute to realize better life and more exciting environment. CerebrEX provides an exciting workplace for all employees engaged at all levels within the company. CerebrEX commits to provide its customers with the most advanced LSI solutions, technologies and continuous growth.
Floadia Corporation is an energetic start up, focused on providing embedded non-volatile memory IP solutions.The engineering team came from Renesas who has been developing embedded FLASH technology for over 20 years, including the inventor of "Source Side Injection" for Split Gate FLASH, which is the fundamental technology for commonly used FLASH architecture today.
Anaeropharma Science was established in 2004 to pioneer the development of novel therapeutics to target such a hypoxic environment in solid cancers based on its proprietary platform technology, recombinant bifidobacterium therapeutics.
In the pharmaceutical market, attention has been focused on nucleic acid drugs to meet unmet medical needs such as cancer and intractable diseases.This is because nucleic acid drugs have the following advantages.It is possible to target intracellular drug molecules that could not be targeted by conventional drugsDrug discovery research is possible for any gene as long as there is technology to deliver nucleic acids to the expression siteMore specific than low molecular weight compounds and less susceptible to side effects Unlike antibody drugs, nucleic acid drugs can be manufactured by chemical synthesis at a relatively low cost.
Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. develops three dimensional mapping software platform. The company provides framework on the system, including measurement, mapping, server system, delivery, and security against hacking. It offers development plan (schedule, necessary cost), pricing, and business model. The company also provides data related to road administration to the government. In addition, the company engages in research and development and maintenance of three dimensional maps. Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Dynamic Map Planning Co., Ltd and changed its name to Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd in June 2017. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Farmnote holdings Japan established in December 2016, is a pure holding company with SkyArc Co., Ltd., which operates the web integration business, and Farm Note Co., Ltd., which operates the agricultural IoT solution business.
SmartDrive Inc. is a technology company specializing in vehicle tracking and big data analytics solutions. Founded in 2013 and based in Shinagawa-ku, Japan, it develops a data platform that provides insights into vehicle management, route optimization, and safe driving practices through real-time GPS services. SmartDrive offers various products, including mobile applications like DriveOn, which provides drivers with information on speed and vehicle performance, and hardware devices such as OBD and car chargers. In the United States, SmartDrive Systems, Inc., a related entity established in 2004, focuses on providing fuel management and driver safety solutions across diverse industries, including waste management and food distribution. Its offerings include video analytics for driver performance coaching, fuel performance tracking, and a transportation intelligence suite that transforms data into actionable insights. With a global presence and a commitment to improving driving safety and efficiency, SmartDrive serves a broad range of agencies and fleet operators.
Lightnix is a resin lancet needle manufacturer for the medical industry. Lightnix involved itself in the creation, production, and distribution of medical equipment. Their products include pinnix light, which is a plant based lancet. Their products imitate the shape of a mosquitos proboscis and create microincisions with no needle exposure except during puncture.
Scohia Pharma is a biotech venture that will have both substantial research and development resources and be nimble enough to make decisions quickly, will strive to improve patient quality of life by providing patients and healthcare professionals with new therapeutic medications for renal, metabolic.
Coiney develops "Coiney" credit card payment service for businesses using smartphones and tablets. By inserting a Coiney dedicated leader into the earphone jack of the mobile terminal and using a dedicated application, you can easily make credit card payment anytime, anywhere, indoors and outdoors with internet connection. Coiney Engine uses artificial intelligence to offer an evaluation of business enterprises based on the accumulation of payments history and various statistical data from the Coiney Terminal and Coiney Payge services. It is used to see the credibility of a company when they apply for business loans from banks partnering with the payments startup.
Treasure Data develops a cloud-based data analytics platform for data management. They store and analyze data from sources including multi-structured web, application, mobile, and sensor data, and make the tools that empower the team to make data a differentiator for the business.
Cloudian is a file and object storage company specializing in S3 object storage in the data center. It turns information into insight with an infinitely scalable platform that consolidates, manages, and protects enterprise data. Cloudian Enterprise Object Storage brings cloud technology and economics to the data center with uncompromising data durability, intuitive management tools, and the industry’s most compatible S3 API.
Atonarp combines electronics and data processing algorithms for chemical composition analysis. Atonarp’s Smart Spectrometer will enable manufacturers of gas-composition analysis instruments, such as field-based gas chromatography equipment, to achieve breakthrough improvements in cost, size, accuracy, and maintenance-free operation without the need for expensive carrier gases. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
ABEJA is a platform that integrate state-of-the-art AI technologies including IoT, big data and deep learning and enables to carry out sophisticated analyses with accumulated data. Also, on the basis of the platform, ABEJA offers variety of services optimized for each industries, especially for Retail, Manufacture, Infrastructure. Its platform supports the entire pipeline of machine learning / deep learning, from development, deployment, and operation.
SOINN is an Intelligent various devices, devices and information systems utilizing advanced AI technology including patented technology "artificial brain SOINN".
Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. operates as an audio IC design and solution provider. The company offers digital audio products, such as Digital Speaker Module that include speakers, enclosures, connectors, FPCs, audio DSPs, and interfaces to simplify development for PC, tablet, and smartphone required audio functionality; and digital speaker drivers, USBs, and evaluation boards for the consumer and IT markets. It provides products for applications in computer and laptop, headsets, sound-bar, and Bluetooth speaker. The company offers its products through distributors. Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with offices in Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
SmartDrive Inc. is a technology company specializing in vehicle tracking and big data analytics solutions. Founded in 2013 and based in Shinagawa-ku, Japan, it develops a data platform that provides insights into vehicle management, route optimization, and safe driving practices through real-time GPS services. SmartDrive offers various products, including mobile applications like DriveOn, which provides drivers with information on speed and vehicle performance, and hardware devices such as OBD and car chargers. In the United States, SmartDrive Systems, Inc., a related entity established in 2004, focuses on providing fuel management and driver safety solutions across diverse industries, including waste management and food distribution. Its offerings include video analytics for driver performance coaching, fuel performance tracking, and a transportation intelligence suite that transforms data into actionable insights. With a global presence and a commitment to improving driving safety and efficiency, SmartDrive serves a broad range of agencies and fleet operators.
Smart Insight offers a rental server service for the publication of websites with their own domain names. They also provide a consulting service that listens to customers' requests and answers their questions concerning rental servers. In addition, they offer management and site improvement services after publishing a website.
NanoMist Technologies engages with R&D, design, and sells machines in the areas such as alcoholic beverages and food enrichment, fragrance extraction, chemical purification process, wastewater management, and deodorization process. NanoMist Technologies manufactures and sells machines such as ultrasonic atomization machine, deodorization machine, hot spring water concentration machine, solvent recovery machine, VOCs recovery machine, and granular material production machine.
Floadia Corporation is an energetic start up, focused on providing embedded non-volatile memory IP solutions.The engineering team came from Renesas who has been developing embedded FLASH technology for over 20 years, including the inventor of "Source Side Injection" for Split Gate FLASH, which is the fundamental technology for commonly used FLASH architecture today.
F.TRON is a software company. They offer services that include design, development of computer systems, research, development of cyber security planning, and operation of cybersecurity-related businesses.
F.TRON is a software company. They offer services that include design, development of computer systems, research, development of cyber security planning, and operation of cybersecurity-related businesses.
WHILL designs and creates personal mobility products for indoor and outdoor applications. WHILL is making transportation enjoyable and smart for everybody. It aims to change the perception of mobility devices such as wheelchairs and scooters through advanced technology and smart design. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California.
Exvision provides next-generation sensing and control technology, a high-speed vision platform, and develops its solution. They products are gesture system, high speed tracking microscope system, book flipping scanning, auto pan-tilt, and inspection system.
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" is able to consolidate all of the fare calculation, payment, and security functions carried out by train station ticket gates and payment.
Cloudian is a file and object storage company specializing in S3 object storage in the data center. It turns information into insight with an infinitely scalable platform that consolidates, manages, and protects enterprise data. Cloudian Enterprise Object Storage brings cloud technology and economics to the data center with uncompromising data durability, intuitive management tools, and the industry’s most compatible S3 API.
NejiLaw is a high-performance industrial fastening members and fastening member performance evaluation tester / test room.NejiLaw prevents many of the accidents caused by screw fasteners as before, and further reduces the time required for construction and the economic benefits of reducing maintenance costs. Was born with the mission to bring.
True Data to provide support and consulting services for purchasing behavior data using ID-POS for retailers, while creating and analyzing market index data for consumer goods manufacturers. It develops and provides consumer data analysis and purchasing behavior analysis solutions such as POS or ID-POS to retailers and consumer goods manufacturers.
Royal Gate us a tech company that offers mobile payment devices, technologies, and solutions. The company’s proprietary product, PayGateAir, a multi-function mobile payment device drives real-time linked offers. Royal Gate was founded by Kenji Umemura and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshimura Food Holdings is a small and medium-sized food company that needs to be a successor and needs to rebuild its business since it was established in March 2008 with the aim of supporting and revitalizing small and medium-sized businesses that manufacture and sell food. And expanded its group size by taking over the shares and businesses of.
Squse is engaged in the research and development of technology integration in the robotic sector. Its focused on factory automation business control system, software design and development, image processing, robot business systems and equipment development, actuator development, manufacturing, and more. Squse was founded in October 1997 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.
Coiney develops "Coiney" credit card payment service for businesses using smartphones and tablets. By inserting a Coiney dedicated leader into the earphone jack of the mobile terminal and using a dedicated application, you can easily make credit card payment anytime, anywhere, indoors and outdoors with internet connection. Coiney Engine uses artificial intelligence to offer an evaluation of business enterprises based on the accumulation of payments history and various statistical data from the Coiney Terminal and Coiney Payge services. It is used to see the credibility of a company when they apply for business loans from banks partnering with the payments startup.
Royal Gate us a tech company that offers mobile payment devices, technologies, and solutions. The company’s proprietary product, PayGateAir, a multi-function mobile payment device drives real-time linked offers. Royal Gate was founded by Kenji Umemura and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Smart Insight offers a rental server service for the publication of websites with their own domain names. They also provide a consulting service that listens to customers' requests and answers their questions concerning rental servers. In addition, they offer management and site improvement services after publishing a website.
Coiney develops "Coiney" credit card payment service for businesses using smartphones and tablets. By inserting a Coiney dedicated leader into the earphone jack of the mobile terminal and using a dedicated application, you can easily make credit card payment anytime, anywhere, indoors and outdoors with internet connection. Coiney Engine uses artificial intelligence to offer an evaluation of business enterprises based on the accumulation of payments history and various statistical data from the Coiney Terminal and Coiney Payge services. It is used to see the credibility of a company when they apply for business loans from banks partnering with the payments startup.
Exvision provides next-generation sensing and control technology, a high-speed vision platform, and develops its solution. They products are gesture system, high speed tracking microscope system, book flipping scanning, auto pan-tilt, and inspection system.
PRISM Pharma
Series C in 2013
PRISM Pharma develops and provides biotechnology solutions for medical oncology. It researches on small molecule technologies that offers drug discovery services. PRISM Pharma is based in Yokohama, Japan.
AQUA Therapeutics primarily engages in the development of therapeutic drugs for the treatment of fibrotic diseases. It aims to develop medicine using oligonucleotide-based therapeutics as a drug development platform. It also engages in the research and development, manufacturing, and sales of pharmaceuticals, non-medicinal products, and cosmetics, medical research consultancy, and the development of medical devices, instruments, and equipment. AQUA Therapeutics was founded in 2012.
Orphan Disease Treatment Institute
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Orphan Disease Treatment Institute develops a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, and founded in 2012, CerebrEX Corporation is a venture-backed semiconductor start-up in the business of developing proprietary display technologies for the flat panel display market. The company directly addresses the challenges posed by conventional design, small pixels and high resolution. The company has an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. “CerebrEX” is a compound word – a union of the word “CEREBRA” with such inspiring words as expertise, expansion, excitement, and extol. The word was created and adopted as our company name to signify our belief that a team of brains would more effectively contribute to realize better life and more exciting environment. CerebrEX provides an exciting workplace for all employees engaged at all levels within the company. CerebrEX commits to provide its customers with the most advanced LSI solutions, technologies and continuous growth.
Anaeropharma Science was established in 2004 to pioneer the development of novel therapeutics to target such a hypoxic environment in solid cancers based on its proprietary platform technology, recombinant bifidobacterium therapeutics.
San Francisco based Miselu develops music interfaces and instruments to enrich the experience of creating music with the iPad. The team led by Yoshinari Yoshikawa and Jory Bell, builds products with a strong design aesthetic, utilizing modern technology in bold new ways to enhance musical expression.
Anaeropharma Science was established in 2004 to pioneer the development of novel therapeutics to target such a hypoxic environment in solid cancers based on its proprietary platform technology, recombinant bifidobacterium therapeutics.
Alps Green Devices develops and manufactures power conversion and power control devices.
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