G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
ArchiTek is a company focused on circuit design for embedded systems, with a particular emphasis on high-level architecture design. It develops artificial intelligence and image-processing digital circuits aimed at enhancing the productivity of data storage, processing, and analysis. ArchiTek's technology enables computers to sense and interpret their environments in dynamic conditions, offering clients low-cost, high-performance AI chips tailored for embedded applications.
Tech Ocean Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company that develops and operates an artificial intelligence and big data-driven virtual recruitment platform aimed at science and engineering students. Founded in 2018, the company offers a service known as Tech offer, which assists graduate and undergraduate students in their job search by matching them with technology companies seeking specific technical skills. The platform utilizes a comprehensive database of students and employs semi-automated processes to facilitate effective matching, thereby creating a beneficial cycle of recruitment and education. In addition to its core platform, Tech Ocean also provides recruitment consulting services and develops mobile applications to enhance user engagement and functionality.
ProteanTecs Ltd. is a technology company that specializes in developing a cloud-based analytics platform aimed at enhancing the performance and reliability of electronic systems. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Haifa, Israel, the company leverages data from chip-embedded agents combined with machine learning to anticipate faults before they escalate into failures. Its solutions offer significant insights across the value chain, catering to chip vendors, system vendors, and digital service providers. ProteanTecs' technology facilitates improvements in key areas such as predictive maintenance, yield enhancement, and performance tuning while achieving notable reductions in defects per million opportunities. The company also has offices in Tel Aviv, Israel; Santa Clara, California; and Bridgewater, New Jersey.
CellGenTech, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company based in Chiba, Japan, focused on the research and development of gene therapies and regenerative medicine. Founded in 2003, the company specializes in adipocyte-based technologies to create innovative gene and cell therapies. CellGenTech is currently conducting translational clinical research targeting LCAT deficiency, with plans to extend its therapeutic applications to other rare diseases. The company offers protein supplemental therapy solutions for various conditions, including hereditary and orphan diseases, intractable diseases such as lysosomal disorders and hemophilia, as well as diabetic and cardiovascular diseases. Through the use of genetically modified human adipocytes, CellGenTech aims to replenish essential enzymes and proteins, providing new treatment options for patients with specific medical needs.
ArchiTek is a company focused on circuit design for embedded systems, with a particular emphasis on high-level architecture design. It develops artificial intelligence and image-processing digital circuits aimed at enhancing the productivity of data storage, processing, and analysis. ArchiTek's technology enables computers to sense and interpret their environments in dynamic conditions, offering clients low-cost, high-performance AI chips tailored for embedded applications.
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.
Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
Seak Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that focuses on agricultural technology through its platform, Leap. Founded in 2014, the company aims to support inexperienced farmers by providing a comprehensive range of services. These include assistance with farmland development, facility construction, cultivation techniques, securing sales channels, and arranging funding. By offering these resources, Seak empowers amateur farmers to actively engage in agriculture and effectively manage their farming businesses.
Seak Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that focuses on agricultural technology through its platform, Leap. Founded in 2014, the company aims to support inexperienced farmers by providing a comprehensive range of services. These include assistance with farmland development, facility construction, cultivation techniques, securing sales channels, and arranging funding. By offering these resources, Seak empowers amateur farmers to actively engage in agriculture and effectively manage their farming businesses.
Kinestral Technologies, Inc. specializes in manufacturing smart-tinting glass, branded as Halio, for both commercial and residential applications. Halio glass can transition from clear to tinted or dark, either automatically or on command, enhancing architectural design by providing versatile solutions for windows, walls, and skylights. This technology offers significant advantages over traditional electrochromic glass, including faster tinting, uniform coloration, and a natural appearance. Kinestral also provides a range of supporting products, such as the Halio Tint Selector, which allows localized control of window tinting, and Halio Cloud, an interface for integrating window operations with building automation systems. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hayward, California, Kinestral has established a strategic partnership with Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Its advanced manufacturing techniques ensure reliable production and timely delivery for projects worldwide, ultimately aiming to improve energy efficiency and comfort in indoor environments.
Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
Seak Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that focuses on agricultural technology through its platform, Leap. Founded in 2014, the company aims to support inexperienced farmers by providing a comprehensive range of services. These include assistance with farmland development, facility construction, cultivation techniques, securing sales channels, and arranging funding. By offering these resources, Seak empowers amateur farmers to actively engage in agriculture and effectively manage their farming businesses.
Seak Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that focuses on agricultural technology through its platform, Leap. Founded in 2014, the company aims to support inexperienced farmers by providing a comprehensive range of services. These include assistance with farmland development, facility construction, cultivation techniques, securing sales channels, and arranging funding. By offering these resources, Seak empowers amateur farmers to actively engage in agriculture and effectively manage their farming businesses.
Verification Technology Inc. is a company based in Yokohama, Japan, founded in 2003, specializing in third-party testing services for large-scale integration (LSI). The company provides a range of services, including functional safety assessments and development process technologies, which encompass dynamic and static verification as well as FPGA prototyping. Additionally, Verification Technology offers bus verification solutions that support various protocols such as AMBA, AHB, and AXI, alongside peripheral verification technologies for standards like Ethernet, PCI Express, and Serial ATA. The company is focused on enhancing the reliability and safety of electronic systems through its comprehensive verification tools and services.
Aegis Technologies, Inc. is a company based in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established in January 2015. It specializes in the design and development of ultra-compact micro sensing devices intended for various technology sectors. The company focuses on multiple areas, including robotics, data mining services, and the research and development of next-generation traceability systems. Additionally, Aegis Technologies is involved in video analysis and unmanned aerial vehicle technology, providing clients with capabilities for satellite-based hardware development.
GLM Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company based in Kyoto that specializes in the development and manufacturing of electric vehicles. Founded in 2010, GLM aims to contribute to a low-carbon society by producing innovative electric cars. The company's vehicles feature customizable chassis and a variety of electric vehicle systems, which include an array of motors, inverters, battery modules, and vehicle control units. This combination is designed to enhance the driving experience for users while promoting sustainability. As of September 2017, GLM operates as a subsidiary of O Luxe Holdings Limited.
Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
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.
GlyTech, Inc. specializes in the manufacture of human type N-glycans and glycosylation technologies, as well as glycopeptide and glycoprotein synthesis. Established in 2012 and based in Kyoto, Japan, the company is dedicated to advancing the production of glycans and chemical glycosylation technologies for the development of innovative biopharmaceuticals and oligonucleotide therapeutics. GlyTech licenses glycosylated peptides and proteins and provides a range of services, including contract research and development, custom synthesis, and contract manufacturing. Additionally, the company engages in research collaborations and supplies standard reagents to support its partners in the pharmaceutical industry.
Exergy Power Systems is focused on developing, producing, and providing energy storage systems that make use of its uniquely developed hydrogen cells, which have ultrafast charging and discharging properties, as well as enhanced durability.
GLM Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company based in Kyoto that specializes in the development and manufacturing of electric vehicles. Founded in 2010, GLM aims to contribute to a low-carbon society by producing innovative electric cars. The company's vehicles feature customizable chassis and a variety of electric vehicle systems, which include an array of motors, inverters, battery modules, and vehicle control units. This combination is designed to enhance the driving experience for users while promoting sustainability. As of September 2017, GLM operates as a subsidiary of O Luxe Holdings Limited.
Micropelt is a startup that emerged from a collaborative project between Infineon Technologies AG and the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques in Germany. The company specializes in developing thin film thermoelectric components through semiconductor manufacturing processes. Micropelt focuses on creating energy-harvesting systems that integrate micro-actuators and sensors. Its product offerings include thermoelectric cooling chips and thermoelectric generators designed for various applications, such as chip spot cooling, biomedical devices, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, as well as fiber optics. These innovations aim to facilitate effective temperature management in individual rooms while contributing to CO2 reduction and enhancing user comfort. The company has secured funding from several financial institutions, enabling its growth and development within the thin-film technology sector.
Teknovus, Inc., a fabless semiconductor and software solutions company, develops and supplies access chips and embedded software for the FTTx market. It offers Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) integrated chips for central office and customer premises applications; EPON customer premises equipment ONU; TDM transport chips that provide the circuit emulation of T1/E1/J1 on various Ethernet switched networks; evaluation kits, which support original equipment manufacturers and service provider customers; EPON OLT solutions that offer a system-on-a-chip approach to the original equipment manufacturers; and TK3401 Intelligent EPON Node Controller that enables service providers to meet various needs of network topologies and subscriber densities. The company’s system-on-a-chips incorporate firmware for the embedded processor to control the hardware. Teknovus, Inc. markets its products through distributors in the United States, Europe, and China.
Teknovus, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Petaluma, California with sales and support centers in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The company also has a location in San Jose, California.
Cambrios Technologies Corp. develops electronic materials for the display industry. The company provides wet-processable transparent conductive films. Its nanostructured materials can be deposited using existing production equipment to achieve enhanced performance of display devices and components. The company was founded in 2002 as Semzyme, Inc. and changed its name to Cambrios Technologies Corp. in August 2004. Cambrios Technologies Corp. is based in Sunnyvale, California.
Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd. is a supplier of casting components primarily serving the wind power generator industry, as well as manufacturers of heavy industrial machines. Founded in 1971, the company is headquartered in Ningbo, China, and operates additional manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and other locations in China, including Nanjing and Dongguan. Yeong Guan specializes in low-temperature high tensile spheroidal graphite iron casting and gray cast iron casting for energy applications, producing essential components such as hubs, gear boxes, and bases for large-scale wind turbines, as well as steam turbine components for power plants. Furthermore, the company supplies high-grade spheroidal graphite iron casting for injection molding machines and precision machine tools, among other industrial applications. Yeong Guan Energy also offers a range of services, including casting, processing, welding, painting, assembly, and testing, to meet the diverse needs of its clients in various sectors.
Cohesive Technologies
Series B in 2003
Cohesive Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets breakthrough liquid chromatography (LC) solutions for the drug discovery, pharmaceutical, contract research, and clinical diagnostic industries. The company has developed patented technologies and a wide range of chromatographic products designed to significantly improve productivity by accelerating the separation, purification, and analysis of molecules in bioanalysis. With a strong depth of knowledge in column chemistry, applications, engineering, software development, and quality management, Cohesive Technologies leads the industry in the research, development, and production of LC technologies that accelerate the pace of customers' drug discovery and development efforts.