72 past transactions

Kyulux

Series A in 2016
Kyulux is a leader in developing and delivering the next generation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, TADF. Kyulux develops and sells TADF and Hyperfluoresence based OLED materials and solutions to manufacturers in the display and lighting industries. Founded in 2015, the Company currently owns or has exclusive or co-exclusive rights to a large TADF intellectual property portfolio developed over the past seven years at Kyushu University and its industrial partners.
Kyulux is a leader in developing and delivering the next generation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, TADF. Kyulux develops and sells TADF and Hyperfluoresence based OLED materials and solutions to manufacturers in the display and lighting industries. Founded in 2015, the Company currently owns or has exclusive or co-exclusive rights to a large TADF intellectual property portfolio developed over the past seven years at Kyushu University and its industrial partners.
DAIZ Inc. engages in the production and supply of plant-based meat. It offers food soybean-derived functional substances. The company was founded in 2015 and is based Kumamoto, Japan.

umitron

Series B in 2022
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 cost. We optimize feed amount and timing by using fish behavior analytics and water quality data. Our goal is to "install Sustainable Aquaculture on Earth".
LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd. manufactures vanadium redox flow battery. The company also offers research and business management on battery cell stack. LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan. As of May 14, 2015, LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Japan Investment Adviser Co., Ltd.

Koala Tech

Venture Round in 2021
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.
SENTAN Pharma Inc., a drug discovery biotechnology company, conducts R&D of a nanoparticle formulation that focuses on cardiovascular diseases with nanotechnology as the critical technology. The company engages in the business of R&D of ethical drugs, medical devices, and quasi-drugs. It manufactures and sells supplements, and specially controlled medical devices. The company's products include PLGA Nano-particle, a poly lactic-co-glycolic acid; Pitavastatin-Nano particle (SP-0010) for chronic critical limb ischemia, severe pulmonary arterial, acute myocardiac infarction, interstitial pulmonary, and chronic obstructive pulmonary; Cyclosporin-Nano particle (SP-002) for acute myocardial infarction and stroke; and ?-ORZ–Nano particle(SP-003) for diabetes and obesity. SENTAN Pharma Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.
Space Walker Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells reusable winged sub-orbital space planes and peripheral parts. It also plans and proposes space-related events; and engages in other related businesses. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DAIZ

Seed Round in 2018
DAIZ Inc. engages in the production and supply of plant-based meat. It offers food soybean-derived functional substances. The company was founded in 2015 and is based Kumamoto, Japan.
Shikumi Design Inc. specializes in the development of new generation musical instrument "KAGURA" that can be played by physical movement. It was founded on February 4, 2005 and is based in Japan.
ORTHOReBIRTH is a medical device sales and distribution company. The company produces and markets orthopedic biologics that improve patients'​ quality of life and offer superior outcomes. ORTHOReBIRTH U brings premium orthopedic biologics to surgeons practicing around the world. The company aims to decrease any burden, physically and mentally of both patients and doctors by creating innovative medical apparatus in the field of orthopedics. ORTHOReBIRTH was founded in June 2011 and is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas.

SPORTS SENSING

Venture Round in 2018
Sports Sensing Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells technology hardware, including display monitor and sensor. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka City, Japan.

DAIZ

Series B in 2021
DAIZ Inc. engages in the production and supply of plant-based meat. It offers food soybean-derived functional substances. The company was founded in 2015 and is based Kumamoto, Japan.

LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd.

Private Placement in 2017
LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd. manufactures vanadium redox flow battery. The company also offers research and business management on battery cell stack. LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan. As of May 14, 2015, LE SYSTEM Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Japan Investment Adviser Co., Ltd.

EditForce

Private Placement in 2019
EditForce Inc. provides an alternative option to genome editing and a tool for editing of RNA molecules at the genomic scale called transcriptome editing based on pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein engineering technologies for biological research, medicine, agriculture, and bio-production applications. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.

Polyglots

Private Placement in 2018
POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates. POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specialized learning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.

OrthoReBirth

Venture Round in 2017
ORTHOReBIRTH is a medical device sales and distribution company. The company produces and markets orthopedic biologics that improve patients'​ quality of life and offer superior outcomes. ORTHOReBIRTH U brings premium orthopedic biologics to surgeons practicing around the world. The company aims to decrease any burden, physically and mentally of both patients and doctors by creating innovative medical apparatus in the field of orthopedics. ORTHOReBIRTH was founded in June 2011 and is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas.

Polyglots

Series A in 2018
POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates. POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specialized learning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.

Goryo Chemical

Venture Round in 2016
Goryo Chemical, Inc. develops fluorescent probes for chemical biology/bio applications. Its products and services include AcidiFluor, CalFluor, GlycoFluor, ProteoFluor, MetalloFluor, ROSFluor, and IndoCyanine green dye series; bioluminescent probes; labeling services; and custom synthesis. The company also provides its products for use as imaging regents for cellular analysis, assay, and imaging, as well as chromatic changing makers for fluorescent labeling to protein, peptide, antibody, and oligonucleotide for molecularly-targeted drug or immunoassay. It serves customers through a network of distributors in Japan and internationally. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Sapporo, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

KiQ Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
KiQ Robotics Inc. engages in the research, development, and sales of equipment related to industrial robots. The company offers general-purpose robot hand with flexible fingertips and three-dimensional (3D) sensors. It also develops and provides a system for programming the movement of robots with words and gestures and offers cloud services that connects people with system network. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Chromocenter

Private Placement in 2018
Chromocenter is a next generation biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing company. It uses technologies such as artificial chromosome vectors, mainly for drug discovery such as medical pharmaceuticals

KiQ Robotics

Private Placement in 2019
KiQ Robotics Inc. engages in the research, development, and sales of equipment related to industrial robots. The company offers general-purpose robot hand with flexible fingertips and three-dimensional (3D) sensors. It also develops and provides a system for programming the movement of robots with words and gestures and offers cloud services that connects people with system network. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Lesys

Venture Round in 2017
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.

megwel

Venture Round in 2018
megwel is a research and development of medical equipment and care.

SENTAN PHARMA

Venture Round in 2016
SENTAN Pharma Inc., a drug discovery biotechnology company, conducts R&D of a nanoparticle formulation that focuses on cardiovascular diseases with nanotechnology as the critical technology. The company engages in the business of R&D of ethical drugs, medical devices, and quasi-drugs. It manufactures and sells supplements, and specially controlled medical devices. The company's products include PLGA Nano-particle, a poly lactic-co-glycolic acid; Pitavastatin-Nano particle (SP-0010) for chronic critical limb ischemia, severe pulmonary arterial, acute myocardiac infarction, interstitial pulmonary, and chronic obstructive pulmonary; Cyclosporin-Nano particle (SP-002) for acute myocardial infarction and stroke; and ?-ORZ–Nano particle(SP-003) for diabetes and obesity. SENTAN Pharma Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.

Himuka AM Pharma

Venture Round in 2017
Himuka AM Pharma Corp. engages in research, development, and discovery of new drug seeds for improved adrenomedullin. The company was founded in February 2017 and is based in Miyazaki City, Japan.

ALE

Series A in 2019
To Create world-first man-made meteor shower with releasing particles from micro-satellite, ALE has been founded in 2011. We have unique marketers, engineers, and scientists driven by curiosity, bold enough to create cutting-edge technologies to sublimate space and entertainment concepts. We basically fuse meteor sciences and space technologies to entertain people on ground and predict climate change. We pioneer space entertainment. We have 2 goals. 1. Entertain people to stimulate people's curiosity and empower them to explore their infinite possibilities. 2. Collect mesosphere data. We will federate a wide community from scientists to decision makers and motivate people to elucidate atmosphere phenomena and play a pivotal role in making Earth more sustainable. We are a curiosity-driven company, so we would like to satisfy our curiosity, grow the people's curiosity towards space and science at the same time.

Koala Tech

Venture Round in 2019
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.

Kotozna, Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
Kotozna, Inc. develops mobile application that provides real-time multi-language translation services. The company develops Kotozna Chat that provides real-time multi-language translation across different messaging platforms. The application enables international travelers and local businesses to chat with own devices on own messaging platform in own language. Kotozna, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Spectronix Japan

Series E in 2024
Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.

Alumnote

Seed Round in 2023
The alumni association management software developed by Alumnote allows schools to manage their alumni associations online. The focus of the company is to undertake loyalty building and marketing for potential donors such as graduates and provides digital tools, and supports the execution of donation acquisition.

Ashirase

Seed Round in 2024
Developer of a walking navigation technology designed to guide the visually impaired. The company's technology offers a voice-less navigation system that is connected to a gadget that vibrates in the shoes and directs to the destination, enabling blind people to move with a margin and pay sufficient attention to the surrounding safety of the environment.
POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates. POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specialized learning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.
GAIA BioMedicine Inc. engages in the development of regenerative medicine products. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
J-Pharma Co., Ltd. develops therapeutics and diagnostic agents for treatment of cancer. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.
KiQ Robotics Inc. engages in the research, development, and sales of equipment related to industrial robots. The company offers general-purpose robot hand with flexible fingertips and three-dimensional (3D) sensors. It also develops and provides a system for programming the movement of robots with words and gestures and offers cloud services that connects people with system network. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Kitakyushu, Japan.

LUCA Science

Series B in 2022
Luca Science Inc. specializes in creating a new treatment using mitochondria, which is bioenergy itself. It is based in Japan.
SUDx-Biotec focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of sugar chain technology. The company has developed a diagnostic system for highly sensitive detection of viruses, and is developing an electricity-free diagnosis kit for viruses.
Goryo Chemical, Inc. develops fluorescent probes for chemical biology/bio applications. Its products and services include AcidiFluor, CalFluor, GlycoFluor, ProteoFluor, MetalloFluor, ROSFluor, and IndoCyanine green dye series; bioluminescent probes; labeling services; and custom synthesis. The company also provides its products for use as imaging regents for cellular analysis, assay, and imaging, as well as chromatic changing makers for fluorescent labeling to protein, peptide, antibody, and oligonucleotide for molecularly-targeted drug or immunoassay. It serves customers through a network of distributors in Japan and internationally. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Sapporo, Japan with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan.

SUDx-Biotec

Venture Round in 2020
SUDx-Biotec focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of sugar chain technology. The company has developed a diagnostic system for highly sensitive detection of viruses, and is developing an electricity-free diagnosis kit for viruses.
JEPLAN, INC. develops recycling technologies and systems, and initiatives to promote recycling. It provides recycling technology that produces energy from textile products and recycled oil from plastic waste; promotes the recycling of used uniforms; and offers consulting services for businesses that are considering recycling uniforms. The company was founded in January 2007 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

EditForce

Corporate Round in 2019
EditForce Inc. provides an alternative option to genome editing and a tool for editing of RNA molecules at the genomic scale called transcriptome editing based on pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein engineering technologies for biological research, medicine, agriculture, and bio-production applications. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.
Sports Sensing Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells technology hardware, including display monitor and sensor. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka City, Japan.

Megwell Corporation

Megwell Corporation researches, develops, and sells medical and nursing equipment. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Chikushino, Japan.
EditForce Inc. provides an alternative option to genome editing and a tool for editing of RNA molecules at the genomic scale called transcriptome editing based on pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein engineering technologies for biological research, medicine, agriculture, and bio-production applications. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.
Himuka AM Pharma Corp. engages in research, development, and discovery of new drug seeds for improved adrenomedullin. The company was founded in February 2017 and is based in Miyazaki City, Japan.

ALE Co., Ltd.

Private Placement in 2019
ALE Co., Ltd. provides entertainment utilizing outer space, artificial shooting stars, and satellites. It provides Sky Canvas project that paints the night sky with shooting stars. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
JAPAN FUDO INDUSTRY Inc. engages in engineering, designing, and manufacturing wind power generation equipment, such as wind tunnel test equipment, wind power generators, and hydraulic power generators. It offers stackable wind tunnel units, large wind tunnels/custom made products, wind tunnel sets, fan units, wind resistance test devices, measuring devices, software, smoke machines, expendables, wind turbines, retractable towers, concrete towers, battery systems, and wind tunnel maintenance and repair services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Kurume, Japan.
Kotozna, Inc. develops mobile application that provides real-time multi-language translation services. The company develops Kotozna Chat that provides real-time multi-language translation across different messaging platforms. The application enables international travelers and local businesses to chat with own devices on own messaging platform in own language. Kotozna, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Shikumi

Venture Round in 2020
Shikumi Design Inc. specializes in the development of new generation musical instrument "KAGURA" that can be played by physical movement. It was founded on February 4, 2005 and is based in Japan.

ALE Co., Ltd.

ALE Co., Ltd. provides entertainment utilizing outer space, artificial shooting stars, and satellites. It provides Sky Canvas project that paints the night sky with shooting stars. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Chromocenter is a next generation biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing company. It uses technologies such as artificial chromosome vectors, mainly for drug discovery such as medical pharmaceuticals

Infostellar

Series B in 2021
Infostellar Inc. develops and offers modular software systems that enable satellite operators to enable unlimited communication link establishment to adopt and transform their own ground station by leveraging a cloud service-like usability. It offers StellarStation, a cloud-based ground station platform offering ground station owners to monetise their surplus capacity, and enabling satellite operators to communicate with their satellites from a varied range of antennas around the world, all through one common interface; Ground Station Search; and Makesat. Infostellar Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Cyfuse Biomedical develops tissue fabrication systems and cell-based products in Japan and internationally. The company offers 3D BioFabrication systems and related consumables; develops and licenses 3D tissue products for therapeutic and drug development use; and engages in contract manufacturing of 3D tissue products for research purposes. Its products applications include blood vessel grafts for blood access of hemodialysis patients or coronary artery bypass grafts; cardiac grafts for drug toxicology screening or supplemental therapy of myocardial infarction; cartilage grafts for plastic surgery or reconstruction; and hepatocyte grafts for drug metabolism screening or in-vivo production of clotting factors in the treatment of hemophilia. Cyfuse Biomedical was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Grace Imaging

Venture Round in 2021
Grace Imaging is a development of advanced fatigue measurement service by lactic acid sensing in sweat and MRI technologies.

JEPLAN

Venture Round in 2018
JEPLAN, INC. develops recycling technologies and systems, and initiatives to promote recycling. It provides recycling technology that produces energy from textile products and recycled oil from plastic waste; promotes the recycling of used uniforms; and offers consulting services for businesses that are considering recycling uniforms. The company was founded in January 2007 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Shikumi

Private Placement in 2020
Shikumi Design Inc. specializes in the development of new generation musical instrument "KAGURA" that can be played by physical movement. It was founded on February 4, 2005 and is based in Japan.

Space Walker

Private Placement in 2019
Space Walker Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells reusable winged sub-orbital space planes and peripheral parts. It also plans and proposes space-related events; and engages in other related businesses. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

J-Pharma

Series D in 2020
J-Pharma Co., Ltd. develops therapeutics and diagnostic agents for treatment of cancer. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.

Cyfuse Biomedical

Venture Round in 2017
Cyfuse Biomedical develops tissue fabrication systems and cell-based products in Japan and internationally. The company offers 3D BioFabrication systems and related consumables; develops and licenses 3D tissue products for therapeutic and drug development use; and engages in contract manufacturing of 3D tissue products for research purposes. Its products applications include blood vessel grafts for blood access of hemodialysis patients or coronary artery bypass grafts; cardiac grafts for drug toxicology screening or supplemental therapy of myocardial infarction; cartilage grafts for plastic surgery or reconstruction; and hepatocyte grafts for drug metabolism screening or in-vivo production of clotting factors in the treatment of hemophilia. Cyfuse Biomedical was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Fudo

Venture Round in 2018
JAPAN FUDO INDUSTRY Inc. engages in engineering, designing, and manufacturing wind power generation equipment, such as wind tunnel test equipment, wind power generators, and hydraulic power generators. It offers stackable wind tunnel units, large wind tunnels/custom made products, wind tunnel sets, fan units, wind resistance test devices, measuring devices, software, smoke machines, expendables, wind turbines, retractable towers, concrete towers, battery systems, and wind tunnel maintenance and repair services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Kurume, Japan.

Chromocenter

Venture Round in 2018
Chromocenter is a next generation biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing company. It uses technologies such as artificial chromosome vectors, mainly for drug discovery such as medical pharmaceuticals

Space Walker

Seed Round in 2020
Space Walker Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells reusable winged sub-orbital space planes and peripheral parts. It also plans and proposes space-related events; and engages in other related businesses. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Ashirase

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a walking navigation technology designed to guide the visually impaired. The company's technology offers a voice-less navigation system that is connected to a gadget that vibrates in the shoes and directs to the destination, enabling blind people to move with a margin and pay sufficient attention to the surrounding safety of the environment.

Co-LABO MAKER

Series A in 2023
Co-LABO MAKER Co., Ltd. provides research and share service for the processes of searching, matching, experiment, and settlement of laboratory equipment and technology through its sharing platform. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Sendai, Japan.

SUDx-Biotec

Venture Round in 2019
SUDx-Biotec focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of sugar chain technology. The company has developed a diagnostic system for highly sensitive detection of viruses, and is developing an electricity-free diagnosis kit for viruses.

Koala Tech

Private Placement in 2020
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.
Lycoper Inc. grows, cultivates, and distributes sustainable agricultural products to customers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Hokuto city, Japan.