QB Capital

QB Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and located in Fukuoka, Japan. The company focuses on making equity investments in technology startups, targeting sectors such as business products and services, consumer products and services, healthcare, and information technology. Primarily, QB Capital seeks opportunities within the Kyushu region, aiming to support innovative ventures that demonstrate potential for growth and impact.

Takeshi Sakamoto

Executive

31 past transactions

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 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.

LUCA Science

Series B in 2022
LUCA Science is at the forefront of a new kind of mitochondrial therapy that aims to restore cellular bioenergetics in malfunctioning or damaged tissues and organs. Using our patented iMIT technology, LUCA Science is creating a novel platform of highly functional mitochondria. We could boost bioenergetics and restore normal activities by supplying intact and functional mitochondria to the affected tissues. The utilization of mitochondria as a biopharmaceutical agent would be groundbreaking for treating a wide range of unmet medical needs.

Infostellar

Series B in 2021
Infostellar make space communications infrastructure, & are now developing our cloud-based satellite antenna sharing platform, StellarStation. By lowering costs and increasing transmission time, Infostellar empowers satellite operators to improve the quality of their service and expand potential business.

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.

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.

DAIZ

Series B in 2021
DAIZ produces and sells plant-based meat, 'Miracle Meat' which uses germinated soybeans by the proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.' Also, DAIZ engages in research and development of raw materials, and drug discovery from germinated soybeans.

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.

J-Pharma

Series D in 2020
J-Pharma’s mission is to help mankind by creating and developing novel pharmaceuticals based upon a human-genomic approach; an approach where people with specific diseases are treated with novel and selective agents. J-Pharma’s intellectual property (IP) embraces the notion that cell membrane transporters are tightly associated to many diseases. In addition to drug molecules that target specific transporters, J-Pharma has discovered several important drug transporters within the human body that may be used to evaluate and optimize pharmacokinetics of new drug candidates. We believe that J-Pharma’s pipelines will lead to new agents and processes (i.e. diagnostic methods) and will increase the quality of life for an ageing population in industrialized countries. J-Pharma’s overall goal is to contribute globally to the maintenance of human health and improve human welfare through the creation of new drugs.

Space Walker

Seed Round in 2020
SPACE WALKER specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of reusable rockets and peripheral components. SPACE WALKER also plans and submits proposals for space-related events and other related businesses.

KOALA Tech

Venture Round 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.

Shikumi

Venture Round in 2020
Shikumi Design is a creative firm that creates interactive signage, live production, the AR instrument "KAGURA," the app "Springin" that allows anyone to easily create games on smartphones without coding, and the digital sketchbook application "Springin' Classroom" for educational institutions.

KiQ Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
KiQ Robotics produces industrial robots. They are involved in the research, development, and sales of equipment related to industrial robots. They are engaged in research on automation systems and unmanned aerial vehicles. They develop robotic ventures intended to deliver automated robot packages.

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.

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

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.

EditForce

Corporate Round in 2019
EditForce develops drugs and seeds by using nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) manipulation technologies.

DAIZ

Seed Round in 2018
DAIZ produces and sells plant-based meat, 'Miracle Meat' which uses germinated soybeans by the proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.' Also, DAIZ engages in research and development of raw materials, and drug discovery from germinated soybeans.

Megwell

Venture Round in 2018
Megwell has developed smove, a compact, lightweight, and low-cost robot device for hand rehabilitation, by utilizing an unprecedented flexible mechanism developed by Professor Arata of Kyushu University's Faculty of Engineering. The company intends to commercialize its product. Smove is a hand rehabilitation device that proposes a new method of rehabilitation by utilizing an unprecedented flexibility mechanism that combines neurorehabilitation and task-oriented training elements for stroke patients.

SPORTS SENSING

Venture Round in 2018
SPORTS SENSING is a player, instructor, analyst, and researcher for all competitions aiming to improve competitiveness.

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.

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

Jeplan

Venture Round in 2018
Jeplan is an environment firm that develops new recycling technologies and systems that meet the various needs of consumers.

Japan Wind Tunnel Manufacturing

Venture Round in 2018
JAPAN FUDO is a company that develops and manufactures new products related to wind, such as the world's most compact wind tunnel "Aero Optim" series and double propeller wind turbines.

Kotozna

Venture Round in 2018
Kotozna is an IT service company that aims to solve the social problem of "language cave" using cutting-edge technologies such as AI and machine translation. Multilingual translation services such as "Kotozna Chat", which provides messaging with simultaneous translation between different SNS platforms, and "Kotozna Camera", which translates Japanese content such as restaurant menus and displays them by QR code scanning.

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.

Himuka AM Pharma

Venture Round in 2017
Himuka AM Pharma is a pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of Adrenomedullin derivatives. Himuka AM Pharma creates drug candidates based on the bioactive peptide adrenomedullin (AM), which was discovered at the University of Miyazaki (formerly Miyazaki Medical College). Their drug candidates will make significant contributions to the resolution of unmet medical needs.

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.

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.

GORYO Chemical

Venture Round in 2016
GORYO Chemical specializes in sales of functional dyes Contract synthesis of functional dyes and development of diagnostic agents.

SENTAN Pharma

Venture Round in 2016
SENTAN Pharma is a pharmaceutical research and development company that offers medical devices, quasi-drugs, and sales of health foods.

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.
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