Zip Infrastructure
Series A in 2024
Zip Infrastructure is a company focused on the manufacture and sale of transportation equipment and civil engineering services. It aims to support urban development through innovative transportation solutions. The company specializes in a self-propelled carrier system that emphasizes convenience, safety, and economic efficiency. By providing advanced transportation infrastructure, Zip Infrastructure seeks to enhance urban mobility, reduce traffic congestion, and promote the concept of modernized cities.
Mechano Cross
Seed Round in 2024
Mechano Cross is a technology company specializing in mechanochemical organic synthesis, a process that uses mechanical energy to drive chemical reactions in solution. The company's primary goal is to address global environmental challenges by providing innovative solutions that transform industry structures and enable clients to achieve sustainable and efficient operations.
KiQ Robotics
Seed Round in 2019
KiQ Robotics Inc. is a Japan-based company that specializes in the research, development, and sales of industrial robotics equipment. Founded in 2019 in Kitakyushu, the company produces a general-purpose robot hand equipped with flexible fingertips and advanced three-dimensional sensors. KiQ Robotics also focuses on creating systems that allow users to program robotic movements using natural language and gestures. In addition to its robotic hardware, the company offers cloud services that connect users to its system network. KiQ Robotics aims to enhance automation capabilities, enabling robots to perform a variety of tasks in real-time that traditionally required human intervention, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing labor costs in various industrial applications.
Japan Wind Tunnel Manufacturing
Venture Round in 2018
Japan Fudo Industry Inc. specializes in engineering, design, and manufacturing of equipment for wind power generation. Founded in 2016 and based in Kurume, Japan, the company offers a range of products including wind tunnel test equipment, wind power generators, and hydraulic power generators. Notable innovations include the compact "Aero Optim" wind tunnel series and double propeller wind turbines. Japan Fudo also provides stackable wind tunnel units, large custom wind tunnels, fan units, wind resistance testing devices, measuring instruments, software, and maintenance services. Their technology aims to optimize the efficiency of wind power generators by stabilizing airflow over short distances, contributing to improved performance and cost-effectiveness for their clients.
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.