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Fast Track Initiative

VC firm investing in the healthcare and life sciences sectors

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Fast Track Initiative

Japan

Fast Track Initiative is an institutional investor (Conventional VCs) founded in 2004 and headquartered in Bunkyo, Japan. FTI is a VC firm investing in the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Offer seed and early-stage investment to firms through their funds. Typically invest 6.5 Billion Japanese Yen in size through FTI Fund II and 2.8 Billion Japanese Yen in size though FTI Fund I. Portfolio companies include AccuRna, HanaVax, etc. Notable portfolio companies: AccuRna, HanaVax.

Stage
seed, early-stage, Series A, Series B, seed, early-stage, Series A, Series B
Check size
$1M-$15M
HQ
Bunkyo, Japan
Founded
2004
Website
https://www.fti-jp.com/
LinkedIn
http://linkedin.com/company/fast-track-initiative
Twitter
https://twitter.com/fti_vc
Institutional Investorbiotechtherapeuticsdiagnosticsdigital healthhealthcare services

What they look for

Early-stage life science/healthcare startups with strong science and first-in-class technologies, often from academia; focus on Japan/US/global; targeting high unmet medical needs; provides hands-on operational support

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