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Institutional Investor seed early-stage Series A Series B growth Est. 2015

Keio Innovation Initiative

Stage agnostic tech and life sciences focused venture capital firm investing primarily in Japan

📍 Tokyo, Japan

About This Fund

Keio Innovation Initiative is a satge agnostic venture capital firm. Makes investments in territories such as Japan. Invests in tech and life sciences companies that are operating in sectors like Biopharma, HealthTech and SportsTech. Notable investments include Kringle Pharma, CureApp, BONX.

Investment Focus

Sectors
deep tech digital technology medical healthcare biotech IT AI robotics space tech quantum tech agritech cleantech impact investing (QOL improvement socioeconomic transformation environmental protection)
Stages
seed early-stage Series A Series B growth
Check Size $1M-$15M
Geography
Japan

What They Look For

Academia-originated deep tech startups, primarily commercializing Keio University research (expanded to other universities/research institutes), Japan-focused, leveraging innovative technology/scientific knowledge for large societal impact (healthcare, productivity, environment), high difficulty projects

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