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Investment firm

Kyoto University Innovation Capital

Accelerator, Corporate VC

WebsiteCrunchbase profileOsaka·Japan10known portfolio companies2people tracked15co-investors

Kyoto University Innovation Capital is an accelerator and corporate venture arm. Team members are concentrated in Osaka, Japan. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Restore Vision, LEP, RegCell, Surv Biopharma, BiPSEE and Link Therapeutics.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at Kyoto University Innovation Capital

Kyoto University Innovation Capital portfolio companies (10)

  • Restore Vision
  • LEP
  • RegCell
  • Surv Biopharma
  • BiPSEE
  • Link Therapeutics
  • Physiologas Technologies
  • Phytolipid Technologies
  • LOOPARTS
  • La Terra

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About Kyoto University Innovation Capital

The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Food and Healthcare, and focus areas AgriTech, Biotech, Drug Discovery and FoodTech; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A.

Ryuhi Kanno (Chief Executive Officer) and Masahiro Shinohara (Investment Director) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Kyoto University Innovation Capital.

Across the known portfolio, 15 co-investors appear alongside Kyoto University Innovation Capital, including NVCC, Scrum Ventures and Lotte Hb.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kyoto University Innovation Capital?

Kyoto University Innovation Capital is an accelerator and corporate venture arm whose team is concentrated in Osaka, Japan, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Kyoto University Innovation Capital invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Food and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AgriTech, Biotech, Drug Discovery and FoodTech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Kyoto University Innovation Capital invest at?

The known deals of Kyoto University Innovation Capital include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Kyoto University Innovation Capital?

Both people on file at Kyoto University Innovation Capital are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.

How do I contact Kyoto University Innovation Capital?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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