Waseda University Ventures is an accelerator and corporate venture arm. Team members are concentrated in Tokyo, Japan. Known portfolio companies include Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Blue Laser Fusion, CoreTissue BioEngineering, BioPhenoMA, Pestalozzi Technology and Power Diamond Systems, 9 companies in all.
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Who to pitch at Waseda University Ventures
Waseda University Ventures portfolio companies (9)
- Nanofiber Quantum Technologies
- Blue Laser Fusion
- CoreTissue BioEngineering
- BioPhenoMA
- Pestalozzi Technology
- Power Diamond Systems
- Quanmatic
- Tres Alchemix
- VETA
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About Waseda University Ventures
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas AI Applications, Biotech, Clean Energy and Drug Discovery; known deals cluster at Seed and Series A.
Ted Yamamoto (General Partner), Hiroaki Ohta (Affiliated) and Daisuke Niwa (Affiliated) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Waseda University Ventures.
Across the known portfolio, 4 co-investors appear alongside Waseda University Ventures, including Sparx, Phoenix Venture Partners and Weru Investment.
Frequently asked questions
What is Waseda University Ventures?
Waseda University Ventures is an accelerator and corporate venture arm whose team is concentrated in Tokyo, Japan, with a known portfolio of 9 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 Waseda University Ventures invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Biotech, Clean Energy and Drug Discovery. 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 Waseda University Ventures invest at?
The known deals of Waseda University Ventures include 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 Waseda University Ventures?
All 3 people on file at Waseda University Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact Waseda University Ventures?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 3 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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