Investors / Japan / UTokyo Innovation Platform
UTokyo Innovation Platform
Corporate VC · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
UTokyo Innovation Platform is an investment company established in 2016 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Tokyo. It invests in and supports university-originated startups from founding through growth, and runs incubation and startup-creation programs.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdeep techuniversity spinoutslife sciencesspacehardwareartificial intelligence
Your fit with UTokyo Innovation Platform
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Or find every investor that fitsUTokyo Innovation Platform lists 73 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (28%), Healthcare & Biotech (21%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (13%). 89% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Global Brain, SMBC Venture Capital and JAFCO.
Counts come from funding rounds that name UTokyo Innovation Platform, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not UTokyo Innovation Platform's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 73. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundUTokyo Innovation Platform does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 91th | 71 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 56th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 44th | 28% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 28% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Global Brain | 14 |
| SMBC Venture Capital | 7 |
| JAFCO | 5 |
| Angel Bridge | 4 |
| DBJ Capital | 4 |
| Fast Track Initiative | 4 |
| JR East Start UP | 4 |
| Kyoto University Innovation Capital | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7299%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare UTokyo Innovation Platform head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with UTokyo Innovation Platform| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 20 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Series A |
Round details for UTokyo Innovation Platform
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in UTokyo Innovation Platform's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
73 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccuRna develops nucleic acid therapeutics and a drug delivery system for them | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Adacotech Incorporated develops and provides AI-powered inspection solutions for manufacturing industries. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Adriakaim Inc. develops innovative medical devices for heart diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aerosense Inc. develops and manufactures drones for industrial use, providing related services and solutions. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aidemy Inc. provides e-learning and training services for AI and digital transformation | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alivexis, Inc. develops small-molecule targeted therapeutics through integration of biology insights, technology, and operations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ARAV Inc. develops and provides robotic solutions for construction machinery automation and remote control. | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Astroscale develops and launches satellites and provides on-orbit servicing solutions to extend mission life and remove orbital debris | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Axelspace develops and operates microsatellites and provides earth observation platform services | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Beren Therapeutics develops medicines to address the root cause of diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BionicM develops and manufactures powered microprocessor prosthetic knees | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BIRD INITIATIVE supports the creation of new businesses for large companies through collaborative R&D and business development processes. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BlueWX uses AI technology to predict weather, including wind and turbulence, for various industries, including aviation and wind power. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Bring Out Inc. helps companies make better decisions by analyzing conversations and turning them into actionable data. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Citadel AI develops and provides AI governance and security tools to evaluate and monitor AI systems and agents. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Connected Robotics develops and implements robotics technology to automate tasks in the food industry | Robotics & HardwareFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| CORE Biomedicine develops cancer therapeutics that target core lineage dependencies in cancer cells. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jul 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| CREWT Medical Systems, Inc. develops and provides medical equipment for eye care and vision examination | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| DataLabs Inc. develops and provides cloud services that utilize 3D data to transform the construction industry, including automatic 3D modeling and infrastructure maintenance systems. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- utokyo-ipc.co.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 28 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 73
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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