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Fast Track Initiative

Founders Hiromichi Kimura

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Total investments 64
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 35
Rounds per year 3.20
Lead investments 2
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.45
Exits 4
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Clinical Trials
Summary

Fast Track Initiative is the famous VC, which was founded in 2004. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Tokyo. The company was established in Asia in Japan.

This organization was formed by Hiromichi Kimura.

Considering the real fund results, this VC is 0 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2018.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Japan. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Education, Life Science. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight AccuRna, Braizon Therapeutics, Inc., Modulus Discovery.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Fast Track Initiative, startups are often financed by SMBC Venture Capital, SBI Investment, UTokyo Innovation Platform. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SMBC Venture Capital, UTokyo Innovation Platform, SBI Investment. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SMBC Venture Capital, SBI Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Medii

Health Care
Hospital
Medical
14 Mar 2024 Minato, Japan

A10 Lab

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$4M22 Jan 2024 Chiyoda, Japan

Shinobi Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$51M12 Dec 2023 -

AIRNA

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$30M19 Sep 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$5M15 Jun 2023 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$10M03 Apr 2023 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Storm Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$30M14 Dec 2022 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$1M06 Oct 2022 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Varinos

Medical
03 Aug 2022 Minato, Japan

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Total investments 64
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 3.20
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.45
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.66

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Medii

Health Care
Hospital
Medical
14 Mar 2024 Minato, Japan

A10 Lab

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$4M22 Jan 2024 Chiyoda, Japan

Shinobi Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Therapeutics
$51M12 Dec 2023 -

AIRNA

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$30M19 Sep 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$5M15 Jun 2023 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$10M03 Apr 2023 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Storm Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$30M14 Dec 2022 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Metagen Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
$1M06 Oct 2022 Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Varinos

Medical
03 Aug 2022 Minato, Japan
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