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UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital

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Total investments 171
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 103
Rounds per year 8.55
Lead investments 28
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Exits 15
Key employees 9
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical
Summary

UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2004. The company was established in Asia in Japan. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Tokyo.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the UTEC- University of Tokyo Edge Capital, startups are often financed by ARCH Venture Partners, Razor's Edge Ventures, Nissay Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Mizuho Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SBI Investment, PNB-INSPiRE Ethical Fund 1 Investment Business Limited Liability Partnership, Schlumberger.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 23 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2018.

Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Biotechnology. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight 908 Devices, Fyusion, Tier IV. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

X Mile

Human Resources
Logistics
Transportation
$16M17 Jan 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Triorb

Hardware
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
$3M28 Dec 2023 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Alumnote

Alumni
Information Technology
Software
Software Engineering
$3M18 Dec 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Oxford Quantum Circuits

Biotechnology
Health Care
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Information Technology
$100M27 Nov 2023 Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Peach Cars

Automotive
Marketplace
$5M15 Jun 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Cellusion

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$25M07 Jun 2023 Chiyoda, Japan

Violet Therapeutics

Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$10M05 May 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Tricog Health

Analytics
Diagnostic Equipment
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Monitoring Equipment
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
Predictive Analytics
$8M20 Apr 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Tricog Health

Analytics
Diagnostic Equipment
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Monitoring Equipment
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
Predictive Analytics
$5M28 Feb 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore
News
VividQ Raises £11M in Seed Extention Funding

– VividQ, a Cambridge, UK-based deep technology company and software and IP developer for holography, raised £11M in seed extension round.
– The round was led by UTokyo IPC, joined by Foresight Williams Technology, Japanese Miyako Capital, APEX Ventures, and R42 Group and previous investors University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Sure Valley Ventures, and Essex Innovation.
– The company intends to use the funds to scale the team, expand in APAC and further product development, including HoloLCD, which turns consumer-grade screens into holographic displays.

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Total investments 171
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 8.55
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 28
Follow on index 0.40
Exits 15
Group Appearance index 0.73

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

X Mile

Human Resources
Logistics
Transportation
$16M17 Jan 2024 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Triorb

Hardware
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
$3M28 Dec 2023 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Alumnote

Alumni
Information Technology
Software
Software Engineering
$3M18 Dec 2023 Tokyo, Kantō, Japan

Oxford Quantum Circuits

Biotechnology
Health Care
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Information Technology
$100M27 Nov 2023 Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Peach Cars

Automotive
Marketplace
$5M15 Jun 2023 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Cellusion

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
$25M07 Jun 2023 Chiyoda, Japan

Violet Therapeutics

Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$10M05 May 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Tricog Health

Analytics
Diagnostic Equipment
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Monitoring Equipment
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
Predictive Analytics
$8M20 Apr 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Tricog Health

Analytics
Diagnostic Equipment
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical
Monitoring Equipment
Other Healthcare Technology Systems
Predictive Analytics
$5M28 Feb 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore
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