Deep Tech Startups

Prometech Software develops and sells particle-based simulation software for fluid and powder analysis, combining HPC/GPGPU and visualization technologies, and also offers consulting and contract analysis services. Its tools are used by manufacturing sectors including automotive, machinery, materials, chemicals, electronics, food, medical, civil engineering, and aerospace, primarily in Japan.

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MotionLib develops force-feedback haptic technology that enables machines to sense and control touch and grip forces, allowing robots and automated systems to work safely alongside humans. The company provides consulting and implementation support, chip devices, and licensing of its Real Haptics technology to manufacturers and robotics developers.

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Mobispace develops AI products for the construction industry in Japan, redesigning field expertise into ready-to-use SaaS tools. Its offerings include 360-degree image platforms, LiDAR-based structural assessment, automated measurement from photos and video, and other field-focused AI solutions.

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Randeft provides infrastructure and services to eliminate inefficiencies in research and development workflows, helping scientists and researchers focus on core research tasks. The company addresses the data management challenges in R&D by modernizing how research groups organize, manage, and utilize the diverse information generated across projects, moving beyond spreadsheet-based systems.

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DK Power (Dongke Semiconductor) is a Chinese integrated circuit company founded in 2011 that handles R&D, design, manufacturing, and sales of chips, with research centers across several Chinese cities and a packaging/testing base. It focuses on proprietary IC design and is developing third-generation gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor chips in a joint R&D center with Peking University.

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ZWSOFT develops CAD/CAE/CAM software built on its own geometry kernel, offering 2D and 3D design, simulation, and manufacturing tools along with industry-specific solutions for sectors such as mechanical manufacturing, consumer electronics, automotive parts, molds, construction, and surveying. The China-based company serves engineering and manufacturing enterprises globally with integrated design-to-manufacturing platforms.

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Carrier Biomed works on extracellular vesicles (exosomes), lipid-bilayer particles 30-150 nm in size carrying cell-specific nucleic acids, proteins, and other molecules. The company explores their use in disease diagnosis and treatment, regenerative medicine, and as drug-delivery vehicles for targeted therapy.

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Qingdao Jiaen Semiconductor designs, develops, manufactures, and sells high-end power semiconductor devices, including IGBT, MOSFET/VDMOS, fast recovery diodes, and silicon carbide MOSFETs across 600V–1500V ranges. Based in China, it serves applications such as inverters, chargers, high-voltage switching power supplies, welding machines, and electromagnetic induction heating.

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XVERSE Technology develops large language models (including the long-context XVERSE-Long-256K) and 3D content generation and rendering technologies, offering products such as an AI interactive reading app and immersive 3D experiences for uses like virtual house viewing, tourism, and marketing. Based in Shenzhen, it provides AI and 3D technology services aimed at creating realistic 3D environments.

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Artilux develops germanium-on-silicon (GeSi) photonics technology that provides optical interconnects and optoelectronic compute for AI infrastructure across cloud, edge, and physical AI applications. Its technology targets scaling AI computing with light-based connectivity and is also applied to photonic quantum computing and silicon-based metalens technology.

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Yasojima Proceed manufactures and sells high-performance resin components through machining services, as well as advanced materials for 3D printing and industrial applications. The company serves automotive, aerospace, medical, robotics, and semiconductor industries with material solutions and 3D technology services.

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Shanghai Cabeni (卡贝尼) manufactures advanced ceramic materials — oxides, nitrides, carbides, and composites — and provides precision cleaning, coating, surface treatment, repair, and renovation services for industrial equipment. Through its subsidiaries it serves sectors including electronics, display/lighting, energy, chemicals, automotive, medical devices, optics, and food/agriculture.

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GMCS is a semiconductor equipment manufacturer focused on front-end process equipment and auxiliary systems, including CMP, wet process cleaning and etching, and various facility support systems. The company serves semiconductor fabrication facilities with both new and refurbished equipment covering all front-end process modules.

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The company works with recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors, which are engineered from non-pathogenic wild-type AAV, for use in gene research and gene therapy applications.

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A biopharmaceutical company that develops antibody-based drugs using its own integrated antibody technology platforms, with a pipeline spanning a marketed product and multiple clinical and preclinical candidates. Its therapeutic approaches focus on activating NK cells, redirecting T cells, and modulating other immune cells for conditions such as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and primary membranous nephropathy (pMN) in China.

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ESWIN Computing develops RISC-V based processor technology and domain-specific software platforms, including its RISAA software platform, for applications spanning smart home, smart office, portable devices, automotive systems, industrial intelligence, and robotics. The company offers chips and computing solutions for products such as smart displays, laptops, smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, automotive cockpits, and smart manufacturing environments.

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XPeng AEROHT develops flying cars, including the Land Aircraft Carrier, a modular flying car, and the A868, a tilt-rotor flying car, along with flying experience programs. It targets consumers interested in personal aerial mobility.

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Pharmaron provides drug research and development services globally, supporting the discovery and development of pharmaceutical therapies through integrated capabilities across multiple geographic regions.

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Shenzhen-based medical device company developing active energy-based intravascular intervention devices, with a focus on laser technology for precision treatment of conditions such as varicose veins, coronary heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease. It serves the global medical market with innovative interventional medical equipment.

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MagAssist develops a multi-organ support platform for cardiac and critical care, starting from heart failure treatment. Its pipeline includes an extracorporeal fully magnetically-levitated artificial heart, a minimally invasive interventional artificial heart, a next-generation ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) system, and a warm-blood organ transport platform.

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S2C builds FPGA-based prototyping systems that let IC, ASIC, and SoC designers verify and validate chip designs and accelerate software development, hardware verification, and system validation. The company serves semiconductor engineers and design teams doing functional design verification and IP/RTL validation.

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AIPhotonix develops, manufactures, and sells high-speed optoelectronic chips used in 400G/800G/1.6T optical modules for AI supercomputing and data communications. Its technology also targets LiDAR/3D sensing and AI robotics applications, with in-house capabilities spanning wafer fabrication, chip design, epitaxial growth, packaging, and testing.

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Singleron Biotechnologies develops single-cell sequencing technology and applies AI to support the development of next-generation medicines. It works with research institutions and partners in the biomedical field, including as a technology partner for UK and European clinical and academic initiatives.

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JAMPT (Japan Additive Manufacturing) is a specialized metal 3D printing service bureau that provides an integrated offering spanning metal powder development and manufacturing, part fabrication, machining, inspection, and mass production. Using electron beam and laser metal 3D printers, it serves manufacturers with prototyping, product development support, and material development services.

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