UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.
Venture capitalTokyo · Pre-Seed–Growth · 25 people tracked
Also known as 東京大学協創プラットフォーム開発株式会社
Investment thesis
UTokyo IPC concentrates on deep tech startups that solve social challenges and can create large-scale societal impact. Its investment activity spans five broad areas: life sciences/medical/agritech, space, robotics and hardware, IT and services, and artificial intelligence (AI). The firm emphasizes backing ventures capable of driving meaningful innovation and change in society.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 25 people
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What they invest in
from 54 of 190 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×21Deep Tech ×17Biotech ×13Healthtech ×12Hardware ×9Medical Devices ×9SaaS ×7Robotics ×6
HQs:Japan×43United Kingdom×2Ethiopia×1United States×1
Investments · 190 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathDrug delivery system for nucleic acid medicines.
Drug delivery system for nucleic acid medicines.
Inspection AI for manufacturing.
Developing therapeutic devices to reduce severity following acute myocardial infarction survival.
Development of treatment devices to reduce severe outcomes after acute myocardial infarction survival.
Domestically produced drones and drone measurement data cloud processing services.
AI online learning service and support for in-housing AI projects.
DX of worksites through remote operation and automation of heavy machinery.
ARAV is a University of Tokyo spin-out that develops robotics-based hardware and software for remote operation and autonomous driving of construction equipment.
Construction TechDeep TechRoboticsTokyo, JP
Network-type drug discovery company using cutting-edge drug discovery technology.
Astroscale develops on-orbit servicing solutions, providing end-to-end services covering mission licensing, spectrum acquisition, insurance, and operations to support the circular space economy.
Circular EconomyDeep TechSpace TechTokyo, JP
Nobu Okada(Founder & CEO)
Retirement benefit services for the welfare industry.
Accelerating customer and social DX through co-creation R&D services.
Breakthrough drug delivery system that crosses the blood-brain barrier.
Cancer therapeutics development (RNA regulation abnormalities).
Citadel AI is a platform for evaluating and monitoring various AI systems including large language models, image AI, and tabular AI.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareTokyo, JP
Development and sale of cooking robot systems.
CORE Biomedicine develops precision oncology therapeutics targeting core lineage-dependent pathways in cancer, moving beyond genomic approaches to address fundamental biological programs driving tumor survival and therapy resistance.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Developer of the world's first head-mounted automatic visual field testing device.
SaaS for 3D architectural modeling from point clouds.
DataLabs develops and provides cloud-based systems that use 3D data for the construction industry, along with related research and development.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingConstruction TechSaaSTokyo, JP
Atsushi Joshin(Co-founder & Director, CFO)Daisuke Sato(Director, CTO)
Dodai builds electric motorcycles designed for African roads, along with IoT-enabled battery systems and a battery-swapping station network.
CleantechHardwareMobility & TransportationAddis Ababa, ET
Yuma Sasaki(Founder / CEO)Abenezer Yakob(CTO)Hilina Legesse(SVP / Head of Corporate Services)Chuan Yee(Head of Engineering & Production)Samuel Tariku(VP / Head of Commercial)Piniel Berhane(VP / Head of Finance)
Drug development based on targeted protein degradation.
Gaussy transforms logistics from a reactive operational function into a proactive source of business insights by leveraging real-time supply chain data to uncover new opportunities and drive competitive advantage.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply Chain
Plant genome editing technology.
Development and sale of fully automated crop cultivation equipment.
HarvestX develops agricultural robots that perform fully automated pollination and harvesting of strawberries, using fruit-detection algorithms, flower orientation detection, and fruit ripeness classification for yield prediction.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Heartseed develops cardiac regenerative medicine, creating heart muscle cells from iPS cells for transplantation to treat heart failure, with its lead pipeline HS-001 nearing clinical trials.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Keiichi Fukuda(代表取締役社長 (President & CEO))
Commercializing Keio University technology for cardiac regenerative medicine, with a lead allogeneic iPS-cell-derived cardiomyocyte spheroid product (TSE Growth 219A).
Realizing century-lasting solar power generation through technological innovation and DX.
Develops Active VR virtual training materials for industrial and medical fields where users engage physically in virtual environments.
Developing prosthetic leg manufacturing solutions using 3D printing and AI.
Drone operation management system using automated negotiation AI.
Development of treatments for intractable brain diseases using genome-edited iPS cells.
Operation of caregiving-focused video and social media.
World's first head-mounted automated perimeter (visual field testing) device.
HR business leveraging Personality Tech.
Service development specialized in supporting legal work.
Creation of innovative therapeutics targeting membrane proteins.
Automation of industrial robots using a 3D shape processing engine.
Genome engineering-based drug discovery and biomanufacturing R&D support.
Mantra develops AI-based manga translation technology and language-learning services for the entertainment sector, aiming to remove language barriers from manga, anime, games, and novels.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMedia & EntertainmentTokyo, JP
Shonosuke Ishiwatari(Representative Director / Co-founder)Ryota Hinami(Director & CTO / Co-founder)
mediPhone (メディフォン) is a medical interpretation and translation service for healthcare providers in Japan, combining AI machine translation (up to 107 languages) with remote phone/video interpretation by specialized medical interpreters (32 languages) and document translation.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd. invest at?
- UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd. invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd. focus on?
- UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd. focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Healthtech, Medical Devices, New Materials, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- Where is UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd. located?
- UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
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