UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo, in Japan. UTEC has approximately $800 million under management. UTEC works closely with entrepreneurs and researchers as scientific founders to co-found companies which will contribute to society through business based upon innovations.
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Phone:+81 3-5844-6671
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B
Portfolio 114
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 02.02.2024 | Sinumy Cor... | corp.sinumy.com | - | - |
| 02.02.2024 | TriOrb Inc... | triorb.co.jp | - | - |
| 01.02.2023 | X Mile Inc... | xmile.co.jp | - | Japan, Chu... |
| 22.01.2023 | ARCH ,Inc. | arch.social | - | - |
| 22.01.2023 | Red Arrow ... | redarrowtx.com | $4.5M | - |
| 22.01.2023 | Peach Cars... | peachcars.co.ke | $5M | Kenya, Nai... |
| 31.12.2022 | issin Hold... | issin.cc | - | Japan, Tok... |
| 11.12.2022 | fermata in... | hellofermata.com | - | Japan |
| 22.11.2022 | RICOS Ltd. | ricos.ltd | - | - |
| 21.11.2022 | Blume Vent... | blume.vc | $30M | India, Mah... |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.10.2024 | Sun Metalon Raises $21 Million to Enhance Its New Metal Recycling Technology | Sun Metalon, a start-up specializing in sustainable metal manufacturing, has successfully raised $21 million in a Series A funding round. This includes a $3.4 million loan facility from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, bringing the comp... |
| 03.09.2024 | Additional partners for TSE Asia Startup Hub announced by Tokyo Stock Exchange | The TSE, or Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., has announced new partners for its TSE Asia Startup Hub. The hub was introduced on March 25 and its goal is to create an ecosystem that fosters the development of promising Asian startups. Twenty-one ... |
| 31.05.2023 | Violet Therapeutics raises $10.6 million in seed funding led by the Dementia Discovery Fund (through DDF-2) and co-led by UTEC (University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners) and Mass General Brigham Vent... | Round led by the DDF (through DDF-2) and co-led by UTEC (University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners) and founding investor Mass General Brigham Ventures (MGBV), and joined by Ono Venture Investment |
| 02.11.2022 | В Японии начинает формироваться культура сложнотехнологических стартапов | Давно пора: молодые компании, связанные с химией и технологической индустрией, завоевывают внимание японского правительства и бизнеса В тех частях Японии, которые не подключены к трубопроводной сети, пропан поставляется в баллонах весом бол... |
| 05.07.2022 | OQC rakes in $46 million to put quantum computers at the fingertips of businesses | The VCs have been opening their wallets and their hearts to quantum computing startups this year. The year began with Munich’s Black Quant launching a €100 million quantum technology fund to back startups in the quantum technology space, ... |
| 24.11.2021 | Forest bags $8M seed round to acquire Japanese e-commerce brands | Japan has been the birthplace of traditional arts and crafts since ancient times. Craftmanship, meticulous attention to detail and balance of design and functionality have contributed to creating unique Japanese products like pottery, tradi... |
| 20.07.2021 | UTEC launches a new initiative to help deep-tech founders commercialize their work | The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) is launching a new program to address a problem the venture capital fund says many deep-tech founders face. They may raise pre-seed capital from an incubator or accelerator program, but r... |
| 01.07.2021 | Moving us one step closer to Tony Starks’ Holotable, VividQ raises £11 million | Next generation display and device makers in the US, China, and Japan are already employing Cambridge-based VividQ’s computer-generated holography technologies, now it’s simply a matter of waiting before Tony Starks’ holotable moves from sc... |
| 19.05.2021 | Japan’s UTEC secures first close of fifth global deep tech fund at $275m | Premium The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) has hit the first close of its fifth global deep tech fund, at $275 million (30 billion yen), and it is slated to invest more heavily in Southeast Asia, the firm’s executives told... |
| 18.05.2021 | UTEC, one of Asia’s largest deep-tech investment firms, launches new $275M fund | The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC), a deep-tech investment firm, announced the first close of its fifth fund, which is expected to total 30 billion JPY (or about $275 million USD) by June 2021. UTEC currently has about $78... |
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