Our new round of articles is devoted to promising Japanese startups grouped by industry. Today, our focus is on the BioTech.
1. Bio Palette
https://www.biopalette.co.jp/
· Year Founded: 2017
· Total Raised to Date: $15.4M
· Overview:
Bio Palette is a company that uses bacteria bred by genome editing to modify and control the microbiome, based on its proprietary base editing (Genome Editing Without Cutting®).
2. ThinkCyte
https://thinkcyte.com/
· Year Founded: 2016
· Total Raised to Date: $49.5M
· Overview:
ThinkCyte is a developer and provider of next-generation, ultra-fast, highly accurate, image-recognition-based, real-time cell separation systems that utilize AI.
3. CellAxia
https://www.cellaxia.co.jp/
· Year Founded: 2017
· Total Raised to Date: $14.0M
· Overview:
CellAxia is a company developing E-MNC (CA-702), a novel cell therapy effective against refractory autoimmune diseases.
4. Metcela
https://www.metcela.com
· Year Founded: 2019
· Total Raised to Date: $20.9M
· Overview:
Metcela is the developer of MTC001, a combination product that combines autologous cardiac fibroblasts (VCAM1 positive cardiac fibroblasts) with a novel catheter for administration.
5. Integriculture
https://integriculture.jp/
· Year Founded: 2015
· Total Raised to Date: $11.1M
· Overview:
Integriculture is a company that researches and develops useful ingredients, cosmetics, foods, and cell culture meat using the general-purpose large-scale cell culture system "CulNet System".
6. TBM
https://tb-m.com/
· Year Founded: 2011
· Total Raised to Date: $327.8M
· Overview:
TBM is a company that develops, manufactures, and sells LIMEX, a new material made primarily from limestone that can replace paper with virtually no water or wood pulp, and can replace plastic with less petroleum-derived materials.
7. LUCA Science
https://luca-science.com/
· Year Founded: 2018
· Total Raised to Date: $10.3M
· Overview:
LUCA Science is a company that researches and develops therapies for mitochondrial diseases and related disorders to improve and stabilize the condition by controlling mitochondrial activity.
8. Kyulux
https://www.kyulux.com
· Year Founded: 2015
· Total Raised to Date: $191.3M
· Overview:
Kyulux is a company that develops and markets next-generation materials for OLED displays and lighting.
9. Periotherapia
https://periotherapia.co.jp/
· Year Founded: 2017
· Total Raised to Date: $7.7M
· Overview:
Periotherapia is a company that develops drugs for the treatment of refractory (triple negative) breast cancer, which does not respond well to existing anticancer drugs.
10. Tsubame BHB
https://tsubame-bhb.co.jp/
· Year Founded: 2017
· Total Raised to Date: $22.6M
· Overview:
Tsubame BHB is a company engaged in the practical application of on-site ammonia production in small-scale plants using electrolide catalysts.
11. tiem factory
https://www.tiem.jp/
· Year Founded: 2012
· Total Raised to Date: $14.4M
· Overview:
tiem factory is a company that researches, develops, and sells sufa, a general-purpose transparent heat insulator aerogel that is the lightest and has the highest heat insulation performance of any solid on earth.
12. U-MAP
https://umap-corp.com
· Year Founded: 2016
· Total Raised to Date: $3.4M
· Overview:
U-MAP is a company that researches and develops highly functional and conductive materials using Thermalnite, a fibrous aluminum nitride single crystal that is a filler material with both high thermal conductivity and insulation properties.
13. ORTHOREBIRTH
http://orthorebirth.com
· Year Founded: 2011
· Total Raised to Date: $22.2M
· Overview: