Published 07 Jan 2022

Japanese Startup Markets: AgeTech

Japanese Startup Markets: AgeTech

Our new round of articles is devoted to promising Japanese startups grouped by industry. Today, our focus is on the AgeTech.

1. MiRTeL


https://www.mirtel.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2012


· Total Raised to Date: $13.3M


· Overview:


MiRTeL is a company that has been approved as a sanitary inspection center for genetic testing services, and conducts "Milter Test" ("Telomere Test" and "Mia Test") at affiliated medical institutions.




2. Aikomi


https://www.aikomi.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2018


· Total Raised to Date: Unknown


· Overview:


Aikomi is a company that develops technology platforms for effective non-pharmacological therapies for dementia.




3. Sound Wave Inovation


https://sw-innovation.com/


· Year Founded: 2020


· Total Raised to Date: $3.3M


· Overview:


Sound Wave Inovation is a developer of minimally invasive therapeutic platform technologies using low power pulsed wave ultrasound (LIPUS) and shockwave ablation catheter systems (SWCS).




4. Ai-BrainScience


https://www.ai-brainscience.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2019


· Total Raised to Date: $0.3M


· Overview:


Ai-BrainScience is a company that develops and provides medical devices using a system that quantitatively evaluates cognitive function based on the rate of correct image gazing based on viewpoint data.




5. Z-Works


https://www.z-works.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2015


· Total Raised to Date: $10.3M


· Overview:


Z-Works is a company that develops platforms that integrate IoT hardware from various manufacturers with apps and analytics engines, as well as proprietary contactless vital sensors.




6. CaiTech


https://caitech.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2018


· Total Raised to Date: $1.7M


· Overview:


CaiTech is a company that develops and operates the nursing care work sharing "Kaiske".




7. MIG


https://www.medicalig.com/


· Year Founded: 2017


· Total Raised to Date: $3.6M


· Overview:


MIG is the company that operates the Brain100 studio, a program that detects dementia risk at a very early stage and reduces the risk by improving daily life.




8. LINK


https://link-cocokara.jp/


· Year Founded: 2017


· Total Raised to Date: $1.7M


· Overview:


LINK is a company that operates Ichiro, a custom-made nursing care service that matches and dispatches caregivers online for home care needs that cannot be supported by public nursing care insurance.




9. Magic Shields


https://www.magicshields.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2019


· Total Raised to Date: $1.8M


· Overview:


Magic Shields is a company that develops "Koroyawa", a floor and mat that is soft only when you fall down, using a new material and structure that combines two properties: walking stability and shock absorption.