Published 18 Feb 2022

Japanese Startup Markets: BioTech

Japanese Startup Markets: BioTech

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:


ORTHOREBIRTH is a company that provides ReBOSSIS, a cotton-shaped artificial bone filler with features of bone formation and good handling, and ReBOSSIS QDS, a combination of ReBOSSIS and syringe.