Published 04 Jan 2022

Japanese Startup Markets: Oncology

Japanese Startup Markets: Oncology

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

1. HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE


https://hbio.jp/


· Year Founded: 2015


· Total Raised to Date: $51.7M


· Overview:


HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE is a company that researches, develops and sells cancer tests using nematodes and nematode olfactory sensors.




2. LPixel


https://lpixel.net/


· Year Founded: 2017


· Total Raised to Date: $48.7M


· Overview:


LPixel is a developer and provider of EIRL, an AI image diagnosis support technology that assists physicians in diagnosis, and IMACEL, an image analysis AI focused on drug discovery.




3. Integral Geometry Science


https://ig-instrum.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2019


· Total Raised to Date: $30.5M


· Overview:


Integral Geometry Science is a company that develops, manufactures, and sells the world's highest performance measurement systems based on multiple path scattering field theory.




4. Lily MedTech


https://www.lilymedtech.com/


· Year Founded: 2016


· Total Raised to Date: Unknown


· Overview:


Lily MedTech is a developer of the Ring Echo, a breast imaging system that uses a ring-shaped ultrasound transducer.




5. Craif


https://craif.com/


· Year Founded: 2018


· Total Raised to Date: Unknown


· Overview:


Craif is a company that researches and develops highly accurate early detection technology for cancer by mechanical analysis of microRNA profiles in urine.




6. 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.




7. Prevent medical


https://preventme.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2015


· Total Raised to Date: Unknown


· Overview:


Prevent medical is a company that operates "Mamoru," a membership-based service that provides free cancer screening.