What does Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd invest in?
Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd invests most often at Venture and Seed (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

Japan · Investor
Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 61 cheques on record.
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15 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Venture and Seed: 59% of its rounds
Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $854K
It is a venture capital established as a 100% subsidiary of the National University Corporation Kyoto University.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
Every round we can evidence, newest first61 appearances
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
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The investors most often in the same rounds as Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd put money into.
Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd invests most often at Venture and Seed (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.
61 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: RadioNano Therapeutics (Series B, Oct 2026), Starlight Engine (Grant, Aug 2026) and Advance Composite (Series B, Jul 2026).
The median round it joins is $2.5M.
Rarely, if at all: none of its 61 investments on record names it as the lead.
Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (95%) and the United States (5%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often SMBC Venture Capital (22 rounds together), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (18 rounds together) and Miraidoa (10 rounds together).
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