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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Aug 2025, closing $0M. Last cheque observed Aug 2015.

QuietNew fund $251K, Aug 2025VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ATech-enabled HealthWellbeingDeep-tech

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 9 on record
Since the last cheque4102days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$7.0MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $4.0MRounds led0 of 9Mostly inUnited States, 78%
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners highlights

  1. 01

    9 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 89% of its rounds

What they do

UTEC has raised approximately 130 billion yen in total, mainly from institutional investors, and has managed six venture capital funds.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$1.0M – $4.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Tech-enabled HealthWellbeingDeep-tech
Based in
Bunkyo, Japan
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first9 appearances

  1. 2015

    4 rounds

  2. Aug
    C1XSeries A · US$5.1MWith 3 others
  3. May
    908 DevicesSeries C · US$12MWith 4 others
  4. Apr
    FyusionSeries B · US$13MWith 1 other
  5. Feb
    Quantum BiosystemsSeries B · JP$21MWith 4 others
  6. 2014

    1 round

  7. May
    FyusionSeries A · US$3.4MWith 5 others
  8. 2013

    1 round

  9. Aug
    908 DevicesSeries B · US · 908devices.com$7.0MWith 4 others
  10. 2012

    2 rounds

  11. Sept
    908 DevicesSeries A · US · masshightech.com$8.1MWith 4 others
  12. Aug
    MUJINSeries A · JP · ut-ec.co.jp$954KWith 1 other
  13. 2010

    1 round

  14. Aug
    CiespaceSeries A · US · ciespace.com$5.0MWith 2 others

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.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named

TGTomotaka GojiManaging PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 6 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

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Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Quick answers about UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners

What does UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners invest in?

UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners invests most often at Series A and Series B (89% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Tech-enabled Health, Wellbeing and Deep-tech.

How active is UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2015.

How big are UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.0M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $4.0M.

Does UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%) and Japan (22%).

Is UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2015.

Who does UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners invest alongside?

Most often ARCH Venture Partners (4 rounds together), Razor's Edge Ventures (3 rounds together) and University of Tokyo Edge Capital (3 rounds together).

What kind of investor is UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners?

UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners is a VC firm based in Bunkyo, Japan.

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