# UTokyo Innovation Platform: portfolio, investments and team

> UTokyo Innovation Platform is a growth equity based in Japan. 50 investments on record, 8 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026.

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# UTokyo Innovation Platform

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 50 cheques on record.

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Deploying now Growth equity

Series A Venture Seed Biotechnology Artificial Intelligence

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**50%** of best year **8** **cheques in 12 months**, 50 on record

Since the last cheque **123** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.1M** Rounds led **0 of 50** Sole investor **7 rounds** Mostly in **Japan, 87%**

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## UTokyo Innovation Platform highlights

- 01 8 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 63% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 7 rounds, median $2.8M

## What they do

- **Type:** Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Biotechnology Artificial Intelligence
- **Based in:** Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **50 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Jul** **[RoboTruck](https://millionrounds.com/company/robotruck)** Series A · JP **$32M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Dodai](https://millionrounds.com/company/dodai)** Series A · ET · Disrupt Africa **$13M** With 11 others
- **May** **[Instalimb](https://millionrounds.com/company/instalimb)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Storm Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/storm-therapeutics)** Series C · Fast Track Initiative **$56M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Better Place](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-place)** Venture · JP **$314K** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Orbital Lasers](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-lasers)** Series A · JP **$19M** With 4 others
- **2025** 11 rounds
- **Dec** **[Ubitus](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubitus)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[TopoLogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/topologic)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[OOYOO](https://millionrounds.com/company/ooyoo)** Seed · JP **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[OptQC](https://millionrounds.com/company/optqc)** Series A · JP **$9.9M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Vertero](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertero)** Series D · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Logomix](https://millionrounds.com/company/logomix)** Venture · JP **$19M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Better Place](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-place)** Series D · JP **$2.6M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Girasol Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/girasol-energy)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[RoboTruck](https://millionrounds.com/company/robotruck)** Seed · JP **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Issin](https://millionrounds.com/company/issin)** Venture · JP **$2.8M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[BlueWX](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluewx)** Series A · JP **$775K** With 2 others
- **2024** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[Takumi Giken Kogyo](https://millionrounds.com/company/takumi-giken-kogyo)** Series A · JP **$3.3M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Orbital Lasers](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-lasers)** Seed · JP **$5.9M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[BionicM](https://millionrounds.com/company/bionicm)** Venture · JP **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Visban](https://millionrounds.com/company/visban)** Series A · JP **$3.1M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[EX4Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/ex4energy)** Series A · JP **$2.4M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[VividQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/vividq)** Series A · GB **$7.5M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Trans-N](https://millionrounds.com/company/trans-n)** Pre-seed · JP **$1.1M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Libero Thera](https://millionrounds.com/company/libero-thera)** Venture · JP **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[GRA&GREEN](https://millionrounds.com/company/gra-and-green)** Series C · JP **$4.1M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Onedot Japan](https://millionrounds.com/company/onedot-japan)** Series B · JP **$13M** With 1 other
- **May** **[AceRNA Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/acerna-technologies)** Series B · JP **$6.2M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[HarvestX](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvestx)** Series A · JP **$2.7M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Spectronix](https://millionrounds.com/company/spectronix)** Series E · JP **$676K** With 2 others
- **2023** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Yoii](https://millionrounds.com/company/yoii)** Series A · JP **$5.5M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[QSimulate](https://millionrounds.com/company/qsimulate)** Venture · US **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Heartseed](https://millionrounds.com/company/heartseed)** Series D · JP **$14M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Connected Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/connected-robotics)** Series B · JP **$13M** With 4 others
- **2022** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[ImaCreate](https://millionrounds.com/company/imacreate)** Series A · JP **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Carbon Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-biosciences)** Series A · US **$38M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Adacotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/adacotech)** Series B · JP **$8.6M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Alivexis](https://millionrounds.com/company/alivexis)** Series C · JP **$20M** With 4 others
- **2021** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Aidemy](https://millionrounds.com/company/aidemy)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[RIN Institute](https://millionrounds.com/company/rin-institute)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 1 other

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

We hold **19** 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)

**18** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Astroscale](https://millionrounds.com/company/astroscale)[Chordiatherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/chordia-therapeutics)[Citadel](https://millionrounds.com/company/citadel)[Connected-robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/connected-robotics)[Dembiopharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/dem-biopharma)[Flare-systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/flare-systems)[Heartseed Inc. Heartseed](https://millionrounds.com/company/heartseed)[Issin](https://millionrounds.com/company/issin)[LINKWIZ Incorporated](https://millionrounds.com/company/linkwiz)[Leadingmark](https://millionrounds.com/company/leading-mark)[Mediphone](https://millionrounds.com/company/mediphone)[STORM Therapeutics Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/company/storm-therapeutics)[Synspective Inc. Synspective](https://millionrounds.com/company/synspective)[Techocean](https://millionrounds.com/company/tech-ocean)[Tradewaltz](https://millionrounds.com/company/tradewaltz)[Vertero](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertero)[VividQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/vividq)[WealthNavi Inc. WealthNavi](https://millionrounds.com/company/wealthnavi) 1stRound ARAV Inc. ARAV AccuRna, Inc. AccuRna, Adacotech Incorporated Adriakaim Inc. Adriakaim Aerosense Inc. Aerosense Aidemy Inc. Aidemy Alivexis, Inc. Alivexis, Alumnote Inc. Alumnote Axelspace Corporation Better Place Co.,LTD． BionicM Inc. BionicM Bird-initiative BlueWX Co., Ltd Braizon Bringout Carbonbio Corebiomedicine DataLabs Inc. DataLabs Division Dodaijapan EX4Energy, Inc. EX4Energy, FIMECS, Inc. FIMECS, GRA&GREEN Inc. GRA&GREEN Gaussy, Inc. Gaussy, HarvestX Inc. HarvestX Ima Create Co., Instalimb, Inc. Instalimb, Intent-exchange Ixgene Kaigomedia Co., Ltd Legalscape, Inc. Legalscape, LiberoThera, Company Limited Logomix Inc. Logomix Mantra Inc. Mantra Medmirai NUVO Inc. NUVO Nano Summit Co.,Ltd OOYOO Ltd. OOYOO Onedot Inc. Onedot OptQC Corp. OptQC Orbital Lasers Co., and 24 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Series A Venture Seed

Median round joined **$4.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.8M**

Led 0 of 50 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 7 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *16*
- Venture *14*
- Seed *6*
- Series B *6*
- Series C *3*
- Series D *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) 10
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) 10
- [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) 9
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) 8
- [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) 5
- [Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kyoto-university-innovation-capital-co-ltd) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as UTokyo Innovation Platform. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)[**SMBC Venture Capital** Investment bank **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2)[**Mizuho Capital** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**ANRI** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri)[**Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kyoto-university-innovation-capital-co-ltd)[**Beyond Next Ventures** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beyond-next-ventures-inc)[**Delight Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/delight-ventures-2)[**JIC Venture Growth Investments** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jic-venture-growth-investments)[**Keio Innovation Initiative** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keio-innovation-initiative-inc)[**SBI Investment** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment)[**Angel Bridge** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-bridge)

## Recently backed

The latest companies UTokyo Innovation Platform put money into.

[**RoboTruck** $32M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/robotruck)[**Dodai** $13M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dodai)[**Instalimb** May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/instalimb)[**Storm Therapeutics** $56M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/storm-therapeutics)[**Ubitus** Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubitus)[**TopoLogic** Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/topologic)

## Quick answers about UTokyo Innovation Platform

### What does UTokyo Innovation Platform invest in?

UTokyo Innovation Platform invests most often at Series A and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence.

### How active is UTokyo Innovation Platform?

50 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has UTokyo Innovation Platform invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: RoboTruck (Series A, Jul 2026), Dodai (Series A, May 2026) and Instalimb (Venture, May 2026).

### How big are UTokyo Innovation Platform's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.1M.

### Does UTokyo Innovation Platform lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 50 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does UTokyo Innovation Platform invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (87%) and the United States (8%).

### Is UTokyo Innovation Platform investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does UTokyo Innovation Platform invest alongside?

Most often Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (10 rounds together), SMBC Venture Capital (10 rounds together) and Mizuho Capital (9 rounds together).

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