University of Tokyo Edge Capital

University of Tokyo Edge Capital is an investment firm.

Active

Updated: Mar 27, 2026 ·

Financial History

Total Raised

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Mar 11, 2026	Gaianixx	$12.7M Series C	—	Alconix, i-nest capital, JIC Venture Growth Investments, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, 石原祐太, SMBC Venture Capital, 黒川尚徳
Feb 9, 2026	InfiniMind	InfiniMind Seed	University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Kiran Mysore	Chiba Dojo Fund, Headline
Jan 21, 2026	Aerem	$14.9M Pre-Series B	Rajeev Kannan	Avaana Capital, Blume Ventures, British International Investment, Riverwalk Holdings, Schneider Electric
Oct 8, 2025	Forest	$39.7M Series B	—	BRICKS FUND TOKYO, Dentsu Ventures, Globe Advisors Ventures, Hakuhodo DY Ventures, Japan Post Capital
Oct 7, 2025	Celaid Therapeutics	$7.0M Series B	—	Japanese Agency for Medical Research and Development, Joyo Capital Partners, Osaka University Venture Capital, TechnoScience, Atsushi Usami
Jul 1, 2025	Pahr Therapeutics	$14.0M Seed	Ken Horne, Andrew Levin, Kenneth Horne, Atsushi Usami	Insight Partners, RA Capital
Jun 1, 2025	Maieutic Semiconductor	$6.0M Seed	—	B Capital Group, UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, Endiya Partners, Exfinity Venture Partners
Mar 18, 2025	RegCell	$8.5M Seed	University of Tokyo Edge Capital	—
May 8, 2024	Celaid Therapeutics	$4.3M Grant / Series A Extension	—	Joyo Capital Partners, NEDO, Osaka University Venture Capital, SBI Investment, TechnoScience, Atsushi Usami
Apr 23, 2024	Red Arrow Therapeutics	$4.5M Seed Extension	—	Beyond Next Ventures, Keio Innovation Initiative, Osage University Partners
Jan 23, 2024	Triorb	$2.2M Series A	—	Soki (創希) Omae (大前), Noriaki Sakamoto
Jan 17, 2024	X Mile	$12.3M Series B	長澤啓	大島怜, Motohiro Takeuchi, Noriaki Sakamoto
Dec 18, 2023	Alumnote	$3.0M Pre-Series A	—	Shinzo Nakano, QB Capital, Masaaki Inaba, 安田純也, Noriaki Sakamoto
Nov 27, 2023	Oxford Quantum Circuits	$100.0M Series B	Yoshitaka Kitao	Lansdowne Partners, OTIF, Oxford Science Enterprises
Sep 6, 2023	ALGO ARTIS	$4.7M Other Equity	—	家弓昌也, Miyako Capital, Sony, Noriaki Sakamoto
Jul 31, 2023	HashPort	$8.5M Series C	Yusaku Maezawa, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, University of Tokyo Edge Capital	—
Jun 7, 2023	Cellusion	$20.3M Series C	—	AIS CAPITAL, Axil Capital, DBJ Capital, Gemseki, Yoshiharu Asai, Nikon-SBI Innovation Fund, Junichi Imoto, SMBC Venture Capital, SPARX Asset Management, Hiroaki Kobayashi
Jun 2, 2023	Violet Therapeutics	$10.6M Seed	Jonathan Behr, Atsushi Usami	Meredith Fisher, Shunichiro Matsumoto
Jun 1, 2023	Peach Cars	$5.0M Seed	Kiran Mysore	Avaana Capital, UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, Hiroaki Ohta, Peter Kenevan, Shintaro Yamada
May 1, 2023	Tricog Health	$8.5M Series B	OMRON, Sony	Inventus Capital Partners, Hsien Hui Tong, Noriaki Sakamoto
Feb 1, 2023	Liminal	$18.0M Series A	ArcTern Ventures	Fifth Wall, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Good Growth Capital, Helios Climate Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, Paolo Cerruti, Volta Energy Technologies
Jan 25, 2023	X Mile	$6.8M Other Equity	—	Japan Finance Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Resona Bank, Noriaki Sakamoto
Oct 12, 2022	PaylessGate	$1.6M Pre-Series A	Shingo Hori, Takaaki Sakamoto	—
Jul 4, 2022	Oxford Quantum Circuits	$46.0M Series A	Peter Davies, Lenny Chin	Judith Hartley MBE, Oxford Investment Consultants, Oxford Science Enterprises
Jun 8, 2022	Frontier Field	$7.5M Series B	Hiroaki Kobayashi	Yusuke Fukujin, Koji Osawa, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation