Top 19 medical and healthcare startups in Japan

Oct 09, 2024 | By Jason Kwon

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Funding: $737.6M
Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company. The Company develops medicines for the treatment of cancer based on photoimmunotherapy platform.
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Funding: ¥13.6B
AI Medical Service is developing AI software to help detect gastric cancer
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Funding: $100.6M
Ubie, a Tokyo based health-tech startup, provides AI-based healthcare products. Hospital SaaS product and AI symptom checker.
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Funding: ¥13.3B
CureApp is involved in the research and development of prescription and non-prescription digital therapeutics applications. CureApp's prescription DTx app is used for the treatment of hypertension.
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Funding: $86.3M
Heartseed is a biotech company developing iPSC-derived highly purified ventricular cardiomyocytes for heart failure
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Funding: ¥8.3B
We challenge to integrate and develop nano and bio technologies. Our mission is to contribute to people's health and well-being with better process and quality.
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Funding: $34.3M
Quantum Biosystems is developing single-molecule electrical sequencing of DNA and applies quantum mechanics to the field of genome sequencing. Quantum Biosystem's methodology does not use reagents, proteins and other materials that make genome sequencing an expensive affair. Its sequencers are nano chips that are essentially silicon semiconductor chips in that they can be mass produced.
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Funding: $29.8M
We contribute to significant advances in medical treatments through our revolutionary 3D tissue-engineering technology. We successfully developed the BIO 3D PRINTER, Regenova. It is a state-of-the-art robotic system that enables fully automated fabrication of three-dimensional artificial tissues/organs from living cells.
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Funding: ¥2.6B
Hacarus' AI algorithms are tailored for medical studies, medical treatment analysis, and drug research. Data used for these use cases can range from basic health parameters, like blood pressure, heart rate, or activity level, to CT brain scan images.
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Funding: $17.6M
Olive Union is a smart-hearing aid that prevents further hearing loss through digital therapeutics for tinnitus and overall hearing health.
Editor: Jason Kwon
Jason Kwon is a senior editor for MedicalStartups. He has previously covered the pharmaceutical and medical research industries for FDAnews and worked as a head of marketing for medical startup Sonic Therapeutics. Before that, he co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in Asia. Jason graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s journalism school. In his free time, Jason enjoys yoga, watching movie trailers, traveling to places where he can't get cell service. You can contact Jason at jaskwon(at)medicalstartups(dot)com