Recently Graduated Companies
| ABsize |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Pharma / Biotech
Core Technology:
Pharma industry, under great pressure of product patent expiry and generic competition, is urgently looking for best life cycle management strategy. Many marketed drugs and developing candidates have poor water-solubility and/or permeability.
LiNTEC has been developed in Professor Masuhara’s Lab of Osaka University. LiNTEC is a platform technology that prepares long term stable nanoparticles of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), resulting in greatly increased surface area and much improved solubility. Particle size is tunable and typically ranging from 1 to 300 nm. It is an effective solution for poor water-solubility problem and enables the product opportunities of new formulation and delivery format.
ABsize Inc. is a nanotechnology / nanomedicine company. Using its proprietary technology platform, Laser-induced Nanolization Technology (LiNTEC), ABsize is developing a novel nano-drug product pipeline, and partnering with pharma / biotech companies to developing their new products. LiNTEC is a non-thermal and non-contact physical process to nanolize poorly water-soluble molecules without chemical change, thereby increasing water solubility, improving bioavailability, and creating new formulations and delivery route.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Pharma / Biotech companies. |
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| Aeria Games |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Online Games, Game Portals, Mobile Contents
Core Technology
Aeria operates an online game portal for multiplayer online games. Aeria has exclusive relationships with a number of game developers from across Asia. They are creating an American game portal site that will bring many of these popular games into the American market for the first time. They are hoping to operate on both mobile and PC platforms.
Potential Customers/Partners
Multiplayer gamers, game developers hoping to distribute games in Japan, mobile contents developers and distributors and mobile network operators. |
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| alphaGen |
Incubator:
B-Bridge International
Industry:
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
Core Technology
alphaGen is the developer of RNAi-related therapeutics for the treatment of vascular diseases (such as PAD), cancer (head & neck cancer, bile duct cancer, bladder cancer) and viral infection (such as HCV). It has developed DNA/RNA chimeric double stranded oligonucleotides (siChimera(TM)), which has enhanced stability without any reduction of RNAi activity, and also established its proprietary system (siDirect(TM)) to design and minimize off-target effects of siRNAs. The company is currently focusing its R&D efforts on the ALG-00412 for the treatment of intermittent claudication, and is ready for preclinical testing.
Potential Customers/Partners
alphaGEN is seeking strategic corporate partners, (bio)pharmaceutical companies, for co-development and/or co-marketing of ALG-00412, siChimera(TM) oligonucleotides as as pharmaceutics. |
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| Ciscotec, Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Precision mechanical components/parts
Core Technology:
Ciscotech uses computerized CNC lathing technology to create highly precise metal parts such as screws, bolts, axels, spacers, etc. These parts are used in a variety of devices, most commonly consumer electronics. Ciscotech is able to manufacture parts to the custom specifications of designers.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Manufacturers of cameras, printers, cell phones, etc. R&D or prototype design teams of such companies. Mechanical parts distributors and suppliers. |
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| DigiOn |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Home Networking, Home Entertainment, Multimedia Content Sharing
Core Technology:
DigiOn develops middleware (software connecting other applications) that allows users to network home entertainment appliances (TV, DVD player, etc.) with their PCs and mobile devices to share multimedia content across all these devices. DigiOn's solution supports high interoperability and Digital Rights Management standards.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Consumer electronics and IT (PC, Network product, etc.) manufacturers seeking to integrate home network functionality in their products. Individual/personal-use consumers seeking a home entertainment network product or software based solution. |
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| DTS |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
High Speed Storage, Micro Server, Data Management
Core Technology:
DTS has developed a "hybrid disk" storage technology which dramatically improves the speed of data retrieval in a server array. DTS's hardware and software solutions are used to increase the overall performance of databases and any applications that require constant retrieval of data from hard disk storage.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Large or small companies seeking to improve the performance of their databases or other applications requiring intensive data retrieval. |
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Endext Corporation
(JP: Cell Free Sciences) |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Biotechnology, Automated Protein Synthesis
Core Technology:
Endext/Cell Free Science is a developer of a unique cell-free technique for protein synthesis based on the use of wheat germ embryos. Endext/Cell Free Science manufactures chemical/biological reagents, automated cell free protein synthesizers and assay technology.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Researchers and Scientists at pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, academic or independent research facilities. |
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| Fixstars Solutions, Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
High-Performance, Multi-Core Processor, Cell Broadband Engine, Cell/B.E. Solutions
Core Technology:
Fixstars is the pioneering company of the Cell Broadband Engine, high performance multi-core processor developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. Fixstars enables companies to speed up business by offering astonishing
speed and quality software, middleware on Cell/B.E. and hardware equipped Cell/B.E. including the GigaAccel 180 PCIe board with PowerXCell 8i. Founded in 2002, Fixstars is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Companies in the Finance, Medical, Manufacturing and Digital Media industries. |
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| FOI Corporation |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Core Technology:
FOI utilizes an advanced technology for semiconductor manufacture known as plasma etching. FOI's unique technology allows chip manufacturers to realize an extremely high yield and low defect rate process.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Semiconductor Manufacturers, distributors of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. |
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| In-Vivo Science Inc. and US subsidiary In-Vivo Science International Inc. |
Incubator:
B-Bridge International
Industry:
Products & services for quality control of laboratory animals
Core Technology:
"In-Vivo Science Inc. and US subsidiary In-Vivo Science International Inc. provides the following products and services related to laboratory animals:
- Quality control of laboratory animals
- Drug evaluation test using laboratory animals and those derivative
- Analytical and diagnostic services/products for infectious disease of animals and disease model animals
For more than 50 years, our products and services are based on technologies for creation and quality control of laboratory animals, and development of laboratory animals applications researched by Central Institute for Experimental Animals. Based in Kawasaki, Japan, In-Vivo Science International, Inc. provides U.S. researchers in the fields of biomedical and medicines with services to keep laboratory animals for their in-vivo experiments by using highly environmentally-controlled circumstances. We will begin to supply purposely-made laboratory animals focusing mice in the near future."
Potential Customers/Partners:
Researchers at academic institutions and companies in field of biomedical and medicines. |
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| Kenxa Corporation |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Telemedicine, Medical Instruments, Medical Imaging, Diagnostics, Wireless Devices, Mobile Phones, Mobile Applications
Core Technology:
Developer of software for camera phones that allows a user to take medical quality images of the eye and automatically transmit them for diagnosis of known eye diseases. Kenxa also distributes a medical use DVR (digital video recorder) for capturing and editing video from surgery.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Mobile phone carriers (Sprint, Cingular, Verizon); Mobile phone manufacturers, telemedicine service providers, HMOs, public and private health providers. |
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| Laplace Systems |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Alternative/Renewable Energy; Solar/Photovoltaics; Cleantech; Greentech
Core Technology:
Developer of simulation and monitoring software for solar (PV - photovoltaic) energy systems. The CAD based simulation tool allows designers to build a PV installation in a 3D environment and calculate power outputs based on real sun/shadow movements. The monitoring product displays power data in a friendly public display format and also has extensive analytics capability.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Architects, Designers, Contractors dealing with the installation of solar panels. Companies seeking to create a public display for their solar system. Public or non-profit organizations concerned with solar power. |
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| Lunascape Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
"Development of innovative software; Web browser and Web services development; .NET based system Development"
Core Technology:
Lunascape is the world's most advanced browser, which incorporates revolutionary features, including multi-tab browsing and the ability to build user's favorite search engine into the browser bar. Lunascape is designed in consideration of compatibility with IE (Internet Explorer), which can display almost all of the web-sites in the world. Lunascape supports the two most widely used rendering engines, Trident (IE engine) and Gecko (the engine which can load javascript very efficiently). Lunascape also supports IE tool-bars, which allows IE users to continue to use their favorite tool-bars.
Potential Customers/Partners:
All people who enjoy the Internet. |
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| Milestone Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Enterprise Software, Database Integration, Remote Data Accessibility, Corporate Data Management
Core Technology:
Milestone provides an OLAP database integration solution that allows remote access via web browser, access logging as well as extensive data analytics, charting and graphing capabilities.
Potential Customers/Partners:
All companies maintaining multiple, large databases. Companies with sensitive data requiring access logging. Companies seeking an analytics tool that can operate across multiple databases. |
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| NetPrice |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Internet/Web Services
Core Technology:
NetPrice is an internet e-commerce website in Japan that makes products from overseas available to Japanese consumers. NetPrice’s users in Japan are able to browse and shop from a selection of international products, listed in Japanese, conveniently completing their transactions in Japanese Yen. NetPrice acts as an agent for US-based retailers, giving them the ability to sell into the world’s second biggest market without having to worry about shipping overseas, collecting foreign currencies or translating product descriptions into Japanese.
Potential Customers/Partners:
US retailers interested in expanding their sales potential by selling into the Japanese market. |
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| Nota Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Information Technology and Services
Core Technology:
NOTA, Inc., incorporated in December 2007, was created with the express purpose of starting a web-based services company that allows users to manipulate personal and publicly available digital content in any manner they choose. Projects involving NOTA Portal can be uniquely personal, or may be done in a collaborative sense – allowing multiple users the opportunity to remotely work on the same design project until its conclusion is reached. It will also allow others to build off the work of others to create an entirely new end-product.
With the advent of YouTube, Facebook, and Myspace, there is significant interest in "mashing-up" content (the act of taking audio, video, print and still content and combining into one format) from diverse areas into a final end product and displaying it on the web for the world to see. NOTA will soon be the ideal tool for all to use in performing this process.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Specifically, NOTA will first target student users. The rationale for pursuing this group of users is based on the hypothesis that NOTA's collaborative functionality will be a great fit with student activities, both academic and social. It is expected that university students, with their strong exposure to innovative Web companies and services, will provide an ideal beachhead for NOTA to acquire the initial group of core users well as providing valuable market information. |
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| OSS BroadNet |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Network Status Monitoring
Core Technology:
OSSBN provides a tool that allows operators of HFC cable networks to detect and monitor outages and other network trouble. OSSBN technology can perform periodic line monitoring, failure location determination, affected range determination and other diagnostic and monitoring functions.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Large cable network operators or other 2nd tier cable network operators as well as service companies providing monitoring and maintenance services. |
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| Plat' Home |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Server and network appliances
Core Technology:
Plat’Home is the developer of Open Micro Servers (OMS) and related application specific hardware. OMS is a Linux-based server with a form factor roughly the size of a standard external hard disk and the ability to operate outside of cooled server rooms, using very low power, in a variety of conditions not possible for a standard PC server. PlatHome micro servers are used by major telecom companies to manage and measure the performance of their network infrastructure from the field. They have been installed in buildings to monitor environmental and security variables and customized into appliance products for network security and VPN applications.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Businesses looking for an open Linux-based, power efficient, field-deployable server device. |
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| Realcom Technology |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Enterprise Software, Database Integration and Search, Corporate Data Management, Security
Core Technology:
Realcom provides a database integration solution with technology that matches relevant data/files to each employee based on his/her division and role. Realcom also offers solutions for internal data security management, logging and reporting access to sensitive files and databases.
Potential Customers/Partners:
All companies who maintain multiple, large databases. Companies with sensitive data who need to regulate access to databases among different employees within the organization. |
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| REGiMMUNE |
Incubator:
B-Bridge International
Industry:
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
Core Technology:
REGiMMUNE has developed reVax, a "reverse vaccination" technology used to treaet conditions that affect the body's immune regulating system. The company is currently focusing on the development of a therapeutic compound for the treatment of allergies and autoimmune diseases.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Pharmaceutical Companies, Contract Research Organizations, Contract Manufacturing Organizations, Clinical Research Organizations. |
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| SO-TI, Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Solution provider for information analysis
Core Technology:
SO-TI developed XLUS (pronounced kailas) and starts marketing XLUS in global market. XLUS introduces patent information users to a new way of analyzing and interpreting information. Utilizing the latest IT technologies including parallel processing, XLUS is a capable of analyzing thousands of documents at an extraordinarily high speed. The clustering function of XLUS allows a large number of patents to be classified into hundreds of clusters accurately. A unique visualization method, the radar chart, enables users to view those hundreds of clusters in a panoramic manner so as to allow a user to objectively grasp the position of their own company.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Patent attorneys, IP divisions of manufacturers, Consulting firms and Venture capital firms. |
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| Spicysoft Corporation |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Mobile 2.0 Services
Core Technology:
Spicysoft Corp. provides web services, such as AppliGet and MangaGet, that allow individual creators to upload and share their games and comics with users who join our mobile membership services through the mobile internet.
Mission:
We are committed to building a Utopian platform for creators. Individual creators can create what they really want at favorite places and time, and deliver their content within their own brands. The content will be available for users all over the world and out of the control of carriers or handset vendors. Individual creators can devote themselves to their creations and acquire fans who love their contents. Individual creators can also earn a sufficient amount of money.
Track Record:
We started AppliGet in 2001 and since then, more than 4,400 individual creators have uploaded more than 7,500 mobile applications. The research by Impress R&D in 2008 announced that AppliGet was the 2nd most popular mobile game service in Japan. In fact, some individual creators began working as professionals now. Furthermore, one creator has earned, on average, 10M USD per year on AppliGet and now makes a living by only his work. His game, "Chari-So," which means bicycle-running in Japanese, is the 2nd most popular mobile game among female Japanese teenagers.
New Service:
In August 2008, Spicysoft launched MangaGet, which is for individual comic creators. This comic authoring tool on the web browser enables all creators to convert and deliver their comics into the cell phones more easily. More than 1,600 creators have joined Spicysoft and uploaded about 7,000 stories since April 2009. MangaGet has been steadily growing and become the largest mobile comic SNS in Japan.
Vision in the US:
Spicysoft is going to launch the beta site in the U.S. and China in Autumn of 2009. Within two years, we will acquire 10M users and become the mobile SNS, which creators all over the world will admire.
Potential Customers/Partners:
To develop our business in U.S., we are looking for partners in the field of advertisement for mobile users, mobile advertisement networks for monetization, mobile application development, quality assurance, customer support, localization and mobile media to cooperate. Please feel free to contact us. |
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| Stem Cell Science KK |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Biotechnology
Core Technology:
Stem Cell Sciences is a research oriented biotechnology company specializing in the provision of stem cells and stem cell technologies for the clinic. Stem Cell Sciences currently has three cell therapy programs utilizing various cell sources. Myoblast cells are used in reference to stress urinary incontinence disorders. Human multipotent adipose-derived stem (hMADS) cells are used in reference to muscular dystrophy, serious cardiac insufficiency and obstructive arteriosclerosis. Pancreatic β cells are used in reference to diabetes.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Biopharmaceutical companies seeking specific stem cell technologies for clinical research and development programs. US- based contract manufacturer partners able to produce stem cell products. |
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| Techno Fine USA Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Processing & sales of electronic component substrates and thin-film material and all incidental operations & services. Actually, the entrusted bonding process and the various target product sales are our business.
Core Technology:
Our original bonding technique, which cut out the metalizing process for the target material's rear surface, enables the bonding of a wide variety of target materials. From minuscule size (10mm dia.) to maximal size (above 2,800mm square), appropriate to all sorts of materials including various metals and ceramics. Major applications are photovoltaic cell, flat panel display, touch panel, semiconductor, recordable media, etc. Compliant with such diverse forms as cylindrical (rotatable) and flat plate (planer) types.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Sputtering target equipment manufacturers, solar cell panel makers, Target material makers, Solar energy generation companies, flat panel display makers, semiconductor manufacturers, recordable media makers, etc. |
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| Tokyo Fluid Research (TFR) |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Wind tunnel testing
Core Technology:
Tokyo Fluid Research (TFR) was established over 20 years to cultivate by the aircraft development.
Primary Business:
Our primary business is to support the Aerodynamic development in the field of the wind tunnel test technology. In the aerospace and automobile development which requires a wind tunnel test, we believe our innovative technology could reduce test cycle by half is welcomed.
Mission:
Our mission is to create something new and useful for better human life.
Major Business:
Design and production of precision models for wind tunnel testing (using stereolithography); Measuring the aerodynamic characteristics with the wind tunnel; Consulting the wind tunnel business. |
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| TOOL America, Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Software development focused primarily on EDA tools. Commercial software package R&D.
Core Technology:
TOOL is a company focused primarily on EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tool development. Our core products include, “LAVIS,” "MaskStudio" and "OASIS-Utility." LAVIS is a versatile and ultra-high speed layout viewer that supports large data with minimum memory and multiple file formats. It can be used in all the IC processes including design, verification, mask data preparation, inspection and failure analysis; thanks to its capability to support various data formats and flexibility to interface with other vendors tools. MaskStudio is a fracturing system able to handle huge data and support multi formats that converts layout data into various mask writing formats. “OASIS-Utility” is a group of modules with variety of features that enables direct handling of OASIS data, the next generation standard format. These products provide designers an efficient LSI design flow.
Potential Customers/Partners:
All LSI designers for design of digital, analog, mixed-signal, placement & routing, DRC/LVS verification, litho-process verification and simulator, failure analysis, fracturing, mask/wafer manufacturing, inspection, SEM and CD measurement. |
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| Utagoe Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Software development
Core Technology:
UG Live is a live streaming technology which makes live streaming extraordinary low-cost using Grid technology(P2P technology). Installing original software and relaying streaming data from users to users, users can broadcast themselves on the Internet at low-cost compare to Server-Client model.
Potential Customers/Partners:
TV broadcasters, radio stations, or all who want to broadcast high quality and large scaled live streaming at low cost. |
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| VOICE-BANK, Inc. |
Incubator:
BIC
Industry:
Podcasting, (voice) blogging
Core Technology:
VoiceBank is a developer of unique products and applications in the podcasting, blogging and voice-services space. They are the creators of "Alligator" podcast aggregating software and are also developing VXML based services in the areas of voice-blogging, Voice to Text and Text to Voice.
Potential Customers/Partners:
Other Podcasting Companies, XML/VXML based service providers, Companies seeking to integrate a podcasting element into their businesses or websites. |
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