UntroD Capital Japan

Company Name Japanese

UntroD Capital Japan（旧：リアルテックホールディングス）

Founded Year

2024

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Geography

Japan

URL

https://untrod.inc/

Style

Crossover

Founder

Akihiko Nagata

Founder BIO

Since the pre-IPO stage of Euglena Co., Ltd., he served as a director, overseeing business strategy, finance, and biofuel sectors. In 2021, he became the CEO of the company, leading all business operations. He resigned from Euglena in 2024. In 2015, he established the Real Tech Fund, which promotes deep tech investments as a solution to social issues. In 2024, he became the CEO of UntroD Capital Japan, which manages the fund. He also co-founded and managed Amefutatetsu, which achieved Japan's first social impact IPO with an NPO as its parent organization, and served as an advisor to Heralbony, focusing on realizing social impact within capitalism.

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Approved Date

Sep 24, 2024

Description English

UntroD Capital is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm specialized in seed to early-stage investments in the deep tech domain. Backed by a few Japanese corporations, it seeks to support research-driven startups to develop cutting-edge technologies that are expected contribute to solving social issues. Its investments focus on Japan and verticals such as robotics, electronics, biotechnology, agriculture, energy, materials, aerospace, big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). Formerly known as Euglena SMBC Nikko Leave-a-Nest Capital, Real Tech Japan was founded as a joint venture between Euglena Investment Co., Ltd., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., and Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Real Tech Holdings was rebranded to UntroD Capital in July 2024.(Preqin)

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Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Last edited time

Apr 1, 2025 08:14 PM GMT+0