Frontier Innovations

#Employee

#Fund

Approved Date

Aug 20, 2024

Asset Class

Venture Capital

AUM (JPY)

N/A

Company Name Japanese

Frontier Innovations株式会社

Description English

A VC fund aiming to create a sustainable ecosystem for deep tech startups in both space and non-space sectors. Japan's first open innovation fund, receiving LP investment from a national research and development agency, aims to create, nurture, and expand a sustainable startup ecosystem in both space and non-space fields. By involving stakeholders from industry, government, and academia, the fund focuses on hands-on investments in deep tech startups, particularly in seed and early-stage companies.

Description Japanese

ディープテックスタートアップのために、宇宙分野と非宇宙分野の両方で持続可能なエコシステムを作ることを目指すVCファンドです。日本初のオープンイノベーションファンドで、国家研究開発機関からLP投資を受けて、持続可能なスタートアップエコシステムを作り、育て、拡大することを目指しています。産業界、政府、学界のステークホルダーを巻き込み、シード段階や初期段階のディープテックスタートアップへの実践的な投資に重点を置いています。

EMDB

Founded Year

2024

Founder

Tatsuhiko Nishimura

Founder BIO

After working at the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (now INCJ), he founded this fund. As Managing Director of the Venture Growth Investment Group at INCJ, he was responsible for lead, hands-on investments in technology ventures, carve-outs from large companies, LP investments, and new industry creation, mainly in the fields of space, electronics, semiconductors, IoT, AI, and big data. He has been investing in space ventures since 2015, and formed and led the space industry team in 2017.

Geography

Japan

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Last edited by

Agha Ali Scheram

Last edited time

May 9

2025 10:27 AM

Reviewed By

Hidekazu Ishida

Style

Deep tech

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