Frontier Innovations

#Employee

#Fund

Approved Date

20/8/2024

Asset Class

Venture Capital

Catalogue

Company Name Japanese

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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

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EMDB (Matching)

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.

No.

Style

Deep tech

URL

Frontier Innovations