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Waseda University Ventures — Seed VC Firm

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Waseda University Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Healthcare, Deep Tech, AI / ML. The firm has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Healthcare, Deep Tech, AI / ML, EdTech
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-28

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investment Thesis

A university-backed venture investor that led the seed round for a stroke rehabilitation platform. The public record shows willingness to fund neurorehab innovation outside the US and in early stages.

How Waseda University Ventures invests

Waseda University Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare, Deep Tech, AI / ML, EdTech.

Waseda University Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Inc., Power Diamond Systems, Inc., Tres Alchemix株式会社.

Partners & Team

QB

Quint Baldwin

Department Head

HI

Hideo Iwasaki

Manager

KO

Koichi Okamoto

Partner

YA

Yoichi Aizawa

Manager

YK

Yukio Kato

General Manager

TO

Tetsuya Ogata

Director

KG

Kenneth Grossberg

Professor Of Marketing And Director

YH

Yoshio Hitomi

Partner

ND

Not disclosed

GP

Stroke rehab
Neurorehabilitation
Academic spinouts
TU

Tatsuhiro Ueno

Director

HY

Hayato Yamana

Vice President of IT

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Deep Tech
AI / ML
EdTech

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

NA

Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Inc.

Quantum computing / deep tech·Founding investment·WUV 1 Limited Partnership

Quantum-computing hardware startup based on Waseda research.

PO

Power Diamond Systems, Inc.

Semiconductors / deep tech·Founding investment·WUV 1 Limited Partnership

Waseda-origin diamond semiconductor devices startup.

TR

Tres Alchemix株式会社

AI / biotech / drug discovery·Series A

AI-driven pharmacodynamic drug prediction platform.

AL

ALPHA

Digital health / health tech·Series A

Digital fitness test aggregation system.

VE

VETA Inc.

Edtech / research commercialization / social science tech·Seed·WUV1 Investment Limited Partnership

Startup commercializing social science research from Waseda.

NE

neubond

Medtech / digital health·Seed·WASEDA University Ventures / WUV-led round

Stroke rehabilitation / neurorehabilitation platform.

How to pitch Waseda University Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Deep Tech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Quint Baldwin, Department Head.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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