• Hydro Powtech Japan

  Led · Series B · Sep 2025

  Japan Hydropowtech develops food ingredients using its proprietary hydrolysis manufacturing technology and manages product planning, development, manufacturing, and sales. The company’s hydrolysis process shortens decomposition time compared with traditional brewing and fermentation methods. Its method uses no chemical reagents and operates with low energy consumption, which the company says reduces environmental impact. The article lists capital stock of ¥241 million. In September 2025 the company completed a Series B+ fundraising of about ¥400 million. The company was founded in April 2014 and is based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture (Inaho 4-750-3). Nihon Hydro Powtech (NHP) commercializes a proprietary hydrolysis manufacturing technology for food planning, development, production and sales. The process dramatically shortens decomposition time compared with traditional brewing or fermentation, uses no chemical agents, and operates with low energy to reduce environmental impact. The technology enables labeling of finished products as the original raw material, supports allergen‑free applications, and has potential uses in alternative dairy and meat products as well as upcycling food residues. NHP has already applied the technology to develop allergen‑free chocolate and entered a capital and business partnership with Lotte to expand cacao resource utilization. The company has broadened R&D into soil amendments and started joint research in Vietnam with Lotte and Can Tho University using cacao pods. NHP plans to strengthen its organizational structure and open a Singapore base to accelerate overseas expansion. Japan Hydro Powtech (NHP) develops a patented hydrolysis process that cuts molecular bonds in dietary fiber, carbohydrates, and proteins to produce low-molecular powders and liquid ingredients without using chemical reagents. The process operates with no wastewater, minimal electricity and gas, provides near-sterilization (including spores) via high temperature and shear, and enables organic food labeling. NHP’s materials are already supplied to convenience stores and supermarkets, and the technology has been applied to insect food sterilization and non-food biomass biorefinery integration. Since 2020 the company has R&D focused on chocolate manufacture and developed an allergen-free milk chocolate using plant-based hydrolysates as a replacement for powdered milk. The company plans to use the recent funds to expand its factory, install machinery, and strengthen production capacity to scale chocolate and other ingredient manufacturing. NHP was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.

• Floadia

  Participated · Series D · Oct 2023

  Floadia develops and licenses embedded non-volatile flash memory IP cores used in microcontrollers, power semiconductors, sensors and other chips. Its technology reportedly consumes only 1/1,000,000 of the power required to write and erase data versus competitors, offers strong high-temperature tolerance, and adds only one-third of the additional integration cost. Its first flash IP, “G1,” is deployed in automotive microcontrollers by domestic semiconductor manufacturers and has been adopted by a Taiwanese foundry for smartphone components. Founded in 2011 by engineers with long experience at Hitachi and Renesas, the company focuses on ultra-low-power memory technology. Floadia plans to use the new funding to strengthen sales of its embedded flash IP to semiconductor manufacturers and to advance development of ultra-low-power AI accelerator chips that utilize its flash memory devices. The company has raised a cumulative total of approximately ¥4.95 billion to date. Floadia develops embedded non-volatile memory IP and the associated manufacturing processes and circuit designs that enable integration into microcontrollers, power semiconductors, sensors and other semiconductor devices. Its memories reduce power consumption and cost, offer auto-grade heat endurance, and can be embedded without changing existing IP designs to ease analog/digital integration. Floadia's technology has been adopted in in-vehicle microcomputers and Toshiba microcontrollers and is used for smartphone components produced by Taiwanese foundries. The company is working with major foundries to transplant its technology onto the 130nm BCD Plus platform and planned mass production from early 2021. Founded in 2011 by engineers who left Renesas Electronics, Floadia is based in Kodaira-shi, Tokyo. Financially, the company raised approximately ¥1.2 billion in its Series C and has raised about ¥3.6 billion in total to date. Floadia Corporation develops embedded flash memory IP, licensing manufacturing process know-how and circuit designs for embedded non-volatile memory production. Founded in 2011 by engineers from Renesas Electronics and led by President Kosuke Okuyama, the company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Its core product is embedded flash memory IP intended for integration into semiconductor manufacturing. Floadia plans to use the new funds to expand its embedded flash IP business into automotive, low-cost IoT and mobile device markets. Financially, the company closed a ¥1.6 billion (approx. US$14.5M) Series B and had previously raised ¥800 million (US$7.3M) in a 2015 Series A. The business model centers on licensing IP to enable customers to produce embedded non-volatile memory.

• Silatronix

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2016

  Silatronix develops patented organosilicon (OS) materials for use in lithium‑ion batteries, including electrolytes, binders, and coatings. Its first commercial product, OS3, is an advanced functional solvent that inhibits LiPF6 breakdown, is thermally and electrochemically stable, and has minimal side effects on battery performance. The company reports progress with multiple customers—many in Asia—across consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and military battery applications. Silatronix raised US$8M in new equity capital to support commercialization and operational scale‑up. The firm is formalizing relationships with strategic suppliers, expanding its Madison, Wisconsin facilities, working with distribution partner Inabata to increase market presence, and hiring key operating personnel. Management says the funding and partnerships will allow Silatronix to capitalize on the commercial value of its OS materials in the high‑growth LiB market.

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