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Nitto Denko

33rd Floor, Grand Front Osaka, 4-20, Ofuka-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0011, Japan

Overview

Nitto Denko, Japan's leading diversified materials manufacturer offers to the global market about 13,500 species of high-value-added products. Nitto Denko's strength lies in its flexibility to add diverse functionality to sheets, films and other materials, fully utilizing its core technologies such as polymer synthesis, adhesion and coating technologies. The Nitto Denko group's wide spectrum of specialities include optical films for liquid crystal displays, automotive materials, reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination, transdermal drug delivery patches, and much more. Total net sales in FY 2009 was $6.4 billion with over 31,000 employees in 27 countries.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
6

Sector focus

  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Product Design
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Investment portfolio

  • Cosemi

    Led · Equity · Dec 2020

    Cosemi Technologies Inc. is an Irvine, Calif.-based global leader in innovative, high-speed connectivity solutions. The company designs and develops high-volume, high-performance, plug-and-play HDMI, DisplayPort and USB active optical cables (AOCs) that combine fiber-optic performance with copper control and power delivery in hybrid cable assemblies. It is a pioneer in hybrid active cables suited for markets including 4K/8K displays, video collaboration, machine vision, universal personal computing for enterprise and work-from-home, automotive, AR/VR, e-sport gaming and entertainment. Led by president and CEO Dr. Nguyen X. Nguyen, Cosemi develops technology and solutions in partnership with Nitto Denko. The company closed an $8M strategic funding round led by Nitto Denko and intends to use the proceeds to accelerate growth and address the market opportunity for its high-speed hybrid active optical interconnect solutions. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Team

  • Hideo Takasaki

    Founder, President, CEO and COO

  • Yohei Ando

    Chief Researcher

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  • Ranasinghe Gangani Silva

    Senior Scientist

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  • Robyn Milburn

    Senior AD Chemist, Analytical Development

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