Partner @ UTEC | AI-researcher-turned-VC | Global Deep Tech Startup investor in 🇯🇵🇮🇳🇸🇬🇺🇸🇻🇳🇰🇪 | UTokyo 🎓
Tokyo, Japan
Joined September 2009
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Kiran Mysore retweeted
"Japan is an issue-advanced country. The societal problems Japan faces today are the problems that countries in East Asia, North America and Europe will face in the future", says Noriaki Sakamoto in the second episode of Rising Edge podcast.
Japan's startup funding has grown ~10x in a decade, international VCs are entering the market, and the old "risk-averse Japan" perception no longer matches reality.
In this episode of Rising Edge, UTEC's Kiran Mysore sits down with Nori Sakamoto, Managing Partner and COO at UTEC and a three-time Forbes Japan Midas List honoree. Nori unpacks what actually changed over the past decade and where Japan's startup ecosystem is headed next.
Please give it a listen (link in comments) and subscribe now on Spotify/Apple podcasts to catch exciting new episodes every month!
@noritaya @ThinkSpection
open.spotify.com/episode/4CH…
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩UTECの新Podcast「Rising Edge」がスタート🚩
サイエンス・テクノロジースタートアップの挑戦を、起業家・研究者・投資家らと共に世界へ発信します。
Spotify・Apple Podcastsで配信中！（英語）
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/033uey…
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🎙️New Episode from UTEC Podcast！🎙️
We’re excited to welcome Anand Anandkumar, CEO of Bugworks Research, a biotech company on a mission to challenge antimicrobial resistance and reinvent antibiotic discovery!
open.spotify.com/episode/7Cn…
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩投資実行News🚩
UTECは、British International Investment および Schneider Electric Ventures とともに、
インドの分散型太陽光エネルギーの未来を加速させるスタートアップ、Aeremの1,170万ドルのシリーズAラウンドにリード投資いたしました🌱
Indian solar startup Aerem garners $11.7m led by Japan’s UTEC dealstreetasia.com/stories/a…
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩UTEC News🚩
UTECのKiran @ThinkSpection が、
4月9日に開催される「Algorithmic Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit」に登壇し、「Physical AI」と、アカデミック・アントレプレナーシップの促進について語ります。ぜひご参加ください！
登録はこちら 👉 algopreneurship.ai/
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩投資先News🚩
米国とインドを拠点とする抗菌・抗がん剤創出のスタートアップ Bugworks Researchが、
Forbes India Leadership Awards 2025でEmerging Innovator Awardを受賞しました👏
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩UTEC News🚩
Tech Asia 2025: Trends to watch in the year ahead by @NikkeiAsia にて、
UTECからKiran @ThinkSpection がコメントしています🌎
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec…
Kiran Mysore retweeted
2024 was an incredible year at @tricoghealth
Our small company helped 22 million people live better lives.
Our work with more than 7,700 healthcare partners directly resulted in better care for 760,000 heart attack patients.
In 2024 alone, we helped over 6.8 million patients.
Not a day goes by without our incredible team working together to save thousands of lives.
And we are just getting started.
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🎤UTEC Podcast Update – Part 2🎤
In the second half of our conversation, Dr. Pham Quang Cuong dives into Eureka Robotics’ expansion in Japan and their latest $10.5M Series A funding led by B Capital and Airbus Ventures.
We also explore:
★Scaling with the “Eureka Inside” model ★Collaborations with Toyota, Denso, and Bridgestone ★Crafting an effective fundraising strategy
★The future of Robotics and AI
👇Catch Part 2 now! 👇
creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…
UTEC's latest podcast episode is live, and for the first time, it’s entirely in English!
We feature Dr. Pham Quang Cuong, CEO of Eureka Robotics, a Singapore-based startup using Physical AI to advance precision manufacturing and logistics.
In the first half, we explore Dr. Cuong's journey—from his academic and professional roots to key moments that led to Eureka Robotics' foundation.
Discover the insights and experiences behind this innovative company, driving the future of robotics through groundbreaking Physical AI applications.
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩UTEC News🚩
✨Podcast 最新話公開✨
今回初の英語回では、シンガポール発のロボティクス企業 @eurekarobotics のCEO、Cuong博士をゲストに迎え、精密製造や物流で活躍するPhysical AI技術、そしてEureka Robotics誕生に至るまでの経緯を掘り下げます🤖
creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…
Kiran Mysore retweeted
This month, we celebrate the milestone of serving 20 million patients over 10 years at @tricoghealth
10M - 8 years
20M - 1 year 11 months
Incredibly proud of our team & indebted to all who have been part of our journey.
Kiran Mysore retweeted
🚩投資先News🚩
日経Asiaに、投資先 Eureka Robotics の日本進出の動きと、UTECのKiran @ThinkSpection のコメントが取り上げられました👀
UTECは、シンガポールのロボットスタートアップの日本との連携支援に積極的に取り組んでいます🤖
Singapore's industrial robot startups eye global markets asia.nikkei.com/Business/Sta… @NikkeiAsiaより
Kiran Mysore retweeted
@ThinkSpection, Principal, @UTEC_global, joins us for this month’s Fund in Focus feature. He discusses UTEC’s remarkable journey as one of Asia's leading deep-tech VC firms and much more.
Link: lnkd.in/dP9-gwQd
Kiran Mysore retweeted
On Startup Fridays🎙️,we chat with Kiran Mysore (@ThinkSpection) of the University of Tokyo Edge Capital on the ninth anniversary of his move to Japan, where he found his calling as a deep tech VC investor, leading investments into India & Southeast Asia⤵ forbesindia.com/audio/the-st…
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India Ideas: Funding deeptech in India!
In India and Abroad, Deeptech Startups find it challenging to pick up funding.
Watch: youtu.be/48rfhBu8k8E
@8xVentures @CommittedChirag @UTEC_global @ThinkSpection @BeyondNextV @SanoYuichiro
@nasscom @Rajeev_GoI
@grrroy
Kiran Mysore retweeted
Catch #IndiaIdeas @8 pm IST tonight where @grrroy talks 'Funding #DeepTech in #India' with @8xVentures' @CommittedChirag, @UTEC_global's @ThinkSpection
& @BeyondNextV's @SanoYuichiro
@PriyaKumar2012 @DDNewslive
@nasscom @AshwiniVaishnaw @Rajeev_GoI @IndiaDeepTech
Kiran Mysore retweeted
Thanks for the kind wishes and sentiments @ThinkSpection
You said it very well - indeed, @UTEC_global has been
supporter, collaborator, co investor, trends/theses sparring partner
Look forward to furthering joint discoveries across the next decade, and thank you again!
Congrats @BlumeVentures! Inspiring to see your rise from $20M->$250M fund in just 10 yrs! Kudos to your contribution of helping build global startups from 🇮🇳.
We at @UTEC_global are proud to be your partner & collaborator since 2018!
@BKartRed @sanjaynath @AshishFafadia @arpiit
Kiran Mysore retweeted
Thanks for being fantastic partners. Been 4 years, but feels like a decade.
More power to great deep tech companies in our portfolios
@UTEC_global @ThinkSpection @AshishFafadia @arpiit @sanjaynath
Congrats @BlumeVentures! Inspiring to see your rise from $20M->$250M fund in just 10 yrs! Kudos to your contribution of helping build global startups from 🇮🇳.
We at @UTEC_global are proud to be your partner & collaborator since 2018!
@BKartRed @sanjaynath @AshishFafadia @arpiit
Kiran Mysore retweeted
The official delegation visited @UTokyo_News_en Edge Capital Partners @UTEC_global to understand how Venture capitalist system works from Universities at national & international levels.
@srivaric @guptaakhilesh63 @Rabindra_DST @UNIDO_India @RadhikaTrikha
Kiran Mysore retweeted
Catch @ThinkSpection LIVE on @IndianVCA #WhatsNext session to discuss deep tech investments in India on 1st November, 11.00 AM.
@YourNestVC @ndalaw1989 @8xVentures @UTEC_global @skg69
Link to attend the session: lnkd.in/g9j5Z-zJ
