Hiroyuki Hashimoto

Advanced Science & Technology Enterprise Corp. (ASTEC) is an independent Japanese venture capital firm which was established in 2001 as a 'Kabushiki Kaisha' by Takuro Wakabayashi and a group of professors at the University of Tokyo. The idea was to create a very early-stage venture capital firm to provide support to Japanese technology start-ups with innovative products and services. Based in Tokyo, the firm manages the ASTEC Technology Incubation Fund, backed primarily by institutional investors. They also provide services to help Japanese universities manage collaborative research and consortiums and collaborate with Technology Licensing Organizations to help with commercialization efforts.

Bitec Global Japan, Inc. provides denture services and supplies dental care products. Its product brands include Clene, Comfort, and URO Hamic. It manages and operates dental clinics and also offers franchising. The company was founded by Yusuke Washizu in February 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

UMN Pharma, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of biopharmaceuticals. It operates through a following business division: Next-generation biopharmaceutical in-house development business and Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing business. The Next-generation biopharmaceutical in-house development business engages in the research and development of next-generation logical vaccine by integrating next-generation biopharmaceutical drug substance manufacturing technology, adjuvant technology and drug delivery technology. The Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing business offers study samples, investigational drugs, products, and various evaluation test results. The company was founded by Masahiro Michishita and Shuichi Kanazashi on April 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Akita, Japan.