C-Startup/CEJ Fund

C-Startup
About CEJ Fund
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C-Startup

Innovation ecosystem to create the Cybernics Industry

C-Startup is an innovation ecosystem to create the Cybernics Industry.

We look for start-ups and entrepreneurs that aim to create a new industry to solve the problems of humans and society. The role of C-Startup is to provide technical mentorship through CYBERDYNE CEO/Professor of University of Tsukuba Yoshiyuki Sankai and financial support by CYBERDYNE and CEJ Fund^*, which CYBERDYNE operates.

*Cybernics Excellence Japan Fund 1 Investment Limited Partnership

Through C-Startup, CYBERDYNE handles the creation of innovative technologies for people and society, creating the new industry, and supporting start-up companies/entrepreneurs in an integrated manner. By creating an excellent cycle to induce innovation, CYBERDYNE aims to realize the future society of “Society5.0/5.1”, a techno-peer support society where humans and technology support each other and revolve society by creating the Cybernics Industry.

Photos from C-Startup Pitch 2019
CYBERDYNE and CEJ Fund conducted investment towards AMI Kabushiki Kaisha and ANSeeN Inc, which were awarded a prize on the day

About CEJ Fund

CYBERDYNE established CEJ Fund to accelerate and scale up the creation of the Cybernics Industry. CEJ Fund can support start-ups working to solve social problems on R&D, its business, and its funding.

The fund gathers companies and personnel who are up for challenges to develop the Cybernics Industry and accelerate its business. On a global scale, the fund will take up the role as a new industrial infrastructure to drive forward innovative R&D and its social implementation integrally so that the Cybernics Industry can realize a good cycle of innovation.

The fund will create the Cybernics Industry through investment and business support towards start-ups in a business field closely related to people and their lives. For example, business fields such as medicine, healthcare, robotics, AI, Big Data, IoH/IoT (Internet of Humans/Internet of Things), and other areas related to Cybernics while solving various social problems.

Legal Name:	Cybernic Excellence Japan Fund 1 Investment Limited Partnership
Unlimited liability partner:	CEJ Capital, Inc. (a consolidated subsidiary of the Company) *Jointly established by the Company, Global Brain Corporation and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. CEJ Capital, Inc. conducts operation of CEJ Fund.
Total amount of the fund:	Approximately ¥10 Billion Yen
Limited Liability partner: (Partners in arbitrary order)	CYBERDYNE, INC. (the Company) Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. Daido Life Insurance Company Mizuho Bank, Ltd. THK CO., LTD. Tsukuba Bank, Ltd. Mizuho Capital Co., Ltd.

C-Startup Contact

We look forward to connecting with aspiring start-ups and entrepreneurs who we can work together to create the “Cybernics Industry” for solving problems related to human and society

CYBERDYNE Inc./CEJ Capital, Inc.
C-Startup team: E-MAIL:

Reference

2022-08-17: Capital and business alliance with Hirosaki Lifescience Innovation, Inc., developer of regenerative medicine products using autologous cell culture
2022-08-10: Capital and business alliance with Xenoma, a health tech startup developing sophisticated smart apparel
2022-07-26: Capital and business alliance with Kamui Pharma, Inc., a drug discovery startup focused on probiotic medicine
2022-06-28: Capital and business alliance with Metcela Inc., a company that develops regenerative medicine using cardiac fibroblasts, etc.
2022-06-20: Capital and business alliance with LIFESCAPES, a company that develops BMI rehabilitation device
2021-11-22: CYBERDYNE formed a capital and business alliance with ReqMed, a company that develops drugs for rare diseases and osteoarthritis of the knee
2021-09-21: CYBERDYNE formed a capital and business alliance with GAIA BioMedicine, a company that develops cancer immunotherapy
2021-09-13: CYBERDYNE formed a capital and business alliance with Adriakaim, a company that develops a vagus nerve stimulation device
2021-08-05: Formed a capital and business alliance with KanonCure, a company that develops cell sheets for the treatment of liver diseases
2021-05-24: Capital and Business Alliance with Rehab for JAPAN
2021-04-05: Capital and Business Alliance with Allm
2021-03-23: Capital and Business Alliance with Jiksak Bioengineering
2021-02-22: CYBERDYNE Invests in World Life Mapping
~Developer of a New Generation of AI-Based Mental Healthcare Systems~
2020-11-24: Kringle Pharma, Inc. is approved for listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2020-09-07: CYBERDYNE and X-ray color image sensor startup ANSeeN announces coordination
2020-08-06: CYBERDYNE and AI medical device startup Aillis announces business and capital tie-up [PDF: 150 KB]
2020-04-10: CYBERDYNE and stethoscope startup AMI announces coordination [PDF: 412 KB]
2020-03-24: CYBERDYNE and PLIMEs form a business and capital alliance
2020-03-02: CEJ Fund announced to invest in Kringle Pharma, Inc.
2020-01-23: CEJ Fund announced to invest in Bitkey Inc., a company that develops digital key platform
2019-11-22: CYBERDYNE and SmartScan form a business and capital alliance [PDF: 141 KB]
2019-09-13: CYBERDYNE and Integral Geometry Science form a business and capital alliance [PDF: 175 KB]
2019-03-28: CYBERDYNE and Tsukuba Bank announce to jointly provide business and capital support for development of power storage device by “Material Innovation Tsukuba” [PDF: 233 KB]
2018-10-29: CYBERDYNE and LPixel make announcement to form alliance
~ Reinforcing the development of medical Big Data analysis ~ [PDF: 112 KB]
2018-02-26: CYBERDYNE and CureApp form a business and capital alliance
~combining Cybernic Technology and treatment application to promote personalized medicine with mobile devices~ [PDF: 139 KB]
2016-11-15: Cyberdyne to make an investment in WHILL, Inc. based on a business alliance
~ Utilizing innovative Cybernic technology to create and implement next generation mobility devices toward ”Zero Intensive Care Society” and “Society 5.0” ~
2015-03-02: Investment on “Cyfuse” , a venture with innovative regenerative medical technology ~ Providing new medical development by combination of HAL and regenerative medicines~
2015-01-26: Investment to Rapyuta Robotics