Investment

Investment

KII Investment

“Let us help your research, your invention, your innovation change the world. ” This is how we express our mission as we play the role of a bridge between academia and business and provide investment and support to bring technology, inventions, and innovation to society.

  • Lead investment from the seed/early stage. Further aggressive additional investment.
  • Actively invest in startups that solve social issues, especially in the medical/health and digital technology fields.
  • Provide hands-on support through collaboration with external specialist organizations and utilization of public support systems.

＜Investment process＞

We make decisions on investments through management interviews, advisor consultations, and investment committee meetings following on from interviews by venture capitalists, due diligence, and meetings to consider the investment from a range of angles.

Scope

Ultimate results set out in the third KII fund Theory of Change
Startups whose goal is to help realize a society in which each and every person can live in health and happiness
Startups that leverage or potentially offer synergy with the results of research undertaken by Keio University

Stage

Mainly seed and early stage startups,
but those in middle and later stages may be considered

Investment consideration
Process

Interview by venture capitalists/due diligence
Meeting to share investment possibility, initial investigatory meeting, full investigatory meeting
Management interview
Decision made after advisor consultation and investment committee meeting

Investment criteria

Set for each stage/investment

Consultation and Inquiry for Fundraising