Press Release Nanotis Corporation (Head Office: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO, Founder: Lisa Sakashita) (hereinafter “Nanotis”), a University of Tokyo-affiliated venture engaged in the research and development of next-generation infection testing devices, has received funding from Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Head Office: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; President and CEO: Akira Hiruma) (hereinafter “Hamamatsu Photonics”) and […]
Nanotis, a UTokyo-affiliated startup,
receives funding from Taisho Pharmaceutical for R&D of rapid diagnostic devices
Press Release Nanotis (Head Office: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO, Founder: Lisa Sakashita), a University of Tokyo-affiliated startup that is developing rapid diagnostic devices for infectious diseases such as influenza, has received funding from Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Toshima, Tokyo; CEO: Shigeru Uehara) in its pre-series A funding round. […]
Nanotis, the UTokyo-linked start-up, raises ¥45M from
Shizuoka Capital, Hamamatsu Photonics, and individual investors
Press Release Nanotis (Head Office: Shibuya, Tokyo; CEO, Founder: Lisa Sakashita), the University of Tokyo-related start-up that is developing rapid diagnostic devices for infectious diseases, has raised ¥45,000,000 JPY (~$400,000 USD) from Shizuoka Capital (Head Office: Shizuoka, Shizuoka; President: Rinzo Mizutani), Hamamatsu Photonics (Head Office: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka; President: Akira Hiruma), […]
DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Prize, 6th DBJ New Business Plan Competition for Women Entrepreneurs
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Grand Prize, Bayer Innovation Connetion 2016
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CEO, Founder | Lisa Sakashita
M. S. degree from department of Physics, the University of Tokyo. B. S. degree from department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science. Her career includes: Nomura Securities, Co., Ltd. (analyst, Investment Banking division.), Bloomberg LLP (data analyst), Ginza Galleries (International Public Relations/Overseas Project Integration) and Linkers Corporation (Managing Executive Officer). […]
CTO | Jinsei Miyazaki
B. E., and M. E. degree from Faculty of Technology, Kyoto University. Gust scientist of Max-Planck Institute of Bio-Physical Chemistry in 1989-1991. 1981: Joined Matsushita Electric Industries (Panasonic, as of now) and consistently kept cultivating new technology fields including immuno-chemical sensing. 2002: Established tele-healthcare based joint venture, Viterion LLC, in […]
Technical Advisor | Teruyuki Nagamune, Ph. D.
B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. degree from school of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973, 1975, and 1985. His career includes: RIKEN (Research Scientist from 1977), University of Illinois (Visiting Researcher from 1988), RIKEN (Vice Senior Research Scientist from 1992), the University of Tokyo (Professor from […]
Collaborator | Yoshida-Akimoto lab., the Univ. of Tokyo
Ryo Yoshida, Ph. D. Dr. Ryo Yoshida is a full professor at The University of Tokyo. He received a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering in 1993 from Waseda University, Japan. He was a research associate at Tokyo Women’s Medical University in 1993, a researcher at the National Institute of Materials […]
Medical Advisor | Norio Omagari M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D
National Center for Global Health and Medicine Disease Control and Prevention Center Director Dr. Norio Omagari graduated from Saga Medical School’s Faculty of Medicine, Saga University in 1997. In the same year, he joined St. Luke’s International Hospital as a resident and then became a general internal medicine staff member. […]