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Fast Track Initiative

9 employees

Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm in Japan and the US with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Health Care19
Biotechnology16
Medical15
Pharmaceutical7
Education6
Gut microbiome4
Drug development4
Probiotics4
Prebiotics4
Drug discovery4
FMT4
Bioinformatics4
Human Resources3
Video3
Employment3
Social Media3
Beauty3
Nursing and Residential Care3
Task Management3
Therapeutics3

Funding rounds participated in

$5.3M sweet spot round size

Most of their 50 investments are in rounds between $1.8M and $9.1M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

venture capital
therapeutics
japan healthcare
biotech boston
japan biotech
Finance
japan venture capital
investments
healthcare
investor
japan investor
Health Care
Therapeutics
healthtech
life science
finance
Life Science
Venture Capital
biotech

Date founded

2004

Investments made

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Metagen Therapeutics, Inc. raised $4.3M on June 15, 2023

Investors: スパークス・アセット・マネジメント(株), SMBCベンチャーキャピタル(株), JAFCO, NVCC, 株式会社慶應イノベーション・イニシアティブ and Fast Track Initiative

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Metagen Therapeutics, Inc. raised $8.3M on April 3, 2023

Investors: 株式会社慶應イノベーション・イニシアティブ, JAFCO and Fast Track Initiative

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STORM Therapeutics Limited raised $30M on December 14, 2022

Investors: Seroba-Kernel Ltd (Ireland), Cambridge Innovation Capital plc, UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd., IP Group plc, M Ventures and Fast Track Initiative

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Metagen Therapeutics, Inc. raised $966K on October 6, 2022

Investors: 株式会社慶應イノベーション・イニシアティブ, JAFCO and Fast Track Initiative

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Undisclosed raised undisclosed on August 3, 2022

Investors: Fast Track Initiative

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Undisclosed raised undisclosed on July 7, 2022

Investors: Fast Track Initiative

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Undisclosed raised $8M on June 30, 2022

Investors: Fast Track Initiative

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LUCA Science Inc. raised $30M on June 6, 2022

Investors: SMBCベンチャーキャピタル(株), Remiges Ventures, Inc., 旭化成ファーマ(株), ニッセイ・キャピタル(株), NVCC and Fast Track Initiative

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Celsius Therapeutics raised $83M on March 24, 2022

Investors: Heritage Physician Networks, 苏州凯风正德投资管理有限公司, Catalio Capital Management, Third Rock Ventures, Section 32, GV, Casdin Capital, LLC, Amplitude Ventures and Fast Track Initiative

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Undisclosed raised $20M on March 1, 2022

Investors: UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd., 株式会社慶應イノベーション・イニシアティブ, SBI Group and Fast Track Initiative

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