About Strategic Incubation Partners
Strategic Incubation Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1996. It is primarily based out of Minato City, Japan. It primarily invests in Japan based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to Enterprise Applications and Retail. Overall, Strategic Incubation Partners portfolio has seen 5 IPOs including key companies like Digital Garage, Papyres and W-SCOPE. Strategic Incubation Partners has team of 7 people including 6 partners.Key Metrics
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Strategic Incubation Partners' List of Top Investments
Strategic Incubation Partners has a portfolio of 13 companies. Their most notable investments include Digital Garage and REGiMMUNE.Their portfolio spans across and Japan. They have invested in Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Retail and 8 other sectors. Here is the list of top investments by Strategic Incubation Partners:Provider of payment platforms marketing solutions and startup investment services. The business maintains a platform for online and physical payment processing, develops marketing and digital business solutions, and operates an investment program to support and cultivate technology startups.
Key facts about Digital Garage
- Founded Year: 1995
- Location: Tokyo (Japan)
- Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Mar 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 283 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Strategic Incubation Partners and Sansei Capital Investment
- Highlight: Public
2. REGiMMUNE
REGiMMUNE develops therapeutics for immune diseases using targeted immunomodulators. Its proprietary platform reVax is designed to enable target-specific immunosuppression by inducing immune regulatory cells. Its lead candidate is a liposomal formulation of alpha-GalCer, which is in phase II trials for graft vs host disease (GvHD). In addition, the company has another candidate in early studies for Type I diabetes.
Key facts about REGiMMUNE
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Tokyo (Japan)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $40.5M
- Employee Count: 4 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Icon Ventures, Mizuho Bank and 29 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Apr 07, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Papyres
Papiresu is an online retailer of e-books. It sells e-books in categories such as romantic novels, horror, light novel, harlequin novel, Way of life & culture, hobby & lifestyle, trivia, entertainment, Its mobile application is available in iOS and android store. The books once bought can be stored in the app. It has rental and membership service too. The company also rents books.
Key facts about Papyres
- Founded Year: 1995
- Location: Tokyo (Japan)
- Stage: Public
- Investors: Japan Asia Investment, Strategic Incubation Partners and 1 Other
- Highlight: Public
4. ORTHOREBIRTH
ORTHOREBIRTH developed ReBOSSIS which is a cottony type, synthetic bone-void-filling material. The product has properties such as Handling Ability, Moldability, Fluid Absorption & Retention, Osteogenic Potential, and Bioresorbability. The blood has to be injected into the ReBOSSIS, mixed well and attached to the affected part of the bone. The Major Investors mentioned by the company are Innovation Engine Inc., Yasuda Enterprise Development Co.,Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co.,Ltd.
Key facts about ORTHOREBIRTH
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Yokohama (Japan)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $195K
- Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 17, 2025
- Investors: Yasuda Enterprise Development, MBL Venture Capital and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 31, 2025, $*****

5. W-SCOPE
Key facts about W-SCOPE
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Shinagawa (Japan)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 14 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Partners Investment, Strategic Incubation Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 16, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Strategic Incubation Partners' Portfolio
5 of Strategic Incubation Partners' portfolio companies have become public. 3-D Matrix got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), in Jul 2013 and Digital Garage got listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).Here are Strategic Incubation Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 16, 2013 | - | - | 1134 | |
Jul 16, 2013 | - | - | 1212 | |
Jul 16, 2013 | - | - | 6530 | |
Dec 16, 2011 | - | - | 4159 | |
Jul 10, 2007 | - | - | 2080 |
Team profile of Strategic Incubation Partners
Strategic Incubation Partners has a team of 7 members including 6 Partners located in Japan. Strategic Incubation Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Strategic Incubation Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Tokyo | - | ||
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Partner | Japan | - | ||
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