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Japan
3 founders on our radar building from Japan.
Kazuma Kishida
Named Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia; raised Series A (¥1B) plus prior funding totaling ~¥1.42B for a novel stem-cell fertility platform covered by TechCrunch and Forbes.
Ryoga Okunishi
Raised a Series D (¥4B) plus mega-bank debt financing, bringing total funding to over ¥15B, with growing enterprise adoption of its AI phone platform.
Akifumi Morinaka
Rege Nephro closed a ~$10.6M/¥1.22B round for its ADPKD drug candidate RN-014, but Morinaka is CEO rather than the company's founder (founder is Prof. Kenji Osafune).
