Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
University of Tokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyo IPC), the university’s open innovation unit, has supplied ¥500m ($4.6m) to its Japan-based children’s entertainment spinout Onedot, a carveout of household product maker Unicharm. The investment comes through UTokyo IPC’s AOI I Fund. Onedot publishes video content for children and parents with an emphasis on building healthy habits such as nutritious meals and maternity yoga.
AOI I Fund also invested ¥200m ($1.9m) in Fimecs, a University of Tokyo spinout working on a pharmaceutical…
