Every company begins as a small startup.
Founding and running a business comes with significant economic and social responsibility. At the same time, the experience of working with people from diverse disciplines and nationalities to build a technology together becomes an asset far more valuable than the burden of that responsibility. To nurture our research outcomes into technologies that can be used in society—and to scale their impact—we will continue launching new startups.
Quantum Biosystems Co., Ltd. (QB)
Quantum Biosystems Co., Ltd. (QB) was a venture company that developed a device for reading DNA information using nanotechnology—namely, a DNA sequencer. The company was founded in 2013 and concluded its activities in 2023. It conducted R&D with bases in Osaka and Silicon Valley in the United States.
This startup was featured in the following books:
• STARTUP: The Realities of Entrepreneurs
• Challenge! 28 People Pioneering Science
Aipore Co., Ltd. (Aipore)
Aipore Co., Ltd. (Aipore) was a venture company that developed a measurement system combining nanopores (nanoscale pores) with AI (artificial intelligence). The company was founded in 2018 and concluded its activities in 2025.
The system they developed was commercialized as an analytical instrument and sold on the market. In particular, a COVID-19 testing device built on this system was validated using more than 10,000 real clinical samples, and it was also used for screening at Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship (Spring Koshien).