BioFrontier Partners
Tokyo-based venture capital firm focused on investment in private bio- and healthcare-related companies and providing life-science consulting and research services. The firm operates multiple investment partnerships (funds) targeting domestic and international bio/healthcare companies and offers post-investment technical guidance through selected external advisors. It also maintains affiliated companies active in agricultural biotechnology and fund administration.
Services
Fund management and investment operations
Sourcing investment opportunities, conducting investigation/technical evaluation and analysis, negotiating investment terms, executing investments, and monitoring fund performance for investment partnerships targeting private bio- and healthcare companies.
Portfolio technical guidance and advisor coordination
Selection and coordination of external advisors (academic experts, lawyers, patent attorneys, accountants) to provide technical guidance and other support to portfolio companies.
Life-science consulting
Consulting services for life-science businesses including new business development support, industry–academia–government coordination, product development, sales/marketing strategy, alliance search, and milestone/clinical development planning.
Life-science research and market intelligence
Collection and provision of advanced technology and societal information relevant to drug discovery, diagnostics, bio-tools, functional foods, cosmetics, life-science materials and medical devices; research, evaluation and advisory services including development roadmaps and competitive-technology assessments.
Fund administration (via affiliated firm)
Administrative outsourcing for investment partnerships from establishment through liquidation and general accounting/administrative services for operating companies and ventures.
Fund management and investment operations
Sourcing investment opportunities, conducting investigation/technical evaluation and analysis, negotiating investment terms, executing investments, and monitoring fund performance for investment partnerships targeting private bio- and healthcare companies.
Portfolio technical guidance and advisor coordination
Selection and coordination of external advisors (academic experts, lawyers, patent attorneys, accountants) to provide technical guidance and other support to portfolio companies.
Life-science consulting
Consulting services for life-science businesses including new business development support, industry–academia–government coordination, product development, sales/marketing strategy, alliance search, and milestone/clinical development planning.
Life-science research and market intelligence
Collection and provision of advanced technology and societal information relevant to drug discovery, diagnostics, bio-tools, functional foods, cosmetics, life-science materials and medical devices; research, evaluation and advisory services including development roadmaps and competitive-technology assessments.
Fund administration (via affiliated firm)
Administrative outsourcing for investment partnerships from establishment through liquidation and general accounting/administrative services for operating companies and ventures.
Portfolio
Engages in application development, product planning and commercialization of biofunctional substances for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetics and health foods; provides end-to-end support from product concept to manufacturing and regulatory response.
#Agricultural/biological products, functional biological substances, cosmetics & health-food raw materials
Originally established as a public-private venture focused on rice genome resources and genome breeding; developed multiple new rice varieties using genome-assisted breeding to shorten development time from ~10 years to 2–3 years. Became 100% subsidiary of BioFrontier Partners in 2014.
#Agricultural biotechnology, plant genomics
Provides administrative services for investment partnerships from formation through liquidation and offers accounting/administrative support to operating companies and ventures.
#Fund administration and accounting services
Engages in application development, product planning and commercialization of biofunctional substances for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetics and health foods; provides end-to-end support from product concept to manufacturing and regulatory response.
#Agricultural/biological products, functional biological substances, cosmetics & health-food raw materials
Originally established as a public-private venture focused on rice genome resources and genome breeding; developed multiple new rice varieties using genome-assisted breeding to shorten development time from ~10 years to 2–3 years. Became 100% subsidiary of BioFrontier Partners in 2014.
#Agricultural biotechnology, plant genomics
Provides administrative services for investment partnerships from formation through liquidation and offers accounting/administrative support to operating companies and ventures.
#Fund administration and accounting services