Taro joined UntroD Capital Japan, which manages Real Tech Fund, in 2017 and serves as Growth Manager. His main portfolio companies are in the biomedical and robotics field, including ANSeeN, AMI and Miraikikai, Inc. He also led the establishment of the “Patent Booster”, which aims to offer hands-on IP support for portfolio companies to establish the frameworks for the social implementation of technology.

Prior to joining Real Tech Fund, He worked as a researcher at Sumitomo Chemical on the development of organic and inorganic nanocomposite materials for electronics. In 2011, he became a member of the JSMS (The Society of Materials Science, Japan) Committee on Polymer Materials working on the development of new medical businesses in medical devices and regenerative medicine.

He has a Master’s degree in Applied Chemistry from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.