Tellme's original business was operating hair salons. Over years of observing changes in their clientele, and as a service for customers who could no longer visit the salon due to illness or aging, the company developed a technology to assess the risk of glycation (a measure of aging) through hair analysis. This technology is currently being promoted as a diabetes screening technology. After being featured at the World Expo, it gained significant attention from overseas countries and institutions for its ability to assess risk without the need for blood sampling. In Japan, the technology is also seen as contributing to behavioral change among the segment of the population indifferent to their own health (kenko mukanshinsō) within local municipalities. Tellme is now pursuing the commercialization of this service as a means of optimizing social security costs.
Millde is a technology-driven company specializing in multi-point Raman spectroscopy and high-sensitivity imaging. It provides non-destructive, label-free analysis of cells, tissues, and materials, primarily through contract research services. Serving regenerative medicine, pharmaceutical, food, and materials industries, Millde delivers high-throughput molecular evaluation. The company also develops and commercializes proprietary multi-point Raman systems and cryogenic Raman technologies, supporting applications from research to industrial implementation.
A startup from UCF’s School of Medicine applying exosome technology to regenerative medicine, drug delivery, non-invasive diagnostics, and medical device development. It aims to improve quality of life through innovative healthcare solutions for intractable diseases.
The University of Osaka–developed “next-generation microfluidic PCR technology” is leveraged to deliver a rapid and easy-to-use gut microbiome testing service, and to operate a community platform business that connects people with digestive concerns with companies offering products to support gut health. We also provide contract testing services for gut microbiome analysis.
Cells in living organisms function in an orderly manner by cooperating with surrounding cells while interacting with extracellular proteins. However, in cell culture systems, extracellular proteins are largely absent, making it difficult for cells to function properly and often causing them to exhibit physiological activities that differ from those observed in vivo. Our company conducts research on extracellular matrix proteins located outside the cell, and by applying the findings from this research to cell culture technologies, we aim to contribute to the advancement of regenerative medicine and the realization of alternatives to animal experimentation.