Tao Cheng

Globis Capital Partners & Co. (GCP) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Globis Corp. founded in 1996 by Soichi Kariyazono.The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.

AiDi Corp. offers passive optical network products and services. It offers marketing and technical services. The firm products include PLC splitters, fiber arrays, hermetic feedthrough assemblies, optical test equipment and miscellaneous products. The company was founded by Kenzo Ishida in 2004 and is headquartered in Tsukuba, Japan.

GLM Co., Ltd. develops, produces, and sells eco- friendly cars. It also offers services related to the production of vehicles. Its products include sports cars under the brand name Tommy Kaira ZZ and GLM G4. The company was founded by Hiroyasu Koma in April 2010 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

University of Tokyo Edge Capital Co Ltd (UTEC) is an independent venture capital firm with headquarters in Japan. UTEC was founded in 2004 and has an office in Tokyo, Japan.

Seaos, Inc. engages in logistics strategy consulting and operation and application software and robot development. The company was founded by Akira Matsushima on August 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Nelumbo, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of heating and cooling technologies. The firm offers a coating technology that reduces defrosting time and maintaining cleaner operation of cooling coils under Ice-Nein brand. Its Droplet (R)ejection™ coatings can be applied to heat transfer systems including air conditioning, refrigeration, transportation, power generation, and chemical processing. The company was founded by Liam Berryman, Lance Brockway, and David C. Walter in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Algal Bio Co., Ltd. engages in the development, production and sale of algae and its components. The company was founded by Tsuyoshi Takeshita on March 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Kashiwa, Japan.

Liminal Insights, Inc. is a battery analytics platform company. Its technology EchoStatTM, a battery intelligence platform that provides real-time analytics and actionable insights to solve some of the challenges in battery design, manufacturing and product management. The company was founded by Andrew Hsieh, Barry Van Tassell, Daniel Steingart, and Shaurjo Biswas in October 2015 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.