CVC  Taiho Ventures

https://taihoventures.com/





     Office Locations:

2420 Sand Hill Road, Suite 203
Menlo Park, CA 94025

 
Stages:

  • Early


 
Industries:

  • Life Sciences & Healthcare

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    Description:

    Taiho Ventures, LLC is the corporate venture arm of Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a Japanese specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on oncology, allergy and immunology, and urology. With $400M under management, the firm is actively investing in early stage private companies strategically relevant to Taiho Pharmaceutical. Taiho considers company creation, spinouts and the option-type of investments as well as pure equity investments. Target sectors include: Small Molecules, Biologics, and Gene/Cell Therapy.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Hidefumi Kasuga Investment Director
    Sakae Asanuma President & CEO
    Seiji Miyahara Partner & Senior Investment Director
    Takaaki Ishii Senior Investment Director
    Takayuki Hirano Associate Investment Director

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      03/18/2026


      Crossbow Therapeutics


      MA


      $77,000,000


      Series B


      01/12/2026


      EpiBiologics


      CA


      $107,000,000


      Series B


     
    Portfolio companies include:

     
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