Kazuyuki Igarashi

Tohoku Innovation Capital Corp. (TICC) is an independent venture capital firm which was founded in 2003 by Ko Kumagai. Located in Sendai, Japan, the firm assists early-stage venture companies which are led by innovative entrepreneurs. TICC has strong relationships with institutions in the Tohoku District including Tohoku University, the Tohoku Economic Federation and local governments. They launched their first fund, the Tohoku Incubation Fund, in 2004 with Development Bank of Japan, Intelligent Cosmos Research Institute Co., Ltd., Tohoku Electric Power Co., Ltd., Tohoku Economic Federation, three local governments and four regional banks as limited partners.

FineArch, Inc. designs and sells fables semiconductor products. It is a fables semiconductor venture that specializes in the design and development of low-power multimedia processing solution for mobile entertainment devices. The firm also offers single-chip solutions, such as IP and LSI systems. Its product Ogg Vorbis , which as an optimal sound compression technology for embedded system devices. The company was founded on February 1, 2000 by Ken Ota and Toshiyuki Kouchi and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.