The venture company, Future Ink Corporation, established by Prof Shizuo TOKITO and Associate Prof Daisuke KUMAKI on April, 1, 2016, had a fund-raising totally 177 million yen through third-party share issuance, allocated by JST's program "Support program of Capital Contribution to Early-Stage Companies" (SUCCESS), local financial institution (Yonezawa Shinkin Bank, Kirayaka Capital, Shogin Regional Cooperation Fund Investment Business Partnership) and Venture Capital (North-east Innovation Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital).
