Through its investment fund, SoftBank Group has announced that it will invest in a medical startup company using AI = artificial intelligence in Tokyo.
The SoftBank Group will invest in AI Medical Service, a medical-related startup company located in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, with a total investment of 8 billion yen.
Founded five years ago, we are developing a system that prevents cancer diagnosis from being overlooked by analyzing endoscopy images with AI.
The SoftBank Group has invested more than 16.5 trillion yen in Japanese yen in startup companies around the world related to AI through its affiliated funds, and the number of investment destinations has risen to nearly 300 as of the end of December last year. increase.
On the other hand, this is the third company to invest in domestic companies, and we are planning to invest in companies that are highly competitive in the world, such as medical care and robots.
Kentaro Matsui, managing partner of "Vision Fund" under the SoftBank Group, said, "Japanese startups are growing steadily as the number of fund providers has increased and talented human resources have begun to enter. We continue to discover wonderful companies. I want to contribute to the vitality of Japan. "