Katsuhiko Nishida

MBL Venture Capital Co. Ltd. (MBL Venture Capital) is a venture capital arm of JSR Corp. and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2000 by Medical & Biological Laboratories Co.

Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd. engages in the research, development, manufacture and sale of biological products. It operates through the Reagents and Investment segments. The Reagent segment supplies, manufactures, and sells clinical reagents and research reagents, and its related equipment and instruments. The Investment segment deals with investments on bio-related enterprises and mediates technical partnership. The company was founded on August 23, 1969 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.

MBL International Corp. supplies scientific and diagnostic research products. It offers antibodies, kits and assays, proteins, tetramers and monomers, cell culture, and miscellaneous. Its products are used in academic research institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, government agencies as well as hospital and reference laboratories. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Part of JSR Corp., Beijing B & m Biotech Co., Ltd. is a company that provides medical services and tools. The company is based in Beijing, China.

GEL-Design, Inc. provides commercial physical and biological research services. It also offers patent sales of products and technologies of new materials; consulting on research, development, and analysis of new materials. The company was founded in September 29, 2004 and is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.