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JIC Venture Growth Investments (VGI) has announced the execution of investment-related contracts for investment in Kakehashi Inc. (Kakehashi), through its JIC Venture Growth Fund 2.
Kakehashi, under the mission of “Transforming Japan’s Healthcare Experience with Agility”, has been working to build an ecosystem that forms the foundation for the healthcare of tomorrow. As shown in Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfares’s vision, pharmacies (Kakehashi’s main customers) have been urged to shift from medicine-centered tasks to patient-centered care and improving the efficiency of these medicine-centered tasks has become increasingly important. Under that circumstance, Kakehashi launched a cloud-based medication record and patient guidance tool “Musubi” in 2017. Kakehashi and Musubi have been recognized as a trusted platform for next-generation pharmacy operations and Kakehashi serves over 20% of pharmacies, covering more than 14,000 locations in Japan. Kakehashi contributes to strengthen pharmacist-patient relationships, improve medication adherence and enhance pharmacy business performance. Kakehashi plans to expand into broader areas of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries such as an initiative optimizing pharmaceutical distribution and stabilizing supply through inventory-based collaboration with manufacturers, wholesalers.
Through this investment in Kakehashi, VGI aims to address Japan’s healthcare challenges and the advancement of next-generation healthcare. Kakehashi’s solutions are expected to promote pharmacies digitalization, stabilize pharmaceutical supply by optimizing distribution, and realize the society where people can enjoy health and longevity.
With this funding, Kakehashi will accelerate the expansion of its platform and products. In addition, Kakehashi will strengthen its talent acquisition and acquire human resources for developing products, deepening collaboration with a wide range of industry players, increasing investments in M&A and emerging technologies. VGI’s investment will support Kakehashi’s rapid growth and address healthcare industry challenges.
The information contained in this notice is tentative and subject to change without notice.
