bitBiome
The single-cell microbe company
Tokyo, Japan · Founded 2018 · $28.8M raised
- Headquarters
- Tokyo
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2018
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- bitbiome.co.jp
- Total Funding
- $28.8M
- Last Round
- Extension RoundMay 2026
- Rounds
- 3
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About
bitBiome is a Tokyo-based biotechnology company founded in 2018, spun out of Waseda University research by founder Masahito Hosokawa. The company has built proprietary microbial single-cell microfluidic sequencing technology (bit-MAP®) and a large microbial sequence database (bit-GEM) containing over 1.3 billion sequences. bitBiome offers three primary service lines: enzyme discovery and engineering, synthetic biology applications, and microbiome sequencing analysis. The company's technology unlocks the potential of previously unculturable microbes and serves pharmaceutical, food, materials, and life science customers. Partners include Ajinomoto, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, and Twist Bioscience. The company employs approximately 45 people.
Summary
bitBiome is a Biotech company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2018. It has raised $28.8M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a Extension Round in May 2026. Investors include IT-Farm, IQT and Kirin Health Innovation Fund.
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Funding History
May 2026
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Funding: Seed through Extension Round. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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