Real Tech Fund develops next-generation X-ray sensor with high precision and low exposure dose
Invested in "ANSeeN Co., Ltd."

Euglena Investment Co., Ltd.

　Euglena Investment Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Akihiko Nagata) is a new investment destination for the R & D-specialized venture capital fund "Real Tech Fund". We would like to inform you that we have invested in).
　​ANSeeN uses photon counting * 1, which detects the smallest unit of light, as its core technology, and is a next-generation X-ray sensor that realizes both high-precision inspection and low exposure dose * 2, which were previously in a trade-off relationship.​ ​* 3 A company that develops. By putting this technology into practical use, it is expected to accurately and safely detect defects in automobile control / safety functions and electronic components for healthcare.
　The Real Tech Fund will underwrite the shares issued by ANSeeN through a third-party allotment, and the 2017 “Research” by the National Research and Development Corporation New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which was adopted by ANSeeN. Development-type venture support business / Commercialization support for R & D-type ventures in the seed period ”As a certified VC of the subsidy business, we will support the company's R & D, sales and marketing activities.
　The details are as follows.

* 1 Photon counting: Technology that realizes significantly higher resolution and lower exposure dose by utilizing photon information that cannot be detected by conventional X-ray sensors.
* 2 Exposure: Since electronic components are vulnerable to radiation exposure, conventional X-ray inspection is one of the factors that increase the probability of malfunction of electronic components.
* 3 X-ray sensor: A device that converts X-ray information that has passed through an object into electronic information and obtains internal information about the object.

About investment of ANSeeN Co., Ltd.

■ About the outline and support contents of ANSeeN Co., Ltd.
　Date of establishment: April 1, 2011
　location　: 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka University Shizuoka University Hikari Creation Innovation Research Center Building 303
　Representative　: Representative Director Akifumi Koike
　Capital　: 34.5 million yen (excluding capital reserve)
　Business: Development, manufacture and sale of next-generation X-ray sensors that realize precise and low-exposure inspection
　HP　　: Http://anseen.com/
　Support content: Promotion of cooperation with fund-funded companies, support for research and development, sales and marketing activities
　Investment period: October 2017

■ About Realtech Fund (HP: http://www.realtech.fund)
　Our 100% subsidiary of Euglena Investment, SMBC Nikko Securities, Ribanesu "Limited Liability Company was founded three companies Euglena in venture capital funds that SMBC Nikko Ribanesu capital" to management and operation, the investment development of the real tech venture as the main purpose is. With a total of 30 participating companies and a fund size of 9.4 billion yen (as of November 2017), it is Japan's largest fund specializing in real tech. We are investing in and nurturing real-tech ventures together with the operating companies that are our investors.

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