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  • 2023.12.27
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Notice of Sale of Shares of Saki Corporation

 Innovation Kyoto 2016 Investment Limited Partnership ("KYOTO-icap No.1 Fund"), whose general partner is Kyoto University Innovation Capital Corporation ("Kyoto iCAP") (Head office: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto; Representative Director: Kimi Kusumi), is pleased to announce that it has sold its entire holding of KYOTO-iCAP No.1 Fund invested 100 million yen in Saki Corporation in December 2020. The company has made the following investment in Saki Corporation.

Outline of Saki Corporation
Established April 1994
Business Development, manufacture, and sales of automatic visual inspection systems and automatic X-ray inspection systems for mounted circuit boards
Head office location 1-4, Edagawa 3-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Representative Director Norihiro Koike
HP:https://www.sakicorp.com/

Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd.(Kyoto-iCAP)About
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kyoto University, KYOTO-iCAP provides investment and other business support to companies that utilize research results generated by Kyoto University and other national universities. We currently operate the KYOTO-iCAP No. 1 Fund (established in January 2016) with a total value of 16 billion yen and the Innovation Kyoto 2021 Investment Limited Partnership ("KYOTO-iCAP No. 2 Fund") (established in January 2021) with a total value of 18.1 billion yen. The No. 1 Fund has a maturity of up to 20 years, and the No. 2 Fund has a maturity of up to 17 years, making it possible to provide long-term support for the practical application of research results from Kyoto University, which has strengths in basic research. In addition, a portion of the funds in the No. 2 Fund will be invested in ventures originating from national universities other than Kyoto University.

Contact information for inquiries
Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd.
36-1 Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8317, Japan
Osami Kono, Senior Officer, Business Development Department
TEL: 075-753-7588 FAX: 075-753-7592
E-mail: info@kyoto-unicap.co.jp

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