IDDK

We contribute to space utilization by developing bio-experiment platforms on satellites.

Created: 2022-06-23

Updated: 2024-02-26

Company - IDDK

Founded
Country
2017
Japan
Funding
$3.5M+
Website
IDDK
Social
IDDK

Product/Service - SpaceLAB

Classification
Miscellaneous
Category
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Microgravity Research Payloads
Space Laboratory Equipment
Fields
Biotech
Microfluidic Chips
Status
Development
First launch
Not announced

MID Technology
MID provides optimal microscopy capabilities for satellites and other experimental platforms in space where weight and size are limited.

Life Science LAB
IDDK was founded as a biotechnology company, with a dedicated life science team in our Tokyo life science lab. A dedicated team helps coordinate and design space missions based on research ideas on the ground.

IDDK Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that we have been selected for Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator Program in the “SCAP: Startup City Acceleration Program”, a program sponsored by JETRO that provides intensive support for the overseas expansion of startup companies.

On December 19th 2022, IDDK Co. Ltd. announced a MOU with Space Forge, who have developed a manufacturing experiment platform that works under a microgravity environment on a sustainable artificial satellite. The satellite offers reliable return; re-entering into the atmosphere to then be refurbished and relaunched.

Aiming to establish Japan’s first privately-led LEO space bio-experiment platform using artificial satellites, IDDK plans to conduct demonstration experiments in 2024 and start offering services from 2025. The MID technology, which allows ‘anytime,’ ‘anywhere,’ and ‘anyone’ to conduct microscopic observations, will be provided to a wide range of customers even in unique environments such as microgravity in space. IDDK is also considering a commercial space station platform after the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS), focusing on space bio-experiments and aiming for new customer acquisition and market expansion in space utilization.

IDDK, which owns its proprietary semiconductor sensor-based microscopic observation technology MID to provide space bio-experiment services, has, by November 28, 2023, completed the first close of its Pre-Series A round with Space Frontier Fund (SPARX Innovation for Future Co., Ltd.) and Samurai Incubate Fund Ⅶ Investment Limited Partnership (Samurai Incubate Inc.).

Aiming to establish Japan’s first privately-led LEO space bio-experiment platform using artificial satellites, IDDK plans to conduct demonstration experiments in 2024 and start offering services from 2025.

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