Mutsunori Sano

Innovation Engine, Inc. (Innovation Engine) is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2001 by Mutsunori Sano. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo.

Philtech, Inc. develops semiconductor products and silicon wafers. Its products include blanket film wafers, resist pattern wafers, through silicon via chemical mechanical planarization (TSV CMP) standard wafers, test wafers for etching, TSV evaluation wafers, electrical test pattern wafers, heat-beam tools and applications, and factory energy saving and chemical vapour deposition applications of heat beam. The firm also offers power plant consulting, which covers planning, land use survey, regulatory authorization, and installation of power feeding stations. The company was founded by Yuji Fujimura on May 21, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Goyo Foods Industry Co., Ltd. is engaged in the planning, development, production and sale of frozen cakes and other confectionery that can be stored in fridge freezer. It offers sweets business services to restaurants, home delivery orders, wholesalers, retail stores and online website. The company was founded on May 27, 1975 and is headquartered in Itoshima, Japan.

ZMP, Inc. provides the development and sale of automatic operation technology development for the platform RoboCar series and sensor systems. It also offers the development of automatic operation for mobile manufacturers and experiment agency industries such as automotive, commercial vehicles, construction machinery, agricultural machinery, logistics transport equipment and outdoor work machine. The company was founded by Hisashi Taniguchi on January 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Research Institute of Biomolecule Metrology Co., Ltd. engages in the development of nanotechnology and biotechnology fields. It services include the manufacture and sale of atomic force microscopes; and measurement and analysis of food environment and bioassay. The company was founded by Takao Okada on December 20, 1999 and is headquartered in Tsukuba, Japan.