Masahiro Michishita

Pacific Rim Ventures Co. Ltd. (PRV) is an independent boutique-sized investment management firm established in 1999. PRV is headquartered in Tokyo with an office in Akita as well as U.S. offices in Colorado and North Carolina. The firm specializes in venture capital investing. They manage the Pacific Rim AQUA Life Science series of investment funds. PRV's culture is grounded in the extensive scientific, medical and pharmaceutical background of the partners. PRV has formed strategic alliances with Recruit Co., a leader in managing and commercializing academic intellectual property throughout Japan, and with ASTEC-Advanced Science and Technology Enterprise Corporation, a commercialization interface handling IP issues for the University of Tokyo.

UMN Pharma, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of biopharmaceuticals. It operates through a following business division: Next-generation biopharmaceutical in-house development business and Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing business. The Next-generation biopharmaceutical in-house development business engages in the research and development of next-generation logical vaccine by integrating next-generation biopharmaceutical drug substance manufacturing technology, adjuvant technology and drug delivery technology. The Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing business offers study samples, investigational drugs, products, and various evaluation test results. The company was founded by Masahiro Michishita and Shuichi Kanazashi on April 20, 2004 and is headquartered in Akita, Japan.