Company History

• Apr. 2011
  Touchence Inc. founded.
• Jul. 2011
  A University of Tokyo professor and specially appointed assistant professor appointed outside directors.
• Aug. 2012
  Capitalization increased to 35,000,000 yen.
• Oct. 2012
  Touchence selected by Nikkei Business as one of its 100 Next-Generation Venture Companies that will Save Japan
• Nov. 2012
  Received 7th Monozukuri Renkei Grand Prize
• May 2013
  Article introducing tactile sensors run in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper.
• May 2014
  Touchence introduced in a Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper article as a venture business launched from a university.
• Mar. 2015
  Started handling overseas brand products. Received Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Award (Technology).
• Sep. 2015
  Appeared on World Business Satellite television program "Trend Tamago" segment.
• Apr. 2016
  Appeared again on World Business Satellite television program "Trend Tamago" segment.
• Jun. 2016
  Crowdfunding for the new CMG instrument reached 192% of its target and the project was launched.
• Jan. 2017
  Appeared on Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi television program.
• Sep. 2018
  Performed third-party allocation of shares with DEFTA Healthcare Technologies, L.P., etc. as recipients and raised 110,000,000 yen in financing.
• Sep. 2019
  Raised a total of 103,500,000 yen in financing.
• Nov. 2019
  Entered license agreement with Kagawa University. Began development of third-generation tactile sensors.
• Mar. 2020
  Awarded the 45th Invention Grand Prize by the Japan Society for the Advancement of Inventions.
• May 2020
  Founding member Naoya Maruyama appointed representative director.