TechCrunch JapanIdentity.vc writes checks that range from €250,000 to €1.5 million into companies from the pre-seed to Series A stages. In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the doe-eyed seal pup remains the best-known example of a therapeutic robot for older adult
