Japanese startup Bisu raises $3.2M to launch ‘home health lab’

Bisu, Inc., a Japan-based startup, has announced a new round of seed funding of $3.2 million. Leading the round was Korean biotech investor QUAD, with participation from ASICS Ventures Corporation, 15th Rock Ventures, Pacifico Investments, and SOSV, the world’s most active investor in hardware and health tech investing for the third time. The funding will enable Bisu to bring to market Bisu Body Coach, a portable ’home health lab’ for lifestyle advice through easy, accurate urine and saliva testing. Bisu also reached an agreement with ASICS Corporation to collaborate on health and fitness service initiatives. Bisu Body Coach consists of a disposable test stick and a reader that syncs with a companion smartphone app. The microfluidic ’lab-ona-chip’ technology used in the test stick enables reliable, precise and automated measurements of a wide range of biomarkers in just two minutes. The app provides feedback on key indicators and recommendations are personalised based on the user’s goals, dietary preferences, activity, sleep and weight.