Crafton Biotechnology
Crafton aims to become a globally competitive mRNA company by leveraging innovative mRNA technologies that drive the emergence of new therapeutic modalities. Through agile management decisions and focused research development, we seek to continuously generate breakthrough technologies with the potential to shape the future of medicine.
Our mission is to realize innovative mRNA drug discovery and development through our proprietary platform technologies, and to deliver safer medicines to children who will shape the future, to patients suffering from intractable diseases, and to people around the world who can benefit from preventive therapies.
The company is focused on addressing key bottlenecks in mRNA medicine, including impurity-driven innate immune activation, manufacturing complexity, delivery limitations, and the need for improved therapeutic performance in high-value clinical applications.
By combining high-purity mRNA production through PureCap®, application-specific delivery strategies, and advanced RNA synthesis technologies, Crafton aims to enable safer, more scalable, and more clinically translatable mRNA medicines.
Overview
- Company Name
- Crafton Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
- Established
- March 2022
- Business Overview
- Research and development of pharmaceuticals and related technologies
- Head Office
- Nagoya University Incubation Facility, Tokai National University Organization, 1 Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
- R&D
- #401 4F Noyori Materials Science Laboratory, Nagoya University, 1 Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- US Office
- Crafton Biotech USA Inc.
214 Homer Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 USA
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Team
Management

- Hayato Watanabe CFA
President & CEO
Biotechnology executive with experience across capital markets, company building,
and corporate strategy.

- Kelvin Chan PhD
CTO & CBO
Executive responsible for technology strategy, business development, and platform partnerships.

- Tadashi Umemoto PhD
Chief Chemist
Expert in RNA chemistry, chemical synthesis, and mRNA modification technologies.

- Hirotsugu Tanaka PhD
CSO
Scientific leader overseeing mRNA biology, platform development, and translational research.
Scientific Founders

- Hiroshi Abe PhD
Co-Founder
Professor, Nagoya University
Pioneer in RNA chemistry, mRNA capping, and chemical RNA synthesis technologies.

- Satoshi Uchida MD, PhD
Co-Founder
Institute of Science Tokyo
Leader in mRNA delivery, nanomedicine, and therapeutic RNA engineering.