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Rakuten Medical: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in

rakuten-med.com LinkedIn San Mateo, United States 101-250 employees
Biotechnology Medical Therapeutics
Total raised
$166M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Apr 2026

Rakuten Medical has raised $166M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round announced in Apr 2026.

Rakuten Medical Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$166M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
Apr 2026
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2026.

Rakuten Medical Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
Undisclosed
Series D
$166M

1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

Rakuten Medical raised $166M in a Series D announced in Jul 2021.

4.8 years later, an undisclosed round was announced in Apr 2026 with no disclosed amount.

Rakuten Medical Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Mickey Mikitani
Founder
—
Roland Bays
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Rakuten Medical team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Rakuten Medical Funding FAQs

What does Rakuten Medical do?

Rakuten Medical is a privately funded clinical-stage biotechnology company with offices in the USA, Japan, and Germany. Rakuten Medical has been developing new anticancer therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical plans to become a fully integrated biopharma with research, development, and worldwide commercialization of therapies based on the Photoimmunotherapy platform. Rakuten Medical was established in 2010 and is based in

How much funding has Rakuten Medical raised?

Rakuten Medical has raised $166M across 2 rounds on record.

When did Rakuten Medical last raise funding?

Rakuten Medical's most recent funding round on record was announced in Apr 2026. The amount was not disclosed.

Who founded Rakuten Medical?

FundedIQ lists Mickey Mikitani (Founder) at Rakuten Medical.

Who is the CEO of Rakuten Medical?

Roland Bays is listed as CEO at Rakuten Medical.

Where is Rakuten Medical headquartered?

Rakuten Medical is based in San Mateo, California, United States.

How many employees does Rakuten Medical have?

Rakuten Medical is in the 101-250 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Rakuten Medical Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Rakuten Medical is left off this page rather than filled in.

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