Jumpei Kashiwakura

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Jumpei Kashiwakura is a Japanese engineer and researcher whose path into science began with a visit to Waseda University's campus as a high school student — the same institution that would later lead the seed round into his company.

Kashiwakura completed his postgraduate research at Imperial College London's Department of Bioengineering, where he worked on advanced neuromuscular interfaces. Before moving into academic research, he held a senior engineering position at Toyota Motor Corporation. At Imperial, he met Dr Patrick Sagastegui Alva during a project to develop a prosthetic hand, through which they identified a broader application for the neural signal detection technology they were building.

Together with Sagastegui Alva and Professor Dario Farina, Kashiwakura co-founded Neubond, where he serves as CTO. The company has developed a sensor-embedded wearable bracelet that detects muscle activation in stroke patients and delivers real-time biofeedback to help the brain rebuild lost motor connections. In June 2026, Neubond raised £1.5 million in a seed round led by Waseda University Ventures — the fund's first UK investment — alongside SFC Capital and New Wave Ventures.