Restore Vision Inc. is a startup company founded in November 2016, based on promising results of a joint research between Keio University School of Medicine and Nagoya Institute of Technology to develop a visual restoration gene therapy for blindness caused by genetic retinal disorders, using clinical application of optogenetics technology. Restore Vision’s mission is to deliver gene therapy at light speed to patients waiting for an effective treatment, and in doing that contribute to economy by marketing gene therapy technology rooted in academia in Japan.