Top 45 Automotive Startup Investors in Japan in July 2025
A list of 45 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Automotive startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.Top 45 Automotive Startup Investors in Japan in July 2025
Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Tourism, Automotive
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.
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Investment focus
- Drones, Robotics, Aerospace
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
- SORA Technology — SORA Technology builds and operates health care and public health infrastructure utilizing drones and their operational management systems.
- Proxima Technology — Proxima Technology is an IT company that provides artificial intelligence and deep learning solutions for the manufacturing industry.
Lifetime Ventures is a VC firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Medical
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Kinish — Kinish is a company leading a revolution in dairy products. To achieve environmentally friendly and delicious dairy products, we are developing a special rice variety that produces milk proteins.
- Kwahuu Ocean — Kwahuu Ocean develops sustainable squid farming systems.
- Spine Chronicle — Spine chronicle is a medical device manufacturing firm that specializes in developing orthopedic medical equipment.
XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Medigle — Medigle is a consulting firm that provides medical consulting and B2B services.
- Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
- Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
Mobility Technologies provides vehicle allocation systems for taxi operators.
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Investment focus
- Software, Automotive, Taxi Service
- Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- DennoKotsu — Denno Kotsu is a Taxi dispatch system development and provision, taxi company contract dispatch service
BroadBand Tower supports IoT (internet of things) through its advanced technological capabilities.
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Investment focus
- Software, Automotive, Taxi Service
- Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- DennoKotsu — Denno Kotsu is a Taxi dispatch system development and provision, taxi company contract dispatch service
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- SkyDrive — SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members.
- Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
Ryugin Research Institute Co., Ltd., took over its business from the Economic Research Office of the Corporate Support Department, which is the economic research division of the Bank of the Ryukyus, and became independent on June 28, 2006 in a form that further strengthened its functions.The Ryukyu Bank Research Department was the predecessor ofthe Economic Research Office, but since the foundation of the Ryukyu Bank in 1948, it has conducted various economic and industrial surveys and made proposals and proposals, etc. We have been committed to development.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Automotive, Web Design
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- CBcloud — CBCLOUD is offers outsourcing services. The Company provides light cargo crowdsourcing and other services.
- Re:Build — Re:Build is to create the world where we can help each other. Re:Build company was born from the desire to help those who challenge.Our mission is to create a world where help and support circulate throughout the business .
- Aplaca.Lab — Aplaca.Lab is a driver substitution platform that provides an unprecedented new driving experience. They released a driving agency application for providing comfortable driving experiences. It enables driving agencies to optimize their resources and clients' safety, prevent accidents, and receive assistance in areas with limited transportationoptions.
Innovation Engine has been is promoting investment to create and grow promising business areas created from technology.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series C
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Asilla — Asilla develops and provides AI specialized in image and video analysis. Its services, the Vehicle recognition AI, recognizes the manufacturer and model from the image of the vehicle. It also has a censorship service that detects inappropriate images that can not be released, including copyrights and obscene expressionsAsilla was founded in 2015and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ranimaru — Ranimaru is pet service providing company that offers pet sitting, care of your pet dog in events, professional course about pet sitting.
- Drone Show Japan — Drone Show Japan company specializes in drone shows for events, aerial photography, and workshops.
JR West Japan Group, they will utilize innovation based on external technologies and know-how to realize sustainable operation of the railway and expansion of business creation, contributing to the revitalization of areas including the West Japan area.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Product Design
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Experisus — Experisus provides Website production, development and management, and software.
- SPACER — SPACER is a 24-hour handover IoT locker that can open and close doors with a smartphone.
- Infcurion — The Infucurion Group is a business development professional that is pushing the cashless era with the power of technology .
Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Japan, France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Pyrenee — Pyrenee is a hardware startup that creates devices that protect people's lives.
- Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
- Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
Yuya Taketani - Chief Executive Officer @ Gunosy
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Investment focus
- Apps, News, Mobile
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Gunosy — Gunosy is a news curation application that covers a wide range of news from entertainment news to political news. The application finds its news from multiple web sources and presents them according to how hot the topic is. Gunosy’s features include categorized tabs; the ability to customize the categories that users need to follow and create theirown personal magazine; instant access to a wide variety of news; and push notifications to remind users of news updates.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Japan.
- MySherpa — MySherpa fosters a culture in which people can openly discuss mental health issues.
- Telescope Japan — Telescope Japan Internet Company
Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.
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Investment focus
- Content, Medical, Task Management
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, China, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
- MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
- Asoview — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.
CGV FoF is an Asia-based Fund of Funds (FoF) that focuses on investments in Crypto Fund and Crypto Studio. CGV FoF is composed of family funds from Japan, Korea, and China's mainland and Taiwan, with headquarters in Japan and branches in Singapore and Canada.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Cayman Islands
Portfolio highlights
- Metya — Metya is an innovative dating platform that combines AI with Web3 technologies to offer a new approach to online dating.
- MiniTon — MiniTon is a social competition platform powered by TON that allows users to play engaging games and earn actual prizes.
- LSP Finance — LSP is a full-featured digital asset management platform that is transforming DeFi by enabling Proof of Stake (PoS) networks to provide liquidity. The goal of the asset issuance protocol LSP.Finance is to develop tradable and interest-bearing solutions for assets such as beta tokens, Alpha project shares, and POS node shares.
CatcherVC is an investment fund dedicated to blockchain.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, Privacy
- Seed, Corporate Round
- Singapore, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- PinGo Lab — PinGo is an innovative platform that integrates artificial intelligence, decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), and advanced GPU technology. Its mission is to democratize access to computational resources, making them available to a broader audience. By leveraging user-contributed resources, PinGo enables the decentralization of AImodel training, fostering collaboration and innovation in the AI field. This approach not only enhances accessibility but also empowers individuals and organizations to contribute to and benefit from cutting-edge AI advancements.
- LSP Finance — LSP is a full-featured digital asset management platform that is transforming DeFi by enabling Proof of Stake (PoS) networks to provide liquidity. The goal of the asset issuance protocol LSP.Finance is to develop tradable and interest-bearing solutions for assets such as beta tokens, Alpha project shares, and POS node shares.
- Mango Network — Mango Network is a multi-virtual machine, full-chain foundational network designed for comprehensive blockchain solutions.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
- Asusola — Asusola engaged in the renewable energy power generation business
- Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.
DMM.com Group provides digital content distribution, online rental, internet connection, manufacturing support, and solar power generation services. The company was established in November 1999 and is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
- Automotive, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
- Seed
- Japan, United States
Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- OPERe — OPERe is an IT company that specializes in the development of semi autonomous hospitalization guidance solutions.
- Skygate Technologies — Founded in 2020, Skygate Technologies is building a network to deliver a large volume of data from observation satellites around the Earth to the ground and integrating the network into the web architecture. “Make Space accessible on the Web” is its motto, and the ability to develop both hardware and software is its strength. More information aboutSkygate Technologies can be found at www.skygate-tech.com.
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation provides policy-based financial services.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Medical, Nursing and Residential Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
- Swivel — Swivel's mission is to create the fishing brand.
- HelloWorld — EdTech, International Exchange between Schools
Corporate profile and facts about Yamaha Motor.
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Investment focus
- Transportation, Software, Robotics
- Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
- Japan, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- RIOS — We are helping enterprises automate their entire factories, warehouses or supply chain operations by deploying AI-powered end-to-end robotic workcells.
- Joyride — Make mobility instantly connected, keyless, shareable and trackable on the world's leading software platform.
- eve autonomy — eve autonomy is an autonomous transportation service that offers logistics solutions utilizing the latest technology for society.
SHIKIGAKU is an organization management theory based on a unique theory focusing on the behavior of thinking.
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Investment focus
- Consulting, Retail, Payments
- Seed, Corporate Round, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
- AROUSAL Tech. — AROUSAL Tech is a consulting company that offers a wide range of AI consulting services. It provides digital training, AI reskilling, AI consulting, and AI integration services.
- Treasury — Treasury delivers extensive electronic contract and commercial transaction services.
Toru Yoshikawa - CEO @ mybest Japan
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Education
- Angel, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Seibii — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
- Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
LandScape Capital is an investor in decentralized networks and digital assets.
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Investment focus
- Automotive, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- PinGo Lab — PinGo is an innovative platform that integrates artificial intelligence, decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), and advanced GPU technology. Its mission is to democratize access to computational resources, making them available to a broader audience. By leveraging user-contributed resources, PinGo enables the decentralization of AImodel training, fostering collaboration and innovation in the AI field. This approach not only enhances accessibility but also empowers individuals and organizations to contribute to and benefit from cutting-edge AI advancements.
- LSP Finance — LSP is a full-featured digital asset management platform that is transforming DeFi by enabling Proof of Stake (PoS) networks to provide liquidity. The goal of the asset issuance protocol LSP.Finance is to develop tradable and interest-bearing solutions for assets such as beta tokens, Alpha project shares, and POS node shares.
K24 Ventures is a investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Bitcoin, Web Apps, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Cayman Islands
Portfolio highlights
- PinGo Lab — PinGo is an innovative platform that integrates artificial intelligence, decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), and advanced GPU technology. Its mission is to democratize access to computational resources, making them available to a broader audience. By leveraging user-contributed resources, PinGo enables the decentralization of AImodel training, fostering collaboration and innovation in the AI field. This approach not only enhances accessibility but also empowers individuals and organizations to contribute to and benefit from cutting-edge AI advancements.
- LSP Finance — LSP is a full-featured digital asset management platform that is transforming DeFi by enabling Proof of Stake (PoS) networks to provide liquidity. The goal of the asset issuance protocol LSP.Finance is to develop tradable and interest-bearing solutions for assets such as beta tokens, Alpha project shares, and POS node shares.
- Zulu Network — Zulu Network is the first DePin-focused Bitcoin Layer 2 to achieve the tokenization of computing power, allowing anyone to power DePIN innovation and earn Bitcoin.
Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
Quanta Computer is a provider of design and manufacturing services in hi-tech markets.
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Investment focus
- Semiconductor, Software, Consumer Electronics
- Series B, Series C, Series A
- United States, Japan, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Plus — Plus.ai develops self-driving trucks to enable large-scale commercialization of autonomous transport. Based in Silicon Valley, Plus.ai was founded in 2016 by a group of Stanford PhD classmates who saw the strong potential of artificial intelligence to make a big impact on business and society. With trucking being the primary means of shipping inAmerica, the founders decided to focus on self-driving technology to transform the trillion-dollar commercial trucking industry. Plus.ai specializes in developing full-stack self-driving technology to enable large scale autonomous commercial fleets. We are one of the most advanced autonomous trucking companies today in terms of technological progress and were the first to obtain California’s Autonomous Testing License. The company has since been working on improving the robustness and safety of its fully functional Level-4 autonomous trucks. Plus.ai closely collaborates with the largest OEMs to build self-driving trucks that are safer than human-operated vehicles. The company operates a fleet of autonomous trucks in pilot programs with the top freight shipping companies.
- QT Medical — World's leading medical ECG/EKG machine company that aims to make hospital-grade 12-lead ecg machines available for everyone. Best portable ecg device during the pandemic. Focusing on innovations in the field of telemedicine and home care, we continue to invest in research and development of products that will bring better cardiac care to patients.
- CesiumAstro — CesiumAstro builds high-throughput, software-defined phased array communication payloads for airborne and in-orbit platforms.
MUFG manages the affairs of its subsidiaries within the group and the business of the group as a whole along with all relevant ancillary business.
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Investment focus
- Software, Asset Management, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan, China
Portfolio highlights
- 1 → 10 — 1 → 10 is an IT company that uses AI technology that directs commercial facilities and events to utilize projection mapping and XR. 1 → 10 is an IT company that comprehensively produces everything from discovering issues for companies and brands to solutions, from the services to experience-based entertainment using advanced technologies and thecreative field to prototyping products. The company provides products and services including space directing, product development consulting, robotics, video production, brand consulting, web (PC / SP) site production, and branded content production.In addition, 1 → 10 consulting, content, and solutions, and data, they continue to create a variety of businesses with the three layers on the vertical axis. It also offers a solution in AI consulting & robotics development, communication strategy & creative development, spatial entertainment creation, and IoT product consulting & development.1 → 10 was founded in October 1997 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.
- STOCK POINT — STOCK POINT providing financial information services.
- IDOM CaaS Technology — IDOM CaaS Technology provides a free car life that is not limited to buying and selling cars.
The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.
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Investment focus
- Robotics, Information Technology, Software
- Series B, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- MUSVI — MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services.
- SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
- Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanesecable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.
- RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
- Skydio — AI-powered autonomous drones for Drone as First Responder (DFR), critical infrastructure inspection, tactical ISR, site security, surveying and mapping
Yasuyuki Kin
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Career Planning
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
- Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
- LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
Suzuki Tamon
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Automotive
- Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Seibii — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
SUKOYAKA HOLDINGS is a mental and physical health care service provider.
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Investment focus
- Automotive, Mobile Apps, Restaurants
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Aplaca.Lab — Aplaca.Lab is a driver substitution platform that provides an unprecedented new driving experience. They released a driving agency application for providing comfortable driving experiences. It enables driving agencies to optimize their resources and clients' safety, prevent accidents, and receive assistance in areas with limited transportationoptions.
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Creatura — Creatura assists companies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by generating and distributing carbon credits and promoting the adoption of renewable energy sources.
- Upward — UPWARD is highly by linking CRM · schedule map / location information, is a cloud service for the visiting business of field sales easier. Field salespersons who have many customers and who are out of the office feel that it is difficult to grasp all customers to Kampek and measure the timing of visits no matter how memorable they are.
- Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
Legend Partners mainly engages in venture investment development and business creation development. It focuses on the field of real estate, state-of-the-art technology, and medical.
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Automotive, Enterprise
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Sukedachi — Sukedachi had focused on the unique business habit in the Japanese construction industry that construction workers are order receivers as workmen themselves and are also orderers as small enterprises, and the firm started this service. Sukedachi allows workpeople specialized in construction works receive to notification of recruitment ofconstruction jobs which meet their pre-registered conditions including residence and occupation. With this service, construction workers who are seeking jobs can contact directly to each desired construction site, and constructors suffering from chronic manpower shortage can recruit workers on almost ideal on-demand conditions.
- Mantra — MANTRA is a developer of machine translation technology.
Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Energy, Internet of Things
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Asusola — Asusola engaged in the renewable energy power generation business
- Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Taiwan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
- Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform
3D Systems has the largest portfolio of 3D Printers. We offer 3D Printing solutions for manufacturing, prototyping, casting, dental and more.
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Investment focus
- Drones, Robotics, Automotive
- Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- SkyDrive — SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members.
Prime Rock VI Investment is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Rental, Leasing, Automotive
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- IDOM CaaS Technology — IDOM CaaS Technology provides a free car life that is not limited to buying and selling cars.
Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line
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Investment focus
- Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations; the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from their favorite voices.
- Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
- Telework — Telework is a multi-location workspace that utilizes vacant seats and rooms.
JapanTaxi is a Provider of taxi booking services designed to cater the needs of people in Japan. The company's services offer a fare calculator application if users took a taxi offline, enabling users to easily travel from one place to another.
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Investment focus
- Software, Automotive, Taxi Service
- Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- DennoKotsu — Denno Kotsu is a Taxi dispatch system development and provision, taxi company contract dispatch service
Nagatsuka Masayoshi
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Automotive
- Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Seibii — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
T-Fund offers both token and equity investments to fuel the development of groundbreaking technologies and applications. Its mission is to drive the growth of the TON Blockchain and attract more users into the ecosystem.
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- Automotive, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications
- Seed
- Japan
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- Tradoor — Tradoor protects traders, LPs, and the protocol against unforeseen market fluctuations by using clever math and safety measures to enable traders to trade with confidence.
- Mango Network — Mango Network is a multi-virtual machine, full-chain foundational network designed for comprehensive blockchain solutions.
- GameBeast — GameBeast is a multi-chain gaming platform developer in the Solana ecosystem.Gamebeast offers a wide range of games, from minigames to AAA blockbusters, giving consumers more token consumption options.
STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, India, Indonesia
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- Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
- Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
Best In Class Producers is a marketing and production company.
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- Rental, Leasing, Automotive
- Seed
- Japan
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- IDOM CaaS Technology — IDOM CaaS Technology provides a free car life that is not limited to buying and selling cars.
Sojitz is operates as a general trading company. The company exports built-up vehicles; assembles, manufactures, and sells local vehicles; and sells automobiles and motorcycle components, commercial aircraft, defense and related equipment, business jets, tires, surface-mounting machines, bearings, oil, natural gas, LNG, petroleum products, nuclearfuels, and nuclear power-related equipment and machinery.
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- Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Corporate Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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- Ripplr — Ripplr is a full-stack tech distribution and logistics player that offers data-driven analytics and plugs and play system.
- Tacta Systems — Tacta Systems develops robotics with human-like tactile abilities with Dextrous Intelligence, the nervous system for robots.
- Hycamite TCD Technologies — Hycamite is decarbonising industry using its proprietary methane pyrolysis technology. It provides its industrial clients with low-carbon hydrogen and sustainable carbon products for demanding applications.
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