Top 50 Beauty VC Funds & Investors in Japan (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | $772k–$90M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $382k–$37M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, Medical, Health Care | $413k–$41M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $1.2M–$213M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $565k–$71M |
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Fundinno
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, France | Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding | Information Technology, Content, Health Care | $277k–$7.1M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$184M |
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TLM
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series B | Information Technology, Content, SNS | $450k–$21M |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Series D, Series B, Series C | Internet, Software, Health Care | $9.6M–$1.2B |
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Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India | Series B, Seed | Apps, Software, Internet | $829k–$170M |
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Kusabi
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Logistics, Consulting | $130k–$2.6M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $691k–$29M |
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage | $730k–$57M |
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Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage | $881k–$170M |
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VU Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Colombia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $1.4M–$76M |
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AgFunder
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology | $100k–$29M |
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SBI Group
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $2.8M–$142M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $792k–$47M |
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Global Hands-On VC
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Video, Beauty | $2M–$43M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$198M |
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STRIVE
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $800k–$142M |
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Astellas Venture Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Japan | Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics | $10M–$65M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$64M |
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Nexyz.Group
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Beauty, SNS, Video | |
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Glocalink
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Robotics, Biotechnology | $183k–$8.5M |
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UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing | |
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $684k–$71M |
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Arco Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Malaysia | Seed, Series B | Education, Beauty, Information Technology | $217k–$532k |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $473k–$35M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$213M |
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Chibagin Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Content | |
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Sun Asterisk
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Thailand | Series A, Seed, Corporate Round | Apps, Beauty, Security | |
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Freebit Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Internet of Things, Content, Retail Technology | |
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Silas Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Australia | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Beauty, Retail | |
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Full Commit Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Media and Entertainment, Apps | |
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Tsuneishi Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Apps, SNS, Translation Service | |
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Cocokara Fine
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | SNS, Beauty, Health Care | |
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Cathay Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, France, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services | |
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MS JAPAN
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Beauty, Content, Wellness | |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B | Software, Energy, Internet of Things | |
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TechAccel Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Information Services | |
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Medical Incubator Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Denmark, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | Health Care, Biotechnology, Beauty | |
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Rakuten
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech | $800k–$85M |
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Apps, Internet | $804k–$44M |
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Leave a Nest
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Malaysia | Seed, Corporate Round | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $276k–$35M |
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KOEI TECMO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Beauty, Medical, Health Care | |
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DeNA
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Education, Internet | |
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MIRAISE
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting | |
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F Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Service Industry | |
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UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $772k–$28M; Series A $2.3M–$90M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- CastBio — Castbio specializes in antibody-drug conjugate-based drug discovery research and development. Along with medications, it also creates research reagents, medical equipment, in vitro diagnostic items, and offers drug discovery consulting.
- Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
- IGrid Solutions — IGrid Solutions will promote “eDCM” to optimize power energy demand.
W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $382k–$17M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
- Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 269
- Round size: Seed $413k–$19M; Series A $2.3M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
- Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
- Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$43M; Series A $6M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
- Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
- MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 264
- Round size: Seed $565k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
- Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Health Care
- Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding
- Geography: Japan, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $277k–$7.1M; Product Crowdfunding $1.9M–$6.9M
- Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atto — Atto operates in the healthcare and preventive medicine field as a technology venture. Its main business is the development, manufacturing, and sale of health inspection equipment. The core product is a capillary blood flow observation device called Kekkan Bijin. This device allows users to observe capillary blood flow simply by placing a finger onit, without any blood sampling.
- FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
- Novius Company — Official account. we develop glassless 3D tech using generative-AI From 2D To 3D Image conversion in real-time. and R&D Project #DWEN #CIC
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 584
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
TLM is a venture capital that invests basically in seed rounds, including some Series A startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, SNS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $450k–$21M; Angel $2M–$5.7M; Series B $5.2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.9M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- Requpo — Requpo is a brand-new salon reservation app that allows you to book a beauty salon without having to search.
- Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust provides Japanese equity products for corporate and governmental pension funds. SMTB also provides products investing in Asian equities. The capability was developed through its experience in Japanese equity, although it maintains an investment team in Hong Kong.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series D, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series B $9.6M–$411M; Series C $22M–$369M; Series D $12M–$1.2B
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $633M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- SDP Japan — SDP Japan is a provider of super Doctor Produce Business and procurement and sales of surgical components, pharmaceuticals, and consumables.
- ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
- Think Nature — Think Nature is a researcher startup that specializes in the solutions related to the sustainability of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm. Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and is based in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $829k–$14M; Series B $4.1M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $41M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LiLz — LiLz is a technology startup that combines machine learning and IoT technology to reduce fieldwork operations. The startup's LiLz Gauge captures and analyzes values by using a low-power IoT camera to capture the current analog meter, uploading it to the cloud, and performing character and image recognition. Analog meters can perform the samefunctions as smart meters. They are also working on a sound search service (LiLz Sound Search) for detecting signs of abnormalities in equipment.
- Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
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- Industry: Information Technology, Logistics, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $140k–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $130k–$130k
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Palplat — Palplat specializes in IT consulting and DX promotion utilizing as well as offers beauty counseling platform.
- Pulsiv8 — Pulsiv8 is an IT company that offers innovation strategy, DX project support, digital transformation, and AI product development services.
- BETA — BETA is a media company that provides HRDX support business and video production services.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 229
- Round size: Seed $691k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
- Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $730k–$50M; Series A $1.4M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Inter Holding — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
- Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
Hiroshima Venture Capital provides venture capital investment services. The firm creates corporate value from a long-term perspective.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $881k–$17M; Series B $4.2M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
- PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
- Global Trust Networks — GTN is a Japanese real estate brokerage firm. Foreigners can use the company's rent guarantee and real estate rental brokerage services to acquire brokerage services at a low cost.
A multi-stage investment fund focused on Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, & PropTech
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9M; Series A $5M–$76M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Natilus — We are creating a new generation of hyper-efficient blended wing body aircraft designed to make commercial aviation more sustainable and efficient, ensuring a healthier planet for future generations.
- ALKEMIO — ALKEMIO is a developer of a bio-magnetic technology intended to transform electronic waste into quality battery-grade metals.
- HEARTio — Heart I/O is a digital diagnostic startup helping emergency providers identify heart abnormalities in Pittsburgh, PA.
AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.
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- Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Seed $700k–$9M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.1M; Series A $4.4M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Scindo — Creating a novel biological process to turn low-value plastic landfill waste into high-value molecules.
- Atomo Coffee — Atomo Coffee is a developer of molecular coffee. Atomo has reverse-engineered the coffee bean to create a smooth cup of coffee, made of naturally derived ingredients, and more sustainable than current commercial coffee.
- Resurrect Bio — Resurrect Bio is a disease resistance trait discovery company. Using AI and our high-throughput in planta screening platform we provide traits for breeders.
SBI Group aims to become a corporate entity that provides a variety of one-stop financial services over the Internet now that two major events, the Financial Big Bang resulting from deregulation, and the Internet Revolution resulting from IT innovation, have radically transformed the financial industry.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 155
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$142M; Series B $7M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gauntlet — Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providingtransparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
- DriveWealth — DriveWealth, the global fintech investment rail and pioneer of fractional equities trading, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hands. We believe the future is fractional, transactional, and mobile. Every mobile device should bea gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth’s consultative support and cloud based, modern technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth.
- NOT A HOTEL — NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $792k–$28M; Series A $2.5M–$19M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
GHOVC is a Japanese start-up accelerator that provides investment and hands-on support to help them succeed abroad.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Video, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $5.9M–$43M; Series A $2M–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- U-ZERO — U-ZERO provides services as an integrated partner for its implementation and establishment.
- TYLsemi — Advancing AI with production-ready chiplets. Standards-based silicon for AI infrastructure.
- Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 576
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$74M; Series B $4.3M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
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.
- WARPSPACE — ARPSPACE is a space startup originating from the University of Tsukuba, has been launching and working on a satellite development project at the University of Tsukuba for five years until the company was established.
- Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
- Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Series A $10M–$65M; Series B $12M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2005
Portfolio highlights
- SyntaxBio — SyntaxBio develops CRISPR/Cas9-based, genetic programming platform that converts cells into biological computers using DNA-based instructions that read like lines of code. SyntaxBio's platform can program cells without the need for consistent external intervention.
- Solu Therapeutics — Solu Therapeutics is a dynamic group of hard-working professionals dedicated to transforming the treatment of diseases by developing groundbreaking medicines.
- Restore Vision — Restore Vision is a startup based in Japan aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$57M; Series A $2.3M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
- Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
- Orbital Lasers — Orbital is a space tech company that provides space debris business to remove debris and a satellite LiDAR business to provide surface data.
Nexyz.Group provides facility installation service for LED lighting.
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- Industry: Beauty, SNS, Video
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Timee — Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company.
- C Channel — C Channel operates a lifestyle video media platform targeting women, offering content in fashion, beauty, food, and parenting. Its services include influencer marketing and e-commerce operations. It empowers women by combining media, commerce, and technology.
- DiNA — Independent Salesforce-compatible tools, browser utilities, creative apps, and written guides from an independent product studio.
OUR STRATEGY Members of Glocalink have extensive experi
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- Industry: Health Care, Robotics, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $353k–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $183k–$340k
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MOVeLOT — MOVeLOT is an AI company that provides skeletal platform and robot planning, development, and production services.
- Kisui Tech — Kisui Tech is an agricultural AI robotics company that help farmers for farming.
- LYMPHOGENiX — LYMPHOGENiX is the pioneer company for lymphatic vessels regeneration. Our proprietary technology revitalizes the function of lymphatic vessels, making us experts in treating various health conditions. Our treatment is also great for skin-aging, obesity, Alzheimer's diseases and infertility. We believe in helping our clients improve their vitality and energy, one treatment at a time.
The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
- RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
- 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.
DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 349
- Round size: Seed $684k–$21M; Series A $3M–$57M; Series B $4.7M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SHIFT — Shift.com of San Francisco CA serving Oakland is one of the best pre-owned dealerships in CA. Call Sales <span class='callNowClass'>855-744-3873</span>
- Uncover Truth — UNCOVER TRUTH is an analytics company that offers data visualization services through the web and mobile.
- Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
Arco Partners is a venture support and investment company.
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- Industry: Education, Beauty, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $217k–$532k
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Univrs — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
- Palplat — Palplat specializes in IT consulting and DX promotion utilizing as well as offers beauty counseling platform.
- TOY EIGHT — Toy Eight is a children's education company that provides experiential edutainment playgrounds. The company nurtures child's untapped potential through its platform.
East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 522
- Round size: Seed $473k–$13M; Series A $2M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
- Holo-X — Holo-X provides augmented, virtual, and mixed realities services and products.
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Series A $4M–$101M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
- Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
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Browse database — It's Free!Chibagin Capital, part of Chiba Bank, is focused on consulting services, IPOs, and more.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Content
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
- AMATELUS — AMATELUS is involved in the creation of a product called SwipeVideo. The application is used to develop video and image shooting and distribution systems. Their product allows viewpoint or multi-angle video to be easily created, streamed in any web browser, or embedded into any webpage.
- Effectual — Effectual helps businesses and individuals regain online trust and build brands. With its own development know-how, they continue to develop web-based services connected to information transmission and branding. They use Google Maps to provide store advertising and anti-slander services.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
- ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
Sun Asterisk provides digital creative studio business promoting industrial digitalization.
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- Industry: Apps, Beauty, Security
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
- Justiceye — Justiceye provides AI-controlled security and surveillance camera solutions.
- Flare — Flare is an application for drivers to increase revenue. It is a network system for automobile advertisement.They can offer automobile advertisement in the most appropriate form with the latest technology.
Freebit Investment is a venture capital that invests in early stage and seed stage.
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- Industry: Internet of Things, Content, Retail Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Housmart — Housmart is a real estate media company
- Go Today Shaire Salon — GO TODAY SHAiRE SALON is a private room-type shared salon where freelance hairdressers and teams gather.
- Ambient Intelligence Technology — Ambient Intelligence Technology is a manufacturing company that produces underwater drones with advance information.
A Growth Equity & Venture Capital Firm for Consumer Products Companies
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Beauty, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DÔEN — DÔEN is a women-run business offering collections inspired by a nostalgia for the coastal California of decades past.
- DAMDAM Tokyo — DAMDAM is clean skincare born from Japanese craftsmanship and time-honored plant ingredients. We believe in creating thoroughly modern, thoughtfully made products that cultivate a connection between ourselves and the natural world. The line is minimal, made up of purposeful essentials formulated to work alone or in harmonious combination with eachother. All products are made with 100% natural ingredients that have high efficacy without causing irritation. Equally important, they feel weightless on skin.
- Business and Pleasure — Discover luxury beach and outdoor furniture. Premium umbrellas, chairs, furniture, coolers, and more for home, pool, and beach. Elevate your outdoor living with style and comfort.
Full Commit Partners is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Health Care, Media and Entertainment, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
- KaKa Creation — KaKa Creation is an animation company that produces high-quality vertical animation and content services using AI.
Tsuneishi Partners provides services and products in shipbuilding, shipping, environmental, energy, and services. With regard to product development, the company has a lineup of container carriers and tankers centered on bulk cargo ships to meet the needs of various markets. It was established in 1917 and is based in Hiroshima, Japan.
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- Industry: Apps, SNS, Translation Service
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- JaQool, Inc. — JaQool is a company that will leverage social innovation and new technologies to create convenient services that are something to get excited about. Three entrepreneurs from different backgrounds have gathered together to utilise these new technologies and techniques to develop services that can help to make the world a better place.JaQool willinitially work on a mobile translation service for tourists coming to Japan from overseas. The number of tourists from overseas has been increasing rapidly in recent years, but many have encountered difficulties due to being unable to understand Japanese. Removing the language barrier is a pressing challenge that needs to be addressed, particularly in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics that will be held in 2020. JaQool can help contribute towards a solution.
- Kotozna — Kotozna is an IT service company that aims to solve the social problem of "language cave" using cutting-edge technologies such as AI and machine translation. Multilingual translation services such as "Kotozna Chat", which provides messaging with simultaneous translation between different SNS platforms, and "KotoznaCamera", which translates Japanese content such as restaurant menus and displays them by QR code scanning.
- Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
Cocokara Fine is a provider of healthcare services to drug store and pharmaceutical operation.
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- Industry: SNS, Beauty, Health Care
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Cathay Innovation is a multistage venture capital firm affiliated with Cathay Capital, investing in founders building transformative businesses across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Its platform connects founders with investors and its ecosystem of leading Fortune 500 corporations to help startups scale and transformindustries with consumer-to-enterprise and AI solutions in commerce, fintech, digital health, and mobility/energy. Cathay Innovation now manages over €2.5B AUM with offices in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, San Francisco, Mexico City, Shanghai, and Singapore and has invested in over 150 startups, including Chime, Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD), Glovo, Wallbox (NYSE: WBX), Owkin, Ledger, ZenBusiness, Alma, Descartes Underwriting, and more.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, France, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nabla — Nabla is the leading ambient AI assistant, reducing practitioner burn-out and improving patient care.
- Abacum — Our FP&A software automates data integration, eases collaboration & drives rapid insights into your financial health. See why Typeform, Ebury & Cabify trust us.
- Flowdesk — The new standard for market-making and crypto-financial technology. Market-making as a Service, brokerage, custody of cryptocurrencies.
MS JAPAN operates as a recruitment service for business administration positions and professionals.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Wellness
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
- Plantio — Plantio is a provider of plantation services in Japan. The company offers AI and IoT based plantation services, enabling customers to get sustainably harvested food.
- KIYO Learning — KIYO Learning offers a commuting course, an online course to acquire qualifications for business people.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Energy, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Ubiden — Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services.
- Shippio — Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support.
- MetaSensing — MetaSensing specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced attachable Raman sensors, designed to provide precise, real-time chemical and molecular analysis across a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control.
TechAccel Ventures is a Seed and Early-Stage Venture Capital firm focused on technology startups in Japan. The firm contributes to the development of the Japanese industry by providing investment and support based on a technical perspective.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Information Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- SIRU+ — SIRU+ is a startup that enables you to convert consumer purchasing data into nutrients and visualize and quantify consumer shopping trends. Through the app developed by the company, consumers can know their nutrition status. The service “SIRU+ (SIRU+)” is an app that lets you know the nutrition of what you bought by simply registering a super pointcard.
- EAGLYS — EAGLYS provides a platform for secure computing and AI.
- KOALA Tech — Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.
Medical Incubator Japan is an investment company specializing in healthcare and Comprising a group of professionals in the healthcare business and investment fields.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Denmark, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
- ILC Therapeutics — ILC Therapeutics Ltd is an early-stage biotechnology company focused on modulating the Innate Immune System through the development of novel peptide therapeutics for the treatment of Covid-19, Cancer, Atopic Dermatitis, and Psoriasis.
- Hoba Therapeutics — Hoba Therapeutics is developing a new therapeutic protein for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
Rakuten Group, Inc. is a leading global company that contributes to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship. Browse corporate information, including company overview, investor relations, sustainability and careers.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $800k–$71M; Series A $2.8M–$38M; Series B $10M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- AironWorks — AironWorks trains your team to recognize and stop phishing attacks with real-world simulations and clear, engaging cybersecurity education.
- Rakuten Medical — Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company developing investigational cancer therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform. This platform integrates a drug, a device, and other components to deliver photoimmunotherapy, a treatment that combines a light-activated dye with a targeting agent to selectively destroy cancer cells. Thecompany's lead asset, ASP-1929, is an antibody-dye conjugate currently approved in Japan for treating unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer. Rakuten Medical is conducting global clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its therapies in combination with other treatments. The company also offers an Expanded Access Program to provide investigational products to patients with serious or life-threatening diseases who lack other treatment options. Rakuten Medical operates in multiple countries and focuses on developing new cancer treatments based on its Alluminox™ platform.
- Genesis Healthcare — Genesis Healthcare's mission is to make a meaningful impact on people's health and wellness through genetic science and health tech.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $804k–$34M; Series A $1.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Spike Studio — Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
- Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
Leave a Nest thrives to achieve global happiness by enhancing everyday life through science and education for future generation.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $276k–$14M; Corporate Round $7.1M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MUU — Welcome to Muu!! We develop animal-free dairy products that taste just like dairy from cows.
- Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
- Terra Labo — Terra Labo conducts research and development on long-range unmanned aerial vehicles.
KOEI TECMO CAPITAL is an investment management firm.
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- Industry: Beauty, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Education, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tane — Dubai/NYC/Tokyo-based crypto-focused investment research firm. Investing in the Future of Decentralization.
- Buzzreach — Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GIG-A — Open a bank account in Japan from your mobile with GIG-A. Receive salary, manage everyday spending, or transfer money with ease.
- XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
- CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
- Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
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