Top 50 Beauty VC Funds & Investors in Japan (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $709k–$77M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $1.6M–$413M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical | $5M–$241M |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical | $2M–$241M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Health Care, Software | $5.5M–$425M |
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TLM
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series B | Information Technology, Content, SNS | $480k–$78M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1M–$624M |
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Fundinno
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, France | Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding | Information Technology, Content, Health Care | $1.9M–$8.4M |
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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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Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage | $1.5M–$170M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$213M |
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Glocalink
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Robotics, Biotechnology | $340k–$8.5M |
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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–$369M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $746k–$170M |
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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–$40M |
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Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India | Series B, Seed | Apps, Manufacturing, Software | $4.1M–$992M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $776k–$68M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $649k–$38M |
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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 | $3M–$213M |
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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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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $730k–$57M |
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STRIVE
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $800k–$142M |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Series D, Series A, Series B | Internet, Software, Health Care | $12M–$1.2B |
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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 | $5.2M–$65M |
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Caygan Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Japan | Series A, Seed | Software, Agriculture, AgTech | |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, United Arab Emirates | Debt Financing, Series B | Finance, Financial Services, Energy | |
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MARUI GROUP
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Series C | Content, Social Media, Fashion | |
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Mitsubishi Research Institute
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Internet of Things, Nursing and Residential Care, Medical | |
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Arcus Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Beauty, Medical, Health Care | |
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Fab Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Mizuho Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Debt Financing, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment | |
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WERU Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Consulting, Software | |
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Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Medical, Software, Health Care | |
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Hong Kong | Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Yokohama Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | |
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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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KOEI TECMO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Beauty, Medical, Health Care | |
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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: 237
- Round size: Seed $709k–$43M; Series A $2.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
- ZIRITZ — StockFormer is a real estate investment platform that connects investors with property opportunities. Users can calculate their asset score and gain a better understanding of their position and status as an investor, as well as their creditworthiness to financial institutions, among other things. Investors can exchange information on purchased andsold properties, as well as loan terms. The log provides investors with an understanding of the current real estate market conditions, investment conditions, and loan conditions that correspond to their asset formation level, allowing them to make appropriate investment decisions.
- CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
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: 73
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$28M; Series A $28M–$413M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Fogg Japan — Fogg is a platform that makes life styles more convenient without being affected by trends and deprecation like media and content
- Nagisa — Nagisa develops smartphone applications to facilitate free group chats, calls, and photo and movie sharing services. It was launched in 2010 by Yoshiyuki Yokoyama and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- ECloud — E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital.
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, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $5M–$43M; Series A $6M–$241M
- 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.
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 120
- Round size: Seed $2M–$43M; Series A $2.1M–$241M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively 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.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
- Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
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, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 497
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$170M; Series B $6.4M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- PLUGO — PLUGO provides ever-evolving "hospitality services" suitable for the future EV era, combining products & digital technology unique to IoT.
- Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
- M&A Bazaar — M&A Bazaar provides the M&A Bazaar Method, a revolutionary M&A process that systematically solves the challenges encountered by traditional M&A procedures.
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 $480k–$21M; Angel $2M–$5.7M; Series B $11M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.9M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Mederi — Mederi is a FemTech company that operates Ubu, a women's wellness brand.
- 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.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 237
- Round size: Seed $1M–$94M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
- ARCH — ARCH provides research, development, operation, and support systems for gynecology and fertility treatment solutions
- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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: 90
- Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $2M–$8.4M; Product Crowdfunding $1.9M–$6.9M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% 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.
- Asian Bridge — ASIAN BRIDGE is a one-stop-shop for Japanese merchandise such as beauty care products, health foods, and clothing. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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 is an online video-based media targeting women aged 20 to 34, focusing on offering lifestyle-related information ranging from hairstyling, food, to travel tips.
- DiNA — DiNA offers consulting for your beauty and health from the inside and the outside using the DNA analysis and human stem cell culture method.
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: 52
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$23M; Series B $4.7M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
- Hattendo Farm —
- RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$213M; Series A $7.4M–$155M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
- Optieum Biotechnologies — Optieum Biotechnologies Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company committed to developing innovative scFv antibody-based therapies for the treatment of patients with cancers. Their proprietary platform technology, Eumbody System™, enables to develop and detect a scFv-based product candidates that specifically bind to, and modulate tooptimize the immune-cell function for oncology targets.We are committed to helping patients with severe diseases by bringing life-changing therapies to the patients in need.
- Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Discover how NanoQT builds the foundation for scalable quantum computing with nanofiber cavity-QED technology and high-fidelity quantum connectivity.
Glocalink provides seed funding and comprehensive support for emerging science & technology entrepreneurs. Members of Glocalink have extensive experiences of bringing laboratory technologies to the market. On top of seed funding, we will provide comprehensive supports for overcoming all the hurdles that science / technology entrepreneursface.
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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 $450k–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $340k–$3.5M
- 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.
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: 136
- Round size: Series A $4M–$128M; Series B $4.2M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Logomix — Logomix Inc is a mammalian cellular genome architect startup. Logomix proprietary platform, Geno-Writing™, technology integrates large-scale (Mb) human genome-writing technologies and providing genetically architected versatile human cells and/or downsized cells and microbes for drug development and cell & gene therapy area.Majority ofthe cell engineering companies are currently focused on optimization of gene clusters by automatic high throughput system however, Logomix’s Geno-Writing™ provides the required tools for dealing with mammalian or complex genomes. Logomix works with partners by providing new biology-based solutions to co-create business and social values on Geno-Writing™ platform Current Focus Area includes: 1. Human Health & Therapeutics 2. Biomaterials & Chemicals 3. Agriculture & EnvironmentLogomix has 11 ongoing collaborative research partnerships. Currently Logomix is specifically looking for industry partners to address unmet needs in neurodegenerative disease areas.
- 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.
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
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$113M; Series A $746k–$170M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
- Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
- Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
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: 138
- Round size: Seed $100k–$10M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $4.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Root AI — At Root, we are on a mission to create the intelligent robots that will help growers build the farms of the future.
- FaunaTech — FaunaTech is an Agtech company that concentrates on the research and development of devices capable of detecting diseases in cattle farms.
- Bear Flag Robotics — Safe, productive and efficient farming operations for the next generation of growers. Customize, Orchestrate, Automate,and Scale your fleet to your needs.
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, Manufacturing, Software
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $10M–$81M; Series B $4.1M–$992M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $41M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
- 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
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: 202
- Round size: Seed $776k–$31M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Oikos Music — Oikos Music is a media company that provides service to support artists by purchasing music rights.
- AI Mage —
- StoryHub — StoryHub is a powerful all-in-one AI editing assistant designed to help users create high-quality content quickly, efficiently, and at a significantly lower cost. Whether you're drafting blog posts, polishing articles, scripting videos, or refining marketing copy, StoryHub streamlines the entire content creation process with intelligent tools
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: 447
- Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aruna — Aruna adalah integrated fisheries commerce startup di Indonesia, yang berusaha mewujudkan ekosistem perikanan dan perdagangan hasil laut yang adil.
- Tanaku — Connecting Global Capital with Premier Bali Real Estate. Tanaku helps institutional investors and family offices uncover high-upside, vetted and opportunistic Bali real estate deals between $1-10m USD. Our Services include: Deal Sourcing, Deal Sponsoring & Property Financing.
- Wagely — wagely allows your employees to get instant access to their earned wages, without making any changes to your processes or payroll.
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: 129
- Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $7M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sendo — Sendo.vn is a Vietnamese e-commerce site that offers clothing, homeware, cosmetics, tech accessories, and more. Sendo helps online shoppers find daily deals, promotions, and handbooks with product listings in the categories of women’s fashion, men’s fashion, mother and baby, homeware, food, cosmetics, tech accessories, and sports and entertainment.Sendo’s product delivery network spreads across 64 cities where users can choose to make payments through credit cards, ATM cards or by a bank transfer.Sendo.vn was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- 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.
- My Zoi Financial Inclusion Technologies — MyZoi, a Standard Chartered subsidiary, aims for global Digital financial inclusion of the underbanked. Based in the UAE
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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $730k–$50M; Series A $20M–$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.
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, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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.
- 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!
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 A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Series A $38M–$964M; Series B $397M–$624M; Series D $12M–$1.2B
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% 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.
- 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.
- Think Nature — Think Nature is a researcher startup that specializes in the solutions related to the sustainability of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Series A $5.2M–$65M; Series B $12M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2005
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Sidewinder Therapeutics — Sidewinder Therapeutics is pioneering the next generation of large molecule precision therapeutics. We aim to deliver new life-saving therapies for patients with cancer and rare disease.
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- Industry: Software, Agriculture, AgTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Drovo — The GIG economy driven on-car mobility media Platform that delivers high reach at low cost CPM via vehicle wrapped advertising campaigns for D2C brands. Adverttu - Get your brand on the road.
- Good Life Sorted — Discover comprehensive elderly care services in the UK with Good Life Sorted. Maintain independence with our personalised home help solutions.
- Quantum Flowers & Foods — Quantum Flowers & Foods is a technology firm that develops and creates agricultural business models and technologies.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is an asset management firm and bank in Japan.
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- Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
- Gojo & Company — We are enabling financial inclusion for everyone by partnering with financial service providers.
- Space One — Space One specializes in the production and development of rockets and offers innovative solutions for space transportation services.
MARUI GROUP's web-site provides company information such as Group companies, as well as IR and Sustainability information.
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- Industry: Content, Social Media, Fashion
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Niro — Niro is embedding personal credit products into leading consumer internet platforms. The fintech startup aims to disrupt the consumer lending ecosystem in the country by democratizing access to convenient and hassle-free embedded credit products for 624 million internet users in India.
- SHE — SHE Japan is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of asset management, financial services, and accounting. It provides creative skill lessons, coaching programs, and job acquisition support opportunities for millennial careers.
- Gojo & Company — We are enabling financial inclusion for everyone by partnering with financial service providers.
The Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MRI) is a Japanese think tank, founded in 1970 in commemoration of the centenary of the Mitsubishi Group. Their mission is to resolve societal issues both in Japan and throughout the world through our think tank, consulting, and ICT capabilities.They employ roughly 800 researchers with high levels ofexpertise in a broad range of fields, particularly in the natural sciences, and with exceptional technical and analytical abilities. They stringently maintain a neutral position which has enabled us to develop an extensive, interdisciplinary network with members of industry, academia, and government. They act as a hub connecting all sectors to overcome increasingly complex societal issues. They provide integrated solutions that encompass everything from conceptualization to realization and implementation.
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- Industry: Internet of Things, Nursing and Residential Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- SImount — SImount is a database management system platform that connects all data such as Excel, CSV, PDF. Moreover, It can utilize all the data related to business, leading to higher business efficiency and higher sales.
- Pocket Sign — Pocket Sign develops digital platforms that store e-signatures and other authentication details for it's users privacy and security.
- LocationMind — LocationMind is an IT company that provides human flow analysis, IoT solutions, and security for positioning signals. Through AI analysis of location information and big data, they provide end-to-end services to customers in a variety of fields. A position critical to the advancement of next-generation technology. They have independently developedmultiple AI models that specialize in people flow to make predictions for the near future, in addition to analyzing people flow in the past.
Arcus Investment is an asset management firm that provides an investment platform for value opportunities in Japan to investors.
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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.
Fab Ventures is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nectar AI — Nectar is an AI powered social commerce platform that helps brands scale comms and drive conversions through messaging.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!Mizuho Bank is a commercial bank that began operation on July 1, 2013, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. It offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities. It also provides current and ordinary, deposits at notice, time, and specified deposits, deposits for tax,nonresident deposits in yen, foreign currency deposits, negotiable time deposits and loans by bill, loans on a deed, and overdrafts as well as discounts for bank acceptances, commercial papers, and documentary bills. Moreover, it offers investment banking and custodial, syndication, bond administrative, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate restructuring, project, and asset finance services, settlement and asset management services. It operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 146
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
- KG Motors — KG Motors is an automotive firm that manufactures electric vehicles that can be moved comfortably and safely by one person.
- Credit Saison India — Credit Saison India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Saison Co. Ltd, a Japanese credit card/prepaid card issuer. Credit Saison India has offices in Bangalore and Mumbai.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gecipe — Gecipe is a video service for e-sports players.
- ARCH — ARCH provides research, development, operation, and support systems for gynecology and fertility treatment solutions
- 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.
As a pioneer and innovator in venture capital in Japan for the past 2 decades, we are deeply engaged in developing and supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups by leveraging our strategic position as a conduit between government, business and academia.“WERU” is the first research unit in the field of entrepreneurship in Japan established byprofessors at the graduate school, Waseda University in 1993. “WERU Investment” is the first venture capital closely associated with university research labs, centers and institutes in japan. WERU Investment provides financial services for institutional investors (e.g. Pension funds and Endowments) as a Japanese discretionary investment manager (DIM) by fully taking advantage of these research resources, accumulated know-how and strong network.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Consulting, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Synfini — Synfini, Inc., a privately held Menlo Park, California-based company, is a pioneer in agile chemistry. Its advanced, automated molecular discovery platform is transforming drug discovery through integrated neuro-symbolic AI, discovery-focused robotic automation, and world-class chemistry data. The patented Synfini platform includes automatedchemical synthesis technologies from SRI International. As a commercial enterprise Synfini will provide accelerated molecular discovery to drug hunters and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
- Novity — Novity offers predictive maintenance, exceptional accuracy, and cold-start prognostics solutions for the chemical, oil, and gas industries.
- Cinderelax — Cinderelax is a makeup video app through which individuals can learn makeup.
Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan with a focus on startups in the healthcare industry.Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital that operates a venture fund specializing in the healthcare field. It is the only healthcare-specialized VC in Japan that can provide 30 medical institutions as a business trialfield.
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- Industry: Medical, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- HCMJ — HCMJ specializes in software development in the medical industry.
- Epigno — Epigno provides hospital management systems for medical institutions.
- Rehab — Rehab for Japan is developing a special rehabilitation SaaS for day service .
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- INDX — Unstructured data support, AI utilization without exposing confidential data, rapid implementation. Extensive experience in manufacturing, finance, and healthcare. Provide company-specific AI solutions with custom tuning.
- bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Dr.’s Prime — Doctor's Prime is a technology company that provides is a part-time job information service for optimizing the working style of doctors.
Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GooPass — GooPass is a subscription-based camera equipment rental platform that offers users cameras, interchangeable lenses, and drones. It also allows users to buy or rent photography equipment by reserving it online.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
- Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
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.
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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
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- 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
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- 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.
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.
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.
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The Shizune investor database has information on investor investment focus, investor contact data, and full investor portfolio since 2020.
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Shizune enriches investors with contact data that includes: email, phones, LinkedIn, socials, website, and others.
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Shizune is a 48,091 investor database updated daily.
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Shizune is built for startup founders by startup founders.
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Shizune is free forever. You can search and browse investors for free.
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Who built Shizune?
Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.
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