Top 50 Big Data Startup Investors in Japan (September 2026)
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SOSV
VC Fund
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4 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | |
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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 | $457k–$28M |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.4M–$50M |
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $667k–$32M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.3M–$53M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $900k–$27M |
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $574k–$42M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$68M |
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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 | $1.2M–$52M |
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Darwin Venture Management
VC Fund
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2 | Taiwan, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $350k–$14M |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Software | $137k–$19M |
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Shizen Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $133k–$26M |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $480k–$11M |
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Rakuten Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Series C | FinTech, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $3.7M–$120M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $1.8M–$340M |
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m8 Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Japan | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Software, Apps | $1M–$7.2M |
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Freebit Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Internet, Financial Services, Internet of Things | $530k–$37M |
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AirTrip
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, South Korea | Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round, Seed | Information Technology, Task Management, Content | $89k–$6.2M |
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JIC Venture Growth Investments
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Thailand | Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Financial Services | |
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Missuestin Dormitory
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Fashion, Big Data, Marketing | |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Energy, Software, Internet of Things | $915k–$96M |
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Accord Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Malaysia, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $518k–$28M |
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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Local, Content | $610k–$4.3M |
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WERU Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $288k–$64M |
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TIS Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Indonesia | Venture - Series Unknown, Series C | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics | $751k–$57M |
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UNITED
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Content, Media and Entertainment | |
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Primal Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | |
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MZ Web3 Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | |
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The Creative Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Big Data, Aerospace, Machine Learning | |
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Smrti Lab
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | |
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Dentsu Digital Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Series A | Internet, Software, Financial Services | $223k–$142M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.1M–$184M |
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QUAD Investment Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $847k–$80M |
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DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $367k–$19M |
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Mastercard
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Corporate Round | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $1M–$199M |
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Mistletoe
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Education | $709k–$44M |
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Coral Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $740k–$184M |
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Leave a Nest
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Malaysia | Seed, Corporate Round, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $36k–$14M |
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Morgan Stanley
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, China | Private Equity, Series C | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $15M–$490M |
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GREE Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Internet, Information Technology, Software | |
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Finance, Content, Internet | |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Robotics | |
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | |
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Mint
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps | |
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Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Content, Medical, Task Management | |
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, Social Media, Media and Entertainment | |
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OPT
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Corporate Round | Mobile, Advertising, Apps | |
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SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1482
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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: 296
- Round size: Seed $457k–$21M; Series A $1.3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum 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.
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 183
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$50M; Series B $3.3M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
- KUZEN — KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $667k–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$32M; Series B $4.7M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
- LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
- RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 776
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$31M; Series B $3.5M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- NBT — NBT specializes in the development of wind farms in the field of renewable energy in emerging markets.
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 204
- Round size: Seed $900k–$14M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $3.1M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $326M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Mujin — At Mujin, we design automation platforms to enhance any robot, enable advanced capabilities and lower operating costs.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
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: 387
- Round size: Seed $574k–$11M; Series A $2.2M–$31M; Series B $2.8M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $20M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Kauli — Kauli is an Online Ad Network Management System pioneered in Japan. Kauli supports Real Time Bidding. This service allows advertisers to place bids for their ads in real time and according to users' characteristics.Kauli frequently reviews Ad Networks so that the Ad Network with the best expected ad revenue will be selected. As aresult, every ad frame always has the best expected ad revenue.
- Knostic — Knostic provides need-to-know access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs). Its knowledge-centric capabilities enable enterprises to expedite the deployment of LLMs and drive AI-powered innovation while maintaining value, security, and safety.
- FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
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: 656
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$29M; Series B $3.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M 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.
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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: 641
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$52M; Series B $2.3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Since our founding in 2009, we have managed eight funds, investing primarily in Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary funds. In 2022, we also launched an evergreen angel fund to enable more nimble bets onpromising early-stage teams, and especially those coming from Taiwan’s superb academic and research institutions. This exposure across stages and borders, coupled with the strong technical background of our team, is the source of Darwin’s differentiation. We recently launched our 8th fund Darjune.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Taiwan, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Series A $2.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
- BitBiome — BitBiome is a biotechnology company focused on analyzing microbial genomes and discovering enzymes and proteins that can be applied across industries such as pharmaceuticals, food production, and sustainable manufacturing. The company uses single-cell microbial sequencing technology to study microbes that are difficult to culture throughconventional laboratory methods, enabling the creation of a large microbial genome database called bit-GEM. Its platform supports enzyme discovery, genome analysis, and bioengineering efforts aimed at developing bio-based alternatives for industrial processes. bitBiome also works with academic institutions and commercial partners on research projects involving areas such as biodegradable materials, biomass conversion, and pharmaceutical ingredient synthesis. The company positions microbes as a resource for advancing the bioeconomy by providing tools and data that support biotechnology research and industrial applications.
- PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $215k–$19M; Series A $841k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $137k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
a privately run venture capital fund established by former business owners. We support challenging initiatives for Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $183k–$26M; Pre-Seed $133k–$300k; Series A $892k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MamaWell —
- Colega AI — Create engaging social media content every day with AI. Colega AI is your AI social media manager that helps your business grow and reach new customers.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
Rakuten Capital is a corporate venture capital group that provides funding, sector experience and operational support to its portfolio companies across the world.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Series A $4.1M–$50M; Series B $3.7M–$45M; Series C $17M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Veramore — Veramore is an online store that sells a wide range of beauty and cosmetic products.
- Tapfun — TapFun is a cloud gaming platform that solves problems encountered by smartphone and PC games.
- InsightX — InsightX is a technology platform focused on empowering businesses by simplifying complex processes and enabling smarter, more personalized user experiences.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2372
- Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$587k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
- Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
- RubiLabs — RubiLabs Inc provides a platform for unifying, monitoring, and analyzing organizational data. RubiLabs software enables analysts and operators across risk, compliance, and security teams to collaborate and interpret large volumes of information in real time. The company’s platform is designed to help institutions make sense of complex, fragmenteddata by transforming it into a coherent operational picture for risk detection, continuous monitoring, and investigative workflows.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 459
- Round size: Series A $1.8M–$115M; Series B $2.4M–$340M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe —
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
- Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
m8 Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that funds mobile technology companies.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.2M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fuller — Fuller is a software development company that builds mobile phone applications and provides internet media services. The company’s products include App Ape Analytics and App Ape Lab.App Ape Analytics is a trend research and analysis app that investigates the usage of Android terminal, and offers the viewing rate data; the number of active usersof the application; and user attribute information such as the user’s age gender, the user who is in possession of the application, and more.App Ape Lab analyzes the trends and offers real-time information of the app market.Fuller was founded in 2011 and is based in Chiba, Japan.
- Applauze — Applauze, formerly 955Dreams Inc., is a new age publishing company. They publish magical titles on mobile devices. Their latest product, called Applauze launched in March of 2013, is an iOS app that presents users with thousands of events happening every day, from concerts and theater productions to sports games and community events. Theservice is available across 41 U.S. cities and 5 Canadian cities.Applauze finds tickets from primary sellers, as well as secondary markets like StubHub, and uses data analytics and machine learning to recommend relevant events to users, who can easily purchase tickets via the app and also share their event with friends.Applauze is a small group of hackers and designers who are working on mobile products that will engage and excite you. They love what they do and their users love the products they've built. Their designs are executed at a very high standard and their apps are educational and highly immersive at the same time. Applauze has raised money from Mitch Kapor and 500 Startups.
- Just Sing It — JustSingIt.com is the catchy, memorable domain name that is perfect for any startup looking to make a lasting impression in the music industry. With its playful and engaging tone, this domain exudes creativity and passion for all things mus
Freebit Investment is a venture capital that invests in early stage and seed stage.
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- Industry: Internet, Financial Services, Internet of Things
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $530k–$1.7M; Series A $2.7M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
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- Housmart — Housmart is a real estate media company
- Xenodata lab — xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of thee intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning.
- Go Today Shaire Salon — GO TODAY SHAiRE SALON is a private room-type shared salon where freelance hairdressers and teams gather.
AirTrip is an online travel agency.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Task Management, Content
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round, Seed
- Geography: Japan, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $440k–$3.6M; Corporate Round $89k–$894k; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iYell — iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
- MOYAI — MOYAI offers services related to Network communication and AI and IoT related businesses.
- 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.
JIC-VGI helps promote innovation and improve its international competitiveness through growth-investments in startup companies. The firm accelerating innovation and helping to solve industrial and social issues by supporting and seeking innovative technologies and new businesses.JIC Venture Growth Investments was established in July 2020 and isbased in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Hacobu — Hacobu offers an integrated solution "MOVO (MOVO)" centering on the operation management system utilizing in-vehicle terminals. Connect with carriers and shipping companies sending luggage using an easy-to-use online mechanism. To provide tools to support the management of the shipping company. Through these, it becomes a platform toaccumulate distribution data of various companies, aiming at overall optimization of physical distribution system. That is, "to optimize carrying". That is Hacobu 's mission.
- TeraWatt Technology — Electrifying all for the sustainable future
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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- Industry: Fashion, Big Data, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Neural Pocket — Neural Pocket provides Smart City related services for commercial buildings and urban spaces utilizing AI enabled image recognition technology. The company focuses on business development and co-creation serve its clients. Other applications include solutions for digitalization of factories, warehouses, parking lots and retail stores.
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: Energy, Software, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$14M; Series B $3.7M–$96M; Venture - Series Unknown $915k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.1M in 2019
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- TWO — TWO is a health and wellness company that offers innovative lifestyle solutions 2foods, a line of healthy and delicious food products.
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- Advance Composite — Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products.
Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $672k–$21M; Series A $1.3M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $518k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Thinkfree — Deploy a self-hosted productivity suite inside your own infrastructure. Thinkfree offers on-premise online office, private cloud storage, and LLM-integrated document workflows for enterprise and SaaS platforms.
Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Local, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $610k–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
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, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $288k–$64M; Series A $6.9M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Series C $2.9M–$57M; Venture - Series Unknown $751k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logice — Moving Indonesia cold chain in the most efficient, transparent & automated way through technology.
- Sembuh AI — Sembuh AI is an insurtech company that develops an AI‑based platform for health‑insurance claims processing. It focuses on automating high‑volume claims review, detecting fraud or anomalous claims, and reducing overpayments for insurers and third‑party administrators. The company acts as a claims‑automation and analytics layer rather than a directinsurer or payer.
- StratifiCare — At StratifiCare, we focus on the development and manufacturing of IVD (In-Vitro Diagnostics) assay solutions for personalized medicine. With more than 50 years of cumulative in-depth experience in Biomedical R&D and technology commercialization, StratifiCare strives to empower personalised medicine.
UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
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- Industry: Internet, Content, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- nat — nat develops iOS application - Scanat and provides consultation service in data strategy.
- Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
- ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Spain, Switzerland
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- Total investments: 30
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Hivello — Hivello is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network aggregator. Contribute resources, connect with Web3 protocols, and effortlessly generate passive income.
- RemitAid — RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies.
- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Accredited Venture Capital backing Japan Market Entry for All Web3 projects.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Lolli — Lolli is a rewards application that allows users to earn bitcoin when shopping online.The company has partnered with 1,000+ top brands to give people the ability to easily earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. When users shop on one of the partner sites, Lolli gets a percentage of each sale. The company then splits that percent with users, sendingbitcoin to users' Lolli wallet.Lolli was founded in 2018 by Alex Adelman and Matt Senter and is headquartered in New York, NY.
- KEKKAI — KEKKAI is a wallet Security product create an environment where all users can enjoy Web3 with ease and secure.
- Term Structure Labs — Leading fixed-rate platform for crypto lending and borrowing. Serving DeFi users and institutional clients with predictable yields, borrowing costs, and transparent pricing.
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- Industry: Big Data, Aerospace, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- space data — Space Data is based on an algorithm that allows the AI to recognize geospatial data from the Earth and easily assign another Earth in VR. The company is developing an algorithm to automatically generate another "Earth" in virtual space using 3DCG technology by making the AI understand the geospatial information of the Earth by learningthe vast amount of ground observation data available from satellites. They want to create an AI that can reconstruct the "world" in virtual space by learning all kinds of data from this world, such as traffic volume, pedestrian traffic, day and night, four seasons, temperature, plant distribution, and nighttime light intensity. Its goal is to build a future in which everyone has the ability to create their own world (universe) and shape their own destiny without regard for race, gender, appearance, or environment.
- Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- zkLink — zkLink is a unified middleware layer connecting L1 chains and L2 networks with zk-SNARKs technology, reshaping the crypto landscape for DeFi, NFT, and RWA trading.
- JOJO — JOJO is an on-chain derivatives trading platform that offers decentralized trading solutions and financial instruments over the blockchain.
- Ion Protocol — Ion is an Open Source Protocol built to support Ethereum stakers and restakers, to unlock a world of new applications for their assets.
Dentsu Digital Holdings is a business management company that provides digital communication solutions and services.The company offers strategy solutions such as data capabilities in various industries, applications of cross-industry know-hows and experiences, and data analysis to identify strategic scenarios and KPI; planning solutions,including unified planning which combines mass media and real promotions, and digital creative agency services; and execution and operational solutions such as stable management framework, brand exposure management, and scenario revision based on a range of effectiveness measurement tools and databases.The company also provides internet advertising, advertising networks, and SEM services for agencies; marketing strategy planning, response management, support for direct businesses, and database marketing; marketing technology planning, development, and management; and digital and advertising agency, mobile marketing, online advertising, and interactive services.In addition, the company is engaged in the areas of digital marketing platforms and digital media, digital technology, social marketing, digital devices, and new business models using digital technology in Japan, East Asia, the United States, and Europe. It also manages venture capital funds, making strategic investments in the new IT-based communications domain.Dentsu Digital Holdings was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $1M–$142M; Series B $223k–$72M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Viibar — Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms.
- Kyash — Kyash is a Japanese fintech startup offering consumer / business payment services. Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Agile Media Network — Agile Media Network is a Tokyo-based advertising network and blog marketing company for blogs and social media. Much like Federated Media in the US, Agile Media Network, is well known for working with many top blogs, i.e. Engadget Japanese.The company, one of the biggest of its kind in Japan, provides a number of solutions in the advertisingand planning fields for its clients. For example, Agile Media Network handles and organizes banner ad sales, large-scale blogger meetings, web industry events or campaign blogs.In August 2009, the company organized WISH 2009, a web industry event in Tokyo at which startups were given the chance to demonstrate their services onstage to an audience of over 400 people.
Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
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- Total investments: 304
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$142M; Series B $6.4M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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- 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.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
Established in 2009, QUAD is an independent investment manager overseeing approximately US$1.0 billion in equity assets (as of June 2019). Our clients range from institutional clients such as pension funds, endowments and family offices to individual parents and their children. All investment managers and key management being equity partners of thefirm, QUAD members are significant investors in the company, which we believe aligns our goals with the interests of our clients.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $847k–$23M; Series B $4M–$80M; Series C $15M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyNaps — Connected Family through Digital Healthcare.Beginning in 2015, HoneyNaps began to develop the element technology for monitoring Bio-signal and completed the platform launch. In order to derive full-cycle bio-signal management & the disease prediction model.
- NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
- KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
DG Daiwa Ventures invests in start-up companies with next-generation technology and provides business development support. It is focused on blockchain, xR, AI, security, and BioHealth, as they are likely to be at the foundations of future businesses. In addition to the five core technologies, the fund will also focus on IoT technologies, whichoften overlap or serve as an application layer.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $679k–$6M; Series A $3M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $367k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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- Listie — Listie is an industrial engineering company that develops, supplies, and maintains lithium separation equipment and membranes. It is an important infrastructure resource that supports modern life, including electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy storage.
- First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.
- BEAM Technologies — BEAM Technologies, focuses on developing optical semiconductor devices using special light to offer clean solutions to ecosystem-related problems.
Mastercard is a payments and technology company that connects consumers, businesses, merchants, and governments. They provide data services and marketing center. Their marketing materials help card portfolios and businesses. They also provide fraud prevention solutions and payment ecosystem security.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Series A $6M–$34M; Corporate Round $1M–$199M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Astrada — Astrada is a software company that provides financial infrastructure, payments, and automation services.
- Smile ID — At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda.
- Oxford Quantum Circuits — Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies.
Mistletoe is a hub for startups and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. It specifically provides learning opportunities for entrepreneurs, facilitates startup communities, invests in and supports startup companies and venture capitals.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $709k–$5.7M; Series A $2.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ULUU — ULUU is an ocean material that replaces plastic and actively benefits the world.
- Aquaria — Aquaria provides solutions to secure access to clean water. The organization adapts its approaches based on the needs of these communities. It addresses water-related challenges through various methods.
- Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $740k–$27M; Series A $3.5M–$99M; Series B $7.6M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021
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- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Ruten — Ruten is a brain-machine interface company that specializes in reconstructive treatments for infeasible and ineffective conditions.
- Tokenz — Tokenz is a global payment platform designed to help digital content creators and businesses scale their revenue seamlessly. Supporting payment methods worldwide, Tokenz enables brands to build customizable web stores, optimize conversions, and expand direct-to-consumer sales. As a Merchant of Record (MoR), Tokenz ensures global tax compliance,fraud protection, and multi-currency transactions—allowing businesses to sell with confidence across international markets.
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, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $276k–$3.7M; Series B $3.6M–$4.7M; Corporate Round $36k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% 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.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 357
- Round size: Series C $15M–$490M; Private Equity $25M–$480M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
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- X (formerly Twitter) — X, formerly Twitter, is a global social networking platform that allows its users to send and read 280-character messages. It enables registered users to read and post their tweets through the web, short message service (SMS), and mobile applications. As a global real-time communications platform, X has more than 400 million monthly visitors and255 million monthly active users around the world. X’s active group of registered members includes World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations, and entertainment outlets. It is currently available in more than 35 languages. X was launched in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. X is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with local offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, and Washington. X's international offices are located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.
- C&A Modas — C&A Modas is a Brazilian subsidiary of the major international fast-fashion retailer C&A.
- Post Trade Solutions — At #LSEG, our open, flexible philosophy helps you fund innovation, create jobs, raise capital and manage your risk. #MakeMorePossible
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
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- Total investments: 39
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Univearth — Univearth is a tech company that specializes in developing a logistics digital transformation platform to modernize the logistics industry.
- Stack — Stack is the developer and provider of the SaaS-based retail mission-critical system.
- Umee Technologies — Umee Technologies is an IT firm that offers full-stack development, conversational AI, and psychological analysis engine services.
Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is one of Japan's leading venture capital firms. With its unique combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
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- Total investments: 128
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication cloud that offers unifies and visualizes the complex communication of real estate brokerage solutions.
- Ascend — Ascend is a logistics company.
Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.
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- Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
- Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 252
- 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.
- Paytner — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
- Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cloudian — Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.
- Seajacks — Cadeler is a global leader in offshore wind farm construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Vehicle Energy Japan — Vehicle Energy Japan specializes in development, manufacturing and sales of automotive lithium-ion batteries.
Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- BACKSEAT — BACKSEAT provides embedded crypto exchange and Web3 Services.
- Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
- Super Galaxy Records — Super Galaxy Records is a company that plans and produces IP that creates new works, and is also a record company that produces and manages voice actors and artists.
Mint operates as an independent venture capital firm specializing in the early stage of startups. It focuses on bridging the boundaries between finance and business, investors and entrepreneurs, creating a foundation for startup growth, and supporting entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Airato — Airato specializes in the development of radiation therapy using artificial intelligence technology.
- LiftBase — LiftBase is revolutionizing the recruiting structure using AI and social data.
- Knowhere — Knowhere is a company that applies high-performance AI to sports.
Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.
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- Industry: Content, Medical, Task Management
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
- MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
- Asoview — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.
Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".
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- Industry: Content, Social Media, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
- Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
OPT, Inc. is Japanese e-marketing company, which supports customer's Internet marketing holding the concept 'e-marketing that would directly into sales'.OPT, Inc. aims to create new market by realizing maximizing customer's ROI and finding the best way of solutions to the customer's problem. It is the OPT'stask to propose collectively the way how to use the Internet as a marketing tool for customers and support them.In order to maximize customer's ROI, it is necessary to make ads, develop sites, develop marketing strategies, and support communication and IT strategies.At OPT. Inc: it has wide business lines, customers would be supported by the 4 business fields making ads, technology, solution, and contents.The important thing for the e-marketing company is always standing the idea "market in" not "product out". And so OPT, Inc instantaneously developed its own tool to objectively effect measurement and has tried to improve customer's marketing by using the objective data.
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- Industry: Mobile, Advertising, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Raksul — Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost.
- OPT China — OPT China is a company that provides marketing and distribution support for Chinese consumers.
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
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