Top 50 Big Data Startup Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $602k–$48M |
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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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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $470k–$21M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Medical | $455k–$12M |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $457k–$45M |
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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 | $605k–$32M |
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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 | $624k–$20M |
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m8 Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Japan | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Software, Apps | $1M–$7.2M |
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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, Artificial Intelligence | $482k–$38M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $800k–$34M |
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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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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $312k–$20M |
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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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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, Venture - Series Unknown, 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, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics | $264k–$57M |
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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–$21M |
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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 | $215k–$18M |
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Darwin Venture Management
VC Fund
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2 | Taiwan, United States, Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $350k–$70M |
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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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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Medical | $3.5M–$213M |
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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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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment | $63k–$36M |
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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 | $3.5M–$120M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Australia | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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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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Mastercard
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Corporate Round, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $16k–$199M |
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Mistletoe
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Education | $702k–$44M |
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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–$4.7M |
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Morgan Stanley
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, China | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Private Equity | Financial Services, Software, Health Care | $24M–$3.2B |
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Tokusui
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Big Data, Internet of Things, Information Services | |
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Japan Post Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Turkey | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Information Technology | $1.3M–$96M |
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting | $706k–$15M |
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Dogan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Health Care, Finance, Medical | $196k–$9.3M |
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Apps, Software | $233k–$21M |
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Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed | Apps, Software, Internet | $650k–$132M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $372k–$17M |
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Nippon Technology Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | $449k–$184M |
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Kaga Electronics
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan | Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Education, Software, Consulting | $445k–$14M |
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Visionnaire Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile | $350k–$37M |
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15th Rock
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Medical Device, Medical, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$54M |
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NetAge
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Pre-Seed, Series A | News, Local, Big Data | |
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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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OPT
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Corporate Round | Mobile, Advertising, Apps | |
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Waseda University
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Social, FinTech, Big Data | |
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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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 831
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
- 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.
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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 685
- Round size: Seed $470k–$16M; Series A $1.2M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $525k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Smart Craft —
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Seed $455k–$9.6M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
- Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$45M; Series B $3.3M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $457k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- AOI Biosciences — AOI Biosciences is a biotechnology company that creates testing and drug discovery businesses.
- 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: 131
- Round size: Seed $605k–$6.8M; Series A $1.2M–$32M; Series B $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Nocall — Nocall develops an automated calling system utilizing AI voice technology.
- Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
- Bulwark Dynamics — Bulwark Dynamics develops autonomous maritime systems for contested logistics and distributed military operations. Its CARAVEL platform is an autonomous beach-landing resupply vessel that delivers cargo from ship to shore without requiring port infrastructure. The vessel supports JMIC and ISO containers, autonomous cargo handling, GPS-deniednavigation, and operations in shallow or degraded maritime conditions. The company also develops vessel autonomy, command-and-control, hull production, payload integration, and sustainment capabilities for defense and maritime logistics applications.
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: 212
- Round size: Seed $624k–$12M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $2.8M–$20M
- 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.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
- RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .
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: 16
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.2M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% 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
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 395
- Round size: Seed $482k–$11M; Series A $2.2M–$25M; Series B $2.7M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $20M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Hibot — Hibot offers robotic platforms, and related hardware and software solutions. The company offers robots for hazardous operations as well as for maintenance and inspection of infrastructure, search, and rescue missions. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
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:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 667
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$12M
- 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.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Browse database — It's Free!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
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- Total investments: 62
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 388
- Round size: Seed $312k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
Missuestin Dormitory is an investment firm.
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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
Portfolio highlights
- 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–$13M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.1M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $288k–$64M; Series A $6.9M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $417k–$2.3M
- 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, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $740k–$4.6M; Series C $2.9M–$57M; Venture - Series Unknown $264k–$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 helps insurers and TPAs turn documents into structured data, review health insurance claims and strengthen quality control with human oversight.
- 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.
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 $612k–$21M; Series A $921k–$8.9M; 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 — Thinkfree provides Office document SDKs for developers to create, edit, process, manage, and audit DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files in apps and AI agents.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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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–$18M; Series A $841k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $947k–$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.
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:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Taiwan, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$70M
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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
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- Colega AI — Colega AI is the AI employee for local businesses. It handles the day-to-day work across your store, from marketing to customer communication to operations, so you can focus on running your business.
- 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.
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, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$85M; Series B $4.5M–$213M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
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.
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
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- 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.
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, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $63k–$2.6M; Angel $64k–$457k; Venture - Series Unknown $537k–$36M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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: 72
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$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: United States, Singapore, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2382
- Round size: Seed $158k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$600k; 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
- Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
- myluigi.ai — Luigi is an AI-Powered Full-Stack Game Growth-as-a-Service platform designed to help mobile game studios scale user acquisition, engagement and lifetime value without adding headcount. Its dual-engine architecture automates and operates everything from ad campaign creation and real-time creative optimization to personalized in-game offers and LTVforecasting—delivered through a single, easy-to-integrate and unified dashboard. With a flexible per-title pricing model and powerful machine-learning insights, Luigi empowers mid-sized and indie developers to reduce CPI, boost retention and chart a clear path toward sustainable growth and seven-figure ARR.
- 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.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $16k–$6M; Series A $6M–$34M; Corporate Round $1M–$199M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mona — Mona is an AI platform that helps small businesses across the U.S. access capital and financial coaching.
- Astrada — Astrada is a software company that provides financial infrastructure, payments, and automation services.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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 $702k–$5.4M; Series A $2.2M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
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- 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.
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–$3.4M; Series B $3.6M–$4.7M; Corporate Round $36k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
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- 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: Financial Services, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Private Equity
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 368
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $300M–$3.2B; Debt Financing $100M–$2.6B; Private Equity $24M–$480M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- A5X — A5X is a financial institutional platform offers trading and post-trading solutions to the capital and financial markets.
- AirBaltic — Book airBaltic flights online and explore over 70+ destinations across Europe, Scandinavia, and the Middle East. Fly in comfort wherever you go.
- McGill and Partners — McGill and Partners provides insurance brokerage services intended to define risk solutions. It creates specialist transactions to manage risk while delivering economic flexibility and stability for its clients. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in London, England.
Tokusui operates in the Trade business, Food business, Restaurant business, Real estate business, Financial business, and Consulting business.
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- Industry: Big Data, Internet of Things, Information Services
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Planet Way — Planetway is a Individual data driven social innovation company. Planetway data can be used in a manner that is favorable to oneself and society by allowing data to be disclosed to third parties on a voluntary basis under the personal consent of the individual (“Data personal sovereignty” A new era ”). And Planetway aim to realize a society beyondcapitalism that will come in the near future.
Japan Post Capital is an investment and management financial consulting business.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$10M; Series B $6.5M–$96M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
- SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Marketing, Financial Services, Management Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $706k–$14M; Angel $14M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
- H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
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- Industry: Health Care, Finance, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $369k–$9.3M; Corporate Round $196k–$896k
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.2M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- AZAPA — AZAPA engages in Automotive, Energy, Info Tech, Communication & Technology, and R & D business. It realizes renewable energy, social networks for energy optimization, and new possibilities and communication technologies through mobility management, from developed markets. It aims to build peace and abundance with advanced technology andideas to the BOP market.It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- KG Motors — KG Motors is an automotive firm that manufactures electric vehicles that can be moved comfortably and safely by one person.
- AdipoSeeds — Making Platelets from Fat and Inventing New Blood Supply System.
They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in KyushuMost companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company
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- Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $233k–$5.4M; Series A $1.3M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $279k–$9.9M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Foodcam — Foodcam aims to build a comprehensive overseas distribution infrastructure for Japanese food products, enabling manufacturers and suppliers to efficiently expand into international markets through streamlined logistics, supply chain management, and global distribution solutions.
- EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
- 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.
Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm. Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and is based in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Internet
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $650k–$3.6M; Series B $2.2M–$132M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LiLz — LiLz is a technology startup that combines machine learning and IoT technology to reduce fieldwork operations. The startup's LiLz Gauge captures and analyzes values by using a low-power IoT camera to capture the current analog meter, uploading it to the cloud, and performing character and image recognition. Analog meters can perform the samefunctions as smart meters. They are also working on a sound search service (LiLz Sound Search) for detecting signs of abnormalities in equipment.
- Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $372k–$2.9M; Series A $1M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $473k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
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- HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
- Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $449k–$854k; Series A $2.2M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
- warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
- Pi Photonics — PiPhotonics develops, manufactures, and sells light pattern-forming LED lighting.
Kaga Electronics is a Japan based company engages in the sales of electronic components, electronic devices and other. It operates through following segments: Electronic Components, Information Equipment, Software and Other. The firm generates majority revenue from the Electronic Components.
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- Industry: Education, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$6.6M; Corporate Round $445k–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
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- DriveX — DriveX is a consulting firm that helps in creating new businesses using AI solutionst.
- Linkage — Linkage is a Online health support business and Online specific health guidance.
- CI Partners — CI Partners mission is to "eliminate the word 'disability' from this country," and with the message "Everyone is a star."
Visionnaire Ventures is a global technology investment firm focused on visionary people and ideas that can become world-class, market-leading companies. Based in San Francisco, California, with unparalleled global access, the team seeks out and funds innovative businesses anywhere in the world that are leveraging technology to evolve and create newInternet and mobile experiences. With the ability to fund companies across all stages from seed to growth, Visionnaire Ventures is focused on key market segments where novel ideas have the ability to become sea changes for people everywhere.The Visionnaire Ventures team consists of seasoned entrepreneurs and executives who have founded and operated global internet, game and online media companies, and thus are able to support entrepreneurs companies as they build globally successful companies.The team is currently seeking and funding companies active in diverse technology market segments including Commerce, Advertising, Mobile, Big Data, IoT.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $350k–$2.3M; Series A $7M–$37M; Series B $10M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $40M in 2016
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- LeapMind — LeapMind makes deep learning “small and compact” and accessible across a broad spectrum of applications, evolving the Internet of Things into the “Deep Learning of Things (DoT).” While improving the accuracy of neural network models, we are researching and developing our own innovative algorithms that can reduce the computational complexity of deeplearning to use within a small computing environment. We also conduct research on original chip architectures that can efficiently implement deep neural networks on a circuit with low power and limited memory.
- Genies — Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Genies brings AI to life as fully realized personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities across enterprise, consumer, entertainment and gaming.
- Bigfoot Biomedical — Bigfoot is changing diabetes care for people with insulin-requiring diabetes through development of a fully comprehensive digital drug delivery platform experienced as a service.
15th Rock Ventures are investing Human Augmentation and IT field to create better future and lead a fulfilling life for the coming era of the 100-year lifespan, and focuses on seed and pre-IPO investments in sectors such as robotics, electronics, AR/VR, brain-machine interface, biotechnology, and IT.
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- Industry: Medical Device, Medical, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$50M; Series B $1.2M–$54M; Series C $32M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- LetzRyd — Samvreeddhi Mobility Private Limited - Urban mobility infrastructure for India
- NEXT NEW WORLD — NEXT NEW WORLD develops and manufactures natural products with low impact on the environment. It uses sustainable Japanese silk to manufacture apparel and cosmetic products.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics (MGTx) is a clinical-stage company operating Japan’s first GMP-compliant manufacturing platform for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) therapies. The company combines proprietary paired metagenomic datasets with AI/ML-driven donor-recipient matching to advance precision microbiome medicine across ulcerative colitis,immuno-oncology, and neurodegenerative disease. Headquartered in Tsuruoka, Japan, MGTx leverages a cross-border regulatory strategy spanning PMDA and FDA pathways, positioning it as a platform bridging Japanese clinical innovation with global market access.
netage, inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in startup and incubation investments. They invests in internet business. netage is located in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: News, Local, Big Data
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JX Press — The JX PRESS Corporation is Japan’s“virtual news agency.”JX PRESS’s “FASTALERT” service provides breaking news bulletins for urgent information on accidents, natural disasters, and other incidents detected by AI to all six of the major television broadcast stations in Japan, including NHK, and the majority of the 100+ local broadcast stations.FASTALERT works with more companies than any other service that utilizes information gathered from social networking sites for news reporting in Japan.The version offered to ordinary consumers, an app called “NewsDigest,” is the biggest news bulletin app in Japan, boasting over 1 million downloads. It is gaining popularity because of its ability to use AI to automatically detect and deliver news bulletins on information worth reporting. Alongside FASTALERT, it is also gaining more widespread use by news reporters as a standardized service for information.Stakeholders in the JX PRESS Corporation include KYODO NEWS, the leading news agency in Japan, two of the leading commercial broadcast stations (TV Asahi and Fuji TV), and the Nikkei Group. We are a new kind of news agency that provides computerized news reporting to all of the major media groups in Japan.Bloomberg - This Media Startup Is Beating the Competition With a Newsroom Run by Robots https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-27/the-airline-geek-trying-to-build-a-media-giant-with-no-reporters
- Oceans — Oceans Inc. was incorporated on September 16th, 2010 as an internet service company with the expressed goal of making the Internet more useful, more local, more here and now. Specialists from the fields of user interface, user experience, creative, programming and monetization gathered to make this possible. Currently, these development and serviceoperations professionals operate Eyeland(http://eyeland.in), a popular local communications platform.
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.
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.
Waseda University is a Tokyo-based private university that offers various degree programs. As the second private university to be founded in Japan, Waseda University is considered to be one of Japan's most prestigious universities, consistently ranking amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings. The University has manynotable alumni in Japan, with seven Prime Ministers of Japan and many CEOs, including Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of UNIQLO and wealthiest man in Japan.Waseda University's main campus is located in the Nishi-Waseda district of Shinjuku. Apart from the main campus in Shinjuku, It has other campuses around the country, including Toyama Campus and Nishi-Waseda Campus in Shinjuku; Nihonbashi Campus in Chuo-ku; Higashifushimi Campus in Nishitokyo; Tokorozawa Campus in Tokorozawa; Honjo Campus in Honjo, Saitama; and Kitakyushu Campus in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka.The university has more than fifty thousand students and staff, comprising 13 undergraduate schools, 23 graduate schools, and other research and affiliated institutes, and is one of the 13 universities in the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's ""Global 30"" Project. It has partnerships with more than 600 universities and tertiary institutions, with many international students studying abroad at Waseda University each year.Established in 1882 as the Tōkyō College by Okuma Shigenobu, the school was renamed Waseda University in 1902 after the founder's hometown village.
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- Industry: Social, FinTech, Big Data
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Zuva KK — Zuva KK provides an information platform dedicated to overseas startups based on the project.
- ZAISAN Net — ZAISAN Net is the well-known leading AI-Fintech startup in Japan, specializing in handling time-series of data like stock price movements. Institutional investors benefit from ZAISAN Net’s AI forecast signals and alerts while consumers have access to Kabuto-yohou, the stock forecast from wall-street in Japan, which is already popular and has beenintroduced on World Business Satellite, TV program similar to CNN.
- SymBio Pharmaceuticals — SymBio Pharmaceuticals Limited operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It offers Symbenda medicine for treating low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphatic leukemia in Singapore. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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