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Top 50 Big Data VC Funds in Japan

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 50 VC funds that invest in Big data startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Big data companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Big Data VC Funds in Japan

Investor	Big Data Japan investments
Archetype Ventures	6
SOSV	4
Nissay Capital	4
Nippon Venture Capital	4
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	3
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners	2
Energy & Environment Investment	2
SMBC Venture Capital	2
Mizuho Capital	2
WERU Investment	2
m8 Capital	2
DNX Ventures	2
Accord Ventures	2
DG Daiwa Ventures	1
Sky9 Capital	1
TIS Japan	1
Morgan Stanley	1
Incubate Fund	1
Old Fashion Research	1
XTech Ventures	1
Sansei Capital Investment	1
Visionnaire Ventures	1
Waseda University	1
KDDI Open Innovation Fund	1
Salesforce	1
Shizen Capital	1
Dogan	1
Mastercard	1
Monex Ventures	1
AirTrip	1
Venture United	1
Vector	1
The Creative Fund	1
Globis Capital Partners	1
YJ Capital	1
Evolable Asia Japan	1
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)	1
IMO Ventures	1
SPARX Innovation for the Future	1
MZ Web3 Fund	1
Japan Post Capital	1
Aizawa Asset Management	1
Skyarch Networks	1
Yamaguchi Capital	1
Primal Capital	1
Global Brain Corporation	1
NTT DATA Getronics Corp.	1
OGIS-RI	1
Darwin Venture Management	1
Spiral Capital	1

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Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

REVORN — REVORN is a fragrance AI and DX research and development company. They develop products such as odor sensors that can respond to odor issues and needs. They provide consultation at a range of levels, from identifying issues to developing solutions.
Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.
NovoNutrients — NovoNutrients is working to turn waste CO2 into high-value, low-cost proteins and additives for food and feed by developing proprietary microbes and advanced gas fermentation systems.
Sodex Innovations — Sodex Innovations is a company which is specialized in developing assistance-systems and automating-kits for excavators

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Internet
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, Ethiopia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zpeer — Zpeer provides appropriate medical care to all livestock and companion animals
Nailie — Nailie is an app that lets you connect to a nail specialists just for you.
Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to makes people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that brings profits tocompanies by improving lifetime value (sales) through the habitation of users that companies have.
YADOKARI — Yadokari provides various types of Construction & Real Estate related other services.
Renalys Pharma — Renalys Pharma is a private, late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical firm in Japan dedicated on developing new therapies that address unmet needs in the management of renal illness in Japanese and Asian patients.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

F.MED — F.MED is a manufacturing company that designs and develops robotic microsurgical devices for the healthcare industry.
Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
Mirai no Genba — Mirai no Genba is an IT company that offers AI form creation, input assist, data analytics,and visualization services.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
Celaid Therapeutics — Celaid Therapeutics specializes in manufacturing and sales of regenerative medicine products utilizing human hematopoietic stem cells.
Red Arrow Therapeutics — Red Arrow Therapeutics is a biotech firm that provides systemic cytokine delivery, targeted intratumoral activation, and biological potency.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Internet of Things
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Nature — Nature offers a product that enables its users to save money by controlling the use of their air conditioners.The product that the company offers is an air conditioner controller that transforms any window-mounted or through-wall AC into a smart one, equipped with infrared, power control, and sensors that, along with a mobile app for voicesensors, enabling users to operate household appliances with just one smartphone to control their ACs. It transforms the operation of room air conditioners (ACs) to improve comfort and efficiency for consumers while reducing energy demand peaks for utilities with simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device.The Boston, Massachusetts-based company was incorporated by Mash Ohtsuka and Haruumi Shiode in 2014.
Kisui Tech — Kisui Tech is an agricultural AI robotics company that help farmers for farming.
DeepForest Technologies — DeepForest Technologies is an IT firm that offers drone photography, forest information analysis, DF Scanner, and data processing services.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Nailie — Nailie is an app that lets you connect to a nail specialists just for you.
Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
Pathos Logos — Pathos Logos is an HR co-creation platform that specializes in sales of SaaS and supply of human resources for corporations.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
Yoriso — Yoriso, formerly known as Minrebi, is a Japanese startup that connects families to funeral homes and other end-of-life service providers. It is a funeral / medical IT venture that aims to be a “company that creates a world where everyone can make their own choices by overcoming the limitations of ingenuity”.Yoriso was founded in 2009 and isheadquartered in Tokyo.
Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Consulting, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Synfini — Transforming modern drug discovery by uniting physical and virtual chemistry to deliver novel therapeutics for the benefit of human health and longevity.
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.

m8 Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that funds mobile technology companies.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Japan

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 — DomainMarket.com sells premium domain names to entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofits that want to dominate their online marketplaces and control great brands.

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Immedio — Instanto is a consulting firm providing an automated service for acquiring business negotiations that completes negotiations with clients.
Mirai no Genba — Mirai no Genba is an IT company that offers AI form creation, input assist, data analytics,and visualization services.
Quollio Technologies — Quollio Technologies is an IT company that specializes in corporate data governance, SaaS, metadata management, and software solutions.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Mawari — Our mission is to unlock new perspectives with real-time immersive technology powered by a decentralized network of global resources
Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
Galapagos Japan — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series B
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Bunzz — Bunzz is a development platform for DApps (decentralized applications using blockchain technology). It provides modularized, frequently used contracts and eases the development of DApps' web3 development infrastructures.
Webacy — A safer web3 for everyone
Habitto — Habitto by SJ Mobile Labs is a new financial services venture focused on the Japanese market. The team and its advisors have a breadth of experience ranging from insurance, banking, e-commerce, adtech and ventures across five continents. This provides them with a unique approach to entering new markets and building valuable businesses.

Sky9 Capital is a leading venture capital fund dedicated to supporting disruptive technologies and outstanding innovators to drive change and create positive impact for society, the environment and individual lives. Sky9 Capital team includes senior experts, entrepreneurs, and experienced investors from diverse backgrounds. Since 2011, the team hasmanaged a number of USD and RMB funds, whose total assets under management of nearly USD 2 billion.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Mirror World — Mirror World is a blockchain-based virtual world, also known as the Metaverse, where we aim to connect Mirror World with different games and experiences, allowing users to move through different game scenarios with interconnected & independent economic systems.
Sentient — Community-built open AGI
Sentient Labs — Creatify is a minimalist, dark-themed Webflow template designed specifically for design agencies and creative studios. It features a timeless design, subtle animations, a fully functioning CMS, and everything you need to elevate your online presence to the next level.

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Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Series C, Seed
Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Credify — Credify serviceX enables digital ecosystem operators to offer attractive and contextual financial services, built on top of a verified digital identity platform
Pixmoving — PIX Moving develop and manufacture the next-gen smart vehicles powered by its proprietary Ultra-skateboard chassis platform. PIX is an innovator and global leader of groundbreaking smart connected vehicles. Based on the research and development of PIX Ultra-skateboard chassis platform, a wide range of purpose-built robo-vehicles, commercialvehicles and passenger cars can be built and developed. Currently PIX products have expanded to 20 countries around the world and the company is growing rapidly. With the modular architecture, PIX products are more smart and flexible, covering 30+ application scenarios worldwide, which makes PIX a full-stack autonomous driving company with the most versatile scenario solutions. Moreover , PIX has developed the award-winning large-scale in-house metal 3D printing system, the dieless forming system as well as the real-time manufacturing. Combined with its patented vehicle generative design algorithms, PIX is capable of reducing vehicle parts and the assembly work by 70%, which enables easier maintenance and meanwhile disrupts the automotive industry from design to manufacturing, beaconing the next-generation of smart vehicle production.
Aino Indonesia — Aino Indonesia is a payment processing company and system integrator for public transportation.

Meet our people and discover our ideas.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series C
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

Sokin — Sokin is a leading financial service provider that enables global payments for both consumers and businesses. Sokin believes in giving you the power to make payments and transfer money as many times as you want per month! Whether it’s sending money back home or transfers to friends or even settling with businesses using Sokin, our innovativeprocess makes the task quick and easy.Sokin delivers global payments for a fixed fee, is commission and hassle free!Transferring money internationally is complicated and expensive. Sometimes there is a lack of transparency in the fees you pay. With our transparent fixed monthly costs, for businesses and consumers, there are no hidden charges. You will not have to spend hours researching the best rates!Our cost effective solution is simple to understand: One Monthly Fee. This will to allow you to make payments in over 200 countries and the ability to exchange money in over 150 countries in over 35 different currencies. Sokin can also transfer any currency into any bank account in China within 2 hours excluding weekends and Chinese bank holidays.To find out more about the only payment provider to provide global payments for a fixed fee, commission free and hassle free – download our app and sign up to ensure you don’t miss out on key messages!
METUB Network — Make your passion your paycheck
Jyoti CNC Automation — Jyoti CNC Automation manufactures and markets gearboxes, precision all-geared head lathe machines, CNC turning, machining, and mill centers.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Mycel — Mycel is a decentralized cross-chain asset management platform with an intent-based token transfer layer.
MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.

Old Fashion Research

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Blockchain
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

NFTEye — NFTEye is an all-in-one platform that provides both deep analytics and professional trading suites. With NFTEye Analytics, customers can identify potential opportunities through hot mints, trending collections, bluechip index, and other valuable metrics & signals. NFTEye Trading Suites also provide services like real-time Sniper, SmartBidding, Smart Minting, etc., to help traders capture the potential opportunities. Our vision is to make NFT trading more intelligent for both professional and retail investors.
Playbux — At Playbux, we believe that the Metaverse is more than just another world; it is indeed a way for us to connect other platforms into our world.
Xverse — Xverse is the most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet. Earn BTC, trade Ordinals, and connect to Web3 apps powered by Stacks. Download for iOS, Android and Chrome.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Goooods — Goooods provides engagement in the development and operation of B2B commerce.
MUSE — MUSE is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions for retail stores to support in-store operations.
RENDEZ-VOUS — RENDEZ-VOUS offers a co-ownership option for vintage cars.

Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.

Investment focus

Content, Medical, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
Asoview — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Japan, Canada

Portfolio highlights

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 avatar game technology company that allows developers and artists to create interoperable experiences using AI avatars. Genies delivers avatars with a Developer Kit and artist platform, The Workshop. This forms a social network, Genies Party.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Social, FinTech, Big Data
Series A, Seed, Series B
Japan

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.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund that will support promising startup companies. Total size of the fund is JPY10 billion. This is the first corporate venture capital fund established by KDDI. The fund will be managed by Global Brain Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO, Yasuhiko Yurimoto),which has a strong track record in the venture capital business. By combining KDDI’s know-how and assets with Global Brain’s investment and management support capabilities, we will work together to accelerate cooperative activities with promising startup companies. Through this fund, as well as "KDDI ∞ Labo," a startup incubation program currently inviting a second round of applications, we will continue to support the growth of the next startup companies.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MOV — MOV is a technology platform. They offer SaaS for stores that can collectively manage word-of-mouth sites and visualize and analyze customer feedback. It distributes inbound market data, news, and know-how to domestic companies. Their services include inbound support and consulting.
DataMesh — DataMesh empowers conventional enterprises to adopt intelligent design, accelerate service deployment, and execute cost-effective planning processes by leveraging Digital Twin and Mixed Reality technologies.
Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.

Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications. It is a cloud computing company that provides business software on a subscription basis. They design and develop cloud-based enterprise software for customer relationship management. They focused on sales, customer service,marketing automation, e-commerce, analytics, and application development.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Non Profit
Grant, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Japan, Canada

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Tech Spark AI — Tech Spark is Canada's first edtech company committed to culturally relevant and equitable tech education for Black and students of colour, girls, and teachers.
Mistral AI — Frontier AI in your hands

a privately run venture capital fund established by former business owners. We support challenging initiatives for Japan.

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Fitness
Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Queri — Queri is a software company that provides messaging services through custom-made videos, photos, and voice notes via the platform.
zeteoh — Located in Tokyo, Zeteoh is dedicated to simplifying operational efficiency for frontline workers around the globe. Our main innovation is a user-friendly no-code platform using LLMs designed as a comprehensive hub to streamline complex operational tasks. Integrated within this platform is TRAILS, our specialized indoor tracking solution, servingas a vital component in enhancing overall workflow optimization. This integration empowers businesses in sectors like logistics and construction to leverage advanced location tracking as part of their efficiency strategies. Our focus is on making sophisticated optimization tools accessible and manageable, enabling companies to concentrate on their core activities while we facilitate the complexities of data integration and workflow improvement. Zeteoh stands for bringing advanced technological solutions into everyday business practices, making them as intuitive and straightforward as everyday apps.
Woodstock — Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks.

an is a professional group that provides corporate investment and advice to revitalize the local economy.

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Big Data
Seed, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

AdipoSeeds — Making Platelets from Fat and Inventing New Blood Supply System.
Green Card — Green Card s a company in Fukuoka that runs Junior Soccer NEWS and youth soccer cheering teams.
KabuK Style — KabuK Style provides services that combines co -working spaces, accommodation facilities and cafes.Our service will be started from Nagasaki and We aim to expand the services all over the world.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
Series A, Corporate Round, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Fabrick — Fabrick offers Open Banking solutions: a new way of thinking about the bank, open, modular and data driven, closer to your needs
MTN Group Fintech — MTN MoMo is a fintech platform providing consumers and businesses with a host of innovative digital financial services...
Clearbox AI — Benefit from Synthetic Data to unlock your AI projects, overcome privacy issues and improve the utility of your data.

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision

AirTrip is an online travel agency.

Investment focus

Task Management, Human Resources, Employment
Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Bwell — Bwell offers mentorship training to Japanese and Korean students for job recruitment.
Uniforce — Uniforce helps businesses expand sustainably by providing cloud-based and consulting services.
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.

Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

ZEST — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Software, Marketing
Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
Japan

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PeaceTecLab — PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business.
The Ethical Spirits & Co. — The Ethical Spirits & Co. is an online store for spirits and alcohol.
Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.

The Creative Fund

Investment focus

Big Data, Aerospace, Machine Learning
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Information Technology, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

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.

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
Stacked — Watch videos with your people on Stacked.com

Evolable Asia operates a comparison site for travel products focused on domestic airline tickets (the largest in the transaction volume industry), as well as providing travel content and products on an OEM basis. It specializes in wholesale and business trip services for corporations, and it is the fifth-largest online travel agent in Japan.Furthermore, it is expanding its IT offshore development business, employing approximately 500 engineers in Vietnam and becoming the largest Japanese IT offshore development company in Southeast Asia. It specializes in lab-type offshore development, with dedicated teams for clients, and provides services to a variety of Japanese companies as a solution to Japan's engineer shortage and rising labor costs.

Investment focus

Task Management, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Corporate Round, Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

LS Japan — LS Co., Ltd. is a company that plans, operates and manages lifestyle hotels, cafes and bars by launching its own inbound brand using Japanese content .
Ancar — Ancar is a company offering personal buying and selling services in Japan.
Upsell Technologies — Upsell Technologies is Customer data analysis service 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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
At Forest — At Forest is an end-of-life service provider that organizes circular burial services for the deceased.
RECOTECH — RECOTECH is a ClimateTech firm that collects and shares data to maximize resource value throughout its life cycle, offering circular solutions to organizations and municipalities in Japan and beyond.

IMO Ventures is a privately held venture capital and seed investing company across China and the US.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Angel
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

0G Labs — The Fastest Modular AI Chain
Playbux — At Playbux, we believe that the Metaverse is more than just another world; it is indeed a way for us to connect other platforms into our world.
Mirror L2 — Mirror L2 is a decentralized proof of stake (POS) BTC L2 that supports EVM and smart contracts while using BTC as GAS.

SPARX Innovation for Future Co.,Ltd. was established in April 2020. We will build and verify temporary investment (investment intelligence) in new areas, centered on space, and make investments.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication
Series B, Series A, Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.
Ark Edge Space — Ark Edge Space provides design, manufacturing & operational services for micro-satellites along with software solutions and consulting.
Synspective — Synspective provides one-stop-solutions by satellite gathered geospatial data. The core technology was developed by the ImPACT program led by The Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, building small SAR satellites and constellations, allowing frequent observation of areas of interest (AOI). Synspective uses its satellites to produce SAR data which can be provided to both government and commercial clients as-is, as well as transform that data through AI solutions to produce insights and user-friendly information across industries.

Accredited Venture Capital backing Japan Market Entry for All Web3 projects.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

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 — Borrow and Lend with Certainty & Flexibility

Japan Post Capital is an investment and management financial consulting business.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

ZEALS — ZEALS, a production company that attracts attention in system development of an interactive automatic communication tool "chatbot", which is widely used even for corporate user service. Its success also embodied "zeal" which means "enthusiasm" that got the name of the company, and fulfilled student entrepreneurshipfrom the great enthusiasm that "I want to support the revival of the Japanese industry with core technology in the IT field". They seem to be somewhat sailing, but they also taste various hardships and hardships. About ZEALS original step and future in terms of the young company's middle age in the mid 20's, the mission and development commitment imposed on himself.
ecommit — Ecommit is a venture company that creates new environmental businesses with reuse and recycling as the main axis
Baseconnect Japan — Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”.

Striving to become the leading Japanese alternative asset management company

Investment focus

Big Data, Real Estate, Information Technology
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.

Skyarch Networks offers a multi-service portfolio, including server managing, monitoring, DevOps, and IT consulting. The company focuses on the areas of Internet-of-Things, cloud security, networking, and more.

Investment focus

SaaS, Big Data, Software
Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

AlterBooth — AlterBooth develops software centered on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. It began operation on March 19, 2015, with its headquarters in Fukuoka in Japan.

Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm. Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and is based in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Task Management, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
SmartRyde — October 5, 2021 Bloomberg featured CEO Sota Kimura's thoughts on the company's founding and future business development. March 19, 2021 What We Do to Protect Our Customer All staff are required to wear masks. Provision of alcohol-based disinfectants in
Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Japan, Spain, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Rand App — Rand is a fintech firm that offers banking services, savings, deposits, and account opening.
Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Groq — Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
Healx — At Healx we use AI drug discovery to develop new treatments for rare diseases. We bring treatments from prediction to patient.
Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs

NTT DATA Getronics Corp. provides business solution services, ICT services, and network technology services, as well as related consulting.

Investment focus

FinTech, Big Data, Software
Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

COMTURE — COMTURE is a provider of Cloud, Big data, AI, IoT, Business system construction, ERP, Fintech, and Infrastructure construction solutions. The company was founded in January 1985 and is based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.

OGIS-RI is a system development company under the umbrella of Osaka Gas. OGIS-RI is deployed to target a wide range of industries. OGIS-RI is an affiliated company of the Daigas Group (Osaka Gas Group).

Investment focus

Big Data, Software, Logistics
Seed
Japan

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.

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 seven 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.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Taiwan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Protico — Protico is the market leader in the Web3 Chat space, we aim to make a universal chatting interface across Web2/Web3 Apps.
Profet AI — Profet AI is a software solution company that offers AI and machine learning automation solutions designed for manufacturing companies.
JGB Smart Property — The platform for rental managers & landlords - JGB system is different from traditional renting. The only thing you need is a mobile phone or tablet, and you are able to manage leases, rents, and check all kinds of things easily, which greatly improving management capabilities. In addition to systematic rental information, you can keep track of the status of tenants, lease period, and rents at any time.