Top 50 Big Data VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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SOSV
VC Fund
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7 | United States, China, Canada | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $50k–$5M |
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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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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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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 HAX
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Canada, China | Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed | Robotics, Manufacturing, Health Care | $25k–$4.7M |
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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 | Health Care, Software, Medical | $457k–$45M |
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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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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $624k–$18M |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $288k–$20M |
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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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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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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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Missuestin Dormitory
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Fashion, Big Data, Marketing | |
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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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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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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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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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Primal Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | |
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Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Resona Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Debt Financing, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Internet | |
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Konoike Transport
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Big Data, Software, Logistics | ||
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NTT DATA Getronics Corp.
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | FinTech, Big Data, Software | ||
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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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ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $4M–$269M |
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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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Dentsu Digital Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Internet, Software, Finance | $98k–$38M |
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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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Startia
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Software, Social Network, CRM | $626k–$1M |
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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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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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Vector
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round | Software, Apps, Internet | $174k–$14M |
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Hakuhodo DY Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Australia, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Marketing, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.8M–$14M |
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ASICS Ventures Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Health Care, Medical, Artificial Intelligence | $918k–$15M |
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DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $367k–$19M |
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PayPal
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Ireland, United Kingdom | Seed, Grant, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $15k–$100M |
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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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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–$4.3B |
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QUAD Investment Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $847k–$80M |
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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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SOSV offers pre-seed capital and follow-on financial support to startups focusing on deep technology and scientific innovation. Founders utilize purpose-built laboratory facilities and engineering spaces to accelerate product development and testing. The firm facilitates connections between entrepreneurs and a network of investors through structured matchmaking events and technology summits.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3729
- Round size: Seed $150k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.6M; Convertible Note $50k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $306M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Halla — Halla Intelligence is a digital solution that leverages over 100 billion shopper and product data points to recommend and promote what grocery items.
- Simply Good Jars — Simply Good Jars is a B-Corp company that delivers healthy meals in reusable + returnable packaging through use of smart refrigerated kiosks placed in offices, transit centers, universities and health-systems. Driven by purpose to change that way people think about consumption, SGJ introduces sustainable business practices into their everydayoperations with a zero-waste goal. For every jar returned back to the company for reuse, they will help feed someone in need and ensure that no packaging materials end up in landfills.
- Verdex Technologies — Verdex Technologies is an advanced materials platform technology that uses nanofibers to disrupt industries. Verdex doesn't just compete, it innovates and disrupts.
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: 689
- 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
- Smart Craft —
- Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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.
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 has managed 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: 834
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$31M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Essen — Essen is a technological company that specializes in mobility and data analysis, as well as using data to improve transportation.
- 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.
HAX is a program for Hard Tech startups taking their first steps towards commercialization. We provide hands-on support and investment as part of SOSV, a $1B AUM multi-stage venture firm.
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- Industry: Robotics, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 669
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $25k–$2.4M; Convertible Note $100k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 5QXT — 5QXT is a mining technology company that provides the design, development, and implementation of metal extraction processes.
- XFuel — XFuel is a fuel company that provides green and clean fuels to distributors and consumers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Palma de Mallorca, Baleares.
- Cortysis — Cortysis develops brain stimulation device for rapid spatial and temporal modulation of cortical networks
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 new businesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- 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.
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- AOI Biosciences — AOI Biosciences is a biotechnology company that creates testing and drug discovery businesses.
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: 327
- 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
- Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
- Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $624k–$12M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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.
- 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 .
- United Immunity — Just another WordPress site
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.
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
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Browse database — It's Free!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 and affiliates 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: 672
- 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
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- 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.
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 “open innovation,” 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: 161
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$85M; Series B $4.5M–$213M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% 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.
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.
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
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- CaTe —
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
- Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
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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: 2387
- 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
- iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
- 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.
- Plouton AI —
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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 — Process health claims faster with fewer errors. Sembuh AI automates claim review, document OCR, and fraud detection for insurers and TPAs in Indonesia.
- 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.
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: 134
- 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
- Esa — Esa offers plastic waste recycling, and also the development and distribution of plastic 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.
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 by professors 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.
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: 395
- Round size: Seed $288k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% 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 — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
- 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.
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, 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.
a privately run venture capital fund established by former business owners. We support challenging initiatives for Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $183k–$26M; Pre-Seed $133k–$300k; Series A $892k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MamaWell —
- Colega AI — 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.
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.
JIC-VGI helps promote innovation and improve its international competitiveness through growth-investments in startup companies. The firm accelerating innovation and helping to solve industrial and social issues by supporting and seeking innovative technologies and new businesses.JIC Venture Growth Investments was established in July 2020 and isbased in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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.
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.
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 on promising 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.
Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hivello — Hivello is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network aggregator. Contribute resources, connect with Web3 protocols, and effortlessly generate passive income.
- RemitAid — RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies.
- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Shizuoka Capital Company Limited operates as a venture capital firm. It engages in the acquisition, holding, and, sale of securities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
- Brainbuddy — Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services.
- FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
Resona Bank provides various banking products and services for individual and corporate customers in Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- YTGATE — YTGATE is a payment optimization support SaaS product that can be started by adding a single tag line to a website.
- Landit — Landit manages transportation infrastructure and real estate technology firms.
- Dr.’s Prime — Doctor's Prime is a technology company that provides is a part-time job information service for optimizing the working style of doctors.
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Browse database — It's Free!Konoike Transport is a transportation company. They offer centerrial process services, including distribution centre contracting, warehouse management, distribution, safety supervision, onsite manufacturing processes at steelworks, and factory line operation.
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- Industry: Big Data, Software, Logistics
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Hacobu — Hacobu offers an integrated solution "MOVO (MOVO)" centering on the operation management system utilizing in-vehicle terminals. Connect with carriers and shipping companies sending luggage using an easy-to-use online mechanism. To provide tools to support the management of the shipping company. Through these, it becomes a platform toaccumulate distribution data of various companies, aiming at overall optimization of physical distribution system. That is, "to optimize carrying". That is Hacobu 's mission.
NTT DATA Getronics Corp. provides business solution services, ICT services, and network technology services, as well as related consulting.
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- Industry: FinTech, Big Data, Software
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
Nippon Technology Venture Partners is a Japanese independent investment firm that invests in technology-driven companies.
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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.
The history of ITOCHU Corporation (hereinafter "ITOCHU") dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years into a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textiles,machinery, information and communications-related products, metals, products related to oil and other energy sources, general merchandise, chemicals, and provisions and food. In addition, ITOCHU has made multifaceted investments in insurance agencies, finance, construction, real estate trading, and warehousing as well as operations and businesses incidental or related to those fields.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Series A $4M–$209M; Series B $6.9M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Brainpad — Brainpad is a provider of big data analysis and analytic services for corporations.
- Benefuel — Benefuel is commercializing the world’s most advanced, solid catalyst biodiesel refining platform, capable of producing high quality biodiesel from almost any type of feedstock and thereby transforming the old model of large batch, centralized fuel production and fragmented distribution into a new model of localized production and consumption fromthe vast array of renewable, inedible fats and oils available in the global market.
- OUE Lippo Healthcare (OUELH) — OUE Lippo Healthcare Limited (“OUELH”) is a subsidiary company of OUE Limited (“OUE”) and is listed on the Catalist Board of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. OUE and OUELH are member companies of Lippo Group, one of the Asia’s largest and most diversified conglomerates with close to 20 listed companies across Asia and serving over 60million customers annually.
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
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- 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.
Dentsu Digital Holdings is a business management company that provides digital communication solutions and services. The company offers strategy solutions such as data capabilities in various industries, applications of cross-industry know-hows and experiences, and data analysis to identify strategic scenarios and KPI; planning solutions, including unified planning which combines mass media and real promotions, and digital creative agency services; and execution and operational solutions such as stable management framework, brand exposure management, and scenario revision based on a range of effectiveness measurement tools and databases. The company also provides internet advertising, advertising networks, and SEM services for agencies; marketing strategy planning, response management, support for direct businesses, and database marketing; marketing technology planning, development, and management; and digital and advertising agency, mobile marketing, online advertising, and interactive services. In addition, the company is engaged in the areas of digital marketing platforms and digital media, digital technology, social marketing, digital devices, and new business models using digital technology in Japan, East Asia, the United States, and Europe. It also manages venture capital funds, making strategic investments in the new IT-based communications domain. Dentsu Digital Holdings was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Finance
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Series A $1M–$38M; Series B $1.1M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $98k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Coiney — Coiney develops "Coiney" credit card payment service for businesses using smartphones and tablets. By inserting a Coiney dedicated leader into the earphone jack of the mobile terminal and using a dedicated application, you can easily make credit card payment anytime, anywhere, indoors and outdoors with internet connection.CoineyEngine uses artificial intelligence to offer an evaluation of business enterprises based on the accumulation of payments history and various statistical data from the Coiney Terminal and Coiney Payge services. It is used to see the credibility of a company when they apply for business loans from banks partnering with the payments startup.
- Viibar — Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms.
- hey Japan — STORES support the development of an economy driven by commitment, passion, and fun. They support the digitalization of business, such as opening online shops, POS cash registers, cashless payments, and online reservation systems.
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
Startia provides web, network, and business solutions in Japan and internationally. It sells e-book production software, and CMS, and other web applications, as well as offers web-related outsourced production and development, web traffic consulting, and other services. The company also provides server rental and maintenance services, which areessential to have Web access and for e-mail, sell network equipment and other information communication equipment, act as intermediary with Internet service providers, and offer other services. In addition, it sells, installs, and repairs business phones and multi-function printers; designs office layouts with an emphasis on the communications environment; and provides network consulting services, including fiber optics and OTOKU line services.
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- Industry: Software, Social Network, CRM
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $626k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Qourier —
- Arcterus — Adapts to their learning style, learning by learning in an optimized manner is maximized. Walking terrace is based on the knowledge obtained theory of technology and Adaptive Learning to deal with big data, from the guidance field, it will provide the best learning experience for the individual learner.
- Clearnote — CLEAR is an educational note-sharing platform.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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 new Internet 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
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 gives apps, games, and brands a visual layer for expressive AI characters, with tools for identity, behavior, and deployment.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $541k–$5M; Corporate Round $174k–$2.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $226k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
- CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
- Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
Hakuhodo DY Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Marketing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Australia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Series A $1.8M–$12M; Series B $4.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Creator's X — Creator's X is an anime production firm that focuses on developing animation production assistance tools using AI.
- Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
- Third Intelligence — Third Intelligence is an AI research and development firm dedicated to producing a new type of intelligence and achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Through cutting-edge research, advanced algorithm development, and large-scale computing capabilities, the company aims to push the boundaries of machine cognition, enabling systems thatcan reason, learn, and adapt across diverse domains.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$3.3M; Series A $918k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- RebuilderAI — A new way to bring imagination into the real world
- Pickleball One — Pickleball one is to become an enabler of the pickleball industry , spreading the joy of "Fun as one" to the world.
- Digital Entertainment Asset — DEA is an Entertainment Solution Company that continues to propose next-generation solutions to challenges through Web3, gaming mechanisms, and the utilization of DePIN.
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, which often overlap or serve as an application layer.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $679k–$6M; Series A $3M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $367k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- New Chat — New Chat is a technology company that develops communication software focused on visual and interactive group interactions. The company builds platforms designed to help small, close-knit groups of people share daily experiences through short-form multimedia content. Its primary software automates the creation of collaborative video logs byprompting users for brief, periodic updates throughout the day. By structuring messaging around shared visual moments, the business aims to provide an alternative to traditional text-based group chats and standard social media networking.
- First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.
- Tellus Global — Tellus Global is a company focused on creating new businesses using satellite data, AI, and software technologies,Its core mission is to make satellite information accessible and useful across industries such as agriculture, environmental conservation, construction, finance, and disaster management.
PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 market to join and thrive in the global economy.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $45k–$18M; Grant $15k–$117k; Venture - Series Unknown $28M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RICE — RCIE is a co-working ecosystem that connects entrepreneurs to a customized curriculum, corporate partners, and access to capital. It is designed to connect the next generation of multi-cultural and women entrepreneurs to the tools and relationships required to turn dreams into reality.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered inAtlanta, Georgia.
- PopID — PopID offers a facial recognition platform that enables users to authenticate identity and process payments through biometric verification. Its core service, PopPay, allows customers to link their facial image to a payment method, facilitating transactions at participating businesses without the need for physical cards or mobile devices. The systemsupports various retail formats, including kiosks, drive-thrus, and counter services, and integrates with loyalty programs to personalize the customer experience. PopID's technology has been adopted by merchants such as Whataburger and Steak 'n Shake, aiming to streamline ordering and checkout processes. The company emphasizes user consent and data security, storing encrypted biometric data and allowing users to opt-in or out at their discretion. PopID has also expanded internationally, partnering with entities like SoftBank's Japan Computer Vision to introduce its services in markets such as Japan.
- Shopware — Shopware is a trendsetting ecommerce platform to power your online business. Our ecommerce solution offers the perfect combination of beauty & brains you need to build and customize a fully responsive online store.
Venture capital firm located in Kyushu (the westernmost of Japan’s four main islands). 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 Kyushu Most 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.
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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: 372
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $300M–$4.3B; 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
- Stord — Stord offers fulfillment, warehousing, and transportation for DTC and B2B, plus the integrated software you need to provide your end consumers with the best pre-purchase and post-delivery consumer experience. No matter your product, Stord is ready to power your commerce.
- Schneider Electric — As a global specialist in energy management and automation in more than 100 countries, we offer integrated energy solutions across multiple market segments.
- Royal Caribbean Group — Focused on delivering the ultimate vacation experiences and priceless memories for our guests. Royal Caribbean delivers thrilling vacations.
Established in 2009, QUAD is an independent investment manager overseeing approximately US$1.0 billion in equity assets (as of June 2019). Our clients range from institutional clients such as pension funds, endowments and family offices to individual parents and their children. All investment managers and key management being equity partners of thefirm, QUAD members are significant investors in the company, which we believe aligns our goals with the interests of our clients.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $847k–$23M; Series B $4M–$80M; Series C $15M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyNaps — Connected Family through Digital Healthcare.Beginning in 2015, HoneyNaps began to develop the element technology for monitoring Bio-signal and completed the platform launch. In order to derive full-cycle bio-signal management & the disease prediction model.
- NeoCannBio — NeoCannBio provides natural product processing facilities for generating new medications derived from natural goods and built a cannabinoid library of hemp, and medical cannabis.
- KaliVir Immunotherapeutics — multiple therapies, one virus.KALIVIR is developing cutting edge, next-generation oncolytic viral immunotherapy programs for treatment of cancer. LEARN MORE NEWS AND EVENTSAugust 19, 2026 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of $14 Million Series A Extension Financing READ MORE November 19, 2025 - KaliVir Immunotherapeutics Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Roche to Evaluate
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
Portfolio highlights
- ULUU — ULUU is an ocean material that replaces plastic and actively benefits the world.
- Aquaria — Aquaria provides solutions to secure access to clean water. The organization adapts its approaches based on the needs of these communities. It addresses water-related challenges through various methods.
- Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
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