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Top 50 Big Data VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) 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 (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in September 2025

Investor	Big Data Japan investments
Archetype Ventures	6
Nippon Venture Capital	5
SOSV	4
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	4
Nissay Capital	4
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners	3
Global Brain Corporation	3
SMBC Venture Capital	3
JIC Venture Growth Investments	2
Accord Ventures	2
DNX Ventures	2
Mizuho Capital	2
m8 Capital	2
Energy & Environment Investment	2
WERU Investment	2
GREE Ventures	1
Evolable Asia Japan	1
SPARX Innovation for the Future	1
OGIS-RI	1
WASEDA University Ventures	1
MZ Web3 Fund	1
Darwin Venture Management	1
Dentsu Innovation Partners	1
TIS Japan	1
Smrti Lab	1
The Creative Fund	1
DG Daiwa Ventures	1
XTech Ventures	1
15th Rock	1
OPT	1
Old Fashion Research	1
SBI Investment	1
KDDI Open Innovation Fund	1
Vector	1
Dogan	1
Mastercard	1
Globis Capital Partners	1
Japan Post Capital	1
Incubate Fund	1
ASICS Ventures Corporation	1
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan	1
Morgan Stanley	1
Dentsu Digital Holdings	1
Sky9 Capital	1
Meiji Yasuda Future Co-Creation Fund	1
Visionnaire Ventures	1
Askul	1
Coral Capital	1
Japanese venture capital	1
Mint	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

Diggle — DIGGLE is a service that provides fundamental management accounting management on the cloud called fraud management. It is possible to reduce the mistakes and man-hours of the fraud management task and easily carry out the fraud management task even if it is not an expert in finance or accounting.DIGGLE covers budget creation work and budgetrecord comparison work, especially in the foreman management work. In the budget creation work, the KPI and the budget are automatically created by inputting the target numerical value to the preset parameters utilizing the budget generator function, while the forecast contrasting work is made up of the financial information, non-financial information It is easy to calculate by simply entering the numerical value, and it is possible to carry out calculation of the forecast contrast.
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.
Hubble — Cloud-based software specialized for contracts and other legal documents

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

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.
Upward — UPWARD is highly by linking CRM · schedule map / location information, is a cloud service for the visiting business of field sales easier. Field salespersons who have many customers and who are out of the office feel that it is difficult to grasp all customers to Kampek and measure the timing of visits no matter how memorable they are.
Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.

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

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
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.
FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Japan AI — Japan AI specializes in R&D of artificial intelligence and consulting services.
Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.

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, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Alumnote — The alumni association management software developed by Alumnote allows schools to manage their alumni associations online. The focus of the company is to undertake loyalty building and marketing for potential donors such as graduates and provides digital tools, and supports the execution of donation acquisition.
Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
Pahr Therapeutics — PAhR Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company advancing innovative therapies to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) through novel biological mechanisms.

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

SAKANA Dream — Japanese fish and its cuisine are a treasure of Japan, On the other hand, the variety of fish consumed on a daily basis accounts for less than 1% of all fish living in Japanese waters. Although there are many underutilized fish that surpass the well-known fish, they are even discarded due to unstable catches and lack of name recognition. Aquaculture can provide a stable supply, however, it is not easy to keep fish in a small water cage and only a limited number of fish are delivered to the market. We, SAKANA Dream, select the most delicious fish from over 4,000 species in Japan, and make it possible to farm and produce them using the cutting edge technology. Our goal is to create the "world's most delicious fish" that no one has ever tasted before and deliver it to our customers.
Cierpa & Company — Cierpa & Company develops environmental, social, and governance management software. They offer services for the cloud, share information between departments, optimise workflows, and analyse and improve scores.
Counter Culture Company — Counter Culture Company is an online platform that offers K-pop dance classes ranging from beginner to professional levels.

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

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.
Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
Japan, Singapore, Thailand

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.

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
Seed, Series A, 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
Openrec — Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business.
Thinkfree — Thinkfree Office is an On-Premise Office suite with extra security. It offers seamless MS Office Compatibility and swift support to enhance your workflow. Users can edit documents, sheets, and presentations in real time using the Co-edit feature's collaborative tools. The web browser-based document editor integrates smoothly with existingplatforms, supporting 14 languages including English and Korean, and making it accessible to a diverse user base. Additionally, Thinkfree Office is compatible with Microsoft Office and other major word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, ensuring versatile application across different platforms.

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, Canada

Portfolio highlights

OPERe — OPERe is an IT company that specializes in the development of semi autonomous hospitalization guidance solutions.
NaLaLys — NaLaLys is a business consulting firm that provides management, distribution, research, and consulting services.
Commune — Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people.

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

Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
Helical Fusion — Helical Fusion is a startup company that aims to commercialize fusion energy using magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas.
Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.

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 — Just Sing It (formerly of AnyoneGame) lets users sing and share their favorite songs on Facebook/Twitter, apply voice filters to ‘Instagram their voice’ and guess songs with other game players and even potential love interests. In just two weeks since launching out of beta in the US, Just Sing It has hit #1 in the Music category of the AppStore and garnered more than 500,000 songs on the platform with a 5 star rating in the App store. Users who have downloaded the app continue to build their song library with an average of 5.6 songs recorded per player, proving the singing is a truly sticky phenomenon in the US. Even celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan have shared their favorite songs on Twitter and count themselves as fans.

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

Ubiden — Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services.
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
MetaSensing — MetaSensing specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced attachable Raman sensors, designed to provide precise, real-time chemical and molecular analysis across a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control.

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 — 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.

GREE Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Stack — Stack is the developer and provider of the SaaS-based retail mission-critical system.
Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
Umee Technologies — Umee Technologies is an IT firm that offers full-stack development, conversational AI, and psychological analysis engine services.

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.

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.

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.

WASEDA University Ventures (WUV) is a venture capital firm specialising in founding investments by creating new start-up companies that make use of academia and are based on "the practical application of scholarship". Our mission is to be a capitalist that implements academic knowledge and

Investment focus

Laser, Commercial, Manufacturing
Seed, Convertible Note
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

VETA — VETA strives to minimize friction caused by value differences in society through cutting-edge social science research.
Pestalozzi Technology — Pestalozzi Technology is a development and provision of educational products in the fields of physical education and club activities.
Power Diamond Systems — Power Diamond Systems is a research and development firm that focuses on diamond semiconductor devices.

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 — Experience predictable yields and secure fixed-rate solutions with Term Structure. Join us to leverage fixed-term lending, borrowing, and maximizing your DeFi returns.

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.

Dentsu Innovation Partners manages corporate venture capital funds for Dentsu Group. It is specialized in the digital domain with the objectives of creating a worldwide digital business market and expanding the Dentsu Group's digital businesses.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Marketing, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations; the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from their favorite voices.
Monstar Lab — Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Monstar Lab, Inc. provides access to top talent and specialists around the world as the foundation for all of the group’s activities. The company consists of more than 1200 engineers and creators in offices in 26 cities and 15 countries worldwide.The core consultancy arm of the company engineers awesomesolutions that perform for clients around the world. In addition, the company’s array of products and services ranging from co-working spaces, robotic process automation, game development, streaming services, HR tech and education programs empower thinkers and makers globally.
Wired Beans Inc. — Wired Beans Inc. supports basic manufacturing stages using novel information technologies. It was founded on October 13, 2009, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

The gateway to TIS's corporate.Solution,and Group Information, Corporate Data, and more.

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.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

zkLink — zkLink is a unified middleware layer connecting L1 chains and L2 networks with zk-SNARKs technology, reshaping the crypto landscape for DeFi, NFT, and RWA trading.
JOJO — JOJO is an on-chain derivatives trading platform that offers decentralized trading solutions and financial instruments over the blockchain.
Ion Protocol — Ion is an Open Source Protocol built to support Ethereum stakers and restakers, to unlock a world of new applications for their assets.

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.
Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.

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.

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

Medigle — Medigle is a consulting firm that provides medical consulting and B2B services.
Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

15th Rock Ventures are investing Human Augmentation and IT field to create better future and lead a fulfilling life for the coming era of the 100-year lifespan, and focuses on seed and pre-IPO investments in sectors such as robotics, electronics, AR/VR, brain-machine interface, biotechnology, and IT.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Health Care, Internet of Things
Series B, Series A, Series C
Japan, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
Ripcord — Ripcord is a robotics company that combines hardware and software robotics via an integrated SaaS offering. Its focus is on smart robotics digitization, smart content management with AI, and helping enable RPA and business processes.Ripcord is based in Hayward, California, and is backed by leading investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,Google Ventures, Lux Ventures, Legend Star, and Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak.
Onera Health — Introduction to Onera sleep diagnostics and monitoring solutions

OPT, Inc. is Japanese e-marketing company, which supports customer's Internet marketing holding the concept 'e-marketing that would directly into sales'.OPT, Inc. aims to create new market by realizing maximizing customer's ROI and finding the best way of solutions to the customer's problem. It is the OPT'stask to propose collectively the way how to use the Internet as a marketing tool for customers and support them.In order to maximize customer's ROI, it is necessary to make ads, develop sites, develop marketing strategies, and support communication and IT strategies.At OPT. Inc: it has wide business lines, customers would be supported by the 4 business fields making ads, technology, solution, and contents.The important thing for the e-marketing company is always standing the idea "market in" not "product out". And so OPT, Inc instantaneously developed its own tool to objectively effect measurement and has tried to improve customer's marketing by using the objective data.

Investment focus

Mobile, Advertising, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
Japan, New Zealand, United States

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Raksul — Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost.
OPT China — OPT China is a company that provides marketing and distribution support for Chinese consumers.
Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Old Fashion Research is a multi-strategy blockchain investment fund.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

ZKON Network — Zero Knolwedge protocol to attract volume and liquidity
BioSNARKS — ZK-proof for biotech and DeSci
Amnis Finance — Stake APT on the best liquid staking protocol on Aptos to receive daily rewards with an attractive APR of 9%.

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Prorata.AI — ProrataAI builds technology that enables generative AIs to properly attribute contributing content and share revenues on a per-use basis.
Innovacell — Innovacell is a biotechnology firm entirely focused on the area of tissue engineering and it operates one of Europe's largest and most modern production facilities for the proliferation of the body's own tissue cells. Its supervisory board is chaired by the experienced financial expert, Dr. Harald Pöttinger, a director of Alpine EquityManagement AG, based in Bregenz, Austria. Innovacell currently employs 20 staff as well as numerous outside experts.
ASTRO — Situs Belanja Kebutuhan Harian Online dengan Harga Terjangkau dan Kualitas Terbaik. Pesan Kebutuhan Harian di ASTRO Pasti Sampai dalam Hitungan Menit

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

MODE — MODE offers customized solutions to unleash the power of real-world data for your business.
MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
Findy — Findy is a Japanese company once surprised the world by sending out products such as cars and home appliances one after another

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.

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, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

WeMoney — WeMoney is focused on obtaining an Open Banking license so that the Fintech firm can gain access to customer banking data, which may be used to improve the quality of services offered to them.WeMoney’s platform lets users keep track of their pending utility bills and other recurring payments. The platform also aims to help customers with managingtheir savings and monitoring their monthly income. Joveski revealed that his company is also developing features that will use behavioral science and AI to help users make better or more informed financial decisions.
Remix Snacks — Remix Snacks is an Asian-female, dietitian led company creating bean-based snacks with ingredients that reduce food waste.
Corpay - Cross Border Business — Corpay - Cross Border business provides innovative solutions to help banks, institutional investors, and enterprises reduce foreign exchange exposure in their day-to-day operations. Corpay's award-winning payments platform and network also allow customers to execute high ticket and mass payments on a global scale in over 160 currencies.

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its 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, Software, Information Technology
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.
Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ecommit — Ecommit is a venture company that creates new environmental businesses with reuse and recycling as the main axis
Sukedachi — Sukedachi had focused on the unique business habit in the Japanese construction industry that construction workers are order receivers as workmen themselves and are also orderers as small enterprises, and the firm started this service. Sukedachi allows workpeople specialized in construction works receive to notification of recruitment ofconstruction jobs which meet their pre-registered conditions including residence and occupation. With this service, construction workers who are seeking jobs can contact directly to each desired construction site, and constructors suffering from chronic manpower shortage can recruit workers on almost ideal on-demand conditions.
Delivers.AI — Delivery droid operator

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

Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
Nominal — Nominal empowers the next-generation economy.Nominal modernizes and automates accounting and financial management, providing robust reporting, multi-entity consolidation, workflow automation (including accruals and revenue), lease compliance (ASC 842/IFRS 16), period-end close collaboration, and much more.Nominal's generativesubledgers transform business logic into actions and insights using Generative AI - without the need for costly engineering or lengthy IT projects. Our shadow-ledger is implemented in days, not months, and seamlessly integrates with existing general ledgers and ERPs.
Rocket Link Technology — Rocket Link Technology is a product development company that specializes in designing LTP rockets for space travel.

ASICS Ventures Corporation, a venture capital arm of the company that would accelerate and invest in startups.

Investment focus

Health Care, Sports, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Japan, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Bisu — At home testing made simple! Get personalized insights and expert advice tailored just for you. Begin your journey to wellness now!
LYMB.iO — We are on a mission to make the world more active using the power of gamification.In a time, where technology fosters an inactive lifestyle, we realized that physical activity needs to be more attractive to stay relevant. Our mixed reality sports solutions enable athletes to train in more engaging ways, provide coaches with data analytics, helpkids to improve their motor skills and make it easier and fun for all of us to start working out and stick with our training routine. But apart from making sports as fun as gaming, we’re especially proud of getting inactive people moving – the kids and adults that never considered taking up a sport.
Seevix Material Sciences Ltd. — Seevix is a privately held biotech company producing high-strength, biocompatible spidersilk fibers, identical to natural fibers. Through recombinant DNA technologies, we are unique in our ability to replicate the natural self-assembly process of spidersilk creation. Seevix targets applications where the fibers’ mechanical properties can radicallyimprove existing products and provide solutions for unmet needs in a variety of industries.

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

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.

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

OpenAI — Introducing Sora: Creating video from text
Capitolis — Capitolis is a technology provider addressing capital market constraints in equities and foreign exchange. It connects capital with collaborative solutions to clients all over the world.The company connects market participants and transforms the efficiency frontiers of their businesses. It partners with clients to address their challenges andcreatively build new opportunities around under-utilized capital.Capitolis was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York.
CoreWeave — CoreWeave provides flexible compute services and products to empower innovators. The company provides GPU accelerated compute solutions to the CGI and machine learning industries. Backed by quality hardware and systems management infrastructure, CoreWeave is built to help clients scale and adapt to evolving compute requirements at industry leadingeconomics.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Financial Services, Information Technology
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Viibar — Viibar has a mission of "Opening the horizon of videos and making the world positive." We delve into the area of Video Tech through "Video SaaS Business", "DX Business for Media Platformers", and "Liver Success Business", and support the utilization of video by companies and individuals with technology andnew mechanisms.
Kyash — Kyash is a fintech platform providing mobile banking services with full-stack banking technology currently offering digital wallet app. It has built proprietary full-stack banking infrastructure from the ground up to offer mobile-first consumer-facing digital wallets in Japan.The platform offers online payment and personal remittance apps underthe Kyash service name, and issues prepaid cards that can be used at Visa merchants. It also provides a new card that is available in three colors, navy, silver, and pink and adopts a simple design with card numbers and card names placed on the back. The first Visa card in Japan with an IC chip and contactless payment function that has no card number on the front side.Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Agile Media Network — Agile Media Network is a Tokyo-based advertising network and blog marketing company for blogs and social media. Much like Federated Media in the US, Agile Media Network, is well known for working with many top blogs, i.e. Engadget Japanese.The company, one of the biggest of its kind in Japan, provides a number of solutions in the advertisingand planning fields for its clients. For example, Agile Media Network handles and organizes banner ad sales, large-scale blogger meetings, web industry events or campaign blogs.In August 2009, the company organized WISH 2009, a web industry event in Tokyo at which startups were given the chance to demonstrate their services onstage to an audience of over 400 people.

Sky9 Capital is a leading venture capital fund dedicated to supporting disruptive technologies and outstanding innovators to drive change and create positive impact for the society, environment and individual lives.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Zhixinda — Zhixinda is a leading high-tech enterprise dedicated to the research, development, and manufacturing of advanced semiconductor vacuum equipment, offering innovative solutions that support the production processes of the global semiconductor industry.
Donut — Donut is the first crypto agentic browser that uses the finest crypto in-domain model and a swarm of browsing agents.
Minxin Technology — Minxin Technology focuses on the research, development, manufacture, and sales of photo- and thermal-curing functional materials and electronic-grade wet chemicals.

Meiji Yasuda Future Co-Creation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund. It is co-managed by Global Brain Corporation and Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance.

Investment focus

Medical, Big Data, Health Care
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
Ichirou — Ichirou provides digital senior care support services to connect elderly people with caretakers. It offers caretaker services for different types of support, including housework, hospital care, nursing, hospital and doctor visits, and shopping assistance.
Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.

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 — Discover AI-powered avatars and UGC tools for personalized gaming experiences. Engage with customization, digital goods, and more!
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.

ASKUL Corporation provides office supplies mail-order services. Mail order [ASKUL] of office supplies / Site Equipment. ASKUL is a corporation for mail order site. Deliver day or the next day or later, very convenient and one payment a month together.

Investment focus

Big Data, Software, Logistics
Seed, Corporate Round
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.

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication cloud that offers unifies and visualizes the complex communication of real estate brokerage solutions.
Nstock — Nstock is specialized in developing SAAS based applications for ecosystem.
Recustomer — Recustomer is an IT company that develops software for digital payment and provides support for web development.

Japan Venture Capital Association is a trade association that caters to venture capital industry. The association conducts surveys and provides research services. It also prints publications and provides public relation services. Japan Venture Capital Association was founded in 2002 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Mobile, Retail, Tourism
Seed, Series A
India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
Cacco — Cacco is a SaaS business and consulting company that extracts data for making business decisions from big data. Cacco analyzes big data and provides this data after changing it into a format that is easy to understand and use. The company was founded in 2011 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
JaQool, Inc. — JaQool is a company that will leverage social innovation and new technologies to create convenient services that are something to get excited about. Three entrepreneurs from different backgrounds have gathered together to utilise these new technologies and techniques to develop services that can help to make the world a better place.JaQool willinitially work on a mobile translation service for tourists coming to Japan from overseas. The number of tourists from overseas has been increasing rapidly in recent years, but many have encountered difficulties due to being unable to understand Japanese. Removing the language barrier is a pressing challenge that needs to be addressed, particularly in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics that will be held in 2020. JaQool can help contribute towards a solution.

Mint operates as an independent venture capital firm specializing in the early stage of startups. It focuses on bridging the boundaries between finance and business, investors and entrepreneurs, creating a foundation for startup growth, and supporting entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Airato — Airato specializes in the development of radiation therapy using artificial intelligence technology.
LiftBase — LiftBase is revolutionizing the recruiting structure using AI and social data.
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.

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