# Top 50 Big Data VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in June 2026

## Archetype Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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

## Nippon Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

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.

## SOSV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

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.

## Nissay Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical

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

## Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Health Care

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

## SMBC Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Software

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.

## Global Brain Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

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.

## m8 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Apps

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

## DNX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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

## Energy & Environment Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Internet of Things, Software

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.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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## Mizuho Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

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.

## JIC Venture Growth Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services

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.

## Accord Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

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.

## WERU Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Consulting

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.

## Dogan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Beauty

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

## Skyarch Networks
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Software

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

## Yamaguchi Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Manufacturing, Software

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

## Spiral Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

## IMO Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce

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

## Aizawa Asset Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Real Estate, Information Technology

Striving to become the leading Japanese alternative asset management company

## GREE Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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

## Evolable Asia Japan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round, Seed
- Focus: Task Management, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## SPARX Innovation for the Future
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Satellite Communication

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.

## WASEDA University Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Laser, Commercial, Manufacturing

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

## MZ Web3 Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

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

## Dentsu Innovation Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Marketing, Software

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.

## Smrti Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

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## The Creative Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Aerospace, Machine Learning

The Creative Fund

## XTech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment

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.

## OPT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Mobile, Advertising, Apps

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.

## SBI Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services

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.

## Incubate Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

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.

## ASICS Ventures Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kobe, Kyoto, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Sports

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## Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Robotics

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.

## Morgan Stanley
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology

Meet our people and discover our ideas.

## Sky9 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Meiji Yasuda Future Co-Creation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Big Data, Health Care

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.

## Japanese venture capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Retail, Tourism

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.

## Mint
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Higashi, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps

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.

## Waseda University
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Social, FinTech, Big Data

Waseda University is a Tokyo-based private university that offers various degree programs. As the second private university to be founded in Japan, Waseda University is considered to be one of Japan's most prestigious universities, consistently ranking amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings. The University has manynotable alumni in Japan, with seven Prime Ministers of Japan and many CEOs, including Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of UNIQLO and wealthiest man in Japan.Waseda University's main campus is located in the Nishi-Waseda district of Shinjuku. Apart from the main campus in Shinjuku, It has other campuses around the country, including Toyama Campus and Nishi-Waseda Campus in Shinjuku; Nihonbashi Campus in Chuo-ku; Higashifushimi Campus in Nishitokyo; Tokorozawa Campus in Tokorozawa; Honjo Campus in Honjo, Saitama; and Kitakyushu Campus in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka.The university has more than fifty thousand students and staff, comprising 13 undergraduate schools, 23 graduate schools, and other research and affiliated institutes, and is one of the 13 universities in the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's ""Global 30"" Project. It has partnerships with more than 600 universities and tertiary institutions, with many international students studying abroad at Waseda University each year.Established in 1882 as the Tōkyō College by Okuma Shigenobu, the school was renamed Waseda University in 1902 after the founder's hometown village.

## YJ Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

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

## Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

## Primal Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

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

## Salesforce
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Non Profit

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

## Venture United
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Travel, Content

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

## Shizuoka Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Shizuoka Capital Company Limited operates as a venture capital firm. It engages in the acquisition, holding, and, sale of securities.

## Money Forward Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.

## Resona Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

Resona Bank provides various banking products and services for individual and corporate customers in Japan.

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