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Top 50 Blockchain Startup Investors in Japan (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Blockchain startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Blockchain startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Ceres
VC Fund
5 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet $1.4M–$50M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $440k–$14M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $2.7M–$850M
Mask Network
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $900k–$12M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
3 Japan, China, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Financial Services, FinTech $696k–$213M
Sotaro Karasawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, Blockchain, Art $1.7M–$18M
Yokohama Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Series D Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $38k–$780M
Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Blockchain, Financial Services
Komura Fujio
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Ethereum, Marketing
MZ Web3 Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $500k–$198M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $1M–$64M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $3.1M–$85M
F Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
PE&HR
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $1.4M–$50M
JAFCO
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$425M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Software $5M–$425M
Shima Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.2M–$11M
Triatomic Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Japan, Spain Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Computer $7M–$500M
Sora Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Taiwan, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin $500k–$7.6M
MT Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Beauty, Energy
Gmjp
VC Fund
2 United States, Japan, Singapore Seed Blockchain, Software, Web Apps $1M–$6M
Presto
VC Fund
2 Singapore, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 $1.5M–$225M
KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, SaaS $1M–$100M
DIMENSION
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing $895k–$1.1B
Protocol Labs
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Find Satoshi Lab
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Web3, Gaming, Blockchain
Old Fashion Research
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Blockchain
AU21 Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
ChenXin Technology
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A News, Blockchain
Fundamental Labs
VC Fund
1 Singapore, United States, China Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency
Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Consulting
GoPlus Security
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed Web3, Security, Blockchain
Makoto Takano
Angel
1 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series A, Series B Content, Sports, Apps $1.4M–$221M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Content, Marketing, Information Technology $933k–$35M
ANRI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1M–$624M
Kyowa
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series C Beauty, Finance, Computer
FE Invest
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Finance, Security, Blockchain
Bullet Group Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Angel Finance, Security, Blockchain
Yamazaki Reijiro
Angel
1 Japan Angel CRM, Finance, Security
Tomokaz Saito
Angel
1 Japan Angel Finance, Security, Blockchain
Batara Eto
Angel
1 Japan, Thailand, Indonesia Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Internet $2.6M–$7.1M
IDATEN Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Sales, Medical $1M–$31M
Yuki Naito
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Internet, Manufacturing, SNS $652k–$38M
Huobi Eco
VC Fund
1 China, Singapore, Japan Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance $1.2M–$51M
SLD Entertainment
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Content, Ethereum, Marketing
NAC
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series C SaaS, Legal, Medical
Evolution Equity Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Cyber Security, Software, Network Security
K2 Access Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed Software, Blockchain, Cloud Computing
Folius Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Dragonfly
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$39M; Corporate Round $7.1M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
  • AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you hands-if basis, for business model, financial planning and presentation. All founders of our potfolio automatically join MIRAISE online community that gives you the peer-learning opportunities with other founders. Join us updating the normal!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $440k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
  • JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
  • SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 418
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $3.8M–$850M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
  • OpenHeart — OpenHeart is a provider of the tactile 3D platform.
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Mask Network
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Your Portal To The New, Open Internet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Pre-Seed $900k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Transak — Transak offers a simple integration to allow your users to buy more than 100+ cryptocurrencies with credit/debit cards, or bank transfers in more than 120+ countries.
  • AlchemyNFT — AlchemyNFT is a non-fungible token (NFT) service.
  • Splinterlands — Splinterlands is a decentralized, digital collectible trading card game built on blockchain technology. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Media, Pennsylvania.
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Seed $696k–$28M; Series A $1.8M–$85M; Series B $1.8M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Ryulog — Ryulog is a recruiting company that helps job seekers find international work opportunities and migrate abroad.
  • STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
  • Tradom — Tradom is a company that offers the "Tradam Foreign Exchange Solution," an AI solution for managing foreign exchange risk.
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Sotaro Karasawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Art
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Atmoph — A smart digital window that opens to beautiful scenery from around the world. By simply putting it on your desk or hanging it on the wall, Atmoph Window will open up a whole new world before you.
  • Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
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Yokohama Capital
VC Fund · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series D
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Series A $38k–$241M; Series D $7.4M–$780M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

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.
  • Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.
  • Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
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Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Kazutaka Muraguchi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
  • Gruff
  • Crypto asset market — Crypto asset market engages in the development of a trading market for settlement of trading value with crypto assets.
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Komura Fujio
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Komura Fujio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Ethereum, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ginkan — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
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MZ Web3 Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

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.
  • Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$54M; Series A $5.2M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
  • SUN METALON — SUN METALON aims to create a world where metal products can be produced from local ores. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California.
  • BUGWORKS Research — Bugworks, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Harnessing the power of science to develop affordable, accessible, novel therapies against infectious disea
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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
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PE&HR
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$28M; Series A $9.2M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
  • Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
  • Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that focuses on producing and publishing interactive games.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 252
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $8.3M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • QREATION — QREATION is a digital intellectual property studio specializing in producing a wide range of popular content that originates primarily from social media platforms. The company focuses on creating high-quality short-form entertainment, including short dramas, comedy sketches, and variety shows.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 485
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$170M; Series B $7.4M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
  • Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Ookuma Diamond Device Co., Ltd. | Creating a next-generation semiconductor industry from Japan, driven by the mission to support the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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Shima Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 241
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
  • BullPerks — BullPerks is a community of like-minded individuals who want to leverage their power and invest together in the best projects on equal terms with VCs.
  • Mythic Protocol — The Central Hub for Mythic Operatives to conduct their operations
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Triatomic Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Founder-driven venture capital firm helping great entrepreneurs build 'century-defining' businesses & technologies. Focused on deep tech, health tech, new economy, and AI.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Computer
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Series A $7M–$200M; Series B $35M–$500M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • d-Matrix — d-Matrix takes a clean-slate approach to AI compute efficiency, solving some of the most teething problems for the largest datacenter customers in the world.
  • Betteromics — The Precision Biomarker and Digital Health Platform
  • Manifold Bio — Our innovative technology combines protein barcoding and high-throughput in vivo capabilities to design drugs with more precise molecular testing.
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Sora Ventures
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Sora Ventures acquires and operates publicly traded companies across Asia, integrating disciplined Bitcoin treasury strategies on the balance sheet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Taiwan, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BullPerks — BullPerks is a community of like-minded individuals who want to leverage their power and invest together in the best projects on equal terms with VCs.
  • CryptoSlate — CryptoSlate was founded in 2017 by Seattle-based technology entrepreneurs, Nate Whitehill and Matthew Blancarte.As strong believers in blockchain technologies, they envisioned a more streamlined way to get a glimpse of the cryptocurrency universe - including the latest crypto news, blockchain companies, products, cryptocurrency prices andblockchain events.CryptoSlate's mission is to deliver transparent and accurate coverage of cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption.
  • Molecule — Molecule is a collaborative platform, where stakeholders in drug development work together to accelerate the process of bringing novel therapeutics to patients. We connect leading researchers to investment opportunities by turning intellectual property and its development into a liquid and easily investable asset.
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MT Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

MT Partners provides real estate management and financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • aboon — Aboon develops is a coupon application that introduces shops that attract customers. Aboon was founded on 2018 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.
  • Updater — Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.
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Gmjp
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

gmjp is a web3 fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Web Apps
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dora — Dora is a block explorer that is building a cross chain search engine. Dora is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York and was founded in 2022.
  • Toonsutra — TOONSUTRA is home to award-winning comics & graphic novels across action, romance, fantasy, comedy & more. Read online or download the app.
  • Asymmetry Finance — The Home of The High-Yield Customized Stablecoins
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Presto
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Presto is an algorithmic trading firm where researchers and engineers solve challenging problems in global financial markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $10M–$225M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Telos — Telos (TLOS) is the mass adoption, open finance network led by a community of visionary trailblazers. Telos is fast, scalable, accessible and fully decentralized, making it the ideal blockchain for real world use. Powered by its native asset, TLOS, the Telos network is home to a growing ecosystem of over 100 apps and integrations.
  • WOO Network — Discover WOO's ecosystem of centralized and decentralized apps to seize every opportunity in crypto.
  • Bloomingbit
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KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

KSK Angel Fund is a venture capital firm that offers data about the technology for services sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$48M; Series A $2.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
  • manebi — manebi is an Career development support platform business to support human transformation.
  • Terra Motors — Terra Motors is an electric car manufacturing company that utilizes IoT and digitally connecting EV mobility. They develop the global enterprise for global warming. SEED48 is the first electronic motorcycles that have brilliant functionality such as the highest speed(40km/h)and practicality(40km/1charge) Their products are provided at thefamous electronic retail stores, do-it-yourself stores, bicycle stores, car stores, and gas stations. They achieve a dominant share of the electronic motorcycles market.In 2011, They would mainly focus on the south east Asian market.
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DIMENSION
VC Fund · Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

DIMENSION is an investment fund management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Romania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Series A $4.2M–$928M; Series B $895k–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aracan — Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles.
  • Biophilia — Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Pacific Meta — Pacific Meta is a tech startup that creates a web3 platform with the goal of offering guidance to businesses using blockchain technology. The firm platform aids in the product's localization for the Japanese market and offers community management services, enabling businesses to promote themselves on social media platforms and work withinfluencers in the cryptocurrency space.
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Protocol Labs
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Protocol Labs is building the next generation of the internet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Polybase — Polybase Labs is building fair, accessible and safe blockchain infrastructure to make the world more equitable. Our main product is a layer 2 blockchain with private transactions and MEV-resistance powered by zero knowledge proofs.
  • web3mine — Discover a unique platform that combines the power of decentralized computing with advanced resource optimization for a cutting-edge Web3 experience. Maximize income while contributing to the future of decentralized technologies.
  • ConsenSys — Build next-generation apps, launch blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web with ConsenSys' Ethereum product suite.
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Find Satoshi Lab
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Building enjoyable web3 products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web3, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Matr1x — Matr1x is the first-ever mobile shooting game in the Web3 industry.
  • Dill — Dill is a scalable data availability network. The modular network is fully compatible with the Danksharding roadmap
  • HackQuest — HackQuest is a Multichain Web3 developer and founder platform, with education, community events, hackathons, and accelerators at its core. HackQuest helps over 20 leading ecosystems such as Mantle, Solana, Arbitrum, and Linea onboard quality developers and supports developers to jumpstart their careers in Web3.
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Old Fashion Research
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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%.
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AU21 Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • A-World — A-world is a super metaverse card tower defense battle game based on BNB CHAIN.
  • NeuronX — NeuronX Protocol is the pioneering decentralized lending protocol on Dfinity, setting the stage for smart DeFi. By focusing on AI-driven automation and enhanced user experiences, NeuronX aims to revolutionize the DeFi landscape and appeal to a broader audience. At the core of NeuronX is a groundbreaking innovation: AI-Powered Smart LiquidityPlatforms (AILPs). These AILPs are advanced vault strategies operated by intelligent AI algorithms. Users can effortlessly gain leverage by simply depositing a base asset. Behind the scenes, AILPs leverage AI to automate complex transactions and continuously rebalance positions, ensuring optimal leverage without the risk of liquidation. This integration of AI streamlines the process, making advanced financial strategies accessible and hassle-free.
  • Vue Protocol — Vue Protocol operates as a layer2 for Web3 Social.
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ChenXin Technology
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

ChenXin Technology

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Blockchain
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Block001.cn — Block001.cn is a blockchain news portal based in China.
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Fundamental Labs
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

A Web3 specialized VC fund, investing in the fundamental innovations that reshape the economy and the society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • NexGami — NexGami is a gamefi platform that empowers the next generation of players by reshaping the gaming landscape.
  • Bitlight Labs — Make Bitcoin Smart
  • Pop Social — Pop Social is the ultimate social gateway to Web3. Experience a multi-chain social ecosystem and discover your online social lifestyle. Connect and engage with a decentralized global community to leverage content and ownership economy.
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Quantum Leaps Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Quantum Leaps Ventures establish and invest in internet and technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • PITTAN — PITTAN is a health tech startup that focuses on the development of high-speed analytical equipment for use in the healthcare industry. The company's primary service is to analyze the internal status of an individual's body to promote beautiful and healthy skin. This is achieved through the application of analytical chemistry.PITTAN's services are designed to provide insights into the body's health, which can be used to inform personal care and wellness decisions.
  • Swell — Swell is an information technology company that specializes in providing web and digital platforms.
  • Unyte — Unyte offers an integrated platform that enables technological growth in the field of blockchain, as well as the development and proficient management of DAOs.
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GoPlus Security
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

GoPlus Security is an open, permissionless, user-driven security service platform for all types of blockchain users.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web3, Security, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Codatta — Codatta operates as an AI-powered collaboration protocol for blockchain metadata.
  • Deagent AI — DeagentAI is a decentralized artificial intelligence agent network to create a decentralized network platform.
  • Coral Finance — Coral Finance is a decentralized marketplace for trading premium derivatives that offers dependable, long-term liquidity solutions.
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Sports, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$48M; Series A $2.3M–$25M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
  • PROGRIT — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Next One for the World.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Marketing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$18M; Series A $3.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
  • Wunderbar — Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 235
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$94M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Fondi — fondi is a completely new English conversation communication service that allows you to live a virtual communal life with the world.
  • 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.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
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Kyowa
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Kyowa provides health and beauty care products to customers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Finance, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hmcomm — Hmcomm is a provider of AI technology-based voice recognition and abnormal sound detection services for business applications. The company offers speech recognition / natural language processing solutions such as cloud-based voice recognition, text recognization in voice calls, bone conduction, automatic answering machine and meeting minutescreation, thereby enabling businesses to improve efficiency through technology.
  • lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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FE Invest
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

FE Invest is an investment company in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Security, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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Bullet Group Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Bullet Group is an AD Solution Business

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Security, Blockchain
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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Yamazaki Reijiro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Yamazaki Reijiro - Chairman @ Anymarry

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CRM, Finance, Security
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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Tomokaz Saito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Tomokaz Saito - Corporate Legal Manager @ Mercari

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Security, Blockchain
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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Batara Eto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Previously, Batara Eto co-founded Mixi and brought the company public in Japan. He was responsible for creating Mixi in December 2003, and he served as Chief Technology Officer of Mixi until 2008. He started his investment career by co-founding East Ventures and made their first investment in 2010.Batara holds bachelor degree in Computer Sciencefrom Takushoku University Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Thailand, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$7.1M; Series A $2.6M–$2.6M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Opn — Opn provides businesses of all sizes the tools and technology to help tailor unique customer experiences and grow revenue online.
  • Telcoin — Telcoin provides low-cost, high-quality financial products for every mobile phone user in the world.
  • Toku — Seamless employment, built for Web3. WorkDAO is the only Web3-native employment service that provides legal employment, token payroll, and employee benefits that make a difference, globally. We're building the infrastructure to scale DAOs and Web3 organizations so you can focus on building.
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IDATEN Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

IDATEN Ventures is a VC fund specializing in seed-stage and early-stage startups developing technologies and/or services which will support the following industries: manufacturing, construction, and logistics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Sales, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$9.9M; Series A $1M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Magic Shields — Magic Shields is a manufacturer and seller of floors, nursing care, and welfare products.
  • Astra Food Plan — Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders.
  • Floadia — Floadia aims to realize artificial intelligence (AI) with semiconductor memory, and is developing semiconductor memory that opens up a new world.
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Yuki Naito
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, SNS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $652k–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
  • Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
  • Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
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Huobi Eco
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Huobi Eco is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: China, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M; Series A $1.4M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaOne — MetaOne offers guild management solutions for GameFi developers.
  • Optix — Optix is ​​a multi-chain option protocol service provider.
  • BovineVerse — BovineVerse is a Korean Metaverse chain game and sports guessing platform developer.
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SLD Entertainment
VC Fund · Shiba, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

SLD Entertainment operates and manages cafes and restaurants under "kawara CAFE&DINING" brand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Ethereum, Marketing
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GINKAN — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
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NAC
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

NAC engages in delivery-related businesses such as home delivery and Duskin, and residential-related businesses.Since the company's founding, it has been engaged in various businesses. Starting with Duskin, NAC entered the environmental hygiene business for restaurants, architectural consulting utilizing the customer base, and in 2002, andthen home sales and home water distribution business. Furthermore, in 2013, JIMOS Co., Ltd., which handles the mail-order business, was grouped, and NAC's business is developing as a "useful company for living" centered on the two axes of living and living.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Legal, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • INNOPHYS — INNOPHYS is developing, designing, manufacturing, consulting and distributing robotics equipment for various industries. Their flagship product, Muscle Suit® is a wearable robot supported by artificial muscle technology, well known for its high quality and reasonable price compared with the same kind of support exoskeletons. The company is planningto expand its business to Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.
  • wakuwaku — WAKUWAKU is a Japanese real estate tech company that focuses on developing a platform that helps users to search for and renovate used housing. In addition, the company offers platforms for building materials e-commerce and marketing automation for the real estate and construction industries.
  • Robot Consulting Co., Ltd — [Metaverse, Intellectual Property, Legal Tech, SaaS] Robot Consulting Introduction Video>>> https://youtu.be/URCrcZ45lbY , Youtube Channel>>> https://www.youtube.com/@robotconsulting , Press Releases>>> https://robotconsulting.net/en-news/
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Evolution Equity Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital investor leveraging deep sector expertise to help exceptional entrepreneurs develop market-leading companies. The firm has a focus on cyber-security, enterprise software and consumer related opportunities and brings significant resources to portfolio companies seeking to expand ininternational markets. Evolution Equity Partners has invested in well-known companies including AVG Technologies, OpenDNS, Carbon Black, Onapsis, Security Scorecard, Cognitive Security, DF Labs, 60K Group and others. The firm purchases both primary and secondary shares investing in high growth businesses across multiple stages, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. Visit us at www.evolutionequity.com or follow us on Twitter at @EvolutionEquity

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cyber Security, Software, Network Security
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Logpoint — Logpoint is the creator of a reliable, innovative cybersecurity operations platform — empowering organizations worldwide to thrive in a world of evolving threats. By combining sophisticated technology and a profound understanding of customer challenges, LogPoint bolsters security teams’ capabilities while helping them combat current and futurethreats. Logpoint offers SIEM, UEBA, SOAR and SAP security technologies converged into a complete platform that efficiently detects threats, minimizes false positives, autonomously prioritizes risks, responds to incidents, and much more. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices around the world, Logpoint is a multinational, multicultural, and inclusive company. For more information, visit http://www.logpoint.com
  • Cognitive Security — Cisco Completes its Acquisition of Cognitive Security
  • SecurityScorecard — SecurityScorecard is a global leader in cybersecurity ratings and the only service with over a million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 1,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management,board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their externally facing digital footprint. SecurityScorecard is the only provider of instant risk ratings that automatically map to vendor cybersecurity questionnaire responses - providing a true 360-degree view of risk. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve, and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees, and vendors.
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K2 Access Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

K2 Access Fund is a co-investment venture fund focused on early stage startups ranging from Seed to Series A/B/C rounds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cloud Computing
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AuthMind — AuthMind, an innovator in identity security, prevents identity-related cyberattacks. It's an Identity SecOps Platform including Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) and Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM). It works anywhere and deploys in minutes.
  • Corvic AI — Corvic AI is pioneering a new era of Data-Centric AI Cognitive Infrastructure by transforming raw enterprise data into AI-ready intelligence.
  • Anello Photonics — Anello Photonics is founded by pioneers in silicon photonics and inertial navigation. The patented Anello SiPhOG gyroscope offers an affordable mass-market sensor with true Optical Gyroscope performance. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and funded by leading venture capital firms.
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Folius Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Folius Ventures: Invest in, evangelize, and #buidl Web3 initiatives.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ARAI — ARAI is a framework designed for the integration of artificial intelligence within the gaming industry.
  • GOAT Gaming — GOAT Gaming is the developer of a gaming platform that allows gamers to enjoy a variety of games as well as compete for rewards.
  • Inversion — Inversion is a technology-first investment company that acquires and transforms legacy businesses with blockchain technology.
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Dragonfly
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

A cross-border cryptoasset investment firm. Global from day one.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 181
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ancient8 — Ancient8 is building an ETH gaming Layer 2 with OP Stack. Ancient8 offers a suite of Web3 gaming infrastructure tools that serve as the distribution and marketing channel for games globally.
  • Quadrata — Quadrata is a Passport Network that brings the identity and compliance layer to DeFi across existing public blockchains. The company was founded in 2021 by Lisa Fridman and Fabrice Cheng and is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California.
  • Nexus — Nexus is a DEX Layer 1, purpose-built to give users around the world access to a new era of verifiable finance.
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Blockchain Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 144 deals from 322 investors.

322
investors
in Japan Blockchain startups
144
deals
in Japan Blockchain startups
$14M
median round
in Japan Blockchain startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
30%
Seed
most common funding stage
89/11
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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