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Top 50 Blockchain Startup Investors in Japan (August 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
6 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain $1.4M–$120M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $372k–$14M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2M–$269M
Mask Network
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 $900k–$25M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.5M–$100M
Shima Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.2M–$11M
Gmjp
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Software, Web Apps $1.7M–$5.5M
IVC
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, Philippines Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $480k–$9M
East Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $473k–$35M
SBI Group
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $2.8M–$142M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
3 Japan, China, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, FinTech, E-Commerce $661k–$103M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland Seed, Series A Information Technology, Apps, Internet $804k–$44M
KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Apps $850k–$100M
cFund
VC Fund
2 United States, Kenya, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $500k–$135M
Takayuki Sugiura
Angel
2 India, Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Fashion, Confectionery $457k–$800k
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $558k–$17M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$198M
Yokohama Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $272k–$85M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $458k–$30M
Sora Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Taiwan, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin $500k–$6M
Presto
VC Fund
2 Singapore, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 $1M–$225M
Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Blockchain, Financial Services, Finance
Giftee
VC Fund
2 Japan, Indonesia Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Information Technology $345k–$2.9M
DIMENSION
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing $895k–$79M
Sotaro Karasawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Blockchain, Art $948k–$14M
Komura Fujio
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Ethereum, Marketing
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$184M
MZ Web3 Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $1.5M–$11M
F Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
JAFCO
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$184M
Triatomic Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Japan, Spain Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $5M–$500M
MT Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Beauty, Energy
PE&HR
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $474k–$31M
Hodl1
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Blockchain, Art, Software
Tomokaz Saito
Angel
1 Japan Angel Finance, Security, Blockchain
Bullet Group Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Angel Finance, Security, Blockchain
Polygon Studios
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Gaming, Marketplace
Republic capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Series A Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
AU21 Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Kyowa
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series C Beauty, Finance, Computer
Mai Fujimoto
Angel
1 Japan, Canada, Vietnam Seed, Series A Blockchain, Marketplace, Information Technology $1.2M–$8.5M
SLD Entertainment
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Content, Ethereum, Marketing
NAC
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series C SaaS, Legal, Medical
Monday Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Gibraltar, India Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
Emoote
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Gaming, Web3
IMO Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, China, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce
Meteorite Labs
VC Fund
1 Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Fashion
COSIMO Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Ireland, United States Seed, Series A Enterprise Software, Blockchain, Sports
Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund
1 United States, Finland, India Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
Fujiyo Ishiguro
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series B Content, Marketing, Blockchain
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 6 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, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$14M; Series A $1.4M–$120M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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.
  • TASIMOVF — Founder of Asimov Foundation. Investing in the future of AI & Crypto (a much more meaningful space than FX) prev. @xbox
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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: 52
  • Round size: Seed $372k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
  • Packative — Platform to design and order custom packaging online
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 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, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 477
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$79M; Series B $2.1M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
  • FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
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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, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 120
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9M; Pre-Seed $900k–$4M; Series A $10M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • TBook — The first embedded RWA liquidity layer that brings institutional-grade tokenized yield into user-facing apps
  • Depinsim — The Free Internet Protocol. Earn free mobile data at https://t.co/xm18x6oDwx
  • Honeypot Finance — Learn what Honeypot Finance is: a multi-chain DeFi liquidity hub with perpetual trading (vault-based risk engine), spot trading via AMM-native matching, and Honey Genesis NFT staking across multiple blockchains.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 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, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 195
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$35M; Series A $2.8M–$64M; Series B $2.8M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
  • TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
  • Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.
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Shima Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 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: 293
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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.
  • Almanak — Almanak is a decentralized finance (DeFi) smart agent platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to automate, optimize, and intelligently manage a wide range of DeFi investment strategies. It enables users to create and deploy automated DeFi trading and risk-management strategies through coordinated AI agents. It provides anenvironment where AI handles strategy coding, backtesting across thousands of Monte Carlo simulations, optimization, risk monitoring, deployment via non-custodial Safe-based multisig accounts, and real-time performance monitoring with alerting capabilities. The platform supports seamless interaction with multiple blockchains and protocols via an LLM-powered interface.Almanak targets active DeFi participants, developers building financial applications, investment professionals, and users seeking automated portfolio insights. It emphasizes enhanced automation, continuous strategy execution, and adaptive automation driven by emerging AI techniques to respond to evolving market conditions.
  • Open Campus — The Open Campus is a community-driven protocol that leverages the power of blockchain and invites all to build the future of education by putting the power of learning back in the hands of educators, students, and the community.
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Gmjp
VC Fund · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

gmjp is a web3 fund.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Voxl — An immersive social platform for building with voxels in VR.
  • 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.
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IVC
VC Fund · Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Who we are We are investors and entrepreneurs helping define the next generation of Blockchain startups. Our Focus Passionate founders. Disruptive models. Borderless markets. Exponential effects. Our Geography Starting from...

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 288
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9M; Pre-Seed $480k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Wizzwoods — 1st pixel farm game integrates interchain capabilities with a SocialFi twist.
  • SuperIntent — SuperIntent is a cryptocurrency AI app that streamlines on-chain earning tactics. Developed on a multi-agent framework with abundant yield sources.
  • SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 522
  • Round size: Seed $473k–$13M; Series A $2M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
  • Holo-X — Holo-X provides augmented, virtual, and mixed realities services and products.
  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
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SBI Group
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

SBI Group aims to become a corporate entity that provides a variety of one-stop financial services over the Internet now that two major events, the Financial Big Bang resulting from deregulation, and the Internet Revolution resulting from IT innovation, have radically transformed the financial industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Series A $2.8M–$142M; Series B $7M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gauntlet — Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providingtransparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
  • DriveWealth — DriveWealth, the global fintech investment rail and pioneer of fractional equities trading, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hands. We believe the future is fractional, transactional, and mobile. Every mobile device should bea gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth’s consultative support and cloud based, modern technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth.
  • NOT A HOTEL — NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands.
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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, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$9.7M; Series A $2M–$41M; Series B $2.2M–$103M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Rimowa — Rimowa designs characters not as mere “content,” but as immersive character operating systems that integrate naturally into everyday life, creating emotionally resonant experiences that seamlessly connect digital interaction, storytelling, and real-world consumer engagement.
  • Tokenz — Tokenz is a global payment platform designed to help digital content creators and businesses scale their revenue seamlessly. Supporting payment methods worldwide, Tokenz enables brands to build customizable web stores, optimize conversions, and expand direct-to-consumer sales. As a Merchant of Record (MoR), Tokenz ensures global tax compliance,fraud protection, and multi-currency transactions—allowing businesses to sell with confidence across international markets.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $804k–$34M; Series A $1.6M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Spike Studio — Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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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, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$14M; Series A $3.6M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Buy&Ship — Buyandship provides cross-border eCommerce solution focusing on Marketing and Logistics. At Buyandship, is redefining the experience of E-Commerce without changing the sites, disrupting the underlying infrastructure, we provide consolidate, aggregate and load-balance shipments across the world to the consumer's doorstep. Our technologyfocuses on connecting the fragmented existing logistics infrastructure to create a seamless experience for both merchants and consumers, and the benefit is that they get a solution that is 30-50% less than other carriers. We also work with merchants, marketplaces, and platforms to create a channel to reach an audience across our geographies (9 Countries currently) and reaching over 1.5M+ people per month whilst growing. We envision our members being able to purchase from any site around the world and have it seamlessly be shipped home. No more geographical restrictions, No more price monopolies, No more ambiguous shipping situations. We are building towards a transparent system, where both buyers and sellers just focus on the product.
  • Piece — Piece is a digital real estate platform offering the easiest and most transparent way to participate in income-producing real estate in Europe. Our mission is to make real estate ownership inclusive and more accessible.
  • Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
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cFund
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

cFund is an early-stage sector agnostic venture firm in the Blockchain industry anchored by IOG and managed by Wave Digital Assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$11M; Series A $500k–$135M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
  • EigenLabs — Eigen Labs is an engineering and research organization that contributes to protocols like EigenLayer and EigenDA
  • Liqwid Labs — Liqwid is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol for lending and borrowing on Cardano, offering fast, affordable, and transparent liquidity solutions.
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Takayuki Sugiura
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Takayuki Sugiura is an information security expert, he researches and develops security in various fields such as the Internet, smartphones, virtual currencies, information leakage, and IoT.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Confectionery
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $457k–$800k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neukind — Make it Neukind
  • Cub McPaws — Buy comfortably fashionable kids clothes (4 - 12 years) online in India from Cub Mcpaws at best prices. Gorgeous dresses, jumpsuits, t-shirts, shirts & bottom wear for boys and girls | Free Shipping | COD
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $558k–$17M; Series A $2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 576
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$74M; Series B $4.3M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • WARPSPACE — ARPSPACE is a space startup originating from the University of Tsukuba, has been launching and working on a satellite development project at the University of Tsukuba for five years until the company was established.
  • Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
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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: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Series A $272k–$85M; Series B $2.8M–$67M
  • 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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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: 92
  • Round size: Seed $458k–$30M; Series A $1.5M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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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: 89
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CryptoSlate — Source for crypto news, predictions & data, reaching 1M+ users each month.
  • Saturn — Saturn is a decentralized Bitcoin exchange that enhances peer-to-peer non-custodial orderbooks and provides a secure trading experience.
  • Nakamoto — Nakamoto is a newly established Bitcoin-native holding company and a prominent player in the cryptocurrency industry. Nakamoto Company is designed to serve as a global conglomerate focused on accelerating Bitcoin adoption and utility across capital markets.
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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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$7M; Series A $1.9M–$225M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Asgard Finance — We help fearless investors take structured positions in Internet Capital Markets
  • Orochi Network — The Verifiable Data Layer For RWA. Granted by @Ethereum | Mainnet now live. Explore: https://t.co/Y29cF9pv7C
  • Temple Digital Group — Private and compliant financial market infrastructure for the world's institutions on the @CantonNetwork
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Kazutaka Muraguchi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Kazutaka Muraguchi is a VC at Nippon Technology Venture Partners. He Attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Finance
  • 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 — Graph Co., Ltd. is a database renovation and AI algorithm development venture established by Harada Hiroe, a data scientist of the year award winner.Artificial intelligence-based business monetization support CRM support application development and operation Database commissioning development AI algorithm development.
  • 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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Giftee
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

giftee is an online service where you can send a small 'thank you' through small gifts by twitter and email. Supported by Open Network Lab.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$2.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $345k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
  • Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
  • Treasure in Stomach — Treasure in Stomach is a food manufacturing company that develops vegan, gluten-free, and Muslim-friendly products and content.
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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: 57
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$79M; Series B $895k–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 400F — 400F develops services to solve problems related to people's lives and assets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tokyo.
  • Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
  • Rocket Link Technology — Rocket Link Technology is a product development company that specializes in designing LTP rockets for space travel.
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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, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $948k–$14M
  • 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.
  • Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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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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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, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 584
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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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: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M
  • 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.
  • Term Structure Labs — Lock in predictable rates. Amplify yields instantly. Deploy strategies with confidence on TermMax.
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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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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: 304
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$142M; Series B $6.4M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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Triatomic Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $5M–$50M; Series A $7M–$100M; Series B $35M–$500M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gimlet Labs — Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on building high performance AI systems.
  • Radical Numerics — Systems, scaling and architecture for general biological intelligence
  • Zapata Quantum — Zapata builds software applications and accelerates capabilities for Enterprises ready to compete with quantum computing
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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: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
  • Milamore — Designed in New York and handcrafted in Japan, Milamore believes that niche is a new luxury. They are committed to creating high-quality fine jewelry that's true to price, without compromising on their core values – living boldly, respecting heritage and celebrating the very best craftsmanship that the world has to offer.
  • Updater — Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.
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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 $474k–$4.5M; Series A $2.1M–$31M
  • 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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Hodl1
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Hodl1 is an Ethereum company that focuses on expanding the future financial infrastructure. The company facilitates cryptocurrency treasury and blockchain-related businesses. The company's vision is to develop the Ethereum ecosystem, which will lead to sustainable value creation through improved network security, increased liquidity, and thecreation of new use cases.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Art, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Turingum — Turingum provides digital transformation with cryptography and mathematics technology. They offer business idea proposals and consulting using blockchain and NFT. They crypto-asset research, evaluation and report creation essential for new crypto-asset handling in the crypto-asset exchange business smart contract code audit etc.
  • Regist ART — Regist ART offers art ownership and transfer registration services using blockchain. ART uses blockchain technology to provide a single platform to connect artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, investors, curators, and exhibitors so they can freely interact. Members of Regist ART can use the site as a virtual portfolio that can be accessed viathe internet. They can look through all of the artwork that has been registered, including their own, at any time and from any location.
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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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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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Polygon Studios
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Polygon is the most proven way to build and scale your decentralized application and projects on Ethereum, the world's largest blockchain ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaZone — MetaZone's mission is to harness and expand the application layer of the metaverse to onboard a billion citizens. MetaZone is the first content distribution platform designed to facilitate the open digital economy. At its core, creators submit Metaverse Enabled Tokenized Applications (METAs) to the marketplace, allowing anyone to own,experience, and deploy them to any virtual world. Anyone connected to the platform can host high-quality functional 3D content on digital lands with the click of a few buttons.
  • Anima — A new way to play.
  • Stems Labs — community and platform for collaborative creativity
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Republic capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Republic Capital is driven by a multifaceted value proposition and invests in companies across deep tech, fintech, and web3.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Hone Health — Hone Health provides telehealth services that support hormone health and longevity, including testosterone replacement therapy (TRT)
  • Sentient — Community-built open AGI
  • Nfinite Nanotech — Nfinite Nanotechnology has developed a functional nanocoating technology that accelerates the development and commercialization of cleantech for a sustainable future through transformative technologies, such as sustainable packaging, batteries, and photovoltaics.
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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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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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Mai Fujimoto
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Mai Fujimoto is known domestically and internationally as Miss Bitcoin. She has been promoting the spread of Bitcoin around the world since 2011.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Marketplace, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Canada, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Series A $4M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RSS3 — RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content and social networks in the Web 3.0 era.
  • GCR DAO — Global Coin Research is a Community-led DAO for Web3 Research & Investing. We source, vet & fund Pre-Seed to Series A opportunities. Join to Invest Together!
  • Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.
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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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Monday Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Venture Capital with a focus on Blockchain, AI and VR

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Gibraltar, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AINN Layer2 — A Bitcoin Layer2 Solution Built On AI-Driven Modular Architecture
  • Hera Biotech — Hera Biotech is a biotechnology company that is mainly developed for women's health and reproductive medicines. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
  • Dandelion Science — The central nervous system is one of the most complex biological pathways. At Dandelion, we are working to target the data pathways of the brain with the potential to reimagine the paradigm.
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Emoote
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

"Entertain the world. Resonate with creators" Emoote is a Web3 venture capital firm based in Singapore and Tokyo. Focuses on Entertainment, Media and Lifestyle.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XPLA — XPLA, Universal Content Powerhouse for a Sublime Creative Experience. Layer 1 blockchain that serves as a hub for digital media content.
  • Rivalz Network — Join the connectivity infrastructure between AI Agents, DeFAI and Markets.
  • The Seeds Labs — Seeds Labs is the developer of the Web3 game Bladerite, which emphasizes high-quality games and game infrastructure.
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IMO Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States, China, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
  • Vessel Finance — Vessel Finance is a ZK-powered order book exchange, seeks to combine the dependability of DEXs with the speed of CEXs.
  • Merda Biopharma — Merda Biopharma is a AI-enabled drug discovery technology platform that produces small molecule drugs that helps immune metabolism.
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Meteorite Labs
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Measure & Predict with Meteorite Labs

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • OMTrade — OMTrade is a cryptocurrency copy trading platform that aims to make cryptocurrency copy trading more equitable, sustainable, and creative.
  • Aki Network — Aki offers a web3 growth stack to track actual influencer promotion results using on-chain data-driven goods. A variety of products and services have been developed by Aki Network to enable more users and influencers to participate in high-quality project campaigns and get commensurate compensation.
  • Mahjong Meta — Mahjong Meta is a Web3 gaming platform on Ethereum, providing Mahjong lovers with an innovative gaming experience.
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COSIMO Ventures
VC Fund · Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

COSIMO digital, previously COSIMO Ventures, is a pioneering digital asset management firm offering asset management, advisory, custody, broker-dealer, and blockchain and Web3 development services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Enterprise Software, Blockchain, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Ireland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Defactor — Globally empowering businesses to tokenise real-world assets by offering decentralised open-source financial technology. Unlock a new financial future.
  • ICHI — Grow any token with low-slippage, on-chain liquidity
  • BEASY — BEASY Wallet & Forge makes it easy for collectors and creators to mint, buy, sell, trade, and manage their own NFTs. No crypto knowledge required!
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Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Play the Future. Galaxy Interactive is a leading sector-focused VC investing in interactive entertainment, at the intersection of content, social, finance and technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Finland, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 120
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Aria — Aria is a role-playing game in which players can freely traverse an open world while experiencing the thrill of epic quests and combat.
  • Overworld — Forge your destiny in our upcoming free-to-play cross-platform multiplayer RPG.
  • Build A Rocket Boy — We are a diverse, multinational group of developers, dedicated to making an all-new multi-world gaming experience, EVERYWHERE and MindsEye.
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Fujiyo Ishiguro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Blockchain startups

Fujiyo Ishiguro is a President & CEO at Netyear Group Corp. Fujiyo Ishiguro After working at Brother Industries and Swarovski Japan, Ms. Ishiguro founded a high-tech specialty consulting firm in Silicon Valley and advised clients such as Yahoo!, Netscape, Panasonic, and Sony on US-Japan alliances and technology transfers. She is a foundingmember of Netyear Group in US and Japan, devising comprehensive digital marketing solutions for corporate clients that resolve fundamental business issues as CEO. The company was listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2008. Ms. Ishiguro graduated the School of Economics at Nagoya University and received an MBA from Stanford University. She had been a member of the Government committee for the past several years, such as Cabinet Office “The future to choose” Committee, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) “IoT” Committee, and so on.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Marketing, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Netyear — Netyear offers a variety of strategic internet professional services that lead brands to their business innovation in the digital age. The company’s service portfolio includes strategic consulting, communication design, web development, data analysis, mobile application development, social media marketing, and more. Its clients include KDDI,Skyperfect TV, NHK Educational, and Recruit.Netyear was founded in 1999 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Cinnamon AI — Cinnamon AI develops AI-based business platforms to extend human potential by eliminating repetitive tasks. Cinnamon AI offers a computer system that has human intelligence such as academic, recognition, and judgment that helps to select appropriate and flexible correspondence according to the partner and circumstances, based on patternsaccumulated as data, allowing users to focus on creative work.
  • SingulaNet Ltd — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.
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Blockchain Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 206 deals from 436 investors.

436
investors
in Japan Blockchain startups
206
deals
in Japan Blockchain startups
$6.9M
median round
in Japan Blockchain startups
28%
lead investors
lead at least one round
27%
Seed
most common funding stage
89/11
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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