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Top 35 Crowdfunding VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 35 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Crowdfunding startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Crowdfunding companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 35 Crowdfunding VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2025

Investor	Crowdfunding Japan investments
Mizuho Capital	2
Japan Finance Corporation	2
East Ventures	1
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	1
SBI FinTech Fund	1
Open Up	1
Fundnote	1
Mizuho Financial Group	1
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	1
Femto Partners	1
Mistletoe	1
GCI Capital	1
Darwin Venture Management	1
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank	1
Globis Capital Partners	1
Kabu.com Securities	1
Salesforce Ventures	1
SBI Investment	1
Vector	1
Nissay Capital	1
Japan Post Capital	1
B Dash Ventures	1
Incubate Fund	1
Mitsubishi UFJ	1
Monex Ventures	1
SMBC Venture Capital	1
Mitsubishi Estate	1
Mizuho Bank	1
ANRI	1
Shinsei Corporate Investment	1
Angel Bridge	1
Heights Capital Management	1
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	1
Shizuoka Capital	1
Shinsei Bank	1

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Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Quemix — Quemix is an IT company specialized in providing quantum computing solutions.
Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
Japan, India, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is a Japanese bank holding / financial services company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. MUFG manages the affairs of its subsidiaries within the group and the business of the group as a whole along with all relevant ancillary business.The MUFG Group turned its eye toward the expected operatingenvironment changes over the next decade, and launched the new medium-term business plan, which outlines the strategies that will be implemented over the first three years of this period. The new plan is designed to guide us as they strive to realize their corporate vision—“Be the world's most trusted financial group.” By accelerating initiatives that span across business entities, regions, and business groups, they will work to live up to the expectations of their customers, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders.The MUFG Group aims to achieve stable and sustainable income growth through seeking diversified revenue bases especially in customer segment both domestically and abroad, and capital efficiency by improving productivity. In addition, they will enhance shareholder value by conducting capital management flexibly taking the balance of (1) enhancement of further shareholder returns, (2) maintenance of a solid capital base and (3) strategic investments for sustainable growth, into consideration.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Japan, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
IndiaMART InterMESH — IndiaMART InterMESH is an online B2B marketplace, connecting buyers with suppliers across various industries.
Reliance Industries — Reliance Industries Limited is committed to innovation-led, exponential growth in the areas of hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and telecommunications.

SBI FinTech Fund

Investment focus

Lending, Crowdfunding, Financial Services
Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Crowd Realty — Crowd Realty (Cloud Realty) is an investment-type crowdfunding marketplace specializing in real estate. With the age-changing city as the era, businesses and investors will be able to realize their ideas, offering an unprecedented investment place.

Open Up engages in dispatching engineers to manufacturers, general contractors, and IT companies. It provides employment opportunities to those who are inexperienced but willing to take on challenges and supports them in creating, changing, and expanding their careers.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Crowdfunding, Career Planning
Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

ROXX — ROXX is a planning, development, operation and sales of agent bank and back check.

Fundnote is a boutique investment fund that invests in Japanese companies.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Crowdfunding, Career Planning
Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

ROXX — ROXX is a planning, development, operation and sales of agent bank and back check.

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company which manages and engages in ancillary operations related to the management of its legally–owned subsidiaries as defined by the Japanese Banking Act. Its activities include streamlining group management functions, creating synergies across various business fields and capabilities, andleveraging the defining strengths and characteristics of the Mizuho group.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Funding Round, Series A, Post-IPO Debt
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

CoreWeave — CoreWeave provides flexible compute services and products to empower innovators. The company provides GPU accelerated compute solutions to the CGI and machine learning industries. Backed by quality hardware and systems management infrastructure, CoreWeave is built to help clients scale and adapt to evolving compute requirements at industry leadingeconomics.
Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
Zap Energy — Zap Energy's fusion reactor stabilizes plasma using sheared flows rather than magnetic fields. Driving electric current through the flow creates the magnetic field, which confines and compresses the plasma. The higher the current, the greater the pressure and density in the plasma. Zap Energy's reactor is the least expensive, mostcompact, most scalable solution with the shortest path to commercially viable fusion.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group primarily conducts commercial banking through the following financial services such as leasing, securities, consumer finance, system development, and data processing. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Banking, FinTech, Payments
Series A, Corporate Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Axiata — As one of Asia's leading telecommunications groups, Axiata has grown into a Triple Core Business centred on digital telco, businesses and infrastructure.
BitFlyer — BitFlyer is a bitcoin exchange and marketplace that enables its customers to buy, sell, and spend bitcoins.
Kyash — Kyash is a fintech platform providing mobile banking services with full-stack banking technology currently offering digital wallet app. It has built proprietary full-stack banking infrastructure from the ground up to offer mobile-first consumer-facing digital wallets in Japan.The platform offers online payment and personal remittance apps underthe Kyash service name, and issues prepaid cards that can be used at Visa merchants. It also provides a new card that is available in three colors, navy, silver, and pink and adopts a simple design with card numbers and card names placed on the back. The first Visa card in Japan with an IC chip and contactless payment function that has no card number on the front side.Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

The fund will invest in early-stage venture companies in the Internet sector, which are engaged in platform businesses and financial services. The amount of per-company equity investment will be in the range of between ¥10 million ($.098 million) and ¥300 million ($2.95 million). The fund is also characterized by the practical support for growingcompanies that will be provided by Mr. Isozaki. Shinsei Bank will dispatch personnel to the fund in order to jointly assist Mr. Isozaki in order to source venture companies and maximize their corporate value.

Investment focus

Internet, Communities, Location Based Services
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

IVRy — Ivry offers cloud based telephonic answering service.
YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.

Mistletoe is a hub for startups and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. It specifically provides learning opportunities for entrepreneurs, facilitates startup communities, invests in and supports startup companies and venture capitals.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

ULUU — ULUU is an ocean material that replaces plastic and actively benefits the world.
Aquaria — Discover how you can secure access to safe, clean water from air using Aquaria's atmospheric water generators.
Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.

GCI Capital is a proprietary investment firm focused on financial technology, information technology, and education.

Investment focus

FinTech, Marketplace, Crowdfunding
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Crowd Credit — Crowdcredit is cross-border marketplace lending platform operator.We provide risk capital to individuals and SMEs in financial deficit countries while we offer attractive lending opportunities to investors in financial surplus countries.Currently, we are providing Japanese personal and SMEs investors with opportunities to lend toindividuals and SMEs in Peru, Cameroon, Estonia, Finland, Spain and in Italy.In 2016, Crowdcredit is aiming to start raising funds and also to start lending in Asian region outside of Japan.

Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Since our founding in 2009, we have managed eight funds, investing primarily in Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary funds. In 2022, we also launched an evergreen angel fund to enable more nimble bets onpromising early-stage teams, and especially those coming from Taiwan’s superb academic and research institutions. This exposure across stages and borders, coupled with the strong technical background of our team, is the source of Darwin’s differentiation. We recently launched our 8th fund Darjune.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

KKday — KKday is an e-commerce travel platform that offers 10,000+ experiences around the world. It provides a wide breadth of experiences, including theme park tickets, cooking classes, multi-day tours, airport transfers, sim cards, and hidden sights off the beaten path. KKday was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in T'ai-pei, Taiwan.
Ball Wave — Ballwave uses the ball SAW sensor based on a new principle as the core of the differentiating factor, and becomes the human eye and the nervous system, and invites it to the horizon of technology.
EMobi — EMoBi is a transportation company that provides freight transport, and electric vehicle services with reservation facilities.

The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Ltd. is a Japan-based regional bank. The Bank operates in two segments. The Banking segment is engaged in the provision of various financial commodities and services, including deposit business, lending business, domestic and foreign exchange business, government bonds, investment trust funds, insurance and bonds, as wellas registration services; the marketable securities and investments business, as well as the collection and provision of information. The Leasing segment provides leasing services. In addition, the Bank is also engaged in the computer-related, think tanks, credit guarantee, credit cards and venture capital businesses, as well as the integrated processing of banking business, scrutiny and organize business of cash, document creation and storage business, and Real Estate collateral research and evaluation work.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Task Management, Recruiting
Funding Round, Seed, Series C
Japan

Portfolio highlights

iBody — iBody is a venture from Nagoya University Graduate School of Life and Agriculture.We will contribute to the improvement of treatment and diagnostic technology and the development of life science by using monoclonal antibody excavation technology from a small amount of blood, and contribute to the improvement of human health and quality of life.
U-MaP — U-MaP is an “industrial materials” venture from Nagoya University, which was established mainly by researchers at Nagoya University. The mission under the company name is "Providing new solutions to society through technological innovation through ultimate materials and processing technologies (Ultimate Material and Processing)." Underthis mission, U-MaP will continue to commercialize university technology seeds and create next-generation industries.
Photo Electron Soul — Photo electron Soul mission is to innovate the world of "seeing (fine observation)" and "creating (fine processing)" through the development of photocathode electron beam technology.　The photocathode electron beam technology developed by our company will produce next generation electron beams with high performance andversatility (pulse structure, low dispersion, large current). By renewing the electron beam, which is a key device for industrial equipment such as electron microscopes, semiconductor device manufacturing / inspection equipment, and metal 3D printers, it is possible to realize fine observation, fine processing, high throughput, etc. Breakthroughs in a wide range of fields such as science, materials, and electronics.

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
Knowhere — Knowhere is a company that applies high-performance AI to sports.

It operates as an online securities company in Japan. It holds patents related to order placement, asset management, and financial products intermediary services

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Robot Fund — Robot Fund is a provider of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) solutions for asset management businesses.
Crowd Realty — Crowd Realty (Cloud Realty) is an investment-type crowdfunding marketplace specializing in real estate. With the age-changing city as the era, businesses and investors will be able to realize their ideas, offering an unprecedented investment place.
Xenodata lab — xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of thee intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning.

100% invested in enterprise cloud companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

RightRev — Simplify and streamline your accounting process with RightRev's automated revenue recognition software. Get in touch with us to know more.
Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Astronomer — Astronomer’s mission is to help organizations realize the potential of Apache Airflow. Building on the foundation of Astronomer Cloud, the market-leading Airflow as a Service offering, Astronomer is developing new standards of scale, performance, and reliability and leading the way to enterprise-grade Airflow.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Zolve — Best neo bank in India offering international banking & financial services online. Apply for a US bank account, credit card & student education loan with Zolve!
Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
TOKYO GameFi — TOKYO GameFi is a Web3 firm formed by a management team of developers and engineers with previous experience at CyberAgent.

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
Japan, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CloudLegal — CloudLegal provides AI-powered legal services, combining generative AI with legal expertise to streamline corporate operations.
Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
Knowhere — Knowhere is a company that applies high-performance AI to sports.

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

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Marketing
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
Ubie — Ubie, a Tokyo based health-tech startup, provides AI-based healthcare products. Hospital SaaS product “Ubie for Hospital”, also knows as AI Monshin (Monshin means interview with a doctor/record taking in Japanese) is an AI-driven medical questionnaire software targeting users at medical institutions, in order to support document creation ofclinical records under supervision from specialists. Consumer application, AI symptom checker “Ubie” is a physician supervised symptom checking app. Users can understand their symptoms by answering questions prompted by the AI and learn how to cope with the symptoms based on the disease information.
Shizai — Shizai operates a platform that enables the creation of original packaging at low cost and high quality. The company supports sustainable packaging production and warehouse selection, delivering value to various industries through technology. Shizai's platform is particularly beneficial for businesses operating in e-commerce and D2C(Direct-to-Consumer) sectors. The company also emphasizes the use of sustainable materials in its packaging solutions.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Taiwan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Gatebox — It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension.
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.

We have the largest domestic and global customer base of any Japanese bank, consisting of a network of 500 offices in Japan and 40 other countries. We apply our values of integrity and responsibility by contributing to the improvement of the economic and social infrastructure wherever we do business.Our portfolio includes 40 million retailbanking accounts and 500,000 corporate customers. The extensive network that this represents is itself a valuable component of our financial role as part of the global social infrastructure.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Debt Financing, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Tryeting — TRYETING provides an AI platform that integrates various types of software. One of the strengths of the company is materials informatics, a field that applies the techniques of informatics, such as AI and big data, to materials. This approach can significantly speed the development of new materials.
HelloWorld — EdTech, International Exchange between Schools
Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, China

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
Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
DelizMart — Deliz Mart is a digital-driven platform that helps to solve food distribution challenges and reduce cost transactions in the food industry.
Penetrator — Penetrator transforms the real estate market with space technology, tackling transaction issues and forming landslide observation systems.

A comprehensive real estate developer, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. boasts the leading position in the Japanese market, operating a spectrum of businesses in diverse fields related to real estate, including an office building business centered on the Marunouchi district in central Tokyo, a retail property business, a residential business, and hotelbusiness. The Company's area of operations is not confined to Japan; it includes the United States and the United Kingdom and extends to such Asian countries as China and Singapore.The strength of the Mitsubishi Estate Group lies in its comprehensive business structure, which encompasses Group members that seamlessly cover businesses ranging from development to leasing and property management. Looking at the real estate industry in countries overseas, in most places, the industry is divided into two main groups: developers and property managers. In contrast, the Mitsubishi Estate Group operates under a policy of maintaining ownership of the majority of the properties that it has developed. This enables the Group to pursue urban development with an eye to the future-a future of not only a decade or 50 years but as much as a hundred years from now.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Information Technology, Internet
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

iYell — iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
T2 — T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service.
BeBit — BeBit is a consulting firm that provides customer experience management and user-centered design support services.

Mizuho Bank is a commercial bank that began operation on July 1, 2013, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. It offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities. It also provides current and ordinary, deposits at notice, time, and specified deposits, deposits for tax,nonresident deposits in yen, foreign currency deposits, negotiable time deposits and loans by bill, loans on a deed, and overdrafts as well as discounts for bank acceptances, commercial papers, and documentary bills. Moreover, it offers investment banking and custodial, syndication, bond administrative, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate restructuring, project, and asset finance services, settlement and asset management services. It operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
KG Motors — KG Motors is an automotive firm that manufactures electric vehicles that can be moved comfortably and safely by one person.
Credit Saison India — Credit Saison India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Saison Co. Ltd, a Japanese credit card/prepaid card issuer. Credit Saison India has offices in Bangalore and Mumbai.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
Asusola — Asusola engaged in the renewable energy power generation business

Shinsei Corporate Investment supports the creation and development of the business.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Education
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, India, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.
Tokyo Artisan Intelligence — Tokyo Artisan Intelligence develops od purely domestic AI high-speed code generation tools as part of deep learning and hardware research. Their objectives are to contribute to the development of new computational technology and its application in society, particularly by providing experts through the training of doctoral students.

Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Consulting
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
Lisse — Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI.
Bloomo Securities — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.

Heights Capital Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in private investments in public equity in emerging growth companies. The firm typically invests in healthcare and technology companies. Heights Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Post-IPO Equity, Funding Round, Series E
United States, France, China

Portfolio highlights

ROXX — ROXX is a planning, development, operation and sales of agent bank and back check.
GenSight Biologics — GenSight Biologics develops gene therapy-based treatments for retinal degenerative diseases. GenSight Biologics is a privately owned biopharmaceutical company, dedicated to the development and commercialization of gene therapy-based treatments of retinal degenerative diseases.Based on recent results obtained by the teams of its scientificfounders, the company develops innovative approaches to prevent retinal degeneration in selected pathological conditions and to restore vision in patients suffering from very low vision or blindness.
Lomond Therapeutics — Targeting escape mutations in hematological cancers with first and best in class medicines.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
M&A Cloud — M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Content
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
GROWTH VERSE — GROWTH VERSE is a developer of Aimstar an all-in-one tool that offers data integration, analysis, and policy implementation services.

We provide online services and English-speaking support, allowing you to make transactions anytime, anywhere.

Investment focus

Finance, Internet, Task Management
Funding Round, Series A, Series C
Japan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

TAQA — TAQA is a utilities and energy company that engages in power, water, and oil and gas operations. It is an international company listed in Abu Dhabi and operates in 11 countries across four continents.The company's interests lie in conventional and alternative power generation, water desalination, oil and gas exploration and production,pipelines, and gas storage. TAQA was founded in 2005 and operates in Canada, Ghana, India, Iraq, Morocco, the Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
PeaceTecLab — PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business.
Mirfa International Power & Water Company — Mirfa International Power & Water Company is a renewable energy startup that delivers power and water solutions. A combined-cycle gas turbine power plant, a modular reverse osmosis plant, and three multi-stage flash desalination units comprise the company's power and water plant. It has a gross installed power capacity of 1.7 gigatonnes(GW) and a gross water desalination capacity of 53 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD). It aims to deliver a futuristic power generating plant with a net power capacity of 1600 megawatts to address the country's power issues.

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