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Top 50 Cryptocurrency VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Cryptocurrency startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Cryptocurrency companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Cryptocurrency VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in May 2025

Investor	Cryptocurrency Japan investments
Ceres	5
East Ventures	4
JAFCO	3
MIRAISE	2
FreakOut Holdings	2
Money Forward	2
DeNA	2
D4V	2
Venture Labo Investment	2
ANOBAKA	2
SMBC Venture Capital	2
aucfan Co.,Ltd.	1
SOHGO SECURITY SERVICES	1
Okasan Capital Partners	1
GMO Pepabo	1
GSR	1
Apple	1
giftee	1
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	1
Septeni	1
Mizuho Bank	1
Nippon Technology Venture Partners	1
Internet Initiative Japan	1
Fundamental Labs	1
SBI Investment	1
Global Brain Corporation	1
Mitsubishi Corporation	1
Money Partners Group	1
GameWith	1
Coconala Skill Partners	1
DWF Labs	1
KDDI	1
Gree	1
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone	1
SECOM	1
GoldenTree Asset Management	1
Bullet Group Japan	1
FE Invest	1
Daiwa Corporate Investment	1
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings	1
Japan Post Bank	1
Monex Ventures	1
Asteria	1
SLD Entertainment	1
B Dash Ventures	1
Dentsu Group	1
Stone System	1
Incubate Fund	1
MTG Ventures	1
MUFG Bank	1

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

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.

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.

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
Pocket Sign — Pocket Sign develops digital platforms that store e-signatures and other authentication details for it's users privacy and security.
Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.

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!

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Japan, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.

We are spread out into global with our mission "Give people work that requires a person" through our freak'in technology.

Investment focus

SNS, Content, Finance
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
Japan, India

Portfolio highlights

VAZ — VAZ is a venture company that transforms everyday small changes into a better society together with YouTuber and other influential creators.
CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
91springboard — Explore 91Springboard, the best co-working company offering premium co-working spaces and shared office solutions. Whether you're a startup, freelancer, or team, enjoy flexible workspaces, modern amenities, and prime locations tailored to your needs.

Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Accounting
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, India, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Starley — Starley offers end-to-end development and implementation of artificial intelligence-related products.
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.
Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform

DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Education, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Tané — Dubai/NYC/Tokyo-based crypto-focused investment research firm. Investing in the Future of Decentralization.
Buzzreach — Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company.
Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.

Venture Labo Investment is venture capital firm that provides financial supports to invested companies at each growth stage.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Internet, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
Japan, Indonesia, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
Castee — Castee provides social collaboration services and also helps with a tool for job requests and overseas projects for creators.
Batton — Batton is a product-developing company that sells AI-enabled RPA buttons and AI formats that allow papers to be automatically formatted.

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

Investment focus

Software, Content, Food and Beverage
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

hicrea — hicrea is an AI-powered SaaS platform for fashion companies.
Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.

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.

Aucfan is the only company in Japan that provides all the eCommerce price data across the big three market, America, China and Japan. The data Aucfan aggregates has reached more than 800millions with last 8 years coverage and Aucfan provides these data through its website Aucfan.com. (www.aucfan.com).The data Aucfan provides both to theconsumers and the retailers include the the price across the major global EC and Auction sites such as Rakuten, the No1 shopping site in Japan, Yahoo! Auction, the No1 Auction site in Japan, and Amazon Japan as well as eBay.com, the No1 EC site in US, and Taobao, the No1 Auction site in China.By visiting the Aucfan.com, buyers and sellers can easily find the price and the value of the product globally.Aucfan currently focuses on the consumer buesinss but Aucfan's next strategy is to expand its business to the BtoB by providing the price data to the EC and retail markets and helping them make the critical judgement for the price setting and purchsing just like the Bloomberg providing the financial informationto the financial brokers and helping them make the business judgement.Aucfan's next ambition is to expand its business globally and as the part of that strategy, Aucfan has already launched the Chinese website in JULY/2010 and plans to open the US site in SEP/2010.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketing, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Corporate Round
Japan, Indonesia, France

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.
Yuwaeru — Yuwaeru is a Direct-to-Consumer company
nextProtein — nextProtein is developing a large scale and sustainable insect based source of protein. The bioconversion of fly larvae fed with organic waste generates valuable feed components for fish, livestock and pets.

SOHGO SECURITY SERVICES specializes in the provision and management of security and disaster prevention services. It operates through the segments which include security services, total building management, disaster prevention services, and nursing care.

Investment focus

Internet, Web Apps, Cryptocurrency
Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.

Okasan Capital Partners is Invest in early-stage venture companies with unique technologies, services, business models and high growth potential, and middle-rater stage companies with a view to listing.

Investment focus

Medical, Recruiting, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Pittan — PITTAN is a health tech startup that focuses on the development of high-speed analytical equipment for use in the healthcare industry. The company's primary service is to analyze the internal status of an individual's body to promote beautiful and healthy skin. This is achieved through the application of analytical chemistry.PITTAN's services are designed to provide insights into the body's health, which can be used to inform personal care and wellness decisions.
For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
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.

GMO Pepabo, Inc. established in 2003 as a web hosting service company. Since its foundation the company has focused on consumer-targeted Internet services, and today it comprises four business segments: Hosting which operates consumer domain registration and web hosting services, Ecommerce Support which provides ecommerce platform solutions,Customer to customer (C2C) marketplace for handmade products, and Community that facilitates communication among Internet users through blogging and media portal services.

Investment focus

SNS, Advertising, Digital Marketing
Seed, Funding Round
Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bunzz — Comprehensive dev tool for Smart Contracts, AI based audit, and analysis.
TieUps — TieUps develops and operates SNS integrated marketing services.
Neworld — New World Co., Ltd. is a startup company from Fukuoka that aims to make the Japanese brand the No. 1 in the world. For everyone who loves Japan, we will take the leap forward with Japanese manufacturing companies, including the operation of the EC site "CRAFT STORE".

GSR is the global leader in crypto trading and market-making. We specialize in providing liquidity, trading and risk management solutions.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Memes Lab — Memes Lab is a multi-level meme infrastructure on TON, integrated with Telegram Stars, which allows users to purchase meme coins without a wallet.
DoubleZero — DoubleZero is developing a global fiber network intended for high-performance distributed systems and blockchains. It seeks to enhance blockchain performance by establishing a dedicated physical infrastructure layer for communication.
Canopy — Canopy is a DeFi platform built on Movement that leverages a dynamically balanced dual-token ecosystem of $LEAF and $OAK, as well as the ability for users to offer liquidity with single asset deposits.

Discover the innovative world of Apple and shop everything iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and Apple TV, plus explore accessories, entertainment, and expert device support.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Transportation
Post-IPO Equity, Seed, Grant
United States, China, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

gamma — gamma. is a media and technology company centered in music, film, podcasting, and creative services.
Globalstar — Globalstar offers high quality, low-cost satellite voice and data services to commercial and recreational users from virtually anywhere in more than 120 countries around the world.Globalstar, which was established in 1991 and began commercial service in late 1999, currently offers service from virtually anywhere across over 120 countries, aswell as from most territorial waters and several mid-ocean regions. Signals from a Globalstar phone or modem are received by the company's constellation of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites and relayed to ground-based gateways, which then pass the call on to the terrestrial telephone network.
M3 Technology — M3 Technology is a manufacturing company that specialises in the comprehensive cycle of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, from design and testing to production and marketing. The company primarily focuses on the design and sales of high-end power management ICs, delivering efficient and stable voltage regulation with minimal inductanceand low interference.

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.

Investment focus

Marketing, Internet, CRM
Series A, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Xmart — Xmart is a Costs can be reduced by simply sending invoices for one month.
DIRIGIO — DIRIGIO is an Operation and development of mobile order & pay platform.
Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.

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

Septeni is developing various one-stop services to solve customers' marketing issues focusing on the Internet advertising agency business that has a proven track record in Japan.

Investment focus

SNS, Content, Fashion
Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

YRGLM — YRGLM Inc. provides marketing platform. The Company offers advertising platform "AD EBiS", automated advertising report creation tool "AdRepo", commercial distribution platform "EC-CUBE", and more. YRGLM serves clients in Asia and America.
CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.

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.

Nippon Technology Venture Partners is a Japanese independent investment firm that invests in technology-driven companies.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Mobile, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
Japan, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

COMSA — Comsa is a conduit for future ICOs that want to exist in the COMSA ecosystem. As part of the project, a COMSA team is now already in place to provide companies with consultation, expertise and solutions to support their very own ICOs and implement blockchain technology into their business practices using our Zaif exchange and mijin privateblockchain software, all at the same time, as a one-stop solution.
warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
Gruff —

Internet Initiative Japan is an Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions provider. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. The company's services include high-quality systems integration and security services, Internet access, hosting/housing, and contentdesign. Moreover, the company has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. IIJ was listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2006.

Investment focus

Internet, Web Apps, Cryptocurrency
Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Allm — Allm is a medical ICT company dedicated to shaping healthcare. The company seeks to benefit society by launching next-generation technologies and medical communications platforms for the healthcare industry. The solutions are installed more than 18 countries across US, South America, EU, Japan, Middle East and Africa.
DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.

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

Investment focus

Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Funding Round
Singapore, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

NexGami — NexGami is a gamefi platform that empowers the next generation of players by reshaping the gaming landscape.
Bitlight Labs — Bitlight Labs builds infrastructure using the RGB protocol and the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
Pop Social — Pop Social is the ultimate social gateway to Web3. Experience a multi-chain social ecosystem and discover your online social lifestyle. Connect and engage with a decentralized global community to leverage content and ownership economy.

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.

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cellid — Cellid developing the waveguide-architecture display module for AR glasses and high-performance spatial recognition software.
Tokenz — Tokenz is your all-in-one platform for global digital payments, cross-border tax compliance, and seamless payouts.
Boston Medical Sciences — Boston Medical Sciences conducts research, prevention, and diagnostics procedures to eliminate colorectal cancer deaths.

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is a global integrated business enterprise that develops and operates businesses across virtually every industry including industrial finance, energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, living essentials, and environmental business. MC's current activities are expanding far beyond its traditional trading operations asits diverse business ranges from natural resources development to investment in retail business, infrastructure, financial products and manufacturing of industrial goods.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Logistics
Corporate Round, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ample — Ample is a new energy delivery solution for electric vehicles. It uses Modular Battery Swapping to deliver 100% charge to any EV in a few minutes.
Mangrove Lithium — Mangrove Lithium is a ground-breaking refining platform that redefines the industry standard for battery grade lithium refining
Preferred Networks — Preferred Networks (PFN) was established in March 2014 in Tokyo with the goal to develop practical, real-world applications of deep learning, robotics and other latest technologies. PFN is currently focused on three priority areas – transportation systems, manufacturing and bio-healthcare – and also exploring the use of deep learning in personalrobots, plant optimization, materials discovery, sports analytics and entertainment. PFN has a U.S. subsidiary in Burlingame, California.

MONEY PARTNERS GROUP CO., LTD. as a holding company, is comprised of MONEY PARTNERS CO., LTD. which is engaged in Foreign Exchange Trading business and MONEY PARTNERS SOLUTIONS CO., LTD. which is engaged in Financial System Development business.MONEY PARTNERS GROUP not only provides services to individual investors but also provides its ownsystem and ASP business to other financial institutions placing Foreign Exchange Margin Trading (FX) business at the core. MONEY PARTNERS GROUP will establish a management base as a group and promote new business opportunities using our experience and know how cultivated in the FX business, in a wide range of sectors including over-the-counter trading (OTC) and derivatives (financial derivative products).

Investment focus

FinTech, Bitcoin, Ethereum
Series A, Series B
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kraken — Kraken is more than just a Bitcoin trading platform. Come see why our cryptocurrency exchange is the best place to buy, sell, trade and learn about crypto.
Tech Bureau — Tech Bureau provides cryptographic currency and Blockchain technology using exchange API to handle currency encryption.

GameWith is an online game information community that provides its users with hints and tips for smartphone games. Its initial focus is providing strategy guides for the rapidly expanding (and updating) mobile gaming market. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Minato, Japan.

Investment focus

Gaming, eSports, Video Games
Seed, Corporate Round
India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Game Server Services — Game Server Services is an asset, game keeps important player data such as billing currency and character level.
GamingMonk — Choose from a variety of more than 30 real money-winning games games on MPL and win big! Download the app now and experience online gaming like never before.

coconala Skill Partners is a matching platform venture capital firm that creates encounters between seed / early-stage entrepreneurs and skill partners who want to support their aspirations.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Online Portals, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Comvey — Comvey provides a shopping experience that is friendly to people and the earth. It primarily offers a foldable share bag online.
SoVa — SoVa operates an accounting firm that combines technology and experts.
ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .

DWF Labs is the leading crypto venture capital company, market maker & liquidity provider. We help build strong web3 companies.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Domin Network — Domin Network is a decentralized business network that connects software and hardware in many business situations using the NFT middleware protocol and DePIN rollup technology.
Bidask Protocol — Bidask Protocol is a buying and selling platform that works on the TON blockchain that helps people trade more easily.
World Liberty Financial — World Liberty Financial intends to function as a cryptocurrency platform primarily focused on stablecoins, which are digital currencies fixed to a constant value, often $1. The network is supposed to offer services such as borrowing and lending, with a new cryptocurrency called $WLFI at its basis.

KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanesecable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.
ATOMica — ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments.
Secret Double Octopus — Provider of industry-leading FIDO-certified, rotation-based passwordless MFA with the fullest support for enterprise complexity. Click here for more!

Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users. Gree shares development and operational expertise across all its studios as Gree always works to create new game models for its customers.

Investment focus

Mobile, Gaming, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
Bankers Holding — Bankers Holding controls the bankers group companies that provide financial services via internet.

NTT Group's website. Learn about NTT Group, Press Release, Business, Investor Relations, R&D, CSR, Disaster Countermeasures, Environmental Activities, Procurement, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Profile, Careers information.

Investment focus

Software, Education, SaaS
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

VACAN — VACAN is a vacant seat information platform such as restaurants and cafes and parking lots.
DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.
Laugh & Peace_Mother — Laugh & Peace_Mother provides production and distribution of educational and other content/applications.

SECOM was the first security company in Japan, and provides its services to the largest number of corporate and individual clients. In Japan, SECOM is synonymous with security service and we provide the "SECOM brand" on-line security systems with emergency response in 12 countries and territories, including Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Investment focus

Internet, Security, Software
Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Safie — Safie is a smart security cameras and home security of the smartphone.
Asilla — Asilla develops and provides AI specialized in image and video analysis. Its services, the Vehicle recognition AI, recognizes the manufacturer and model from the image of the vehicle. It also has a censorship service that detects inappropriate images that can not be released, including copyrights and obscene expressionsAsilla was founded in 2015and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.

GoldenTree is an employee-owned, global asset management firm that specializes in opportunities across the credit universe in sectors such as high yield bonds, leveraged loans, private credit, distressed debt, structured products, emerging markets, private equity and credit-themed equities. GoldenTree was founded in 2000 and is one of the largestindependent asset managers focused on credit. GoldenTree manages over $48 billion for institutional investors including leading public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. GoldenTree is headquartered in New York and has offices in West Palm Beach, FL, Charlotte, NC, London, Dublin, Sidney, Singapore, Tokyo, and Dubai.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Australia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

XION — THE FIRST WALLETLESS L1 BLOCKCHAIN PURPOSE BUILT FOR CONSUMER ADOPTION THROUGH CHAIN ABSTRACTION
Smartsheet — Smartsheet is the best way to plan, track, automate, and report on work, enabling you to move from idea to impact - fast. This cloud-based work management platform empowers collaboration, drives better decision making, and accelerates innovation for over 70,000 brands in 190 countries, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500. Named by Forbes asone of the world’s top private cloud companies, Smartsheet complements existing enterprise investments by deeply integrating with applications from Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Atlassian, and many others.
Burnt — Creators of XION, The Blockchain Built To Make Crypto Human.

Bullet Group is an AD Solution Business

Investment focus

Finance, Security, Blockchain
Angel
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.

FE Invest is an investment company in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Finance, Security, Blockchain
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.

Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.

Investment focus

Software, Task Management, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, France, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
COUNTERWORKS — Counter works is an Information technology company.

The official site of the TOKAI TOKYO FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

ADDX — Private market Investment with lower minimums. ADDX gives investors access to private equity, hedge fund, real estate & other alternative investment choices.
PayPay — PayPay is an online payment app.This benefit is not applicable when paying with PayPay online payment service. * 2 For PayPay, per person, the “granting limit for one payment” is equivalent to 15,000 yen, and the “total granting limit for one month” is equivalent to 30,000 yen. If you pay by credit card other than Yahoo! Card, the grant rate is0.5%. * 3 If you pay with a credit card other than Yahoo!
Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation — Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation is providing equity investment and business management services for affiliated group companies.

Japan Post Bank provides general banking services.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, Internet
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.
Auba — Auba is engaged in open innovation program, consulting specialized in Ol, and media outreach activities.
Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.

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

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, 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
MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision

Infoteria Corporation is a Japanese company that specializes in providing software and related support, consulting, and training.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Security
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

TECHFUND — TechFund is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation and seed stage investments. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Tech Bureau — Tech Bureau provides cryptographic currency and Blockchain technology using exchange API to handle currency encryption.

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

Investment focus

Content, Ethereum, Marketing
Series A
Japan

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.

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

Dentsu Group is a global advertising agency that provides marketing, media, PR, digital marketing, and promotion services.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Social Media, Financial Services
Funding Round, Series A, Corporate Round
Japan, India

Portfolio highlights

MyDearest — MyDearest is a Full dive product planning and development company
Advance Composite — Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products.
SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.

Stone System provides web application development, system consulting, and server administration services. The company was founded in 1990 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Fressets — Fressets is a Startup to challenge the creation of social infrastructure using blockchain technology.

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.

MTG Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of MTG that invests in beauty and wellness tech, food tech, and sports tech sectors.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Marketing, Food and Beverage
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

knowuit — knowuit is a company that provides supply chain efficiency solutions to shippers. It develops and provides "Newit," a supply chain DX tool for shippers.
Robofull — Robofull is a manufacturing firm that specializes in the design and sale of automation equipment for factories to solve the labor shortage.
EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.

MUFG Bank is Japan's largest bank. ; MUFG

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
Japan, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

AdaniConneX — AdaniConneX is the largest Hyperscale Data Center provider. Avail the maximum uptime, highest energy efficiency, full scalability and security to your business and customers.
Akaysha Energy — Akaysha Energy offers full-cycle development for projects including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and renewable energy.
Adani Green Energy — Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) is developing a renewable portfolio of 25 GW by 2025 which includes wind power, solar power, and hybrid power projects.

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