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Top 50 Digital Media VC Funds & Investors in Japan (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Digital Media startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Digital Media startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
HAKOBUNE
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Sales, Video, Gaming $289k–$7.1M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.4M–$109M
JAFCO
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$184M
Antler
VC Fund
3 Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
Hakuhodo DY Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Australia, Singapore Series A, Series B Marketing, Health Care, Information Technology $1.8M–$109M
Seiko Electric
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Photography, Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence
Coreline Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Australia, United States Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing $1.1M–$102M
GOLDEN EGG Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Apps $1.1M–$5.7M
Vector
VC Fund
2 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Corporate Round Software, Internet, Marketing $730k–$33M
One Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, China, Finland Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $800k–$32M
FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, Indonesia, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$113M
NetAge
VC Fund
1 Japan Pre-Seed, Series A News, Local, Big Data
Cygames capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Video, E-Commerce, Health Care $400k–$33M
YoStar
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Video, Art, Music
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $317k–$57M
ANRI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Medical, Health Care $413k–$41M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $2.3M–$142M
Regional Revitalization Solution
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Corporate Round, Series A Reservations, Travel, Content $1M–$43M
Chishima Real Estate
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series B, Series C Apps, Manufacturing, Art $6.8M–$12M
W ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $382k–$37M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$198M
Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Content, Health Care $652k–$63M
AG Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed Finance, Software, Internet $1M–$71M
S.T. Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Video, Apparel, Fashion
Kodansha
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Corporate Round, Series C Content, Software, Media and Entertainment $4M–$170M
Hankyu Hanshin
VC Fund
1 Japan Series C, Series A, Series E Video, Virtual Reality, Art $1.2M–$2.2M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland Seed, Series A Information Technology, Apps, Internet $804k–$44M
Sagin Capital & Consulting
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Internet, Software $471k–$170M
SEPTENI HOLDINGS Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A, Corporate Round Internet, Content, Apps $39M–$113M
UNITED
VC Fund
1 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A Apps, Software, Information Technology $645k–$43M
Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $892k–$64M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $565k–$71M
Gree
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Mobile, Gaming, Internet $1.2M–$354M
Sazaby League
VC Fund
1 Japan, Germany Series A, Series B Fashion, Shopping, Software $1.8M–$6.3M
Regional Economy Revitalization Support Organization
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Photography, Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series B, Series A Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$553M
JIG-SAW
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Content, Marketing, Digital Media
SG INCUBATE
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Sales $769k–$17M
Makers Fund
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Finland Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Video Games, Online Games $2M–$80M
Innovation Hayate V Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Sales, Video, Education
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $48k–$57M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Apps
Adways Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed, Series C Software, SNS, Web3
QTnet
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Artificial Intelligence, Medical, Software $2M–$152M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$184M
Hokkaido Electric Power Company
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series B, Corporate Round Video, Energy, Animation $843k–$24M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Delight Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
All About Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Medical, Task Management, Health Care
i-nest capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A, Seed Financial Services, Gaming, Video Editing
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HAKOBUNE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

HAKOBUNE is an independent venture capital business that invests in outliers and misfits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sales, Video, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $289k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
  • CULTA — CULTA uses technology to increase the efficiency and speed of breeding and improve productivity and profitability in agriculture.
  • Japan GX Group — Shibuya Blend Green Energy platform analyzes company processes and resources, recommends and plans improvement initiatives, and addresses corporate ESG challenges, assisting companies in balancing business and environmental protection.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 677
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$63M; Series B $4.3M–$109M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Eyeota — Engage your best customers with trusted audience data | enrich insights, enhance personalization and transform audience targeting.
  • Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Digital Media 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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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2215
  • Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$645k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $72M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
  • Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.
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Hakuhodo DY Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Hakuhodo DY Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$43M; Series B $3.3M–$109M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Creator's X — Creator's X is an anime production firm that focuses on developing animation production assistance tools using AI.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
  • Third Intelligence — Third Intelligence is an AI research and development firm dedicated to producing a new type of intelligence and achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Through cutting-edge research, advanced algorithm development, and large-scale computing capabilities, the company aims to push the boundaries of machine cognition, enabling systems thatcan reason, learn, and adapt across diverse domains.
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Seiko Electric
VC Fund · Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Seiko Electric has contributed to society with the best products and services. They have continued to develop technologies that usher in new eras based on sound management and human resource development. They will work to develop new products and businesses using original information and control technology and contribute to the construction ofenvironmentally friendly, safe, and comfortable social infrastructure.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Photography, Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • HMS — HMS develops AI smart camera that integrates image input and processing.
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Coreline Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Master the fundamentals of company building with Coreline Ventures. Explore our approach to building sustainable companies with high-conviction investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$13M; Series B $33M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CFOne — CFOne is an AI-driven accounting platform engineered by an accounting firm.
  • Route-D — Route-D is an operation management app that improves operating income and expenditures and manages logistics operations.
  • Fish Audio — Fish Audio is an AI platform for expressive text‑to‑speech and voice cloning with pro‑grade voices and multilingual support.
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GOLDEN EGG Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Golden Egg Ventures is a venture capital firm affiliated with Egg Forward, Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.1M; Series A $3.6M–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Utoniq — Utoniq service allows them to collect the works of the artists they support digitally in the form of trading cards. Trading cards will be collected as proof of support for the creators. It is a brand-new trading card service that is both enjoyable to collect and enjoyable to exchange. They provide a service lineup in order to continually increasefan engagement. They can make flexible proposals based on the needs of artists, creators, influencers, anime characters, and so on.
  • Pictoria — Pictoria produce total events for entertainment.They handle a wide range of events, from talk events to events using advanced technologies such as 3D motion capture.
  • Transcelestial Technologies — Secure, last mile connectivity with fiber-like speeds using next gen Wireless Fiber Optics or Lasercomms, at a fraction of the deployment time and cost of fiber.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $730k–$33M; Corporate Round $2.1M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
  • Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
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One Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Digital Media startups, 7 in the past 12 months

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, China, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$5.5M; Series B $3.5M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
  • Crisp — CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site.
  • booost technologies — booost technologies is a corporate sustainability solution provider that offers energy management and new power agency services.
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$50M; Series A $1.2M–$37M; Series B $4.3M–$113M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $691M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • MW — MW is a smart home solution company that develops smart residential physical AI, robotics, and home design services.
  • InsightX — InsightX is a technology platform focused on empowering businesses by simplifying complex processes and enabling smarter, more personalized user experiences.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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NetAge
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

netage, inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in startup and incubation investments. They invests in internet business. netage is located in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Local, Big Data
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • JX Press — The JX PRESS Corporation is Japan’s“virtual news agency.”JX PRESS’s “FASTALERT” service provides breaking news bulletins for urgent information on accidents, natural disasters, and other incidents detected by AI to all six of the major television broadcast stations in Japan, including NHK, and the majority of the 100+ local broadcast stations.FASTALERT works with more companies than any other service that utilizes information gathered from social networking sites for news reporting in Japan.The version offered to ordinary consumers, an app called “NewsDigest,” is the biggest news bulletin app in Japan, boasting over 1 million downloads. It is gaining popularity because of its ability to use AI to automatically detect and deliver news bulletins on information worth reporting. Alongside FASTALERT, it is also gaining more widespread use by news reporters as a standardized service for information.Stakeholders in the JX PRESS Corporation include KYODO NEWS, the leading news agency in Japan, two of the leading commercial broadcast stations (TV Asahi and Fuji TV), and the Nikkei Group. We are a new kind of news agency that provides computerized news reporting to all of the major media groups in Japan.Bloomberg - This Media Startup Is Beating the Competition With a Newsroom Run by Robots https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-27/the-airline-geek-trying-to-build-a-media-giant-with-no-reporters
  • Oceans — Oceans Inc. was incorporated on September 16th, 2010 as an internet service company with the expressed goal of making the Internet more useful, more local, more here and now. Specialists from the fields of user interface, user experience, creative, programming and monetization gathered to make this possible. Currently, these development and serviceoperations professionals operate Eyeland(http://eyeland.in), a popular local communications platform.
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Cygames capital
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Cygames capital is an Investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$598k; Series A $5M–$33M; Series B $4.1M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ichirou — Ichirou provides digital senior care support services to connect elderly people with caretakers. It offers caretaker services for different types of support, including housework, hospital care, nursing, hospital and doctor visits, and shopping assistance.
  • Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
  • Pocket Sign — Pocket Sign develops digital platforms that store e-signatures and other authentication details for it's users privacy and security.
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YoStar
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

YoStar is an application that facilitates the adjustment of a telescope towards a space object.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Art, Music
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
  • Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
  • Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Seed $317k–$17M; Series A $2.4M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 269
  • Round size: Seed $413k–$19M; Series A $2.3M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
  • Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 386
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$142M; Series B $5.3M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
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Regional Revitalization Solution
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Regional Revitalization Solution is a tourism industry fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Reservations, Travel, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Corporate Round $21M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chipee — Chipee is a social networking platform that enables its users to send digital gratitude in the form of chips.
  • Earth Boat — Earth Boat is an accomodation company that specializes in manufacture, sales, and support services of trailer houses and portable saunas.
  • The Chain Museum — The Chain Museum provides a platform for individual viewers to express and share their impressions of art works, connect with artists, and support them. It also aims to operate art museums and provide consulting services.
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Chishima Real Estate
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Chishima Real Estate engages in a range of business including real estate, aircraft leasing, and regional revitalization activities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Manufacturing, Art
  • Stage:Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series B $7.6M–$11M; Series C $6.8M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
  • Manpuku Holdings — Manpuku Holdings is a food and beverage company that specializes in sushi, yakiniku, fried chicken, bento, and rice balls.
  • Bee Informatica — Bee Informatica is a fintech startup offering digital microfinance and alternative credit scoring solutions for underserved SMEs. Utilizing psychometric testing and behavioral analytics, the company enables fair lending access to entrepreneurs lacking traditional credit histories. Their platform supports inclusive economic growth through innovativefinancial services.​
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$17M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
  • Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media 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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Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups, 7 in the past 12 months

The information about the Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $652k–$652k; Series A $6.7M–$63M; Series B $4M–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anique — Anique is a service that utilizes blockchain technology to make artworks.
  • AI Model — AI model specializes in the development and transformation of real-like virtual models for modeling on E-commerce platforms.
  • Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics (MGTx) is a clinical-stage company operating Japan’s first GMP-compliant manufacturing platform for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) therapies. The company combines proprietary paired metagenomic datasets with AI/ML-driven donor-recipient matching to advance precision microbiome medicine across ulcerative colitis,immuno-oncology, and neurodegenerative disease. Headquartered in Tsuruoka, Japan, MGTx leverages a cross-border regulatory strategy spanning PMDA and FDA pathways, positioning it as a platform bridging Japanese clinical innovation with global market access.
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AG Capital
VC Fund · Shiba, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

AG Capital is an investment firm that provides investment and property management solutions for middle-size businesses. The company was founded on December 12, 1985 and its headquarters are located in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$71M; Series A $1.9M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
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S.T. Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

S.T. Company is a maker of deodorizers and air fresheners, mothproofing chemicals, gloves, dehumidifiers, and other items. Their products include soap, grapefruit, aroma chamomile, charcoal and sandalwood, air freshener, moth proofer, dehumidifier, gloves, green bouquets, cleaner, and other items.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Apparel, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Forest Digital — 3-minutes relax moment in a calm and beautiful winter forests in Hokkaido Japan
  • NEXT NEW WORLD — NEXT NEW WORLD develops and manufactures natural products with low impact on the environment. It uses sustainable Japanese silk to manufacture apparel and cosmetic products.
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Kodansha
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Kodansha is the largest publisher in Japan and produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo. The Noma family—relatives of the founder—continues toown KodanshaSource: [Wikipedia] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodansha)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Software, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Series C $4M–$68M; Corporate Round $5.7M–$170M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gaudiy — Gaudiy is involved in a fan-economy business based on blockchain technology. Gaudiy's product, Gaudiy Fanlink, is a Web3-era fan platform that maximizes fan heat by utilizing blockchain technology such as NFT and DID (distributed ID). Gaudiy offers an IP community system, that has the ability to record and accumulate cross-sectional fanactivity data and build an ecosystem that accurately evaluates and returns fan contributions and enthusiasm.
  • MyAnimeList — Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!
  • Animoca Brands KK — Animoca Brands KK supports the global strategy of Web3.0 for Japanese intellectual property and content (IP) holders such as major publishers, brands, education, sports organizations, athletes, artists, and game companies. rice field. Animoca Brands KK builds and provides a platform that utilizes blockchain technology and provides a mechanism forIP / IP holders to have their own ecosystem in Web3.0 and issue NFTs and tokens within it.
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Hankyu Hanshin
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Hankyu Hanshin operates in the urban transportation, real estate, entertainment and communications, travel, international transportation, and hotels businesses in Japan and internationally. It provides various urban transportation services linking railways, buses, and taxis; and advertising services. Hankyu Hanshin is also involved in theretailing business; development, lease, and administration of condominiums, commercial facilities, and office buildings; real estate fund management; and communication and media businesses, such as information services business, and broadcast and communications business. Moreover, it engages in the sports businesses, including professional baseball, Hanshin Koshien stadium, and related businesses; and stage businesses comprising Takarazuka Revue and related businesses. Further, Hankyu Hanshin is involved in the provision of travel and international transportation services, as well as ownership and management of hotels. It operated 46 hotels with 10,000 rooms as of March 31, 2018. Hankyu Hanshin began operation in 1907. It has its headquarters in Osaka in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Virtual Reality, Art
  • Stage:Series C, Series A, Series E
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series C $1.2M–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Favy — Favy is a platform that enables businesses such as restaurants and beauty salons to launch subscription services.
  • MyDearest — MyDearest is a Full dive product planning and development company
  • Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media 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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Sagin Capital & Consulting
VC Fund · Saga, Saga, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Sagin Capital & Consulting is the venture capital arm of The Bank of Saga.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Series B $2.4M–$170M; Venture - Series Unknown $471k–$6.8M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • KLD — KLD is an online store that sells and purchases used clothing and accessories, as well as reuse system development services.
  • EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
  • KUZEN — KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices.
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SEPTENI HOLDINGS Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Septeni Holdings started as a recruitment consulting company and become an internet advertising company in the year 2000. The company was established in October 1990 and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Series A $40M–$113M; Corporate Round $39M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gokko Club — Gokko Club operates in the digital entertainment industry, focusing on content creation, public relations, and video production. The company is known for its short drama productions, which are characterized by their condensed content and fast-paced development. Gokko Club handles all aspects of these productions in-house, including scriptwriting,directing, production, and editing. The company also has a strong presence on social media platforms like TikTok, where it has amassed a significant following. In addition to its entertainment offerings, Gokko Club also provides music streaming services.
  • Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
  • FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $645k–$4.4M; Series A $868k–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
  • Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
  • Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $913k–$64M; Series A $892k–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $419M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
  • WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
  • Mourning Clothes Rescue — Mourning Clothes Rescue operates a specialized clothing rental model utilizing automated, 24-hour unmanned storefronts. Users complete reservations and payments through smartphones to instantly access physical retail outlets via smart locks. This continuous availability solves the immediate challenge of acquiring formal attire on short noticeduring unexpected bereavement. By removing traditional staff overhead, the system passes cost efficiencies to consumers while providing private, on-site fitting options and long-term rental periods.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Seed $565k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
  • Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
  • 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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Gree
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Gaming, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$50M; Series A $4M–$78M; Series B $6.4M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2016

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.
  • YGG Japan — YGG Japan elevates blockchain games to provide accessible content for all gamers in Japan and lead them to the world of “Play-to-Earn”.
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Sazaby League
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Sazaby League is an online store that sells clothing, apparel goods, beauty accessories, household goods, food and restaurant products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Shopping, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Comvey — Comvey provides a shopping experience that is friendly to people and the earth. It primarily offers a foldable share bag online.
  • Synflux — Synflux is a fashion, design, and technology professional firm that does design and research and takes on the challenge of innovative development and social implementation. It is a digital technology combining AI, 3D technology, and blockchain. For inquiries, an online inquiry form is available on their website.
  • Experisus — Experisus provides Website production, development and management, and software.
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Regional Economy Revitalization Support Organization
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

The Regional Economy Revitalization Support Organization supports small and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Photography, Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • HMS — HMS develops AI smart camera that integrates image input and processing.
  • KOALA Tech — Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.
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KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund that will support promising startup companies. Total size of the fund is JPY10 billion. This is the first corporate venture capital fund established by KDDI. The fund will be managed by Global Brain Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO, Yasuhiko Yurimoto),which has a strong track record in the venture capital business. By combining KDDI’s know-how and assets with Global Brain’s investment and management support capabilities, we will work together to accelerate cooperative activities with promising startup companies. Through this fund, as well as "KDDI ∞ Labo," a startup incubation program currently inviting a second round of applications, we will continue to support the growth of the next startup companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$142M; Series B $8M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RevComm — RevComm develops AI-powered voice analytics software that helps organizations analyze and improve business conversations. Its MiiTel platform supports phone calls, web conferences, face-to-face meetings, and contact center interactions by converting voice data into insights for communication, sales, and operational analysis. The company alsoprovides tools for call management, meeting analysis, and voice data management.
  • Starlight Engine — Starlight Engine develops and commercializes fusion energy power plant technologies.
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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JIG-SAW
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

JIG-SAW (San Jose) offers neqto, an all-in-one solution for IoT. As an all-in-one, fully managed solution for IoT, neqto provides: hardware, embedded and edge software, communication mechanisms, and cloud. Through neqto, easy and secure bidirectional communication for transmitting, collecting, and controlling things and systems via IoT is madepossible.With their core competencies in monitoring services, cloud technologies, mobile communication modules, embedded systems, and IoT equipment they hope to support and accelerate the automation and decentralization of the next generation of technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Marketing, Digital Media
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • DoubleL — Doublel is a general trading company of pop culture that develops Japanese manga, anime, and games internationally. The company was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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SG INCUBATE
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

SG Incubation was born as an investment company for the formation of corporate venture capital (CVC), which invests in Kyushu's first startup company.Regardless of the stage of growth, the startup company that will be the investor will first value the “human nature” of the manager, determine whether it is a company that should support thefuture, and provide capital and management back up. The Seibu Gas Group will continue to aim for new business areas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Sales
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $769k–$2.1M; Series A $1.6M–$17M; Series B $2.1M–$7.9M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Piazza — PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA.
  • L&F — L&F is a real estate company that develops rental portals and tools for vacant houses, family trusts, and rental property management.
  • Ms.Engineer — Ms.Engineer is an education platform that helps to study coding and get placed in companies for women.
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Makers Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $6.7M–$50M; Series B $13M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Bold Games — Passionate team building mobile games to reach millions.
  • Chance Studios — Every Collection Starts With A Chance
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Innovation Hayate V Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Innovation Hayate V Capital is a corporate venture capital business situated in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sales, Video, Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups, 49 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 204
  • Round size: Seed $48k–$24M; Debt Financing $536k–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pictoria — Pictoria produce total events for entertainment.They handle a wide range of events, from talk events to events using advanced technologies such as 3D motion capture.
  • Forward — Forward is a SaaS-based startup that offers recruitment agency services.
  • Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Univearth — Univearth is a tech company that specializes in developing a logistics digital transformation platform to modernize the logistics industry.
  • FormX — FormX is a technology company that provides cutting-edge AI software and services for automated document data extraction.
  • Paradigm AI — Paradigm AI is an entertainment firm that produces songs and creates virtual human idols using generative AI.
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Adways Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Adways Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on multiple sectors. Through its investment business, they intend to create what is this for the first time for people all over the world. They provide management resources in a timely manner by using our wide know-how and network gained after more than 10 years of experience in the industry.Adways Ventures was established on February 28, 2011, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SNS, Web3
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Anchi — Anchi is a technology company that provides user-friendly services to support V-talents.
  • Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
  • Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
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QTnet
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

QTnet is a telecommunication and internet service provider.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Medical, Software
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$152M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HMS — HMS develops AI smart camera that integrates image input and processing.
  • Medmain — To create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere,anytime-As a supporting partner to medical practitioners throughout the world, Medmain develops and operates PidPort, an analytical system for pathological image diagnosis that makes use of Deep Learning, as well as Medteria, a specialized cloud-based service for medical students.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media 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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Hokkaido Electric Power Company
VC Fund · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Hokkaido Electric Power Company focuses in electricity generation, electricity distribution, and the sales of electricity. The company also operates on electrical and telecommunications construction work, general management of buildings, civil engineering and general construction work, periodic inspection, maintenance, and repair of power plants.Hokkaido Electric Power Company is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Energy, Animation
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $843k–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
  • Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
  • Forest Digital — Forest Digital is a media company that provides video, presentation, animation, and VR production services.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
  • RightTouch — RightTouch is a media company that offers customer support with KARTE RightSupport, and media CS Mag for tailored solutions and insights.
  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cosomil — Cosomil develops early diagnostic drugs for diseases and provides research and development support to healthcare companies.
  • Shippio — Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support.
  • NaLaLys — NaLaLys is a business consulting firm that provides management, distribution, research, and consulting services.
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All About Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

All About Japan provides media and digital marketing, recommendation media, global marketing, trial marketing and commerce, and lifelong learning services. They also provide internet, advertising, and media services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Task Management, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Anchi — Anchi is a technology company that provides user-friendly services to support V-talents.
  • Awarefy — Awarefy is a mental health tech startup that offers CBT-based apps to maximize well-being.
  • Argos — Argos provides the online insurance medical treatment service.
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i-nest capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Digital Media startups

i-nest capital is a venture capital firm that incubates emerging startups in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Gaming, Video Editing
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Utoniq — Utoniq service allows them to collect the works of the artists they support digitally in the form of trading cards. Trading cards will be collected as proof of support for the creators. It is a brand-new trading card service that is both enjoyable to collect and enjoyable to exchange. They provide a service lineup in order to continually increasefan engagement. They can make flexible proposals based on the needs of artists, creators, influencers, anime characters, and so on.
  • Things — Things offer product development and various information such as CAD, drawings, parts configuration, and price information.
  • Wunderbar — Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services.
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Digital Media VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 84 deals from 137 investors.

137
investors
in Japan Digital Media startups
84
deals
in Japan Digital Media startups
$6.9M
median round
in Japan Digital Media startups
27%
lead investors
lead at least one round
21%
Seed
most common funding stage

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