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Top 50 EdTech Startup Investors in Japan (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan EdTech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan EdTech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $2.3M–$269M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
10 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $774k–$50M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $610k–$71M
ANRI
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $497k–$78M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $382k–$99M
East Ventures
VC Fund
7 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $560k–$38M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$213M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, Internet $1M–$85M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $314k–$91M
W ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $696k–$64M
PE&HR
VC Fund
5 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $474k–$31M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $1.5M–$340M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.1M–$198M
QB Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology $641k–$213M
UntroD Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, Singapore, Austria Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care $772k–$241M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $3.1M–$78M
Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
4 Japan, Singapore, Austria Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical $1.2M–$241M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $952k–$269M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
4 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $482k–$30M
Mint
VC Fund
3 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Marketing $283k–$20M
HAKOBUNE
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Sales, Video, Gaming $289k–$7.1M
F Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
JAFCO
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.9M–$198M
STRIVE
VC Fund
3 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Internet, E-Commerce $800k–$142M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Content, Information Technology, Travel $700k–$75M
BEENEXT
VC Fund
3 India, Japan, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $500k–$50M
Obunsha Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Philippines Series A, Seed, Series C Education, Software, Information Technology $881k–$82M
Robert Huang
Angel
3 Japan Series A Education, E-Learning, Language Learning $1.3M–$9.2M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $661k–$85M
Accord Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Malaysia, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Software, E-Commerce $775k–$45M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Myanmar Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $933k–$58M
K4 Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan Series B, Seed Energy, Renewable Energy, Retail $167k–$553M
Leave a Nest
VC Fund
3 Japan, Singapore, Malaysia Seed, Corporate Round Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software $276k–$35M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.5M–$269M
Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series B, Seed Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage $881k–$170M
SPARX Group
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $11M–$425M
AgFunder
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology $100k–$40M
Oita Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical $1M–$340M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Apps
Mistletoe
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Mobile $709k–$57M
Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Content, Education $457k–$26M
D4V
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Apps $992k–$89M
Primal Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, Spain, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $862k–$18M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $1M–$52M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $697k–$113M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $875k–$85M
Narita Shuzo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Task Management, Content, Internet $2.5M–$18M
Kiyoshi Ayabe
Angel
2 Japan Content, Education, E-Learning
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 553
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$128M; Series B $3.2M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
  • 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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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Seed $774k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • AI Mage
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
  • Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 256
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$43M; Series A $2.5M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cake.jp — Cake.jp operates "Cake.jp", a comprehensive cake delivery site.
  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 260
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$41M; Series A $2.4M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
  • Any Style
  • Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 8 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PIMTO — PIMTO Corporation is a technology company that provides digital solutions for location and facility management. Through its PIMT-0 service, it supports airports, stations, commercial facilities, hotels, factories, and public organizations in improving operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company also focuses on addressingsocial challenges such as overtourism, regional revitalization, remote work creation, and improving access to essential services.
  • Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
  • AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 464
  • Round size: Seed $560k–$17M; Series A $2.2M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
  • FitHappy — FitHappy is a behavioral & medical-based wellness app to solve diet problems for good.
  • Bioma — Media Desa Terkini
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 144
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$128M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
  • Simplex Quantum — Simplex Quantum conducts research and development of AI-based solutions in the healthcare field and operates the SQ-bar service.It also offers the Shinden-kun, a portable device that can analyze the measured electrocardiographic information with AI and detect heartbeat turbulence.It was established on October 3, 2014 and headquartered inTakanawa, Minato-ku.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$33M; Series A $2.8M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
  • SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
  • NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 295
  • Round size: Seed $314k–$18M; Series A $2.7M–$91M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — 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.
  • Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech 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 $696k–$23M; Series A $1.3M–$64M
  • 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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PE&HR
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $474k–$9.9M; Series A $2.1M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
  • Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
  • Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that focuses on producing and publishing interactive games.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 460
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$115M; Series B $2.4M–$340M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe
  • FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
  • 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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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan EdTech startups

MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 225
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$33M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • OPTEMO — OPTEMO develops and supplies sales technology that allows businesses and customers to connect through a website.
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QB Capital
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech startups

QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $641k–$43M; Series A $1.3M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $429M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
  • Equmenopolis — Equmenopolis is an information services company that specializes in conversational AI agent platforms and application developments.
  • Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech startups

UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Round size: Seed $772k–$43M; Series A $2.1M–$241M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • CastBio — Castbio specializes in antibody-drug conjugate-based drug discovery research and development. Along with medications, it also creates research reagents, medical equipment, in vitro diagnostic items, and offers drug discovery consulting.
  • 3DC — 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices.
  • Formas.AI — Formas.AI is a multi-modal, AI-powered design platform specifically built for architects, designers, and educators to generate and visualize creative architectural concepts.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech startups

UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$48M; Series A $3.6M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
  • TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
  • Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$43M; Series A $6M–$241M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
  • Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
  • MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 552
  • Round size: Series A $952k–$86M; Series B $4.2M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Diggle — DIGGLE is a service that provides fundamental management accounting management on the cloud called fraud management. It is possible to reduce the mistakes and man-hours of the fraud management task and easily carry out the fraud management task even if it is not an expert in finance or accounting.DIGGLE covers budget creation work and budgetrecord comparison work, especially in the foreman management work. In the budget creation work, the KPI and the budget are automatically created by inputting the target numerical value to the preset parameters utilizing the budget generator function, while the forecast contrasting work is made up of the financial information, non-financial information It is easy to calculate by simply entering the numerical value, and it is possible to carry out calculation of the forecast contrast.
  • Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is established to contribute to medical treatment for suffering patients, .
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Mint
VC Fund · Higashi, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Mint operates as an independent venture capital firm specializing in the early stage of startups. It focuses on bridging the boundaries between finance and business, investors and entrepreneurs, creating a foundation for startup growth, and supporting entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $283k–$20M; Series A $1.4M–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$6.8M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto
  • xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
  • Yellow Blue — Yellow Blue develops and operates "Blue One," a next-generation AI translation service designed for professionals.
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HAKOBUNE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech 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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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 295
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$170M; Series B $7M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe
  • EISHIN — EISHIN is a technology company that specializes in pet tech business, recruitment consulting, website creation, and development services.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$43M; Series A $13M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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BEENEXT
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 305
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$9M; Series A $2M–$29M; Series B $5.5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.6B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • mewt — Lovable Generated Project
  • Whizzo — Whizzo specializes in materials science-driven manufacturing of engineered fashion and technical textiles. Our expertise lies in creating and executing innovative textile blends tailored for applications across automotive, agriculture, medical textiles, and engineered fashion.
  • CREST — CREST Capital is a private investment firm that partners with founders, families, and institutions to build, manage, and preserve wealth with discipline, alignment, and foresight.
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Obunsha Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Obunsha Ventures is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $881k–$13M; Series A $5.2M–$82M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • enpay — enpay is a SaaS platform that offers cashless collection services.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Alumnote — The alumni association management software developed by Alumnote allows schools to manage their alumni associations online. The focus of the company is to undertake loyalty building and marketing for potential donors such as graduates and provides digital tools, and supports the execution of donation acquisition.
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Robert Huang
Angel · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Mr. Huang founded SYNNEX in 1980 and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to this, Mr. Huang was the International Sales Manager at Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Huang holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kyushyu University, Japan, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an M.S. inManagement Science from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, E-Learning, Language Learning
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Polyglots — POLYGLOTS designs and develops English news-reader mobile applications. It helps its application users learn English while reading news updates.POLYGLOTS is a development and operation of the English learning application "POLYGLOTS", the Japanese learning application "MONDO", and the finance / accounting specializedlearning application "Bigo", and the development and provision of an adaptive learning platform.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$17M; Series A $2M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Accord Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Malaysia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $775k–$31M; Series A $3M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Thinkfree — Thinkfree Office is an On-Premise Office suite with extra security. It offers seamless MS Office Compatibility and swift support to enhance your workflow. Users can edit documents, sheets, and presentations in real time using the Co-edit feature's collaborative tools. The web browser-based document editor integrates smoothly with existingplatforms, supporting 14 languages including English and Korean, and making it accessible to a diverse user base. Additionally, Thinkfree Office is compatible with Microsoft Office and other major word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, ensuring versatile application across different platforms.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$30M; Series A $1.2M–$58M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
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K4 Ventures
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

K4 Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm of Kansai Electric Power based in Osaka, Japan. The firm prefers to invest in seed, early, middle, and later-stage companies. The firm focuses on the storage battery, mobility, artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data, robotics, and new technology sectors.K4 Ventures was established inSeptember 1998.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Retail
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $167k–$6.4M; Series B $9.6M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
  • Ms.Engineer — Ms.Engineer is an education platform that helps to study coding and get placed in companies for women.
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Leave a Nest
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 3 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Leave a Nest thrives to achieve global happiness by enhancing everyday life through science and education for future generation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$14M; Corporate Round $7.1M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MUU — Welcome to Muu!! We develop animal-free dairy products that taste just like dairy from cows.
  • Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
  • Terra Labo — Terra Labo conducts research and development on long-range unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$43M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
  • Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund · Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups, 17 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
  • Brainbuddy — Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training 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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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$74M; Series B $3.3M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Menou — MENOU specializes in AI technology and sensing technology. It features a graphical image identification modeler software.
  • Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund · Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Hiroshima Venture Capital provides venture capital investment services. The firm creates corporate value from a long-term perspective.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $881k–$22M; Series B $4.2M–$170M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
  • PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
  • RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.
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SPARX Group
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

SPARX Group Co., Ltd. is an independent Asia-based equity and credit asset management services and Asian fund financial specialist with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul for global institutional and individual investors, including financial advisors and financial planners, with alternative strategies (including activist, short-enabled, private equity and quantitative and fund-of-funds) and mutual funds (through SPARX Asia Funds such as SPARX Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund, SPARX Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund, SPARX Japan Smaller Companies Fund and SPARX Japan Fund) managed or sub-advised by SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd., SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited and Cosmo Asset Management Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$241M; Series B $25M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.1B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Spaceflux — As satellites become increasingly vital, Spaceflux tackles the growing challenges of orbital congestion and debris that put them at risk. Thanks to our proprietary global network of optical sensors, we provide data-driven space situational awareness services from LEO to Cislunar.
  • Alloyed — Alloyed delivers cutting-edge innovation in materials science, additive manufacturing, and advanced metallurgy. Explore our technologies and career opportunities.
  • UnaBiz — Based in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan, UnaBiz delivers end-to-end customised IoT solutions worldwide. Simple, cost-efficient & low maintenance
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AgFunder
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$9M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.1M; Series A $4.4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Atomo Coffee — Atomo Coffee is a developer of molecular coffee. Atomo has reversed engineered the coffee bean to create a smooth cup of coffee, made of naturally derived ingredients, and more sustainable than current commercial coffee.
  • Resurrect Bio — Resurrect Bio is a disease resistance trait discovery company. Using AI and our high-throughput in planta screening platform we provide traits for breeders.
  • Bear Flag Robotics — Safe, productive and efficient farming operations for the next generation of growers. Customize, Orchestrate, Automate,and Scale your fleet to your needs.
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Oita Venture Capital
VC Fund · Oita, Oita, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Oita Venture Capital Co. Ltd. is the investment arm of Oita Bank Ltd. It is a venture capital and private equity firm which specializes in growth capital, buyouts, and turnaround investments. It primarily invests in companies in the Oita region. Oita Venture Capital Co. Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is based in Oita, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$16M; Series A $1M–$340M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $236M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • F.MED — F.MED is a manufacturing company that designs and develops robotic microsurgical devices for the healthcare industry.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech 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: 59
  • 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.
  • InfiniMind — The intelligence layer for the physical world. Transform petabytes of video into structured, searchable intelligence.
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Mistletoe
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Round size: Seed $709k–$28M; Series A $2.1M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ULUU — ULUU is an ocean material that replaces plastic and actively benefits the world.
  • Aquaria — Aquaria provides solutions to secure access to clean water. The organization adapts its approaches based on the needs of these communities. It addresses water-related challenges through various methods.
  • Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $457k–$26M; Pre-Seed $4.3M–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $992k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Yuimedi — Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions.
  • Free Standard
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Primal Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Spain, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $862k–$18M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2014

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.
  • xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
  • Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

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, Internet
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $697k–$24M; Debt Financing $1.5M–$113M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
  • Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 327
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$21M; Series A $3.2M–$85M; Series B $4.7M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PayJoy — Looking for a phone or a cash loan? PayJoy gives you credit with few requirements and in minutes. No late fees charged.
  • Airhouse — Airhouse is the first all-in-one logistics platform for modern direct-to-consumer ecommerce companies. Launch a complex fulfillment operation in seconds.
  • Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
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Narita Shuzo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • MiL Inc — Emerging products for healthcare food brands Producing food retailing and wholesale recipe development Restaurant management Catering media operation.
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Kiyoshi Ayabe
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan EdTech startups

Kiyoshi Ayabe is the President and Founder of KIYO Learning.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Education, E-Learning
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • KIYO Learning — KIYO Learning offers a commuting course, an online course to acquire qualifications for business people.
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EdTech Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 433 deals from 599 investors.

599
investors
in Japan EdTech startups
433
deals
in Japan EdTech startups
$9.9M
median round
in Japan EdTech startups
28%
lead investors
lead at least one round
28%
Seed
most common funding stage
79/21
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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