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Top 50 Energy VC Funds & Investors in Japan (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Energy startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Energy startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
20 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $952k–$269M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
18 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $1.5M–$340M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
16 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $2.3M–$269M
Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
15 Japan, United States, Canada Series A, Series B Energy, Internet of Things, Software $2M–$553M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
12 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $314k–$91M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.4M–$184M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
10 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $774k–$50M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.1M–$198M
UntroD Capital
VC Fund
8 Japan, Singapore, Austria Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care $772k–$241M
Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
8 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.5M–$64M
Spiral Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $900k–$184M
Spurcle
VC Fund
7 Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture $95k–$6.8M
DBJ Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Australia Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $2.7M–$354M
JAFCO
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.9M–$198M
Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
6 Japan, Singapore, Austria Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical $1.2M–$241M
QB Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology $641k–$213M
ANRI
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $497k–$78M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $610k–$71M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $661k–$85M
Kyoto Capital Partners
VC Fund
5 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical $102k–$29M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
5 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $2M–$227M
Delight Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $429k–$312M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $382k–$99M
Mirai Creation Fund
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Israel Series B, Series A Robotics, Information Technology, Manufacturing $4M–$369M
MTG Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Marketing $531k–$142M
NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund
4 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Manufacturing, Content, Robotics $276k–$340M
Shinkin Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, China Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Medical, Internet $696k–$269M
OPT Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Series A, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Content $253k–$89M
FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia, United States Series A, Seed Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$50M
Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Content $790k–$241M
Yokohama Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $172k–$241M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $875k–$92M
Mitsubishi HC Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Series B, Debt Financing, Seed Energy, Software, Renewable Energy $167k–$921M
K4 Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan Series B, Seed Energy, Renewable Energy, Retail $167k–$553M
Spiral Innovation Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Robotics, Energy, Consulting $1.9M–$19M
STATION AI
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Drones $428k–$15M
TOHO GAS
VC Fund
3 Japan, Vietnam Series A, Series D, Seed Battery, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle $6.1M–$66M
DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Internet $679k–$122M
Toppan Printing
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Corporate Round, Series B Financial Services, Software, Health Care $2M–$553M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $383k–$14M
Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, India Series B, Seed Apps, Manufacturing, Software
Senshu Ikeda Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Internet $1M–$92M
Osaka Gas
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, The Netherlands Series A, Series B Energy, Automotive, Marketing $50M–$850M
MT Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Beauty, Energy
Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Robotics, Aerospace, Information Technology $1.3M–$652M
NCB Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series B, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Recycling, Manufacturing
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage $730k–$57M
Toyota Tsusho
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Kenya Series A, Series B Software, Manufacturing, Automotive
UNITED
VC Fund
2 Japan, Nigeria, United States Seed, Series A Media and Entertainment, Content, Information Technology
Kamakura Investment Management
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A, Series C Environmental Consulting, Apps, Recycling
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 20 investments in Japan Energy 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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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 18 investments in Japan Energy 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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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 16 investments in Japan Energy 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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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan Energy startups

Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Internet of Things, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$105M; Series B $3.7M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019

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.
  • Hacobell — Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery.
  • Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 12 investments in Japan Energy 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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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Energy 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: 589
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$99M; Series B $4.3M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • 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. 
  • Wonderplanet — Wonderplanet designs and develops native language applications and games for smart phones and tablets. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.
  • EneCoat Technologies — EneCoat Technologies is working on materials development for perovskite solar cells and the commercialization of modules.EneCoat Technologies will create the future of energy through thin-film solar cells with the aims of protecting the environment and effectively utilizing natural energy sources.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Energy 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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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Energy 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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UntroD Capital
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Energy 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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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Energy startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$57M; Series A $2.3M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • JiMED — JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication.
  • Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Energy startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Series A $900k–$99M; Series B $3.9M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
  • WAKA
  • 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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Spurcle
VC Fund · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Energy startups

Spurcle is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $645k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $95k–$700k; Series A $964k–$6.8M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KG Motors — KG Motors is an automotive firm that manufactures electric vehicles that can be moved comfortably and safely by one person.
  • Lx Design — Lx Design is an application that connects schools with people who wants to work as a teacher.
  • ForestFolks — ForestFolks Provider of forest management and conservation services aimed at protecting forestry and the environment.The company exploits and successfully employs the forest's CO2 absorption potential and conserves and recovers forest resources and biodiversity, allowing for regulatory compliance and supporting environmental protection.
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Energy startups

DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 156
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$113M; Series B $6.9M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ginco — Ginco's goal is to Change the relationship between individuals and assets by making full use of block chain technology. The primary focus of Ginco, its cryptocurrency wallet app, is centered around dApp and the On-Chain function, and the company plans to expand its business in a multifaceted manner while watching trends in the ecosystemdevelopment. In the future, they were told that they have the possibility of developing with DEXs (decentralized exchanges).
  • Scohia Pharma — Scohia Pharma is a biotech venture that will have both substantial research and development resources and be nimble enough to make decisions quickly, will strive to improve patient quality of life by providing patients and healthcare professionals with new therapeutic medications for renal, metabolic.
  • Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Energy 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

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  • 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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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Energy 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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QB Capital
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Energy 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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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Energy 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.
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  • Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Energy 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: 257
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
  • Global Trust Networks — Global Trust Networks is a company that helps foreigners to live in Japan
  • 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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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Energy 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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Kyoto Capital Partners
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Energy startups

Kyoto Capital Partners is an investment company affiliated with the Bank of Kyoto.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $102k–$2.9M; Series A $955k–$29M; Series B $1.2M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Serendip Consulting — Serendip Consulting refers to business portfolio optimization and provision of effective solutions.The Serendip Group operates not only strategic and financial consulting, but also a business company with a focus on manufacturing. Aiming for further growth of the entire group by restructuring the "business portfolio" based on the know-howof nurturing small and medium-sized businesses cultivated over 10 years since its foundation and investment experience, and "modernizing management" by dispatching professional managers You.
  • Monozukuri Business Succession Holdings (JMS) — Monozukuri Business Succession Holdings is a specialized corporate investment subsidiary. The platform modernizes mid-sized manufacturing firms facing generational leadership transitions. Strategic institutional banking partnerships protect public shareholder equity from dilution. After acquisition, the firm installs professional management andautomated factory systems. All operational yields consolidate into the parent organization to drive long-term growth.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Energy 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: 375
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$156M; Series B $4.9M–$227M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
  • Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Energy 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: 84
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$28M; Series A $3.3M–$156M; Series B $429k–$312M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
  • CraftBank — CraftBank, Inc. is the start-up that operates online matching platform between constructors with having relations with 22k specialty constructors (10% coverage in the market). The company was succeeded in Management BuyOut in April 2021.
  • Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Energy 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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Mirai Creation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Energy startups

The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$269M; Series B $6M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
  • Local Motors — Local Motors were known for their open-source motor vehicle designs, their cutting-edge expertise in 3D-printing cars, and their impressive self-driving vehicle technology.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Discover how NanoQT builds the foundation for scalable quantum computing with nanofiber cavity-QED technology and high-fidelity quantum connectivity.
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MTG Ventures
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Energy startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $531k–$16M; Series A $2.6M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dwilar — Dwilar is a proptech company that provides AI-powered leasing solutions tailored for international buyers seeking property. Their platform enables users to design flexible lease agreements with the option to own, allowing for property customization and renovation during the lease period. By avoiding dollar-denominated loans, it minimizes currencyexchange risks and offers a streamlined and personalized path to property acquisition.
  • Synflux — Synflux is a fashion lab comprising of fashion designers, software engineers & architects focused on fashion industry.
  • EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
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NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund · Gifu, Gifu, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Energy startups, 9 in the past 12 months

NOBUNAGA Capital Village is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in early-stage and later-stage companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Content, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$2.2M; Series A $1.3M–$340M; Series B $2.1M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cykinso — Cykinso is a developer of a home-testing kit designed to tell people the state of their intestinal bacteria. The company provides a testing service to clarify the state of the intestinal environment by using a sequencer that reads a large number of DNA sequences at high speed, enabling users to investigate the relationship with lifestyle-relateddiseases and digestive diseases based on changes in intestinal bacteria.
  • Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
  • 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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Shinkin Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Energy startups, 6 in the past 12 months

They , the "M & A brokerage advisory services" for small and medium-sized enterprises, They are "investment business" to supply the equity funds as support to small and medium-sized enterprises.Shinkin Capital is a group company is the central financial institution of the credit union industry, "Shinkin CentralBank." To meet the credit union and Shinkin Central Bank and the force of the country, is facing the challenges of small and medium-sized enterprises, corresponds with full force to solve problems, They are working to create new value of small and medium-sized enterprises as Value Creator of the credit union industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Internet
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Series A $696k–$43M; Series B $4.7M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
  • Piazza — PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA.
  • 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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OPT Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

OPT Ventures is an investment and incubation firm that offers startups with venture capital, investments, IPO advice, management information services, and more. The company was established on February 27, 2015, and operates as an investment subsidiary of Opt Holding Corporation, an e-marketing company based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$68M; Series A $253k–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • CirclePe — Backed by India's Top Investors, connect us with your new Landlord & get a Zero Deposit move-in for the 1st time ever.
  • Receptionist — Delighted develops an application for reception services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Zeelab Pharmacy — Zeelab Pharmacy brings to you a high quality affordable generic medicines delivered to your doorstep with ecommerce & network of over 200+ stores in India.
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy 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
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$50M; Series A $1.2M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% 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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Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund · Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

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, Content
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$241M; Series B $790k–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Compass — Compass offering services in the tourism and inbound sector, including accommodation support, optional tour planning and management, kimono rentals, and tourism consulting services
  • Equmenopolis — Equmenopolis is an information services company that specializes in conversational AI agent platforms and application developments.
  • Silva Compass
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Yokohama Capital
VC Fund · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Series A $172k–$241M; Series B $2.8M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
  • Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.
  • Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$23M; Series A $1.9M–$92M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Autoro — Autoro is a customer business automation company with web auto robot. Autoro combines browser automation, application programming interface linkage, and machine learning, and Autoro automatically completes tasks. They automate office tasks for businesses, including report preparation, accounting, document preparation, and more.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • 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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Mitsubishi HC Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance prove worthy of the trust of customers, shareholders and employees as contribute to realize a more prosperous society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Software, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Series B, Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $167k–$3.6M; Series B $2.5M–$62M; Debt Financing $64M–$921M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
  • Prediction — Prediction is an advertising company that provides video advertising media and AI-powered potential customer estimation services.
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K4 Ventures
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy 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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Spiral Innovation Partners
VC Fund · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups, 14 in the past 12 months

At Spiral Capital Group, we create a significant "spiral of growth" through the management of our General Funds and CVC Funds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Energy, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$19M; Series A $6.7M–$12M; Series B $1.9M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MW — MW is a smart home solution company that develops smart residential physical AI, robotics, and home design services.
  • 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.
  • Solaris — Solaris commercializes, manufactures, and sells soft robotics using pneumatic artificial muscles. Solaris was founded in 2017 and was headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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STATION AI
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

STATION AI provides a support program at "PRE-STATION Ai".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Drones
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $428k–$700k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
  • Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
  • Factory X
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TOHO GAS
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups

Toho Gas is a Sales and Marketing Platform that engages in the gas pipeline and gas supply services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Battery, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
  • Stage:Series A, Series D, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $6.1M–$17M; Series D $66M–$66M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • Shizen Connect — Shizen Connect develops energy management systems that coordinate distributed energy resources such as battery storage systems, electric vehicles, solar power equipment, and virtual power plant platforms. The company provides software and control services that support demand response, battery storage operations, microgrid management, remotemonitoring, and energy optimization for utilities, real estate companies, and energy operators. Its platform integrates IoT and cloud-based technologies to manage energy consumption, electricity trading, and grid balancing across residential, commercial, and industrial environments. Shizen Connect also offers edge devices and SaaS-based tools that support remote metering, energy visualization, and device control across multiple energy assets.
  • Nami Technology — Namitech is a developer of voice biometrics and natural language processing. CrystalSound conference call experience booster, VoiceDNA voice biometric identification solutions, and NamiSense ASR and Conversation Intelligence technologies are among Namitech early offers.
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DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund · Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Energy startups, 13 in the past 12 months

DG Daiwa Ventures invests in start-up companies with next-generation technology and provides business development support. It is focused on blockchain, xR, AI, security, and BioHealth, as they are likely to be at the foundations of future businesses. In addition to the five core technologies, the fund will also focus on IoT technologies, whichoften overlap or serve as an application layer.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $679k–$8M; Series A $1.1M–$103M; Series B $6.5M–$122M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Imiron — Imiron the process and tools used for modeling mathematical behavior in order to comprehend its fundamentals.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • CULTA — CULTA uses technology to increase the efficiency and speed of breeding and improve productivity and profitability in agriculture.
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Toppan Printing
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. provides commercial printing and related services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Information & Networks, Living Environment, and Electronics. The Information & Networks segment provides commercial printing services for posters, catalogs, pamphlets, flyers, calendars, pop materials, and gifts, as well asoffers design and event services, sales promotion planning, multimedia-related activities, and database and network system design and operation services; and publications printing services magazines and books, as well as CDROMs, DVDs, and other electronic publications. It also offers securities, such as stocks, bonds, gift certificates, and product coupons; cards comprising magnetic cards and prepaid cards; and develops and designs IC card systems, IC tag systems, and security management systems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Series B $3M–$553M; Corporate Round $2M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • nat — nat develops iOS application - Scanat and provides consultation service in data strategy.
  • Ascenders — Ascenders is a sports human resources business platform.
  • Chitose Group — CHITOSE GROUP is a family of biotechnology companies operating mainly in Southeast Asia and Japan with an aim of leaving mankind with an environment where they can live in abundance for over a thousand years. CHITOSE GROUP is creating new values in the fields of agriculture, medical, food, energy, chemistry and others through “Technologicaldevelopment capabilities in the biotechnology field by constantly promoting economic rationality” and “Business development capabilities for drawing a path towards commercialization by understanding the essence and limitations of biotechnology”.
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you hands-if basis, for business model, financial planning and presentation. All founders of our potfolio automatically join MIRAISE online community that gives you the peer-learning opportunities with other founders. Join us updating the normal!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GIG-A — Open a bank account in Japan from your mobile with GIG-A. Receive salary, manage everyday spending, or transfer money with ease.
  • Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
  • Packative — Platform to design and order custom packaging online
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Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund · Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm. Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and is based in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Manufacturing, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
  • NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
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Senshu Ikeda Capital
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$61M; Series A $1.9M–$92M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $177M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • JiMED — JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication.
  • Molmir — Molmir is a biotech company that conducts research and develops treatments for intractable diseases based on sensing technology.
  • LEP
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Osaka Gas
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Osaka Gas produces, supplies, and sells domestic energy, city gas, sales of gas equipment, and gas piping construction. They offer fine materials and carbon material products for kitchen machines, air conditioners, cogeneration, gas heat pumps, natural chillers, boilers, commercial gas water heaters, and industrial furnaces and burners.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Automotive, Marketing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series B $50M–$850M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Koloma — Koloma is revolutionizing clean energy by harnessing naturally occurring hydrogen from deep within the Earth.
  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
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MT Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

MT Partners provides real estate management and financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • aboon — Aboon develops is a coupon application that introduces shops that attract customers. Aboon was founded on 2018 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.
  • Updater — Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Aerospace, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$90M; Series B $4.7M–$652M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SkyDrive — SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members.
  • Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
  • Alloyed — Alloyed delivers cutting-edge innovation in materials science, additive manufacturing, and advanced metallurgy. Explore our technologies and career opportunities.
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NCB Venture Capital
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

NCB Venture Capital provides investment to companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Recycling, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • GooPass — GooPass is a subscription-based camera equipment rental platform that offers users cameras, interchangeable lenses, and drones. It also allows users to buy or rent photography equipment by reserving it online.
  • Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
  • ORENDA WORLD — ORENDA focuses on developing high-definition 3D simulation systems that apply gamification and real-time rendering technology.
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $730k–$50M; Series A $20M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Inter Holding — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
  • Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
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Toyota Tsusho
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Toyota Tsusho is the trading arm of the Toyota Group. It enriches society by creating value by the company as Metals; Global Production Parts; Logistics; Automotive; Machinery; Energy; Project; Chemicals; Electronics; Food and Agribusiness; Consumer Products and Services;.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Automotive
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TradeWaltz — TradeWaltz is an information platform that maintains the integrity of electronic trade documents.
  • Aurora Labs — Aurora Labs is pioneering the use of Software Intelligence to solve the challenge of automotive software development. Created using Aurora Labs' Line-Of-Code Intelligence™, the Automotive Software Intelligence (ASI) solution collects granular and actionable data from complex automotive systems, applying AI to enable software transparency andmanagement. Aurora Labs' ASI solution detects and validates changes in the software lines-of-code for OTA updates, and analyses dependencies and software behaviour to enable predictive software maintenance throughout the vehicle lifecycle. Aurora Labs provides automotive development teams unique tools to roll out new technologies and services on time and on budget.Aurora Labs, founded in 2016, has raised $34m and has been granted dozens of patents. Aurora Labs has customers around the world and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Germany, North Macedonia, and the US.
  • Electra — Electra is decarbonizing ironmaking for green steel production using intermittent renewable energy and low-grade iron ores.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Content, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Nehan — Nehan is a software firm that offers AI bidding information and a media outlet that delivers to local government businesses.
  • FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
  • Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
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Kamakura Investment Management
VC Fund · Kanagawa, Fukushima, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Energy startups

Kamakura Investment Management is a nonprofit organization that focuses on consignment investment and financial instruments businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Environmental Consulting, Apps, Recycling
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.
  • Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
  • Experisus — Experisus provides Website production, development and management, and software.
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Energy VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 480 deals from 691 investors.

691
investors
in Japan Energy startups
480
deals
in Japan Energy startups
$11M
median round
in Japan Energy startups
26%
lead investors
lead at least one round
19%
Seed
most common funding stage

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