Top 50 Energy VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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24 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $470k–$21M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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21 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $661k–$47M |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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19 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Energy, Software, Internet of Things | $915k–$96M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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18 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $800k–$34M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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15 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $288k–$20M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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12 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $602k–$48M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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11 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $404k–$11M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $826k–$41M |
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund
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9 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $874k–$63M |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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9 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | $316k–$15M |
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
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9 | Japan, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $482k–$16M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.3M–$41M |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $887k–$34M |
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Spurcle
VC Fund
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7 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture | $95k–$6.8M |
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Tohoku University Venture Partners
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, China | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology | $271k–$8.8M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $268k–$41M |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $480k–$11M |
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QB Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology | $585k–$14M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $316k–$21M |
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Kyoto Capital Partners
VC Fund
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6 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical | $102k–$29M |
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MTG Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Health Care, Marketing | $367k–$33M |
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $556k–$19M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $1.3M–$62M |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $283k–$10M |
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STATION AI
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Sustainability | $428k–$15M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Medical | $455k–$12M |
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NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Agriculture, Content | $276k–$16M |
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DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $367k–$19M |
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Universal Materials Incubator
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Chemical | $628k–$40M |
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Spiral Innovation Partners
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Italy | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, Robotics, Real Estate | $1.9M–$25M |
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Shinkin Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, China | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Industrial | $263k–$26M |
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Drone Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Canada | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Drones, Robotics, Aerospace | $319k–$15M |
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K4 Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed | Energy, Renewable Energy, Retail | $167k–$553M |
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Mizuho Bank
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $834k–$5.6B |
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Senshu Ikeda Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Internet | $395k–$17M |
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $605k–$32M |
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Kyogin Lease & Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Manufacturing, Medical, Information Technology | $90k–$16M |
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Yokohama Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $272k–$18M |
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Mitsui & Co
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Japan, India | Corporate Round, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $4M–$360M |
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Mirai Creation Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Robotics, Information Technology, Software | $4M–$90M |
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IDG Capital
VC Fund
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3 | China, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $600k–$110M |
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Ajinomoto
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Consulting | $1.4M–$66M |
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TOHO GAS
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Vietnam | Series A, Series D, Venture - Series Unknown | Electric Vehicle, Apps, Battery | $514k–$66M |
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $547k–$50M |
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $212k–$13M |
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Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $532k–$52M |
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Mitsubishi HC Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Series B, Debt Financing, Seed | Energy, Software, Aerospace | $167k–$85M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology | $96k–$11M |
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Japan Airlines (JAL)
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Series B, Series A, Corporate Round | Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace | $5M–$580M |
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MT Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Apps, Beauty, Energy | |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 689
- Round size: Seed $470k–$16M; Series A $1.2M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $525k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Smart Craft —
- Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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 the fifth-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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 550
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
- Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
- HEARTBEATS — HEARTBEATS builds fan engagement platforms and digital experiences for sports teams, artists, and entertainment brands.
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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- Industry: Energy, Software, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$14M; Series B $3.7M–$96M; Venture - Series Unknown $915k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.1M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Esa — Esa offers plastic waste recycling, and also the development and distribution of plastic products
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- Advance Composite — Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products.
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 and affiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 673
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 395
- Round size: Seed $288k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024
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 — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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 has managed 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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 835
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$31M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- Essen — Essen is a technological company that specializes in mobility and data analysis, as well as using data to improve transportation.
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 241
- Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
- AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $826k–$14M; Series A $2.2M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- Starlight Engine — Starlight Engine develops and commercializes fusion energy power plant technologies.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Spiral Innovation Partners provides Investments to healthcare startups.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $874k–$9.3M; Series A $1.1M–$63M; Series B $3.9M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- Kiviaq —
- Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $316k–$6M; Series A $2.1M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $438k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- JAOPS — JAOPS is dedicated to Operations as a Service and develops software, tools, and services for space mission operations, including data processing, mission planning, context evaluation, anomaly resolution, and real-time mission control and monitoring. The company provides mission operations design, training, and certification for operators, astronauts, and ground segment teams. JAOPS offers products such as Yamcs Gateway, mission control tools, and simulation environments to support spacecraft and lunar rover missions. Its services include turnkey mission control center design and deployment, operational reviews, and operations as a service. JAOPS works with open-source platforms like Yamcs, Grafana, and robotics simulators to support Earth orbit, cislunar, and lunar surface missions.
- 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.
- Teragen Energy — Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 330
- Round size: Seed $482k–$12M; Series A $1.2M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $957k–$8.3M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 9lione — 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan.
- Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
- Smart Craft —
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 the creations 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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 371
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$41M; Series B $4.2M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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 new technologies 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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 168
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$17M; Series B $4.6M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $887k–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- MOT — MOT manages and supports the business activities of writers, particularly manga artists, while also operating “Kakikomi,” an online manga school that provides aspiring artists with education, guidance, and practical training to develop their creative skills.
- Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
Spurcle is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $369k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $95k–$700k; Series A $964k–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% 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.
THVP is a venture capital corporation for startup innovation. It was established in 2015 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $271k–$2.7M; Series A $1M–$7.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $459k–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Koeda — KOEDA is researching and developing medical devices that are safe, painless, and easy to use for acute cholecystitis. KOEDA will transform the management of cholecystitis. So far, endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) has been a notably difficult procedure carried out by skilled doctors at specific advanced centers. Althoughinserting a tube into the gallbladder is less invasive, it is complex, and there may be concerns regarding bile leakage. By combining clinical expertise with precision engineering, KOEDA addresses a clearly defined medical need in a growing global market and is currently moving forward on schedule for regulatory clearance and commercialization.
- 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.
- SiccaNova Therapeutics — SiccaNova Therapeutics is a Japanese biopharmaceutical company dedicated to treating sicca (dryness) related medical conditions. The company’s lead drug candidate, XF8302, is a novel, small-molecule M3 muscarine receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator (M3 PAM). Developed initially for dry mouth in Sjögren’s syndrome patients, the drug enhancesnatural acetylcholine signaling to stimulate salivation without the systemic side effects common in traditional agonists.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 315
- Round size: Seed $268k–$9.9M; Series A $967k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $616k–$9.1M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
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- Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
- 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.
- Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
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- 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.
QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $633k–$2.9M; Series A $585k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $732k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2015
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- Equmenopolis — Equmenopolis is an information services company that specializes in conversational AI agent platforms and application developments.
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $316k–$5M; Series A $2.1M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $421k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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- 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 provides labor-saving solutions that promote productivity improvement and reduce the burden on workers at construction sites. The company contributes to the evolution and development of the construction industry. The objective of Ken Robotec is to create a joyful construction site where robots and humans may collaborate.
- MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Kyoto Capital Partners is an investment company affiliated with the Bank of Kyoto.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- 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.
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $367k–$1.2M; Series A $1.8M–$9.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.3M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dwilar — Dwilar is an AI-powered global credit platform that unifies credit data across borders. We provide instant credit assessments, global score conversion, and compliance-driven onboarding to help people access banking, rentals, and loans worldwide.
- Synflux — Synflux is a fashion, design, and technology professional firm that does design and research and takes on the challenge of innovative development and social implementation. It is a digital technology combining AI, 3D technology, and blockchain. For inquiries, an online inquiry form is available on their website.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $556k–$4.3M; Series A $1.9M–$11M; Series B $3.1M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019
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- 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
- Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
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". SBI Investment 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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 456
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $4.5M–$62M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020
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- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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. In addition 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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 180
- Round size: Seed $283k–$1.9M; Series A $944k–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $389k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- IGU — IGU is a professional team dedicated to designing, refining, and delivering exceptional entertainment experiences. With a strong focus on creativity, quality, and innovation, IGU brings together talented professionals who transform ideas into engaging and memorable experiences.
- GEMBA — GEMBA develops on-site improvement DX services specialising in the manufacturing industry.
- NexusAdvisors — NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency.
STATION AI provides a support program at "PRE-STATION Ai".
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $600k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $428k–$700k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- ARK — ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming.
- Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
- Factory X — Factory X is an information technology company that helps to increase value manufacturers with the inventory strategy model.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 327
- Round size: Seed $455k–$9.6M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019
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- Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
- Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
NOBUNAGA Capital Village is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in early-stage and later-stage companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Agriculture, Content
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $276k–$2.2M; Series A $1.3M–$16M; Series B $2.1M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
- Blue Farm — Blue Farm is a agricultural company that provides optimal tea cultivation environments for companies.
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, which often overlap or serve as an application layer.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $679k–$6M; Series A $3M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $367k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- New Chat — New Chat is a technology company that develops communication software focused on visual and interactive group interactions. The company builds platforms designed to help small, close-knit groups of people share daily experiences through short-form multimedia content. Its primary software automates the creation of collaborative video logs byprompting users for brief, periodic updates throughout the day. By structuring messaging around shared visual moments, the business aims to provide an alternative to traditional text-based group chats and standard social media networking.
- First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.
- Tellus Global — Tellus Global is a company focused on creating new businesses using satellite data, AI, and software technologies,Its core mission is to make satellite information accessible and useful across industries such as agriculture, environmental conservation, construction, finance, and disaster management.
Universal Materials Incubator Co., Ltd. is venture capital firm specializing in materials and chemical industry investments. The firm was established on October, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Chemical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $2.8M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $628k–$23M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $85M in 2019
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- Polyuse — Polyuse Co., Ltd. is developing technology centered on "3D printers for construction" for the construction and civil engineering industries under the mission of "updating the construction industry with the power of technology".
- 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.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Energy, Robotics, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$19M; Series A $5.2M–$12M; Series B $1.9M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- Paytner — Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
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Browse database — It's Free!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 Central Bank." 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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Industrial
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Series A $696k–$15M; Series B $1.2M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $263k–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2019
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- ONSENDOJO — Onsen Dojo mainly engages in management consignment and business revitalization support for hot bath facilities and lodging facilities. It deals with regional business investment revitalization support for campsites, outdoor facilities, and local sports teams. The company's business also covers regional revitalization, media production,business evaluation of designated management facilities, consulting in collaboration with local governments, etc.
- GEMBA — GEMBA develops on-site improvement DX services specialising in the manufacturing industry.
- Blue Farm — Blue Farm is a agricultural company that provides optimal tea cultivation environments for companies.
Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.
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- Industry: Drones, Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $448k–$7.1M; Series A $319k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $947k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
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- LOMBY — LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines.
- Triorb — The corporate website of TriOrb Inc., revolutionizing production lines with our ball-driven omnidirectional mobility platform.
- FullDepth — FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers towitness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers to witness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.
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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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Retail
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $167k–$37M; Series B $7.8M–$553M; Venture - Series Unknown $268k–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
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- T2 — T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service.
- Ms.Engineer — Ms.Engineer is an education platform that helps to study coding and get placed in companies for women.
- Starlight Engine — Starlight Engine develops and commercializes fusion energy power plant technologies.
Mizuho Bank is a commercial bank that began operation on July 1, 2013, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. It offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities. It also provides current and ordinary, deposits at notice, time, and specified deposits, deposits for tax, nonresident deposits in yen, foreign currency deposits, negotiable time deposits and loans by bill, loans on a deed, and overdrafts as well as discounts for bank acceptances, commercial papers, and documentary bills. Moreover, it offers investment banking and custodial, syndication, bond administrative, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate restructuring, project, and asset finance services, settlement and asset management services. It operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 330
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $65M–$5.6B; Debt Financing $834k–$1.2B; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2014
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- WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
- Aircastle — Aircastle is a dynamic and growing company that acquires, leases and sells high-utility commercial jet aircraft to customers throughout the world. The company's portfolio includes modern, operationally efficient jets with a large operator base.
- IINO LINES — IINO LINES is an in-house ship management firm. They provide ocean shipping, coastal shipping, and real estate business. It supplies good services and products to society.
Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Internet
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $395k–$3.8M; Series A $1.9M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $443k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2019
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- 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.
- Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Round size: Seed $605k–$6.8M; Series A $1.2M–$32M; Series B $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018
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- Nocall — Nocall develops an automated calling system utilizing AI voice technology.
- Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
- Bulwark Dynamics — Bulwark Dynamics develops autonomous maritime systems for contested logistics and distributed military operations. Its CARAVEL platform is an autonomous beach-landing resupply vessel that delivers cargo from ship to shore without requiring port infrastructure. The vessel supports JMIC and ISO containers, autonomous cargo handling, GPS-deniednavigation, and operations in shallow or degraded maritime conditions. The company also develops vessel autonomy, command-and-control, hull production, payload integration, and sustainment capabilities for defense and maritime logistics applications.
Kyogin Lease & Capital is an investment firm that specializes in the leasing, stock and bond investment and public offering consulting.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $91k–$3.8M; Series A $1.1M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $90k–$9M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9M in 2019
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- TSK Corporation — TSK is a manufacturing company that develops organic synthesis technology to supply innovative and long-lasting catalysts to industries. The company develops and manufactures iron catalysts that are used in the production of agrochemicals, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals, giving enterprises the option of switching from palladium catalysts tomore environmentally friendly iron catalysts.
- IKOU — IKOU is an inclusive brand for babies and children that creates products valued by all users. The company's featured products include portable seats, bibs, and children's clothing products along with online services.
- Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Series A $272k–$16M; Series B $2.8M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $971k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- 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.
- 9lione — 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan.
- 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.
Mitsui & Co is a company that works in trading and investment. The company manages resources, energy, food, materials, and products needed for society. It develops projects in fields such as environment, infrastructure, and social contribution. The company addresses issues related to climate change, natural resources, and human rights. It supports communities by building systems for supply, health, education, and work.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 197
- Round size: Series A $5.6M–$79M; Series B $4M–$230M; Corporate Round $4.3M–$360M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
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- E-Dash — E-Dash drives decarbonization that embraces unknown challenges to accelerate transformation and creates a sustainable future for all.
- Kite Mobility — A sustainable multi-vehicle amenity for residents and guests
- Penske Automotive Group — Penske Automotive Group is a diversified international transportation services company and a premier automotive and commercial truck retailer.
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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- Industry: Robotics, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Series A $4M–$90M; Series B $5.4M–$69M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ubiden — Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services.
- Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
- 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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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1238
- Round size: Seed $600k–$44M; Series A $2M–$100M; Series B $6.2M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Manus AI — Manus is the action engine that goes beyond answers to execute tasks, automate workflows, and extend your human reach.
- SemiGraph — SemiGraph focuses on the research, development, and implementation of "3D intelligent interaction + ultimate aesthetics."
- Tian Keyu’s Research Lab — Tian Keyu’s Research Lab is a research lab of Tian Keyu.
The Ajinomoto Group will contribute to the well-being of all human beings, our society and our planet with 'AminoScience' based on 'Eat Well, Live Well.'.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8M; Series A $1.5M–$66M; Series B $8.2M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cellular Intelligence — Somite.ai is on a mission to transform the lives of millions of people by leveraging AI to produce human tissue for cell-based therapies.
- 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.
- Restore Vision — Restore Vision is a startup based in Japan aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy.
Toho Gas is a Sales and Marketing Platform that engages in the gas pipeline and gas supply services.
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- Industry: Electric Vehicle, Apps, Battery
- Stage:Series A, Series D, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $6.1M–$17M; Series D $66M–$66M; Venture - Series Unknown $514k–$28M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
- 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 — Voice AI Agent platform purpose-built for BFSI and enterprise operations - delivering compliant, auditable, real-world intelligence from every conversation.
FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $706k–$50M; Series A $1.2M–$8.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $547k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
- InsightX — InsightX is a technology platform focused on empowering businesses by simplifying complex processes and enabling smarter, more personalized user experiences.
- DeltaForesight — DeltaForesight is a business that creates B2B services and goods with a focus on stablecoins and cryptocurrencies. In order to develop solutions that may be applied in Japan, it emphasizes bridging laws, business practices, and technological advancements.
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 390
- Round size: Seed $282k–$1.8M; Debt Financing $212k–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $635k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
- Intentia — Intentia is a technology startup that specializes in developing and implementing operational support AI agents tailored for the manufacturing and wholesale sectors. The company designs AI tools that seamlessly integrate into existing workflows instead of completely replacing legacy IT architecture.
Shizuoka Capital Company Limited operates as a venture capital firm. It engages in the acquisition, holding, and, sale of securities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$41M; Series B $790k–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $532k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.7M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
- Equmenopolis — Equmenopolis is an information services company that specializes in conversational AI agent platforms and application developments.
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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- Industry: Energy, Software, Aerospace
- Stage:Series B, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $167k–$3.6M; Series B $2.5M–$62M; Debt Financing $7.9M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
- 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.
- Prediction — Prediction is an advertising company that provides video advertising media and AI-powered potential customer estimation services.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 171
- Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
Japan Airlines (JAL) was founded in 1951 and became the first international airline in Japan. A member of the oneworld® alliance, the airline now reaches 405 airports in 66 countries and regions together with its codeshare partners with a modern fleet of 234 aircraft. Awarded as one of the most punctual major international airlines and a certified5-Star Airline by Skytrax, JAL is committed to providing customers with the highest levels of flight safety and quality in every aspect of its service, and aims to become one of the most preferred and valued airlines in the world.
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- Industry: Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series A $13M–$580M; Series B $5M–$150M; Corporate Round $10M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
- UMITO — UMITO is a real estate brokerage firm that specializes in the planning, development, and management of property investment schools, providing structured educational programs, expert guidance, and practical training designed to help individuals and investors build knowledge, evaluate opportunities, and succeed in the real estate market.
- Episode Six — The Episode Six account management and transaction processing system allows financial services, e-commerce companies, and a range of enterprises to digitize their payments systems in order to meet the demands of their customers. E6 technology allows companies to digitize their B2B and B2B2C payment solutions. Whether wholesale or retail payments,all of E6 technology and transaction management is readily available via over 550 API.
MT Partners provides real estate management and financial services.
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- 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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