Top 50 Enterprise Software Startup Investors in Japan (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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MiraclePlus
VC Fund
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4 | China, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $3M–$269M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1M–$64M |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Drones, Travel | $700k–$213M |
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.2M–$255M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $2M–$369M |
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $429k–$500M |
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BEENEXT
VC Fund
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2 | India, Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $500k–$51M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Angel | Content, Internet, Food and Beverage | $320k–$43M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Financial Services | $4M–$283M |
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UNITED
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment | $645k–$89M |
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency | $2.5M–$55M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $649k–$38M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.3M–$213M |
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Eminence Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1M–$84M |
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Mistletoe
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Mobile | $709k–$57M |
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Full Speed
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Spectrum Equity
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Private Equity, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $15M–$402M |
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Kodiak Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series B, Series C, Series A | Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology | $3.5M–$30M |
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Etsuji Otsuka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Software, Training | |
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Simplex
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Canada | Seed, Series A | Apps, Payments, Software | |
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Pegasus Tech Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $500k–$142M |
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IREP
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia | Series A, Corporate Round | Internet, Advertising, Software | |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical | $5M–$241M |
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Recruit Strategic Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $100k–$57M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $2.7M–$553M |
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content | $968k–$326M |
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YankeeTek Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | IaaS, SaaS, Energy | $1M–$30M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $628k–$624M |
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Bart Joseph Broadman
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | Robotics, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles | |
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Skyarch Networks
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | SaaS, Big Data, Software | |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.7M–$298M |
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Genuine Startups
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Computer, Internet | |
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Ceres
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet | $1.4M–$50M |
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LINE Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, Thailand | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $3.7M–$567M |
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Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Media and Entertainment, Content, Advertising | |
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SBI Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $3M–$213M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | |
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transcosmos Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Brazil, Malaysia | Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Advertising, Logistics | |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Robotics | |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B | Software, Energy, Internet of Things | |
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Dentsu Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, India | Series B, Series A | Software, Virtual Reality, Gaming | |
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Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Mirai Creation Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series B, Series A | Robotics, Information Technology, Software | |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment | |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | |
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MiraclePlus invests in and accelerates early-stage startups. MiraclePlus assists startups in developing products that are good enough to succeed in the market. MiraclePlus' acceleration program works with the founders to get each team in top shape so that they can present to thousands of investors on Demo Day.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- TestSprite — AI powered fully automated end-to-end testing solutions to help enterprises launch their products faster.
- Excellent Vision — Excellent Vision is a spatial intelligence company focused to transforming video creation into a 4D world model, enabling AI big models to grasp, generate, and reason about 4D space.
- Gongji Technology — Gongji Technology is an idle computing power sharing platform that combines distributed computing power with leading scheduling techniques to address elastic computing power requirements.
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Series A $3M–$85M; Series B $7.7M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Gecipe — Gecipe is a video service for e-sports players.
- Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
- SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
- pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Internet, Drones, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $700k–$43M; Series A $13M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 293
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$23M; Series A $5M–$128M; Series B $6M–$255M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Banzai — Leverage Banzai's event solutions to transform your bored registrants into paying customers. Learn more about Reach and Demio today.
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
- Zehitomo — Zehitomo is an Japanese online platform that enables user to hire local service professionals, from photographers to personal trainers.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 501
- Round size: Series A $2M–$113M; Series B $5.7M–$369M
- 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.
- 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.
- Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.
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, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $697k–$64M; Series A $6M–$500M; Series B $429k–$312M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
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- YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
- Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.
BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 294
- Round size: Seed $500k–$9M; Series A $2M–$29M; Series B $4.6M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.6B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- mewt — Lovable Generated Project
- ProsParity — Reimagining Distribution Of Credit In The Electric Mobility Sector
- 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.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $3.6M–$43M; Angel $320k–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 350
- Round size: Series A $4M–$170M; Series B $6.5M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
- Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $645k–$47M; Series A $3.8M–$89M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
- Kiwami — Kiwami offers sales promotion assistance and labor-saving solutions through the virtual store clerk.
- Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$20M; Series A $3.5M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cabital — Cabital is a secure, simple and sensible crypto investment platform. Buy and sell crypto at leading rates. Earn passive income of up to 12% APY.
- CoinRoutes — CoinRoutes services the worlds most successful crypto trading firms by helping them execute their bespoke strategies.
- WEE marketplace — WEE is an internet-based company operating from the United Arab Emirates, focusing on providing a marketplace platform that caters to the needs of its users by offering a wide selection of goods with the convenience of fast delivery services. Established in 2021, WEE aims to enhance the shopping experience by ensuring that customers can shop onlineand receive their orders swiftly, emphasizing the value of saving time. With a team of 45 employees, WEE supports various payment methods, including Cash on Delivery, and promotes customer satisfaction with a 14-day free return policy. The company also engages in community activities, such as sponsoring events, to maintain a close relationship with its user base.
East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 448
- Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FR8Labs — FR8Labs offers a practical freight forwarder solution that includes all of the modules required, without the extraneous trappings of overly sophisticated features that may not use but wind up paying for.
- Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
- Fresh Factory — Fresh Factory runs a web of hyperlocal cold-chain fulfilment centers in Indonesia.
An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $1.5M–$85M; Series B $3M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
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.
- Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
- Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.
Eminence Ventures is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: China, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $2.9M–$84M; Series A $1M–$15M; Series B $20M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $120M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- ImageDT — ImageDT is a Enterprise services company.
- Yiqixie — A mobile based office suite that enables users to collaborate on any device. Users can view, edit or share office documents using WeChat.
- Beijing CIMC Cold Chain — CIMC cold chain
Mistletoe is a hub for startups and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. It specifically provides learning opportunities for entrepreneurs, facilitates startup communities, invests in and supports startup companies and venture capitals.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $709k–$28M; Series A $2.1M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ULUU — ULUU is an ocean material that replaces plastic and actively benefits the world.
- Aquaria — Aquaria provides solutions to secure access to clean water. The organization adapts its approaches based on the needs of these communities. It addresses water-related challenges through various methods.
- Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
Full Speed Inc. provides internet marketing services such as keyword selection, bid price adjusting, copywriting, and more.The company operates under many segments. The Internet Advertising Agency segment primarily provides listing advertising and search engine marketing (SEM) solutions. Its Ad Network segment provides advertising networkservices which integrate several website advertising spots to delivery advertisements. Its Information Media segment is engaged in the planning and creation of various information sites as well as in providing development and operational services for e-commerce sites. It also offers website and banner creation services under its Creative segment.Full Speed was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Japan.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YRGLM — YRGLM Inc. provides marketing platform. The Company offers advertising platform "AD EBiS", automated advertising report creation tool "AdRepo", commercial distribution platform "EC-CUBE", and more. YRGLM serves clients in Asia and America.
- LOCKON — LOCKON is a software company.
Spectrum Equity is a growth equity firm building value through shared perspective, strategic connections, and focused commitment. Partnership in your ambition, journey, growth, and potential.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Series B $15M–$140M; Private Equity $45M–$402M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Animoto — Create and edit videos with our free video maker. Combine your photos, video clips, and music to make quality videos in minutes. Get started free!
- Ease — Ease is a purpose-built benefits administration system making the enrollment experience easy from start to finish. Because benefits matter.
- DispatchTrack — Our last mile delivery platform leverages AI-powered route optimization and a real-time order tracker to elevate the customer experience. Book a demo today
Kodiak Venture Partners pursues a disciplined investment strategy that is focused on building seed and early stage technology companies into high-growth industry market leaders. Kodiak partners have deep expertise in building and investing in market leaders. The team invests in markets where they have had proven success over the years.Foundedin 1999, Kodiak manages three funds totaling $676M and targets companies in eastern North America. Kodiak forges deep relationships with entrepreneurs at the earliest stages and works with a hands-on approach to formulate business strategies, build management teams, and develop critical alliances and customer relationships.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$16M; Series B $4.5M–$30M; Series C $6.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $290M in 2001
Portfolio highlights
- Lumicell — Incomplete resections are leaving cancer behind. The Lumicell mission is to change the way cancer surgery is performed today.
- Emergent Payments — Emergent helps many of the largest corporate and government organizations in Ghana get paid quickly and securely. Learn More. Powering growth for amazing ...
- Greenlight Biosciences — Next Generation Crop Protection
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Training
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Coursebase — Coursebase is a developer of a learning management system used in providing training through an enterprise web application. It delivers and manages all types of training that help to automate course registration, grading of assignments, email reminders, surveys, and reports for online and in-person training courses that enable clients to createcourses and assign tests for their employees.
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Browse database — It's Free!Simplex accelerates business growth by providing trading and risk management solutions, consulting, custom development and operational services to more than 60 clients and 10,000 users in 10+ countries.Simplex Genesis, Their next-generation trading and risk management solution, accelerates time-to-market by providing an open, flexible andscalable system.Serving quants, traders and risk managers, Simplex has increased client revenue and profitability since 1998.They are accelerating Their growth in the US and European markets, expanding on Their presence at some of the largest banks, asset managers and insurance companies in Asia.Simplex is headquartered in Tokyo with offices in San Francisco and New York.
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- Industry: Apps, Payments, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Shift — SHIFT is a tech company founded by tech guru masaru tange in 2005, providing software testing, security assessment and offshore development services with made in japan tailored quality.
- Lynk — Lynk is a payment and card issuance solution platform that helps companies reduce processing fees and increase customer loyalty.
Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, offering intellectual and financial capital to exceptional emerging technology companies around the world.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Series B $7.3M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Edyn — The Edyn smart garden system lets you know what’s happening in your garden at all times. Whether you’re a novice gardener or managing a small-scale organic farm, Edyn is there to take the guesswork out of gardening. Inserted in the soil, the Edyn Garden Sensor gathers and analyzes data about changing weather and soil conditions. The Edyn Appdisplays this data as a real-time snapshot of your garden, and pushes alerts and suggestions to maximize plant health.
- Mujin — At Mujin, we design automation platforms to enhance any robot, enable advanced capabilities and lower operating costs.
- GrubMarket — GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California.
Leading Integrated Marketing Agency in Japan with its expertise in digitally-led way of thinking.
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- Industry: Internet, Advertising, Software
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- negocia — Realize marketing that works with tech
- Bukalapak — Beli sampai bayar dapet gratis ongkir/cashback, game hadiah jutaan, dan Serbu Seru pake recehan. Makhluk sejagat raya aja pake aplikasi Bukalapak!
- Spes — Spes provides all-in-one inventory and sales management cloud software.
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, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $5M–$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.
Recruit Strategic Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in innovative startups from all around the world. It is a corporate venture capital arm of Recruit Holdings that seeks to invest in education and financial technology, digital healthcare, and infrastructure sectors. It was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $100k–$8.5M; Series A $3M–$57M; Series B $6M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Blacklane — Blacklane is the global chauffeur service that offers safety, sustainability, and stress-free travel. Since 2017, the company has been carbon-neutral, combining a five-star guest experience with care for the planet. The customers can book their travels using Blacklane’s mobile app or website.Blacklane was co-founded by Jens Wohltorf and FrankSteuer and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
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- ZenBusiness — Start a new business today for $0 or grow your existing business with the ZenBusiness platform. Get to your first dollar faster without the stress.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 439
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $5.2M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
- LUC — LUC is a provider of the AI x experience analysis platform "TERUS," .
- Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $968k–$326M; Angel $2.8M–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
- Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
- Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
YankeeTek Ventures founded in early 2000, is a venture capital fund for early-stage technology companies. YankeeTek helps entrepreneurs launch their start-ups by providing comprehensive resources, strategic advice, and an extensive network of business relationships to rapidly grow their ideas into strong, successful companies. Fund investorsinclude 3Com, Compaq, Nortel Networks, Novell and The Yankee Group. Several venture capital funds are also invested in YankeeTek, including Advanced Technology Ventures, Advent International, Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Boston Millennia Partners, HarbourVest Partners, and TH Lee Putnam Ventures.
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- Industry: IaaS, SaaS, Energy
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $1M–$20M; Series B $16M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- A123 Systems — Wanxiang A123 Systems Corp The company has a global patent for super nano lithium iron phosphate, which is the world's best technology for high safety, high power, and long life lithium iron phosphate batteries,
- Egenera — Egenera's Xterity Cloud platform is the best alternative to Azure or AWS cloud. Egenera provides simple to use (IaaS) low cost cloud at a global scale with controllable and predictable costs and premium customer support experience. Get in touch to learn more!
- Aegis Semiconductor — Aegis is a privately held company that builds solutions for embedded monitoring of advanced optical networks. The company's Active Thin Films are manufactured using proven high-volume processes with demonstrated high yield and superb uniformity. Aegis's solutions benefit from the reliability of solid-state, silicon-based design, extremescalability, and low-cost packaging architectures.
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
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Seed $628k–$92M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- MOVeLOT — MOVeLOT is an AI company that provides skeletal platform and robot planning, development, and production services.
- Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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- Industry: Robotics, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Ascent Robotics — Ascent is a Tokyo-based AI and robotics company developing cutting-edge software with the goal of helping create a more autonomous future.
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Browse database — It's Free!Skyarch Networks offers a multi-service portfolio, including server managing, monitoring, DevOps, and IT consulting. The company focuses on the areas of Internet-of-Things, cloud security, networking, and more.
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- Industry: SaaS, Big Data, Software
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- AlterBooth — AlterBooth develops software centered on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. It began operation on March 19, 2015, with its headquarters in Fukuoka in Japan.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 271
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $6.4M–$298M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
- Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
- The Chain Museum — The Chain Museum creates a platform for connecting individuals .
Genuine Startups is a seed-stage focused venture fund backed by ex-PIMCO Japan head and experienced startup investor/accelerator. The company's headquarters are in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
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- Industry: FinTech, Computer, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Alpaca — Alpaca API allows developers and businesses to build apps, embed investing, and trade algorithms
- BASKET — BASKET is an internet-based home delivery cleaning service company.
- StreetAcademy — StreetAcademy is Japan's learning market that matches people who want to teach and people who want to learn on the web.
Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$39M; Corporate Round $7.1M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
- AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
LINE Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in games, internet advertising, and flexible investment fields.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Series A $3.7M–$567M; Series B $5M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Mellia — Mellia is a beauty company that provides cosmetics, body care products, and supplements.
- Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
- Warung Pintar — Platform digital terpercaya untuk membantu warung tradisional Indonesia tumbuh bersama teknologi.
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners is committed to designing media strategies that build value for media and produce more effective communication.
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Content, Advertising
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
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- Nyle — Nyle is a web consulting company specialized in providing web solutions for internet media businesses.
- BitStar — BitStar accelerates potential of video creators with power of proprietary database and technology.
- Stepdays — stepdays is a media management, Contents production, Consulting, wholesale, retail, and other related businesses.stepdays aim to contribute to the bottom-up of the entire industry.
SBI Group aims to become a corporate entity that provides a variety of one-stop financial services over the Internet now that two major events, the Financial Big Bang resulting from deregulation, and the Internet Revolution resulting from IT innovation, have radically transformed the financial industry.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $7M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DriveWealth — DriveWealth, the global fintech investment rail and pioneer of fractional equities trading, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hands. We believe the future is fractional, transactional, and mobile. Every mobile device should bea gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth’s consultative support and cloud based, modern technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth.
- Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
- My Zoi Financial Inclusion Technologies — MyZoi, a Standard Chartered subsidiary, aims for global Digital financial inclusion of the underbanked. Based in the UAE
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
- Goals — Goals specializes in development, sales and operational support for cloud services for food service companies.
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
Transcosmos is a Japan-based company principally engaged in outsourcing. It mainly provides call center, business process outsourcing, and digital marketing services, including inbound and outbound, fulfillment, support desk, web integration, marketing research, and more. In 2014, it expanded its services to specifically cater to the eCommerceindustry, providing end-to-end e-commerce solutions.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Advertising, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Brazil, Malaysia
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- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Wodca — Wodca is the developer of a Token Wallet service that can distribute virtual currency in real time.
- GDX — No.1 SaaS and Sustainable Brand EC Enabler and Omni Channel Solution in Southeast Asia and India Chat GPT and AI Robot take over EC operation from manpower. From Silicon Valley US, Bangalore India and Tokyo Japan to the worldThe growth of the EC market is hindered by the limited capacity and capability of human resources to build and operate ECbusinesses.GDX solves the problem of limited human resource capacity and capability with high-level planning and project management capabilities using AI robots and stable operations at low cost using ChatGPT.GDX will contribute to the economic growth of Southeast Asia and India by sustainably expanding the EC market using cutting-edge IT technology.
- Soft Space — From its inception in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012, Soft Space has grown to become the leading mobile Point of Sales (mPOS) provider in the South East Asia region, present in 13 banks across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.The Soft Space centralised Mobile Point-‐of-‐Salespayment platform aims to revolutionise the payment industry by enabling anyone to accept card based payments. It is certified EMV Level 2, the first in Asia to achieve this, and is also certified by MasterCard and Visa; a testament to its security, credibility and is recognised globally.Soft Space has won multiple awards including the Red Herring Top 100 Asia 2014, Merit Winner of the WITSA’s Global ICT Excellence Awards, APICTA’s Best Financial Application Award 2013, APICTA’s Best Start Up 2013, and AICTA’s award for the Best Start Up in the ASEAN region.
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, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
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- Total investments: 252
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- INDX — Unstructured data support, AI utilization without exposing confidential data, rapid implementation. Extensive experience in manufacturing, finance, and healthcare. Provide company-specific AI solutions with custom tuning.
- Paytner — yup 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 where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
- Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
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Browse database — It's Free!Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 124
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Cloudian — Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.
- Seajacks — Cadeler is a global leader in offshore wind farm construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Vehicle Energy Japan — Vehicle Energy Japan specializes in development, manufacturing and sales of automotive lithium-ion batteries.
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
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- Total investments: 123
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Alumnote — The alumni association management software developed by Alumnote allows schools to manage their alumni associations online. The focus of the company is to undertake loyalty building and marketing for potential donors such as graduates and provides digital tools, and supports the execution of donation acquisition.
- SkyDrive — SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members.
- NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
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: Software, Energy, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Germany
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- Total investments: 103
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Ubiden — Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services.
- Shippio — Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support.
- MetaSensing — MetaSensing specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced attachable Raman sensors, designed to provide precise, real-time chemical and molecular analysis across a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control.
Dentsu Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of Dentsu. It specializes in seed, early, mid and later-stage investments. It prefers to invest in the marketing and communication business sectors in the United States of America, Europe, and Asia.
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- Industry: Software, Virtual Reality, Gaming
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, India
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- Total investments: 49
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Loom.ai — Loom.ai is enabling a new era of virtual communication through the creation, animation and sharing of personalized, 3D avatars. Based in San Francisco, and an alumni of the Y Combinator Fellowship, the Academy Award-winning team has created a best-in-class solution powered by deep learning, computer vision and visual effects. In just seconds,Loom.ai can take a single photograph and transform it into a fully representative, 3D avatar as personalized as the individual by recognizing the many nuances that make each face unique. Animatable and expressive in real-time, these avatars can be used to power current and future applications in mobile messaging, entertainment, AR/VR, e-commerce, video conferencing, broadcasting and more. For more information, visit www.loom.aiLoom.ai has received funding from DHVC, Dentsu Ventures, Zach Coelius’ AngelList syndicate, GREE VR Capital, Presence Capital and Anorak Ventures.
- Folio — FOLIO is a financial Instruments Business Operator .
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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, Series B
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 64
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
- Brainbuddy — Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services.
- FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Total investments: 470
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Monogusa — Monoxer is a Information Technology.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
- Counter Culture Company — Counter Culture Company is an online platform that offers K-pop dance classes ranging from beginner to professional levels.
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, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
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- Total investments: 92
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Ubiden — Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services.
- SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
- Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
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, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
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- Total investments: 80
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Medigle — Medigle is a consulting firm that provides medical consulting and B2B services.
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- Space quarters — Space Quarters is a manufacturing company that produces payload deploy and panels, and develops space assembly robotic systems.
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, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
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- Total investments: 114
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Innovacell — Wir entwickeln innovative zelltherapeutische Arzneimittel zur Behandlung von Stuhl- und Harninkontinenz durch Regeneration.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
- Blue Whale Energy — Blue Whale Energy connects and optimises distributed batteries across Singapore, helping businesses and solar developers unlock new revenue streams while supporting a cleaner, more reliable grid.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Total investments: 460
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Morus — Morus is a university-based biotech startup developing functional food ingredients from silkworms to address global health and nutrition challenges.
- Nehan — Nehan is a software firm that offers AI bidding information and a media outlet that delivers to local government businesses.
- Space quarters — Space Quarters is a manufacturing company that produces payload deploy and panels, and develops space assembly robotic systems.
Enterprise Software Investor funding in Japan at a glance
Stats across 83 deals from 184 investors.
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