Top 50 Enterprise Software VC Funds & Investors in Japan (August 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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5 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$198M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.4M–$109M |
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $577k–$283M |
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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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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$269M |
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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, Information Technology | $1.5M–$269M |
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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 | $2.9M–$200M |
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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 | $684k–$71M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $691k–$29M |
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BEENEXT
VC Fund
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2 | India, Indonesia, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $545k–$50M |
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Pegasus Tech Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $560k–$142M |
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, China | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Financial Services, Blockchain | $2.5M–$55M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $458k–$30M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.1M–$184M |
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MIRAI SOUZOU
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Robotics, Software | $938k–$184M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$213M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$184M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $1.3M–$170M |
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Shinhan-GB Futureflow Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | CAD, Pet, Sports | $624k–$6.3M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2.3M–$142M |
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UNITED
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Apps, Software, Information Technology | $645k–$43M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $473k–$35M |
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LINE Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, Thailand | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $2.9M–$567M |
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Spiral Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet | $500k–$103M |
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Skyarch Networks
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | SaaS, Big Data, Software | |
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500 Startups Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, SaaS | $2.8M–$300M |
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NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, CMS | $8.2M–$24M |
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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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Recruit Strategic Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $100k–$57M |
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Adways
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Internet, Media and Entertainment, Content | $1M–$64M |
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Mitsubishi Estate
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Series B, Series A | Real Estate, Information Technology, Internet | $2.7M–$142M |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology | $6.1M–$3B |
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SparkLabs Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Egypt, Vietnam | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps | $1.6M–$7.9M |
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Fast Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Fitness, Computer | $371k–$7.8M |
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Goldman Sachs
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, China | Series C, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $14M–$139M |
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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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SBI Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $2.8M–$142M |
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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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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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SunBridge Global Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Robotics | $350k–$14M |
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Drone Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Drones, Robotics, Aerospace | $1.7M–$213M |
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Dentsu Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, India | Series B, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality | $1.9M–$300M |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B | Energy, Internet of Things, Software | $2M–$553M |
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DCM Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $4.3M–$134M |
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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 | $362k–$113M |
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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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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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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $1.2M–$213M |
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Ceres
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain | $1.4M–$120M |
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | $200k–$77M |
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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: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 576
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$74M; Series B $4.3M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- WARPSPACE — ARPSPACE is a space startup originating from the University of Tsukuba, has been launching and working on a satellite development project at the University of Tsukuba for five years until the company was established.
- Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
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: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 677
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$63M; Series B $4.3M–$109M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Eyeota — Engage your best customers with trusted audience data | enrich insights, enhance personalization and transform audience targeting.
- Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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: 85
- Round size: Seed $577k–$26M; Series A $3.3M–$28M; Series B $3.1M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
- CraftBank — CraftBank, Inc. is the start-up that operates online matching platform between constructors with having relations with 22k specialty constructors (10% coverage in the market). The company was succeeded in Management BuyOut in April 2021.
- Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.
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.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 477
- Round size: Series A $2M–$79M; Series B $2.1M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B 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.
- bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
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, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 172
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$74M; Series B $3.3M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- KUZEN — KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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: 53
- Round size: Seed $2.9M–$84M; Series A $4.4M–$200M; Series B $20M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $120M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Glue Up — Glue Up (formerly EventBank) is a cloud-based engagement management software company that provides solutions for event and membership management, CRM, email marketing, and more. Founded in 2013, Glue Up provides solutions designed to streamline operations, modernize processes, and eliminate engagement challenges. Our innovative products combine thebest event management, membership management, email marketing, CRM, and mobile apps into an all-in-one cloud platform. We have office in 12 countries and clients in more than 50.
- 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.
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: 349
- Round size: Seed $684k–$21M; Series A $3M–$57M; Series B $4.7M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SHIFT — Shift.com of San Francisco CA serving Oakland is one of the best pre-owned dealerships in CA. Call Sales <span class='callNowClass'>855-744-3873</span>
- Uncover Truth — UNCOVER TRUTH is an analytics company that offers data visualization services through the web and mobile.
- Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
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, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 229
- Round size: Seed $691k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
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.
- 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.
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, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, Indonesia, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 333
- Round size: Seed $545k–$7.9M; Series A $2.4M–$28M; Series B $5.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.6B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Whizzo — Whizzo specializes in materials science-driven manufacturing of engineered fashion and technical textiles. Our expertise lies in creating and executing innovative textile blends tailored for applications across automotive, agriculture, medical textiles, and engineered fashion.
- CREST — CREST Capital is a private investment firm that partners with founders, families, and institutions to build, manage, and preserve wealth with discipline, alignment, and foresight.
- Quadric — quadric.io is a Burlingame, CA-based processor technology company. The q16 Processor is the most comprehensive AI processor that handles any AI and high-performance edge workload.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 247
- Round size: Seed $560k–$6.2M; Series B $3.1M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- ABIVIN — Operate your business more efficiently, manage fleets in real-time, save up to 30% logistics costs with Abivin vRoute - Transportation Management System.
- StradVision — Vision AI for all
- Blue Frog Robotics — Build innovative and differentiating solutions, services and applications for enhanced customer / user experience creation for Education, Elders, Healthcare, Real Estate, I.O.T, Services.
Discover Susquehanna, a global quantitative trading firm built on a rigorous, analytical foundation in financial markets.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Blockchain
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$20M; Series A $3.5M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meesho — Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho is a business platform trusted by more than 2.6 million resellers across India. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
- Deccan AI — Build superior LLMs and Foundational Models. Powered by high-quality human data. A model is only as good as its data.
- Valinor — Institutional capital solutions at the intersection of credit and blockchain
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, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $458k–$30M; Series A $1.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
- Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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: 304
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$142M; Series B $6.4M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
MIRAI SOUZOU operates as a venture capital firm that invests in institutional lookup and supporting projects. The Company invests in institutional research and development supporting projects, medicine, agriculture, ocean field, and other industries. Innovations and Future Creation conducts businesses in Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$100M; Series B $938k–$184M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $549M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
- Equitas Medical Co. — Equitas Medical provides management support for clinics, including operational improvement, strategic planning, recruitment, digital transformation, and back-office administration. It supports business succession for clinic owners by providing transition options intended to maintain patient and staff continuity. The company also promotes healthcaredigital transformation through AI, cloud services, remote-care tools, hospital real-world data use, and medical department digitalization. Its services are intended for healthcare professionals, clinic owners, and healthcare organizations.
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: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Series A $4M–$101M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
- Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 584
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 164
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $2M–$41M; Series B $5.2M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
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- 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.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
Shinhan-GB Futureflow Investment is an investment firm.
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- Industry: CAD, Pet, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $624k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$6.3M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
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- be-FULL — be-FULL specializes in AI-driven management support tools designed to enhance organizational performance. Their flagship product assists in meetings and one-on-one sessions by analyzing audio data to recommend effective actions and provide feedback for skill development. It aims to create workplaces where individual strengths contribute tocollective success by integrating coaching principles with technology.
- Pan For You — Pan For You is a Food & Beverage Company. We deliver delicious bread from all over the world with our unique freezing technology and propose a lifestyle where you can enjoy freshly baked bread anytime.
- Tokenz — Tokenz is a global payment platform designed to help digital content creators and businesses scale their revenue seamlessly. Supporting payment methods worldwide, Tokenz enables brands to build customizable web stores, optimize conversions, and expand direct-to-consumer sales. As a Merchant of Record (MoR), Tokenz ensures global tax compliance,fraud protection, and multi-currency transactions—allowing businesses to sell with confidence across international markets.
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: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 386
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$142M; Series B $5.3M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $645k–$4.4M; Series A $868k–$43M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
- Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
- Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.
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: 522
- Round size: Seed $473k–$13M; Series A $2M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
- Holo-X — Holo-X provides augmented, virtual, and mixed realities services and products.
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
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, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Series A $2.9M–$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.
- Sunday — Founded in Thailand in 2017, Sunday is the first full-stack InsurTech group adopting data models and technology to offer multiple insurance products and services across the entire customer journey. The company provides auto insurance, health insurance, and travel insurance.Sunday reinvents the entire insurance offering and experience to ensurethat customers' needs are met anytime, anywhere.
Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Series A $1.5M–$62M; Series B $10M–$103M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fragaria — Discover innovative farming practices and high-quality, year-round fruits in India with Fragaria's advanced agricultural technology.
- SPUN — The most reliable online visa platform in Indonesia with 24/7 dedicated assistance and money-back guarantee.
- Pruv Finance — The foundational layer for institutional-grade tokenization, bridging multichain ecosystems with DeFi-ready assets.
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.
500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$21M; Series A $7.9M–$300M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Noin — Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries.
- Koska — Koska is a service that automates highly accurate cost calculation without trouble in the IoT system.
- Connected Robotics — Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is basedin Koganei-shi, Japan.
NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE offers real estate services.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, CMS
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series B $8.2M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sanu — SANU is a home subscription service company that guides customers on a first-come, first-served basis as the number of slots increases. They develop a hotel and residence platform that offers a monthly subscription and proposes a lifestyle with another house in nature.
- AGRIST — AGRIST Co., Ltd. is a venture company that solves agricultural problems with technology. An automatic harvesting robot solves the problem of a shortage of farmers who are aging and harvesting agricultural products.
- Arsaga Partners — Arsaga Partners, Inc., "develop with the fastest and highest quality" as concept, is a one-stop IT system development company.- All functions necessary for IT system development such as IT strategy consulting, UX/UI consulting, planning, engineering, designing, maintenance and operations are provided through our one-stop solution.- With engineers accounting for over 90% of our company structure we can work directly with our clients. - Our motto is to providing services at a reasonable cost without outsourcing and to bring our Japanese omotenashi spirit to our development services. - We think of Digital transformation (DX) Not as a trendy word, but as IT system development that truly contributes to our clients' business needs.Main Services - One-stop IT System Development Business, Start-up/New IT Business Consulting, Enterprise System/New Business Planning and Development(Digital Transformation/DX), Web System Planning and Development, Application Planning and DevelopmentKey Clients - Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Estate, ShionogiV-CUBE, Mizuho Securities, Sciseed inc.
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
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: E-Commerce, Software, 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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Based in Tokyo, Adways is a mobile marketing solution provider mostly known for its Asia’s largest mobile CPI adnetwork “AppDriver” and mobile app measurement & tracking tool “PartyTrack” used by great number of major app developers around the world. Since 2004 when it opened the first overseas office in China, Adways has been aggressivelyexpanding its mobile app distribution network in Asian markets. Now with 1,000 employees in 11 countries (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and the USA), Adways supports app developers worldwide to maximize their user acquisition and monetization and furthermore thrives to provide new value to the market. Haruhisa Okamura is Founder and CEO of Adways who has grown Adways from a small startup to an international corporation with over a thousand employees around the world. In 2006, Adways went public and Okamura was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to list a company in Japan at that time.You can read his story here: "How a high school dropout became a multi-millionaire entrepreneur" http://www.techinasia.com/high-school-dropout-multimillionaire-entrepreneur/
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- Industry: Internet, Media and Entertainment, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $21M–$39M; Series A $1M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
- Rentio — Rentio is a site that can be used anytime without buying 1,000 kinds of cameras and the latest home appliances.
- MiddleField — MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.
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Browse database — It's Free!A comprehensive real estate developer, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. boasts the leading position in the Japanese market, operating a spectrum of businesses in diverse fields related to real estate, including an office building business centered on the Marunouchi district in central Tokyo, a retail property business, a residential business, and hotelbusiness. The Company's area of operations is not confined to Japan; it includes the United States and the United Kingdom and extends to such Asian countries as China and Singapore.The strength of the Mitsubishi Estate Group lies in its comprehensive business structure, which encompasses Group members that seamlessly cover businesses ranging from development to leasing and property management. Looking at the real estate industry in countries overseas, in most places, the industry is divided into two main groups: developers and property managers. In contrast, the Mitsubishi Estate Group operates under a policy of maintaining ownership of the majority of the properties that it has developed. This enables the Group to pursue urban development with an eye to the future-a future of not only a decade or 50 years but as much as a hundred years from now.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$142M; Series B $4.6M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
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- iYell — iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
- T2 — T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service.
- Free Standard — Free Standard is a developer platform that offers product development and recommerce business implementation for the retail industry.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in 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 businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $107M–$3B; Debt Financing $6.1M–$1.2B
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
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- Triorb — The corporate website of TriOrb Inc., revolutionizing production lines with our ball-driven omnidirectional mobility platform.
- SoftBank — SoftBank Group Corp. (Chairman & CEO: Masayoshi Son) Corporate and IR site provides company information such as our company profile, an overview of the company and Group companies, as well as IR and CSR.
- Waypoint Leasing Services — Waypoint Leasing is a global helicopter leasing company founded in 2013 to provide financing solutions to helicopter operators worldwide. Headquartered in Limerick, Ireland, Waypoint differentiates itself with a senior management team possessing direct helicopter operating and helicopter leasing experience. Their deep operational backgroundtranslates directly to a passion for rotary-wing aviation and a commitment to building long-lasting partnerships.
SparkLabs Ventures is a new venture capital launched by SparkLabs Group. Our vision is to lead the revolution of Korean startup ecosystem by bridging the gap between Korea and the rest of the world
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, Egypt, Vietnam
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- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$3M; Series A $3M–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- WideBot AI — WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes.
- FastView — FastView provides content commerce services and online marketing services.
- Wave — We are a team trying to developing mind-blowing products.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Fitness, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Korea, United States
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- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $371k–$7.8M; Series A $1.6M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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- Allganize — Allganize provides Alli, an AI document understanding platform that revolutionizes enterprise productivity. If you want a proper AI chatbot, enterprise chatGPT, or AI OCR, Allganize is the answer.
- Quota Lab — Quota Lab is a financial infrastructure company that connects the capital flows of all ventures & startups, general partners (GPs), and limited partners (LPs) to build a venture capital market infrastructure and create a new financial ecosystem.
- Remake Digital — They are a group of creatives, marketers, and engineers building CROLO, a creative AI. CROLO totally automates banner ad designs so advertisers can reduce design time/cost while maximizing ad performance through data driven design.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 820
- Round size: Series B $14M–$139M; Series C $20M–$136M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
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- Deepwatch — deepwatch, Inc. provides intelligence-driven managed cyber security services to minimize, detect, and rapidly respond to perpetually evolving cyber-attacks and threats against organizations. Its cloud SecOps platform powers highly tailored, highly automated, and highly effective Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Managed Endpoint Detection andResponse (MEDR) and Vulnerability Management (VM) services trusted by the world’s leading enterprises. deepwatch’s team of cyber security experts relentlessly work with company’s internal teams to protect its digital assets, employees, and customers. The company was founded in 2018 and has headquarter regions in Denver, Colorado, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Herndon, Virginia.
- Talentsoft — Founded in 2007, TalentSoft has climbed the rankings with record-breaking speed to take a leading position in SaaS-based Integrated Competencies and Talent Management; an unparalleled achievement in the French business software sector.Since its earliest days, TalentSoft has been forming alliances with key players in the information technologyindustry to develop a unique offering. With its long-term partnerships , first-rate teams and attractive technology solution, TalentSoft has been able to convince many financial, technology and sales partners of the optential in its positioning, and thus drive its business growth.TalentSoft's numerous awards and financial backers demonstrate the company's credibility with its clients and has enabled it to pursue its international development at an accelerated pace. After only a few years of operation, TalentSoft now has a presence on every continent with its network of subsidiaries and affiliates in Africa, North America, Asia and Europe.
- Judi Health — Capital Rx is a health technology company that engages in managing pharmacy benefit plans. The company is redefining the way prescriptions are priced and administered in the U.S. Through its Clearinghouse Model, it unlocks the pharmacy supply chain and reduces prescription costs for employer groups. By establishing a competitive marketplace fordrug pricing, Capital Rx focuses its resources on deploying actionable strategies that improve plan performance and patient outcomes.
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.
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: 155
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$142M; Series B $7M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
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- Gauntlet — Gauntlet builds a blockchain simulation and testing platform for financial systems. The company's blockchain simulation and the testing platform run a series of simulations to test the client's protocol or smart contract and gain intuition on how design choices affect behavior, thereby helping financial institutions by providingtransparency and greatly reduces the cost of experimentation so that teams can rapidly design, launch, and scale new decentralized systems. Gauntlet was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, USA.
- 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.
- NOT A HOTEL — NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands.
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.
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
Investor stats
- 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.
The SunBridge Group is the premier partner for leading enterprise IT companies to enter the Japan market. Founded by Allen Miner, the founder of Oracle Japan, SunBridge has successfully partnered with Salesforce.com, Concur, SilkRoad and many others to build their Japan operations. SunBridge invests directly into startups and through its affiliatesSunBridge Global Ventures (seed investor/accelerator in Japan), and SunBridge Partners (early-stage VC in US). They support promising entrepreneurs who challenge to develop business globally in IT by providing them seed capital and vital know-how which they cultivated in the investment experiences of the past ten years. SunBridge Global Ventures is a Global Seed Accelerator established in January 2012 as part of the SunBridge Group headquartered in Tokyo.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $350k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WHILL — WHILL designs and creates personal mobility products for indoor and outdoor applications. WHILL is making transportation enjoyable and smart for everybody. It aims to change the perception of mobility devices such as wheelchairs and scooters through advanced technology and smart design.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Carlos,California.
- Cofame — Before you bring something to the table.Cofame is your companion to enable you to manage your contacts and meeting history, and improve your business process.New style of contact exchange: Cofame is the next generation of exchanging business card and contacts. You no longer need to bring your paper business cards. If they do not haveCofame? no worries, you can send a part of contact information over Text and Email. Unlike your current paper business card, with Cofame, you can exchange yours with number of people at a same time. Meeting management: Cofame also enables you to manage meetings, and replicate those meetings on your smartphone. When, who, and where you met these people, who's sitting where, and what you discussed. You never lose your memory.
- VIVID Technologies — Vivid transforms traditional audio-only IVR, (that annoying robot voice you hear every time you call "customer service"). They have created an interactive visual experience, where all the relevant information is displayed in an intuitive way, rather than the painstaking audio IVR. Vivid presents the information in a clutter-free,simplified and more consumable manner, on your smartphones and tablets, which in turn leads to a significant reduction in traffic and dramatic efficiency gains. It also simultaneously increases the ease and effectiveness of communication between individuals and businesses' customer support department, while also cutting costs.Vivid was founded in October 2013 and is headquartered in England, United Kingdom.
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Browse database — It's Free!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:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$18M; Series A $1.7M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
- FullDepth — FullDepth is a drone development company.
- Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$56M; Series B $11M–$300M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- CULTA — CULTA uses technology to increase the efficiency and speed of breeding and improve productivity and profitability in agriculture.
- Astrocade — The ultimate Social Gaming Universe where anyone can create, share, and play casual games. No coding or downloads required.
- Yoyogi Animation Academy — Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.
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, Internet of Things, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series A $2M–$105M; Series B $3.7M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Hacobell — Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery.
- Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
DCM Ventures assists entrepreneurs in building companies that will change how institutions and people use and live with technology.DCM Ventures focuses on the size of its team, the money they raise, and the investments they make all so that it can focus on the business of helping portfolio companies succeed. Collectively, the DCM investingpartners have over a century of investing and operational experience and each DCM partner has experience building hyper-growth startups into billion-dollar businesses.DCM Ventures manages ten funds totaling $4.0 billion and has made investments in more than 400 technology companies across the United States and Asia. With offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo, DCM provides hands-on operational guidance and a vast network of global business and financial resources to its portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 433
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$41M; Series B $8.5M–$60M; Series C $8.5M–$134M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $780M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Kaon — Chat with AI characters for free on FlowGPT! More than 1 million characters and bots to chat with, AI boyfriend, girlfriend, uncencored chat and AI tools.
- Tandems — Tandems enhances the way financial advice is delivered by equipping advisors, bankers, and agents with data-driven insights and personalized recommendations. Tandems focuses on improving institutional operations through automation and intelligent decision-support tools that streamline workflows and client engagement. The company’s technology isdesigned to augment human expertise, allowing financial professionals to allocate more time to strategic guidance and relationship building.
- Mendel.ai — Mendel.ai transforms unstructured EMR data and clinical literature into comprehensive and compliant analytics-ready data. Mendel uses their novel AI aided by clinical experts to streamline global oncology research by organizing real-world data and automating clinical trials. They build software to solve problems at each stage of the clinical trialprocess, from feasibility to post-trial pharmacovigilance.
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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 279
- Round size: Seed $362k–$48M; Series A $2.8M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.4B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
- Brainbuddy — Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services.
- FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
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.
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:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$43M; Series A $6M–$213M
- 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.
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, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$14M; Series A $1.4M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
- AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
- TASIMOVF — Founder of Asimov Foundation. Investing in the future of AI & Crypto (a much more meaningful space than FX) prev. @xbox
Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, China, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $200k–$8.5M; Series A $1.4M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- pickupon — Pickupon is a SaaS product that automatically records and inputs calls.
- Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
- ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
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