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Top 50 Finance Startup Investors in Japan (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Finance startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Finance startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
12 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$184M
East Ventures
VC Fund
10 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $473k–$35M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
10 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $317k–$57M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$198M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $684k–$71M
AG Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan Series A, Seed Finance, Software, Internet $1M–$71M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
7 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.4M–$109M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $565k–$71M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2M–$269M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
6 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $2.3M–$142M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $330k–$75M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $691k–$29M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
4 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Travel, Internet, Apps $700k–$213M
All Star SAAS Fund
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States Series A, Series B, Seed SaaS, Software, Medical $800k–$99M
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology $6.1M–$3B
Yu Akasaka
Angel
4 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
3 Japan, China, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, FinTech, E-Commerce $661k–$103M
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
3 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Content $320k–$28M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage $730k–$57M
ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Internet, E-Commerce $4M–$269M
Seven Bank
VC Fund
3 Japan, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Finance, Financial Services, FinTech $900k–$71M
Masaru Sunagawa
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Angel Finance, Software, Artificial Intelligence $740k–$18M
W ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $382k–$37M
Mizuho Bank
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software $1.3M–$5.6B
BEENEXT
VC Fund
3 India, Indonesia, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $545k–$50M
Lifetime Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Software, Medical
DOGAN beta
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A Information Technology, Health Care, Task Management $233k–$152M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$213M
D4V
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce $876k–$89M
JAFCO
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$184M
Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
3 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$53M
Credit Saison
VC Fund
3 Japan, Brazil, Singapore Debt Financing, Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $429k–$221M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
3 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Content, Software $320k–$43M
Farus
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Angel Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
Mitsubishi UFJ
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Malaysia Debt Financing, Series A Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Series A, Seed Software, Mobile, Internet
Angel Bridge
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, Consulting $792k–$62M
Ceres
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
2 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel SNS, Internet, Software
Osamu Ogasawara
Angel
2 Japan Angel SNS, Content, Fashion
MUFG Bank
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
LINE Financial Corporation
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Apps, Mobile, Finance
Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, Canada Debt Financing, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Corporate Round, Series A Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Daisuke Yanagisawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
Shinsei Bank
VC Fund
2 Japan, United Arab Emirates Series A, Series C Finance, Internet, Task Management $14M–$354M
FreakOut Holdings
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Internet, Information Technology $102k–$59M
Daisaku Harada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Finance, Tourism, Automotive
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
2 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$28M
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 12 investments in Japan Finance startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Finance startups

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Seed $317k–$17M; Series A $2.4M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Finance startups

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 8 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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AG Capital
VC Fund · Shiba, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Finance startups

AG Capital is an investment firm that provides investment and property management solutions for middle-size businesses. The company was founded on December 12, 1985 and its headquarters are located in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$71M; Series A $1.9M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Finance startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $628k–$43M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Finance startups

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Finance startups

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Seed $565k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
  • Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, 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.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Finance startups

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Finance startups

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$11M; Series A $2.4M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
  • AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.
  • NexusAdvisors — NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Internet, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$41M; 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 Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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All Star SAAS Fund
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in Japan Finance startups

All Star SAAS Fund is a Japan-based SaaS specialized fund that provides support programs centered on "people".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $2M–$99M; Series B $3.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Mntsq — MNTSQ is a legal tech venture company that provides products to law firms to streamline legal due diligence operations.
  • AironWorks — AironWorks trains your team to recognize and stop phishing attacks with real-world simulations and clear, engaging cybersecurity education.
  • Sotas — Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Finance startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Finance startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$9.7M; Series A $2M–$41M; Series B $2.2M–$103M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Rimowa — Rimowa designs characters not as mere “content,” but as immersive character operating systems that integrate naturally into everyday life, creating emotionally resonant experiences that seamlessly connect digital interaction, storytelling, and real-world consumer engagement.
  • 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.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Finance, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$28M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $510k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $730k–$50M; Series A $1.4M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Inter Holding — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
  • Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
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ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

The history of ITOCHU Corporation (hereinafter "ITOCHU") dates back to 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years into a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textiles,machinery, information and communications-related products, metals, products related to oil and other energy sources, general merchandise, chemicals, and provisions and food. In addition, ITOCHU has made multifaceted investments in insurance agencies, finance, construction, real estate trading, and warehousing as well as operations and businesses incidental or related to those fields.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$184M; Series B $6.9M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Benefuel — Benefuel is commercializing the world’s most advanced, solid catalyst biodiesel refining platform, capable of producing high quality biodiesel from almost any type of feedstock and thereby transforming the old model of large batch, centralized fuel production and fragmented distribution into a new model of localized production and consumption fromthe vast array of renewable, inedible fats and oils available in the global market.
  • Moixa Technology — Moixa Technology develops the Maslow intelligent energy storage solution, enabling homes to store energy and benefit from revenue streams generated by trading energy through GridShare, an SaaS platform that aggregates energy from groups of Maslow energy storage systems. . The company develops smart DC technologies to power DC lighting, computing,electronics from grid-shifted storage or local PV from smart DC hubs, variable DC networks and sockets. The technology and IPR reduces grid peak by shifting DC device load and powering DC devices efficiently without inverters or AC/DC adaptors, together with providing smart control and energy management. The technology aims to address the 1 trillion kwh + lost annually in power conversion, and the significant growing DC demand in homes, offices from ICT, LED lighting and the rise in internet connected devices.
  • OUE Lippo Healthcare (OUELH) — OUE Lippo Healthcare Limited (“OUELH”) is a subsidiary company of OUE Limited (“OUE”) and is listed on the Catalist Board of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. OUE and OUELH are member companies of Lippo Group, one of the Asia’s largest and most diversified conglomerates with close to 20 listed companies across Asia and serving over 60million customers annually.
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Seven Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

Seven Bank offers a wide range of financial services, including ATM access, online banking, and loan solutions. Visit our official website to learn how to open an account and start banking with ease.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $11M–$71M; Series A $900k–$43M; Series B $1.6M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Miive — Mobile wallet-based employee benefit SaaS.
  • Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.
  • SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
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Masaru Sunagawa
Angel · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

After joining Mitsubishi Corporation, he studied at Harvard Business School. After graduating, he joined Globespan Capital Partners, an independent United States VC, and worked as a director of investment. He started LocationValue after the company's representative in Japan. Joined Google after selling the company to NTT DOCOMO. He served asDirector of Product Development for Google Maps and General Manager for Android. He left Google in February 2018 and started Smartround Co., Ltd. in May.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $740k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
  • Paytner — Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$17M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
  • Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
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Mizuho Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups, 90 in the past 12 months

Mizuho Bank is a commercial bank that began operation on July 1, 2013, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. It offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities. It also provides current and ordinary, deposits at notice, time, and specified deposits, deposits for tax,nonresident deposits in yen, foreign currency deposits, negotiable time deposits and loans by bill, loans on a deed, and overdrafts as well as discounts for bank acceptances, commercial papers, and documentary bills. Moreover, it offers investment banking and custodial, syndication, bond administrative, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate restructuring, project, and asset finance services, settlement and asset management services. It operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $150M–$5.6B; Debt Financing $1.3M–$925M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Polyuse — Polyuse Co., Ltd. is developing technology centered on "3D printers for construction" for the construction and civil engineering industries under the mission of "updating the construction industry with the power of technology".
  • Bank of India — Bank of India is a Nationalized bank with a presence in all the major trade centers of the world.
  • 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.
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BEENEXT
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, 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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Lifetime Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

Lifetime Ventures is a VC firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kinish — Kinish is a company leading a revolution in dairy products. To achieve environmentally friendly and delicious dairy products, we are developing a special rice variety that produces milk proteins.
  • Kwahuu Ocean — Kwahuu Ocean develops sustainable squid farming systems.
  • Spine Chronicle — Spine chronicle is a medical device manufacturing firm that specializes in developing orthopedic medical equipment.
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in KyushuMost companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$152M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Foodcam — Foodcam aims to build a comprehensive overseas distribution infrastructure for Japanese food products, enabling manufacturers and suppliers to efficiently expand into international markets through streamlined logistics, supply chain management, and global distribution solutions.
  • EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
  • 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 82
  • Round size: Seed $876k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Free Standard — Free Standard is a developer platform that offers product development and recommerce business implementation for the retail industry.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 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.
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 209
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$50M; Series B $6.9M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $185M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • what3words — Every 3 metre square has a unique 3 word address.
  • Yellow Card — Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
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Credit Saison
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Credit Saison is a Japanese financial services company. They will fulfill their corporate social responsibility by striving to meet the expectations of all of their customers, shareholders, and business partners. They will compete successfully in the market by promoting their three shared values: practical implementation of the principles ofcustomer satisfaction as a leading-edge service company; mutual respect for their interests and those of their business partners; and developing a corporate culture of creative innovation.They aim to develop and offer many settlement instruments such as credit cards and prepaid cards to reduce reliance on cash, which is still the main way to settle transactions, and enable a cashless society. With measures to promote personal consumption, they are working to expand their client base, their card transaction value, and the scope of card settlements.With their entire corporate marketing system reinforced, they are working to move various kinds of corporate payments to cashless settlements by providing optimal solutions that match the needs and scale of companies.They are working to establish multiple core earnings pillars through stronger relationships with their partners and the provision of financial functions tailored to market needs in their lease rental, credit guarantee, and finance-related businesses.In the rapidly-changing Internet business sector, the Company has stepped up its agile cooperation with companies with outstanding content and with startups that have promising technologies, along with efforts at new business development, in a bid to expand its Internet business.They are preparing a foundation for a longer-term overseas strategy with an eye on forming strategic partnerships with local companies and Japanese companies expanding in these markets to enable us to advance in Asia’s non-bank market.Based on their belief that the personal growth of their staff constitutes the growth of their company, they are bolstering human resource development initiatives that make effective use of individual strengths and support the active participation of women in the workplace.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Brazil, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $429k–$71M; Series B $5.7M–$221M; Debt Financing $6.8M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zippi — Brazilian fintech founded in 2019 with the purpose of transforming the reality of micro and small entrepreneurs. Our mission is to help millions of Brazilians thrive by driving their businesses forward through agile and accessible financial solutions. We were pioneers in using PIX as a credit and payment platform, launching our solution in 2022.Today we process over R$2.7 billion in transactions per year, demonstrating the exponential growth of our business. Recently we reached breakeven, a milestone that highlights the strength of our business model.
  • JULO — JULO provides affordable unsecured personal loan (KTA) exclusively to smartphone users.They strive to provide low cost loan product to the masses while ensuring that it's economically viable to their lender partners. This is achieved by exercising prudent underwriting assessments to ensure that approved applicants are both able and willing topay back.They also reward positive behavior by giving cashback bonus and allowing good customers to borrow a higher amount at lower interest rate at loan maturity.
  • OpenAssets — OpenAssets builds open infrastructure and technology for digital financial systems and tokenized capital markets. The company develops standards and platforms for issuing and managing tokenized assets, digital currencies, and programmable money across major blockchains. Its solutions include tokenization-as-a-service, compliant asset issuancetools, and programmable ownership features for bonds, equities, commodities, and other assets. OpenAssets serves governments, central banks, financial institutions, and digital asset companies seeking to modernize capital markets. The organization also convenes industry alliances to define technical, policy, and governance frameworks for programmable finance.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 3 investments in Japan Finance startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; 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.
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Farus
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

Farus is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
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Mitsubishi UFJ
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

We have the largest domestic and global customer base of any Japanese bank, consisting of a network of 500 offices in Japan and 40 other countries. We apply our values of integrity and responsibility by contributing to the improvement of the economic and social infrastructure wherever we do business.Our portfolio includes 40 million retailbanking accounts and 500,000 corporate customers. The extensive network that this represents is itself a valuable component of our financial role as part of the global social infrastructure.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Tryeting — TRYETING provides an AI platform that integrates various types of software. One of the strengths of the company is materials informatics, a field that applies the techniques of informatics, such as AI and big data, to materials. This approach can significantly speed the development of new materials.
  • HelloWorld — EdTech, International Exchange between Schools
  • Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • KAKEAI — Amazon S3 is cloud object storage with industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. S3 is ideal for data lakes, mobile applications, backup and restore, archival, IoT devices, ML, AI, and analytics.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Recustomer — Recustomer is an IT company that develops software for digital payment and provides support for web development.
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups, 20 in the past 12 months

Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $792k–$62M; Series A $2.8M–$25M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
  • AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
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Osamu Ogasawara
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

Osamu Ogasahara is the founder, CEO, and president of FGN ABBA Lab.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
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MUFG Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups, 23 in the past 12 months

MUFG Bank is Japan's largest bank. ; MUFG

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Japan, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CoreWeave — CoreWeave provides flexible compute services and products to empower innovators. The company provides GPU accelerated compute solutions to the CGI and machine learning industries. Backed by quality hardware and systems management infrastructure, CoreWeave is built to help clients scale and adapt to evolving compute requirements at industry leadingeconomics.
  • Embraer — Embraer SA is a Brazil-based holding company primarily engaged in the manufacture of aircraft. The company’s business activities are divided into three business segments: Commercial Aviation; Defense and Security Business, and Executive Aviation. The Commercial Aviation segment is involved in the development, production, and sale of commercialjets, as well as in the provision of support services, with emphasis on the regional aviation industry and aircraft leasing. The Defense and Security Business segment mainly includes the research, development, production and modification of defense aircrafts as well systems and software design. Through the Executive Aviation segment, the company is active in the development, production, and sale of business jets, the provision of support services related to this sector of the market, and aircraft leasing. Embraer has subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and representative offices in Brazil, the United States, France, Holland, and China, among others.
  • Simple Form — Simple Form provides real-time information on all domestic corporations necessary for financial institutions. We will accelerate the time-consuming and labor-intensive research work of corporations and take on the role of new financial underpinnings.
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LINE Financial Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

LINE Financial Corporation provides a wide range of financial services. The company offers LINE Pay that allows payment and remittance, LINE Securities, LINE Score, LINE Pocket Money, LINE Hoken, LINE Smart Investment, LINE Household Account Book, and BITMAX. In addition, the company is preparing to establish a bank and utilizing blockchaintechnology, making use of LINE's user base to bring "money" and "users", which are indispensable in our daily lives, closer together and develop new financial services. doing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • LINE Credit — LINE Credit is a Provision and operation of personal scoring and personal unsecured loan services.
  • Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
  • LINE Securities — LINE Securities is a provider of remote securities brokerage and securities investment consultation services.
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Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups, 22 in the past 12 months

Shoko Chukin Bank is a financial company offering personal banking services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Live Search — Live Search provides the real estate industry with online room availability management, property photography, and floor plan services.
  • Simple Form — Simple Form provides real-time information on all domestic corporations necessary for financial institutions. We will accelerate the time-consuming and labor-intensive research work of corporations and take on the role of new financial underpinnings.
  • Pathfinder — Pathfinder is a research and development company that provides MaaS and delivery vehicle application development services.
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Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

The official site of the TOKAI TOKYO FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ADDX — Private market Investment with lower minimums. ADDX gives investors access to private equity, hedge fund, real estate & other alternative investment choices.
  • PayPay — PayPay is an online payment app.This benefit is not applicable when paying with PayPay online payment service. * 2 For PayPay, per person, the “granting limit for one payment” is equivalent to 15,000 yen, and the “total granting limit for one month” is equivalent to 30,000 yen. If you pay by credit card other than Yahoo! Card, the grant rate is0.5%. * 3 If you pay with a credit card other than Yahoo!
  • Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation — Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation is providing equity investment and business management services for affiliated group companies.
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Daisuke Yanagisawa
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

Daisuke Yanagisawa - Founder & CEO @ KAYAC

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
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Shinsei Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

We provide online services and English-speaking support, allowing you to make transactions anytime, anywhere.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Internet, Task Management
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Series A $33M–$354M; Series C $14M–$67M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TAQA — TAQA is a utilities and energy company that engages in power, water, and oil and gas operations. It is an international company listed in Abu Dhabi and operates in 11 countries across four continents.The company's interests lie in conventional and alternative power generation, water desalination, oil and gas exploration and production,pipelines, and gas storage. TAQA was founded in 2005 and operates in Canada, Ghana, India, Iraq, Morocco, the Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  • PeaceTecLab — PeaceTecLab is a CtoCsharing service, as its main business.
  • Mirfa International Power & Water Company — Mirfa International Power & Water Company is a renewable energy startup that delivers power and water solutions. A combined-cycle gas turbine power plant, a modular reverse osmosis plant, and three multi-stage flash desalination units comprise the company's power and water plant. It has a gross installed power capacity of 1.7 gigatonnes(GW) and a gross water desalination capacity of 53 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD). It aims to deliver a futuristic power generating plant with a net power capacity of 1600 megawatts to address the country's power issues.
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FreakOut Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

We are spread out into global with our mission "Give people work that requires a person" through our freak'in technology.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $747k–$14M; Series A $102k–$47M; Series B $10M–$59M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Progate — Progate is an online platform to learn programming. Learn to build your own apps and services.
  • Coco — Coco is a communication tool. They develop software that will help the service sector become more customer-oriented. They improve customer satisfaction by digitizing customer surveys and converting telephone interactions with customers to text chat.
  • 91springboard — Explore 91Springboard, the best co-working company offering premium co-working spaces and shared office solutions. Whether you're a startup, freelancer, or team, enjoy flexible workspaces, modern amenities, and prime locations tailored to your needs.
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Daisaku Harada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Tourism, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Finance startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$28M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Finance Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 414 deals from 620 investors.

620
investors
in Japan Finance startups
414
deals
in Japan Finance startups
$13M
median round
in Japan Finance startups
22%
lead investors
lead at least one round
20%
Seed
most common funding stage
84/16
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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