Top 50 Finance VC Funds & Investors in Japan (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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12 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$184M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $473k–$35M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $317k–$57M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$198M |
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $684k–$71M |
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AG Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Finance, Software, Internet | $1M–$71M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$269M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $565k–$71M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.4M–$109M |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $330k–$75M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2.3M–$142M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $691k–$29M |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, India | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology | $6.1M–$3B |
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All Star SAAS Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | SaaS, Software, Medical | $800k–$99M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$213M |
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D4V
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $876k–$89M |
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage | $730k–$57M |
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, China, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, E-Commerce | $661k–$103M |
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Health Care, Task Management | $233k–$152M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $382k–$37M |
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BEENEXT
VC Fund
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3 | India, Indonesia, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $545k–$50M |
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ITOCHU Corporation
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $4M–$269M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.1M–$184M |
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$53M |
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Mizuho Bank
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $1.3M–$5.6B |
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Credit Saison
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Brazil, Singapore | Debt Financing, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $429k–$221M |
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Seven Bank
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Finance, Financial Services, FinTech | $900k–$71M |
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Lifetime Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Software, Medical | |
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Shinsei Bank
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United Arab Emirates | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Finance, Task Management, Internet of Things | $935k–$354M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Malaysia | Debt Financing, Series A | Financial Services, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.3M–$1B |
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Resona Bank
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Debt Financing, Series A | Information Technology, Internet, Internet of Things | |
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First Light Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Advertising | $553k–$198M |
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MUFG Bank
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services | |
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Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Canada | Debt Financing, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Yamaguchi Financial Group
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series C | Finance, Financial Services, Apps | |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $558k–$17M |
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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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Canal Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Apps, Information Technology, Internet | $821k–$132M |
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TIS Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Indonesia | Series C, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics | $740k–$496M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $792k–$47M |
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LINE Financial Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Apps, Mobile, Finance | $21M–$2.8B |
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $895k–$369M |
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KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $850k–$100M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, Medical, Health Care | $413k–$41M |
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Japan Post Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Turkey | Series B, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Marketing | $1.3M–$283M |
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Coral Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $740k–$184M |
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Farus
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses | |
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Suneight Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Internet, Social Media, Content | $924k–$47M |
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FreakOut Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $102k–$59M |
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STRIVE
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $800k–$142M |
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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.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
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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- 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.
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.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, 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.
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.
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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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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.
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
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.
All Star SAAS Fund is a Japan-based SaaS specialized fund that provides support programs centered on "people".
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- 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.
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.
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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- 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.
iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.
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- 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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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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- 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.
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.
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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- 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.
Mizuho Bank is a commercial bank that began operation on July 1, 2013, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. It offers corporate and investment banking services to major corporations, financial institutions, and public sector entities. It also provides current and ordinary, deposits at notice, time, and specified deposits, deposits for tax,nonresident deposits in yen, foreign currency deposits, negotiable time deposits and loans by bill, loans on a deed, and overdrafts as well as discounts for bank acceptances, commercial papers, and documentary bills. Moreover, it offers investment banking and custodial, syndication, bond administrative, real estate finance, acquisition finance and corporate restructuring, project, and asset finance services, settlement and asset management services. It operates as a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, 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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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.
Lifetime Ventures is a VC firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments.
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- 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.
We provide online services and English-speaking support, allowing you to make transactions anytime, anywhere.
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- Industry: Finance, Task Management, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Series A $33M–$354M; Venture - Series Unknown $935k–$21M
- 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.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $35M–$236M; Debt Financing $1.3M–$1B
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
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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Browse database — It's Free!Resona Bank provides various banking products and services for individual and corporate customers in Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Internet of Things
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Openrec — Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business.
- ARCH — ARCH provides research, development, operation, and support systems for gynecology and fertility treatment solutions
- 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.
First Light Capital is venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $553k–$24M; Series A $2M–$120M; Series B $3.2M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Monogusa — Monoxer is a Information Technology.
- 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.
- Japan Legal System Institute — Japan Legal System Institute (JLSI), our primary value is to provide products that exceed user expectations.
MUFG Bank is Japan's largest bank. ; MUFG
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- 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.
Shoko Chukin Bank is a financial company offering personal banking services.
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- 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.
Yamaguchi Financial Group Bank and other business management of the company that can be made a subsidiary by the banking law, as well as business incidental to it.
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- Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Money Forward — Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter.
- Money Tap — Money Tap is a planning, development, operation and consulting for various Fintech solutions using blockchain / distributed ledger technology (DLT).
- Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation — Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation is providing equity investment and business management services for affiliated group companies.
XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $558k–$17M; Series A $2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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
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- 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.
Canal Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm of the Nihon Unisys Group that invests in seed early phase startups.
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- Industry: Apps, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $821k–$61M; Series A $900k–$52M; Series B $8M–$132M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
- Al Travel — Al Travel is a next-generation cloud-type business travel arrangement and management system (BTM). AI Travel reduces business travel arrangements by up to 90% and simplifies application and reporting operations and significantly cuts operations that do not generate profits in the batch settlement.
- Qubitcore — Qubitcore is a pioneering startup founded with the mission of commercializing and advancing the research outcomes of the Quantum Information Physics Experimental Unit, focusing on the practical implementation of quantum technologies in computing, communication, and information processing.
The gateway to TIS's corporate.Solution,and Group Information, Corporate Data, and more.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics
- Stage:Series C, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $740k–$71M; Series C $5.9M–$496M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logice — Moving Indonesia cold chain in the most efficient, transparent & automated way through technology.
- Sembuh AI — Sembuh AI is an insurtech company that develops an AI‑based platform for health‑insurance claims processing. It focuses on automating high‑volume claims review, detecting fraud or anomalous claims, and reducing overpayments for insurers and third‑party administrators. The company acts as a claims‑automation and analytics layer rather than a directinsurer or payer.
- StratifiCare — At StratifiCare, we focus on the development and manufacturing of IVD (In-Vitro Diagnostics) assay solutions for personalized medicine. With more than 50 years of cumulative in-depth experience in Biomedical R&D and technology commercialization, StratifiCare strives to empower personalised medicine.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $792k–$28M; Series A $2.5M–$19M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019
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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $28M–$2.8B; Corporate Round $21M–$185M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $1M–$23M; Series A $1.9M–$32M; Series B $895k–$369M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $342M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
- Solafune — Solafune integrates multi-domain intelligence across space, cyber, and physical layers to create actionable, sovereign decision systems.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
KSK Angel Fund is a venture capital firm that offers data about the technology for services sectors.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $850k–$14M; Series A $3.6M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buy&Ship — Buyandship provides cross-border eCommerce solution focusing on Marketing and Logistics. At Buyandship, is redefining the experience of E-Commerce without changing the sites, disrupting the underlying infrastructure, we provide consolidate, aggregate and load-balance shipments across the world to the consumer's doorstep. Our technologyfocuses on connecting the fragmented existing logistics infrastructure to create a seamless experience for both merchants and consumers, and the benefit is that they get a solution that is 30-50% less than other carriers. We also work with merchants, marketplaces, and platforms to create a channel to reach an audience across our geographies (9 Countries currently) and reaching over 1.5M+ people per month whilst growing. We envision our members being able to purchase from any site around the world and have it seamlessly be shipped home. No more geographical restrictions, No more price monopolies, No more ambiguous shipping situations. We are building towards a transparent system, where both buyers and sellers just focus on the product.
- Piece — Piece is a digital real estate platform offering the easiest and most transparent way to participate in income-producing real estate in Europe. Our mission is to make real estate ownership inclusive and more accessible.
- Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 269
- Round size: Seed $413k–$19M; Series A $2.3M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
- Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
- Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
Japan Post Capital is an investment and management financial consulting business.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Marketing
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$128M; Series B $6.5M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
- SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $740k–$27M; Series A $3.5M–$99M; Series B $7.6M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Ruten — Ruten is a brain-machine interface company that specializes in reconstructive treatments for infeasible and ineffective conditions.
- 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.
Farus is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
Suneight is a independent Venture Capital firm that invests and supports business development of all the stages of the venture companies.
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- Industry: Internet, Social Media, Content
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $924k–$47M; Series B $1.8M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Niro — Niro is embedding personal credit products into leading consumer internet platforms. The fintech startup aims to disrupt the consumer lending ecosystem in the country by democratizing access to convenient and hassle-free embedded credit products for 624 million internet users in India.
- Teatis — Teatis helps save lives through automated video review + coaching workflows integrated with fleet dashcam solutions
- Thinker — Thinker provides sales of proximity sensors and proposed solutions using these products.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $747k–$14M; Series A $102k–$47M; Series B $10M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
- 91springboard — Discover premium coworking spaces, private enterprise offices and managed office spaces. Flexible workspaces with modern amenities and exceptional hospitality designed for growing businesses.
STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
- Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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