Top 50 Fitness VC Funds & Investors in Japan (September 2026)
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $480k–$11M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $404k–$11M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $457k–$21M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $661k–$57M |
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The Seed Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture | $160k–$8.1M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $275k–$41M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $665k–$49M |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, France | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $310k–$9.2M |
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Financial Services, Blockchain | $2M–$55M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $382k–$37M |
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Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Music, Sales | $134k–$4.7M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$68M |
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STATION AI
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Drones | $428k–$15M |
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RKB Mainichi Broadcasting
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Corporate Round | AgTech, Content, Fitness | $1.2M–$7.3M |
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One Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, Finland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $800k–$34M |
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Asuka Holding
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Sports, Banking, FinTech | $500k–$2M |
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Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Recycling, Agriculture | $453k–$142M |
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Leo Sophia
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Debt Financing | Sports, Fitness, Marketing | |
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Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round | Content, Task Management, Wellness | $147k–$4.9M |
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Dawn Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $329k–$34M |
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Chugoku Electric Power Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown | Apps, Cooking, Internet | |
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Shizen Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $133k–$26M |
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And Factory
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Corporate Round, Series B, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, SNS | $1.9M–$38M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $356k–$48M |
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Safie Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, PaaS, Fitness | |
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Suzuyo
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $747k–$34M |
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Meinan M&A
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed | AgTech, Agriculture, Task Management | $880k–$9.9M |
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DRG FUND
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, B2C, Music | $578k–$953k |
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Apps, Internet | $731k–$28M |
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Optima Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Food Processing, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $137k–$6.3M |
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Double Sharp Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B | Food Processing, Staffing Agency, Task Management | $377k–$28M |
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Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Wellness, Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care | $3M–$24M |
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WERU Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $288k–$64M |
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OKB Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, AgTech | $1.1M–$84M |
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $667k–$32M |
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Dual Bridge Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Service Industry, Wellness, Apps | $670k–$20M |
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START POINT
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Food Processing, EdTech, Fitness | $404k–$496k |
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Accord Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Malaysia, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $518k–$21M |
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Sea Forest Circulation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $382k–$99M |
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Japan startup support Association
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Task Management | |
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Gazelle Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, SaaS | $264k–$7M |
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Asia Venture Group
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Internet, Wellness | $500k–$20M |
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Deportare Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Fitness, Health Care | |
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GLOBIS
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Pet, Apps | $2.3M–$31M |
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $644k–$64M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $318k–$17M |
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Aichi Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | Health Care, SaaS, Consulting | $821k–$14M |
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Paramount Bed Healthcare Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Fitness, Health Care, CRM | $1.2M–$7.3M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology | $96k–$11M |
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XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
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.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 239
- Round size: Seed $462k–$4.8M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Beff — Beff is a company that focuses on Global AI and battery development. It intends to reduce material waste and CO2 emissions during battery production and secure resources in a sustainable manner.
- 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.
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: 303
- Round size: Seed $457k–$21M; Series A $1.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum 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.
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 532
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$41M; Series B $2.4M–$57M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
- 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.
- Power Laser — Power Laser is a startup company that offers a range of power laser technologies and applications. The company develops high-power laser systems, related components, and software for advanced industrial and scientific applications. Its mission, “Power lasers open the future,” reflects its focus on next-generation photonics and precision laserinnovation for manufacturing and research sectors.
The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $160k–$8.1M; Series A $1.5M–$4.1M; Series B $2.6M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Cactuz — Bridging the social Gap through our services and contents.
- Kessaku — Kessaku is an architectural company that provides building renovation, preserving craftsmanship, and sustainable system services.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 310
- Round size: Seed $275k–$10M; Series A $967k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $616k–$28M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% 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.
- Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
- Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 169
- Round size: Seed $665k–$20M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $3M–$49M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
- Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
- 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.
Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $310k–$1.3M; Series A $1.1M–$6.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $710k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
- Sonire Therapeutics — SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Blockchain
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 164
- Round size: Seed $2M–$20M; Series A $3M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meesho — Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho is a business platform trusted by more than 2.6 million resellers across India. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
- Quintessent — Quintessent is developing optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
- One97 Communications — One97 delivers mobile content and commerce services to millions of mobile consumers through India’s most widely deployed telecom applications cloud platform. It has more than 4,500 employees with its headquarters in New Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata with global presence in Africa, Europe, Middle East,and Southeast Asia. Marquee investors like Alibaba Group, Ant Financial (AliPay), SAIF Partners, Mediatek, Sapphire Venture, and Silicon Valley Bank back it.
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–$14M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M 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!Zeroichi Capital is an independent venture capital firm that invest/R&D startups. Zeroichi Capital assists in a variety of areas, including pre-startup consultation, ideation, business plan planning, establishment procedures, teaming up, and financing, with the goal of reaching the Series A round as soon as possible and putting you on agrowth trajectory beyond that.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $881k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $134k–$220k
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- Vitom — Vitom is a FoodTech startup that addresses the issues of sustainability and reliability in the food industry.
- CrossVision — CrossVision offers solutions and services specific to the VTuber market.
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: 664
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$29M; Series B $3.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M 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.
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Smart Craft —
STATION AI provides a support program at "PRE-STATION Ai".
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Drones
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $600k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $428k–$700k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
- Factory X — Factory X is an information technology company that helps to increase value manufacturers with the inventory strategy model.
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting is a commercial broadcasting services provider.
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- Industry: AgTech, Content, Fitness
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$7.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Desamis — Desamis is a major consumer electronics manufacturer who has been engaged in the agribusiness.
- Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $800k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$34M; Series B $1.9M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $78M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- PeopleX — PeopleX encourages and assists employees in their professional development.
- Mirror Fit — MIRROR FIT provides online fitness services. MIRROR FIT features include AI-assisted high-level form checks, game-like exercises, communication with friends, and positive support. They have programmes for novices and advanced users. It includes content such as live lessons from popular trainers, personal training, and over 300 different types ofon-demand classes.
- Crisp — CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site.
Asuka Holding is a principal investment firm.
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- Industry: Sports, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $500k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
- WorkIndia — Our Vision: Work India’s vision is to provide sustainable livelihoods for the 23.7 Cr blue-collar individuals of India and now the 120 Cr blue-collar individuals in this World.WorkIndia is a technology venture based in the mixed collar space (between white and blue-collar space) of the recruitment industry. We aim to connect the right employersto the right employees.In the mixed collar space ( bpo jobs, delivery jobs, accountant jobs, retail jobs, back-office jobs, etc.) getting jobs in thane and getting employees in thane both is a tiresome process. The mixed collar space seeks a solution that simplifies the process for both the employer side and the employee side.Our Product: We have created a mobile application for candidates to apply for the job they would like to do and for Employers who seek their desired candidates. Candidates with this app can look for a suitable job and apply for it in a single click. Rest all the work of checking the eligibility of an employee until scheduling the interview is done by our 100% automated product.
- Cube — Cube is enabling everyone to invest in the simplest manner possible along with guidance from the world’s top performing investment managers - the same that guide the world’s richest families. The service is already live in India, and soon to be available across USA and multiple Asian countries. Cube has an experienced team that comes from theworld of fintech, entrepreneurship, design, systems, banking, and global sales. It is founded by Satyen Kothari, a battle scarred entrepreneur who is on his 5th adventure. He has previously founded Citrus Pay in India and three companies in the Silicon Valley. Citrus was sold in 2016 in India’s largest fintech cash deal at the time and was processing $2 bn at its peak and servicing 20 mn users.
Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co. Ltd. operates as a venture capital company. The Company provides small businesses investments, medium size businesses investments, and other businesses. Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation serves customers throughout Japan.
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- Industry: Health Care, Recycling, Agriculture
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $453k–$142M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arkney — Arkney is a company that redesigns the value of detailing.
- GRA&GREEN — GRA&GREEN is an agribio startup that creates the next era of food and agriculture. They produce crops using the same amount of space and resources. The company aims to maximize output through a variety of approaches, such as increasing crop yields and improving storage stability. The goal of GRA&GREEN is to increase crops' use offertilizer while increasing their resistance to pests and environmental challenges.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
Leo Sophia is a business development company that offers business promotion, internet media, real estate sales and promotion services.
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- Industry: Sports, Fitness, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- NAKD — NAKD is a fitness company that provides personalized training to help individuals achieve their health and fitness goals.
- Idea Record — Idea Records provided various business support solutions since its founding as a company promoting digital transformation in the restaurant industry. Among them, the SaaS platform GATE, released in 2018, has many functions that are particularly suited to the needs of restaurants, and is being introduced in many stores.
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- Industry: Content, Task Management, Wellness
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $583k–$904k; Corporate Round $147k–$194k; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nehan — Nehan is a software firm that offers AI bidding information and a media outlet that delivers to local government businesses.
- Insight Core — Insight Core is a store promotion specialized application platform service. With no upfront costs, InsightCore creates customer-attracting apps tailored to various business categories such as apparel, restaurants, and retail. InsightCore develops the functions required for the store application and prepares a mechanism that allows the functions tobe implemented with the least amount of effort.
- Omatsuri Japan — Omatsuri is Japan's first festival company specializing in Japan.We provide planning, management, promotion, and customer support for festival organizers from local governments to store associations.
Dawn Capital is a representation of new values being created for a new era, which brightens the globe by supporting and investing in start-up businesses.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $329k–$7.5M; Series A $2.7M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
- NEULO — NEULO is a footwear brand dedicated to enriching people's bodies and minds through thoughtfully designed shoes that combine comfort, functionality, and style, promoting a healthier and more enjoyable everyday lifestyle.
- Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.
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Browse database — It's Free!The Chugoku Electric Power Company, Incorporated is engaged in the provision of total solutions for electric business.The Company operates in four business segments. The Electricity segment is engaged in the provision of electricity. The General Energy Provision segment is engaged in the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as the provisionof services utilizing electricity and heat energy. The Information Communications segment is engaged in the telecommunication business, information processing and the design of information systems. The Others segment is involved in the provision of engineering services, the agent sale of real estate and the repair of instrumentations, among others.
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- Industry: Apps, Cooking, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AWL — AWL is a company that provides the leading edge AI camera solutions company .
- Nealle — Nealle offers business development, business planning and consulting services.
- Wamazing — WAmazing provides free subscriber identification module (SIM) cards that allow foreign travelers to register before their arrival in Japan. Through an app, WAmazing also provides tourists with free internet services of up to 500MB. The service aims to prevent visitors from being locked out of free wifi because of sign-up pages in Japanese thatdemand a local phone number.WAmazing was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
a privately run venture capital fund established by former business owners. We support challenging initiatives for Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $183k–$26M; Pre-Seed $133k–$300k; Series A $892k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
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- MamaWell —
- Colega AI — Create engaging social media content every day with AI. Colega AI is your AI social media manager that helps your business grow and reach new customers.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
And factory is a smartphone business company that works on different service applications centered on the smartphone business. It develops applications that connect users and services at and factory, which challenges the possibilities of smartphones. The company mainly develops tool-based apps, game capture board apps, and manga apps.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, SNS
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series B $11M–$38M; Corporate Round $1.9M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIQ — Custom AI solutions development. From concept to infrastructure integration.
- Mirror Fit — MIRROR FIT provides online fitness services. MIRROR FIT features include AI-assisted high-level form checks, game-like exercises, communication with friends, and positive support. They have programmes for novices and advanced users. It includes content such as live lessons from popular trainers, personal training, and over 300 different types ofon-demand classes.
- Skyfall — Skyfall is a media business and internet advertising company. It is an online advertising platform for online marketing, internet advertising, digital advertising, and web advertising which uses the internet to promote products and services to audiences and platform users.
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, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $356k–$48M; Series A $2.5M–$43M; Series B $3.4M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M 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.
Safie Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that uses video to innovate across industries and aims to impact the world through partnerships.
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- Industry: Health Care, PaaS, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- MODE — MODE is a reliable data collection solution for real-world data.
- Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
Suzuyo provides domestic and international logistics and transportation solutions. The company was founded in 1936 and based in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $747k–$10M; Series B $3.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Greenphard Energy — Greenphard Energy is a uniquely-placed startup in the field of intelligent IoT products based on AI and machine learning technologies. We provide SaaS solutions in the cloud for optimized control, remote monitoring, and analysis of industrial equipment, factories, and renewable energy facilities. We are also a demand response aggregator, helping tostabilize the power supply of the entire region.
Meinan M & A is a M & A company in the Tokai area. It is committed to the local community, and M & A rooted in the region through partnerships with financial institutions in the Tokai area.
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- Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Task Management
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $880k–$9.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KAERU — KAERU offers financial and payment services to make shopping more convenient.
- Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
- Spacewasp — Spacewasp provides plant-derived interior spaces made from all kinds of plants.
DRG FUND is a seed stage venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Apps, B2C, Music
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $578k–$953k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NUJP — NUJP Co., Ltd. operates a rollout-style platform dedicated to protecting and scaling unique Japanese cultural businesses and mid-to-small brands globally. The company offers a consolidated framework combining brand investment, M&A, management consulting, and localized overseas sales and marketing operations. By addressing critical domesticchallenges such as succession shortages and localized business management, NUJP restructures traditional industries—including apparel, sake brewing, and craft spirits—into globally viable, high-growth entities.
- XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
- First Penguins — First Penguins envisions a world in which everyone interested in sports and culture can reach their full potential and fully enjoy themselves.
B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $804k–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $731k–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Spike Studio — Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
- Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
Optima Ventures is a company that invests and supports venture companies mainly in Shikoku.
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- Industry: Food Processing, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $137k–$380k; Series A $1.6M–$4.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $137k–$6.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Michil — michil is a glocalist business, research business, communication design business (advertising and PR). pre-research marketing using multifaceted information gathering tools, sales promotion events for Japanese companies
- Play Life — PlayLife is an experience sharing site where you can search, share, and post play information, where users can actually experience and plan a fun experience as know-how of play. It is a service that provides highly reliable information under the real name system, provides know-how that only experienced users can know, and information thatcoordinates the way of spending a day, making play more fun and convenient.
- SmartRyde — October 5, 2021 Bloomberg featured CEO Sota Kimura's thoughts on the company's founding and future business development. March 19, 2021 What We Do to Protect Our Customer All staff are required to wear masks. Provision of alcohol-based disinfectants in
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Browse database — It's Free!Double Sharp Partners is a corporate venture capital that invests in start-up companies and entrepreneurs who provide advanced and innovative businesses and services that use IT to solve social issues and inefficiencies. The firm aims to create a prosperous and comfortable future together with entrepreneurs by funding start-up companies thatchallenge innovation ahead of change.
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- Industry: Food Processing, Staffing Agency, Task Management
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $377k–$1.1M; Series B $7.1M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $4.7M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Nonpi — Nonpi develops food and technology that can be exported to the world with services like food delivery and cafe planning and management. The company is involved in the retail sale of prepared foods and drinks for on-premise consumption.
- BPM — BPM provide services for rental property management companies.
- HIDEOUT CLUB — HIDEOUT CLUB is a food and beverage company.
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- Industry: Wellness, Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $3M–$7.3M; Series B $7.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
- Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
- LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
As a pioneer and innovator in venture capital in Japan for the past 2 decades, we are deeply engaged in developing and supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups by leveraging our strategic position as a conduit between government, business and academia.“WERU” is the first research unit in the field of entrepreneurship in Japan established byprofessors at the graduate school, Waseda University in 1993. “WERU Investment” is the first venture capital closely associated with university research labs, centers and institutes in japan. WERU Investment provides financial services for institutional investors (e.g. Pension funds and Endowments) as a Japanese discretionary investment manager (DIM) by fully taking advantage of these research resources, accumulated know-how and strong network.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $288k–$64M; Series A $6.9M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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- Synfini — Synfini, Inc., a privately held Menlo Park, California-based company, is a pioneer in agile chemistry. Its advanced, automated molecular discovery platform is transforming drug discovery through integrated neuro-symbolic AI, discovery-focused robotic automation, and world-class chemistry data. The patented Synfini platform includes automatedchemical synthesis technologies from SRI International. As a commercial enterprise Synfini will provide accelerated molecular discovery to drug hunters and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
- Novity — Novity offers predictive maintenance, exceptional accuracy, and cold-start prognostics solutions for the chemical, oil, and gas industries.
- Cinderelax — Cinderelax is a makeup video app through which individuals can learn makeup.
OKB Capital seeks to invest in companies aiming to go public and gives advice on capital policy. OKB Capital supports the growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises and venture companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, AgTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.2M; Series A $1.3M–$15M; Series B $1.5M–$84M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- REVORN — REVORN is a fragrance AI and DX research and development company. They develop products such as odor sensors that can respond to odor issues and needs. They provide consultation at a range of levels, from identifying issues to developing solutions.
- Helical Fusion — Helical Fusion is a startup company that aims to commercialize fusion energy using magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas. It is a spin-off startup from the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) in Japan that provides a fusion reactor based on the stellarator design, a magnetic confinement approach that enables inherently stable,continuous plasma operation.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $667k–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$32M; Series B $4.7M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Nocall — Nocall develops an automated calling system utilizing AI voice technology.
- RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
- Bulwark Dynamics — Bulwark Dynamics develops autonomous maritime systems for contested logistics and distributed military operations. Its CARAVEL platform is an autonomous beach-landing resupply vessel that delivers cargo from ship to shore without requiring port infrastructure. The vessel supports JMIC and ISO containers, autonomous cargo handling, GPS-deniednavigation, and operations in shallow or degraded maritime conditions. The company also develops vessel autonomy, command-and-control, hull production, payload integration, and sustainment capabilities for defense and maritime logistics applications.
Dual Bridge Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Service Industry, Wellness, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $670k–$9.6M; Series A $2.5M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $9.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TricoLogic — TricoLogic is a consultancy that offers technical code coaching, language skills training, and digital marketing services.
- Hinoki — Hinoki is a business succession company that acquires small and mid-sized businesses for long-term ownership and supports their continued growth through management, technology, and talent investments.
- Global Trust Networks — GTN is a Japanese real estate brokerage firm. Foreigners can use the company's rent guarantee and real estate rental brokerage services to acquire brokerage services at a low cost.
START POINT is an event management company that provides support for loading and unloading equipment, setting up stages, and managing venues at live events. The company was founded in 2010 and based in Minami, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Food Processing, EdTech, Fitness
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$496k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Co-nect — Co-nect is a Body maintenance is a Body maintenance service platform.
- CO-NECT — CO-NECT is a cloud-based online ordering system designed to let users place and receive orders anytime.
- HIDEOUT CLUB — HIDEOUT CLUB is a food and beverage company.
Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $612k–$21M; Series A $921k–$8.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $518k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Thinkfree — Deploy a self-hosted productivity suite inside your own infrastructure. Thinkfree offers on-premise online office, private cloud storage, and LLM-integrated document workflows for enterprise and SaaS platforms.
Sea Forest Circulation is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
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: 162
- Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CFOne — CFOne is an AI-driven accounting platform engineered by an accounting firm.
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Task Management
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Tear Exo — Tear Exo is a biotechnology research company that produces and sells liquid biopsy using materials for molecular recognition.
- Meme — MEME is a money app for parents and children to make money more familiar and simplifies the flow of money.
- LiveYourDreams — LiveYourDreams offers video media, robotics workshop and AI technology services.
Gazelle Capital is a venture capital and investment firm.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $264k–$7M; Series A $483k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
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- Any — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
- Vlightup — Vlightup is a technology company dedicated to enhancing security and trust in the Web3 ecosystem. Vlightup develops innovative solutions that integrate blockchain technology to create transparent and fair digital economic infrastructures. Vlightup continues to develop cutting-edge technologies that reinforce digital security, empowering users toengage in blockchain transactions.
Asia Venture Group is a hands-on, private Internet Holding Company and focuses on long-term value creation in South East Asian online markets. Asia Venture Group targets the sweet spots of the Asian internet space by combining: state of the art international know-how and expertise, rigorous execution excellence, outstanding international managementtalent, and the best local partners. Asia Venture Group focuses on digital distribution models and is extremely selective in terms of the companies it supports, which allows strong engagement in day-to-day operations.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Wellness
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Malaysia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M; Series A $3.6M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $78M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Bem Robotics — Bem Robotics is developer of indoor industrial robotics technology designed to improve automated material handling and operational control
- Flower Chimp — Best Price online for fresh Flowers by #1 florist in Malaysia with same day FREE Delivery on all orders. Shop for Roses, Sunflowers, Baby Breath flower bouquets & gifts from a wide selection for any occasion at FlowerChimp. Over 200 bouquets, stands and hampers to choose from - all prepared by experienced professionals
- Multiply Labs — Multiply Labs develops robotic systems that manufacture small-batch drugs. Current pharma production methods are manual, slow, and costly. We believe that the only way to scale them is with cloud-controlled robots.
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- Industry: Apps, Fitness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Sportip — Sportip provides motion analysis and posture analysis applications for trainers and therapists.
In 1992, GLOBIS started out with one marketing course in a small, rented classroom in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Since then, the management environment surrounding Japanese companies has reached an unparalleled turning point requiring dynamic change and creativity. The history of GLOBIS is the continual pursuit of creative change and innovationdrawing upon our own experience in starting and growing businesses. In "People" infrastructures, we have turned out a large number of business leaders and supported corporate clients in enhancing their management capabilities. In "Capital," we have supported the creative efforts of venture businesses, and in "Knowledge," we have published numerous books on management. With each new day, GLOBIS takes another step toward becoming the No. 1 business school in Asia as well as Asia's No. 1 venture capital firm. Yoshito Hori Chairman and CEO of GLOBIS Corporation
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Pet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
- Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $644k–$64M; Series A $892k–$33M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
- WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
- Mourning Clothes Rescue — Mourning Clothes Rescue operates a specialized clothing rental model utilizing automated, 24-hour unmanned storefronts. Users complete reservations and payments through smartphones to instantly access physical retail outlets via smart locks. This continuous availability solves the immediate challenge of acquiring formal attire on short noticeduring unexpected bereavement. By removing traditional staff overhead, the system passes cost efficiencies to consumers while providing private, on-site fitting options and long-term rental periods.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $318k–$5.7M; Series A $1M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $473k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
- Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
Aichi Capital is a financial venture capital firm that is a 100% subsidiary of Aichi Bank. It was founded to help local communities by assisting customers with business succession and assisting in the development of venture and startup companies.
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- Industry: Health Care, SaaS, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $821k–$4.7M; Series A $1.3M–$6.3M; Series C $4.1M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aracan — Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
- BETA — BETA is a media company that provides HRDX support business and video production services.
The Paramount Bed Healthcare Fund works with startups to bring about innovations greater than what Paramount Bed would be able to create on its own.
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- Industry: Fitness, Health Care, CRM
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$7.3M; Series B $1.2M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Runtrip — This is one way to enjoy running without being bound by numbers.You can walk along the way. You can stop.It's all your freedom to run with whom.There are scenery in the world that can only be seen by running,There are friends who can only meet by running.The discovery or encounter may be in the immediate vicinityIt may beon the back of the earth.Occasionally, time, order, and distance are set aside.To a world where you can run more freely and enjoyably.
- LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 168
- Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
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