Top 50 Fitness VC Funds & Investors in Japan (June 2026)
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $788k–$68M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, China | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $2.7M–$850M |
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Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Music, Sales | $4.7M–$18M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1M–$624M |
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency | $2.5M–$55M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $1.6M–$413M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1M–$213M |
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STATION AI
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Drones | $700k–$47M |
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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 | $1.4M–$142M |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, France, Singapore | Series A, Seed | Software, Task Management, Internet | $3.1M–$99M |
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Accord Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $775k–$45M |
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Asuka Holding
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan | Seed, Series A | 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 | Health Care, Video, Drones | $6.1M–$142M |
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Shizen Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, SaaS | $440k–$1M |
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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 | $1.8M–$928M |
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Gazelle Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, SaaS | $264k–$71M |
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The Seed Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Angel | Information Technology, Consulting, Audio | $2.1M–$85M |
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And Factory
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Corporate Round, Series B, Seed | Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, SNS | $28M–$156M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $1M–$64M |
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Aichi Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | SaaS, Consulting, Environmental Consulting | $1.6M–$92M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $933k–$125M |
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Asia Venture Group
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia, India, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage | $500k–$23M |
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Meinan M&A
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Task Management, AgTech, FinTech | |
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Optima Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Food Processing, Information Technology | |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $522k–$99M |
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$113M |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, United Arab Emirates | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, Health Care | $16M–$5B |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $2M–$397M |
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RKB Mainichi Broadcasting
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Corporate Round | Video Editing, Media and Entertainment | |
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NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Content, Robotics | $885k–$928M |
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Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Content, Task Management, E-Learning | $2.4M–$3.1M |
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$142M |
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One Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Finland | Seed, Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $3.5M–$225M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $709k–$77M |
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Double Sharp Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Seed | Food Processing, Rental, Fitness | $108M–$425M |
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Information Technology, Apps | $229k–$928M |
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Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, SNS, Apps | $1M–$62M |
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Yosemite
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Legal, Water, AgTech | $5.7M–$7.7M |
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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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Dawn Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Logistics, Health Care, Mobile | $329k–$310M |
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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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START POINT
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Food Processing, EdTech, Fitness | |
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GLOBIS
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Pet, Apps | $16M–$50M |
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Suzuyo
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $3.3M–$43M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$369M |
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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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Leo Sophia
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Debt Financing | Sports, Fitness, Marketing | |
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Paramount Bed Healthcare Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B | CRM, SaaS, Medical | |
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DRG FUND
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, Music, Drones | |
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Dual Bridge Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | Wellness, Health Care, Service Industry | $670k–$700M |
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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: 192
- Round size: Seed $788k–$31M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Eitoss — Eitoss is a technology company which has developed and provided the proposal improvement cloud "Cayzen".
- Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
- Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 418
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $3.8M–$850M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
- ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
- OpenHeart — OpenHeart is a provider of the tactile 3D platform.
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 $4.7M–$18M
- 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.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 235
- Round size: Seed $1M–$94M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Fondi — fondi is a completely new English conversation communication service that allows you to live a virtual communal life with the world.
- 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.
- Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$14M; Series A $3.5M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jualo — Situs jual beli online barang baru dan bekas yang mudah dan aman untuk digunakan bagi masyarakat Indonesia. Jadikan Jualo.com teman jual belimu.
- Caduceus Foundation — Caduceus a foundation building a blockchain protocol for the metaverse. Caduceus has developed a meta-array full-merge transaction engine that draws on the matric processing methods of GPUs and AI NPUs.
- WEE marketplace — WEE is an internet-based company operating from the United Arab Emirates, focusing on providing a marketplace platform that caters to the needs of its users by offering a wide selection of goods with the convenience of fast delivery services. Established in 2021, WEE aims to enhance the shopping experience by ensuring that customers can shop onlineand receive their orders swiftly, emphasizing the value of saving time. With a team of 45 employees, WEE supports various payment methods, including Cash on Delivery, and promotes customer satisfaction with a 14-day free return policy. The company also engages in community activities, such as sponsoring events, to maintain a close relationship with its user base.
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: 72
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$28M; Series A $28M–$413M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Matilda — Matilda, which runs a home-cooked takeout service. Orders and payments are processed online at Matilda, and customers can pick up their daily home-cooked meals from a nearby takeout station.
- Nagisa — Nagisa develops smartphone applications to facilitate free group chats, calls, and photo and movie sharing services. It was launched in 2010 by Yoshiyuki Yokoyama and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- ECloud — E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital.
An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 162
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $1M–$85M; Series B $3M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Agatha — Agatha is a provider of strategic software solutions to the health care and life sciences industry. It is dedicated to helping hospitals, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, contract research organizations, and medical device firms optimize the management of their quality and clinical documentation and processes.
- Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
- Bureau — Bureau is trust network that facilitates end-to-end identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention for new-age businesses.
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: 12
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$47M; Pre-Seed $700k–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$28M
- 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.
- Helical Fusion — Helical Fusion is a startup company that aims to commercialize fusion energy using magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas.
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: 86
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$47M; Series A $5.1M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
- Rendez-Vous — RENDEZ-VOUS offers a co-ownership option for vintage cars.
- RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.
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, Task Management, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, France, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $4.3M–$14M; Series A $3.1M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
- Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
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Browse database — It's Free!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, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $775k–$31M; Series A $5.1M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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 — Thinkfree Office is an On-Premise Office suite with extra security. It offers seamless MS Office Compatibility and swift support to enhance your workflow. Users can edit documents, sheets, and presentations in real time using the Co-edit feature's collaborative tools. The web browser-based document editor integrates smoothly with existingplatforms, supporting 14 languages including English and Korean, and making it accessible to a diverse user base. Additionally, Thinkfree Office is compatible with Microsoft Office and other major word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, ensuring versatile application across different platforms.
Asuka Holding is a principal investment firm.
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- Industry: Sports, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- 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, Video, Drones
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $6.1M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- GRA&GREEN — GRA&GREEN is a research and development agribio venture based in Japan
- Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
a privately run venture capital fund established by former business owners. We support challenging initiatives for Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $440k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- xMap — Explore xMap, a premier location intelligence SaaS platform. Access vast data sets from multiple industries worldwide, visualize on maps, and drive data-driven decisions. Elevate your business strategy with unparalleled insights and achieve market leadership.
- Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
- 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.
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: 44
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$213M; Series A $18M–$928M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $419M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
- 3S — 3S is a SaaS developer platform that provides and operates 24-hour home nursing care services through technology.
- CI Partners — CI Partners mission is to "eliminate the word 'disability' from this country," and with the message "Everyone is a star."
Gazelle Capital is a venture capital and investment firm.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $264k–$24M; Series A $9.9M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Recept — Recept is a software company that develops information management apps for educational institutions and business promotion services.
- Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
- DrumRole Co — DrumRole Co is a process management services provider for the small factories and manufacturing industry.
The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Consulting, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$24M; Series A $24M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
- CharacterBank — CharacterBank offers game development and production services using VR technology.
- New Innovations — New Innovations company is offering a snuggling service to many people who support Japan's “high quality”. AI and robots do not take away the job, but robots support the work that is accomplished without the involvement of people, and many working people are aiming for the future to create a more humanoid life. With the problem of lack oftalent, it was difficult to reflect technology on OFF Line until now, trying to provide robots in the “food and drink” and “retail” industry, CEKAI's first demand forecast AI unmanned cafeThe robot “√C” was developed. √C is not “looking for coffee that suits me”, but instead realizes “coffee is perfect for me” with demand forecasting AI. Today, people who drink coffee are choosing their favorite cafe, canned coffee, convenience store coffee, etc., according to their taste needs, SPEED needs, and hospitality needs. The company developed the service as a new choice of coffee, and in the future, the perfect coffee according to the taste preferences, busy, physical condition and mood of the day., which aims to provide. In July 2019, the company receives a third party quota increase of 70 million yen from Zashid Capital and DEEPCORE. From August 1, 2019, with the cooperation of Nankai Electric Railway, “√C” will be installed at Namba Station/Namba Skyo, and demonstration experiments will begin.
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.And factorywas founded in September 2014 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, SNS
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series B $38M–$156M; Corporate Round $28M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AIQ — AIQ is a Artificial intelligence technology 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.
- 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.
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: 90
- Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
- pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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: SaaS, Consulting, Environmental Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$4.7M; Series A $28M–$43M; Series C $14M–$92M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
- Seiwa Holdings — Seiwa Holdings is a company that specializes in the welding of large structures. It holds a significant share in the large sign industry in the Chubu region. The company also has a subsidiary, Toei Coating, which boasts one of the largest facilities in Gifu for electric zinc plating. Seiwa Holdings is also involved in the production of road signposts and bridge fall prevention devices. The company operates in the financial services industry and has a workforce of 2 employees.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $933k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Tear Exo — Tear Exo is a biotechnology research company that produces and sells liquid biopsy using materials for molecular recognition.
- TelaAxon — TelaAxon develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable operations, enhancing human-AI coexistence, safety, and wellness.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
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, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Malaysia, India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $500k–$14M; Series A $1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $78M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
- 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
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: Task Management, AgTech, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- 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.
Optima Ventures is a company that invests and supports venture companies mainly in Shikoku.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Food Processing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- 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
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: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Seed $522k–$23M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
- Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.
- Rara — Rara offers carbon-free and organic mushroom culture production equipment.
FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $5.7M–$69M; Series A $1.2M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $691M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- InsightX — InsightX is a technology platform focused on empowering businesses by simplifying complex processes and enabling smarter, more personalized user experiences.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is an asset management firm and bank in Japan.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Health Care
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Series B $16M–$850M; Debt Financing $82M–$5B
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ACCIONA — At ACCIONA we offer sustainable solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the planet, such as global warming, energy needs and water shortages
- Hunter Point Capital — Hunter Point Capital is an independent investment firm seeking to provide innovative capital solutions to alternative asset managers across the globe.
- Hunter Capital Management — Hunter Capital Management is an independent, employee-owned investment management firm focused on value-oriented equities strategies.
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: 462
- Round size: Series A $2M–$113M; Series B $6.4M–$397M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Sotas — Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers.
- PartnerProp — PartnerProp is a PRM tool with outstanding potential and a wide variety of capabilities that resolves all partner business difficulties.
- Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting is a commercial broadcasting services provider.
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- Industry: Video Editing, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FIREBUG — FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
NOBUNAGA Capital Village is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in early-stage and later-stage companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Content, Robotics
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $885k–$47M; Series A $1.5M–$928M; Series B $1M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cykinso — Cykinso is a developer of a home-testing kit designed to tell people the state of their intestinal bacteria. The company provides a testing service to clarify the state of the intestinal environment by using a sequencer that reads a large number of DNA sequences at high speed, enabling users to investigate the relationship with lifestyle-relateddiseases and digestive diseases based on changes in intestinal bacteria.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
- FiberCraze — FiberCraze is a manufacturing company that specializes in the development and sales of thread materials.
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- Industry: Content, Task Management, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Corporate Round $2.4M–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pathee — Pathee is a search engine that finds specific information for people starting from their current location. The next-generation search engine to find information of close ones starting from the current location.
- Insight Core — Insight Core is a store promotion specialized application platform service.
- 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.
Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $1M–$31M; Series A $1.9M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Hokan — hokan is developing an InsurTech service called "hokan" which is CRM/SFA SaaS service for insurance agents.
- Autoro — Autoro is a customer business automation company with web auto robot. Autoro combines browser automation, application programming interface linkage, and machine learning, and Autoro automatically completes tasks. They automate office tasks for businesses, including report preparation, accounting, document preparation, and more.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
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: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $14M–$225M; Series A $28M–$113M; Series B $3.5M–$69M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
- LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
- 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.
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: 223
- Round size: Seed $709k–$43M; Series A $2.7M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
- CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
- 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.
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, Rental, Fitness
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series B $108M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- Social Interior — subsclife is a Furniture design platform.
- HIDEOUT CLUB — HIDEOUT CLUB is a food and beverage company.
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: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $840k–$92M; Series A $229k–$928M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, SNS, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $7.3M–$62M; Series B $1M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
- Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
Yosemite is an investment management company.
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- Industry: Legal, Water, AgTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $5.7M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
- EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
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 — With offices in both San Mateo, California, and Tokyo, Japan. The company is rapidly growing with now over fifty employees and is in business to provide end-to-end semi-custom IoT and AI solutions for organizations to improve their operations by connecting them to their data, giving them “real-time” insights, so they can turn innovative ideas intosustainable solutions that address a wide range of challenges.Simple, yet powerful, our latest "next generation" BizStack IoT and BizStack AI solutions are comprised of a continuous improvement technology stack that collects real-time data from any sensor, device, product, equipment, or legacy system. The data is then sanitized, uniquely structured, and provided to highly customizable, intuitive dashboards with powerful insights, along with proper security in the cloud for ongoing IoT and AI applications.BizStack can be deployed 4X faster and 75% less expensively than in-house developers or outside consultants.
- Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
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: Logistics, Health Care, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $329k–$310M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
- Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
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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
Portfolio highlights
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
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:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- 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.
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 $16M–$50M
- 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.
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: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $7.3M–$43M; Series B $3.3M–$5.7M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
- Shippio — Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support.
- Japan Legal System Institute — Japan Legal System Institute (JLSI), our primary value is to provide products that exceed user expectations.
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: 128
- Round size: Series A $4M–$152M; Series B $5M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ThinkCyte — ThinkCyte provides single-cell analysis for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics with an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
- NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
- CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
Japan startup support Association is a management support association specialized for startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Task Management
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- NAKD — NAKD is a fitness company that provides personalized training to help individuals achieve their health and fitness goals.
- Idea Record — Idea;record specializes in web marketing, cloud services, and ICT solutions. They are creating a SaaS firm that will generate revenue. GATE is a SaaS that solves challenges for restaurant businesses and solutions to multiple problems faced by stores.
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: CRM, SaaS, Medical
- Stage:Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MedUp — MedUp operates foro CRM, a SaaS CRM tool that provides hospitals with sales and marketing support, data analysis and visualization, and more.
- ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
DRG FUND is a seed stage venture capital firm.
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- Industry: B2C, Music, Drones
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
- Swap — Swap is a tech company offering IT services and business consulting, as well as supporting companies and educational institutions.
- First Penguins — First Penguins envisions a world in which everyone interested in sports and culture can reach their full potential and fully enjoy themselves.
Dual Bridge Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Wellness, Health Care, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $670k–$310M; Series A $2.5M–$700M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Find — Find is a software company that provides cloud development and operation services.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
- CommerceX Holdings — CommerceX Holdings is a DX infrastructure company group that uses technology to replicate retail growth, drawing on on-site knowledge gained from running its own businesses.
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