Top 40 Fitness VC Funds in Japan
A list of 40 VC funds that invest in Fitness startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Fitness companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Fitness VC Funds in Japan
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early-stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Content
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
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- Malme — Malme is a company that operates in the fields of 3D technology, architecture, civil engineering, and construction. The company offers total support for BIM/CIM operations, with a team of engineers who are well-versed in construction consulting. The company's motto is to 'update civil engineering', indicating a commitment tocontinuous innovation and improvement in the field. The company's services are designed to assist in the planning and execution of construction projects, leveraging advanced 3D technology and architectural expertise.
- Miresso — Miresso is a startup firm that offers nuclear fusion power generation services through natural resources.
- Gaxie Co — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Japan DX — Japan DX platform provides a comprehensive data-driven services to inbound tourists to Japan.
- Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
- GenerativeX Co — GenerativeX provides AI app development, consulting, and generative model development.
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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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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- Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
- Mundi — Mundi provides financial, trade development, strategy, freight and reinventing international trade services.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
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- Nexta — Nexta manufactures site, issues such as analog management, personalization of operations & labor shortages are becoming more serious.
- Collectest — Collectest specializes in integrating AI into trading card appraisal procedures that show current market pricing and verify authenticity.
- Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
Discover Susquehanna, a global quantitative trading firm built on a rigorous, analytical foundation in financial markets.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Dinari — Discover Equity Boundless - Simplify everything from equity management and options grant to payroll so that you no longer have to worry about compliance, taxes, or vesting schedules no matter where your employees are.
- BlockGames — BlockGames delivers a cross-game and decentralized player network driven by Universal Player Profiles.
- Borderless AI — Borderless AI is an Employer of Record (EOR) & PEO platform simplifying global payroll management & team hiring to empower your growth worldwide. Book a demo now!
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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Investment focus
- Task Management, Software, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, France, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
- COUNTERWORKS — Counter works is an Information technology company.
- Nippon Hydropowtech — Nippon Hydropowtech uses proprietary technology and experience in hydrolysate production to investigate new food applications.
W ventures is a Japan-based venture capital firm investing in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds. They have been conducting investment to 25 companies in a total of about a year from the start of investment activities in April 2019. The company works not only with investment business but also with companies that provide services related to HR, PR,infrastructure, legal and accounting, etc., as incubation support after investment. It is also characteristic to provide support for the investor companies. In addition, in cooperation with other venture capital companies, Ar Rase TAGE startups regularly hold office hours that allow financing and business consultations to two companies at the same time and actively support startups are doing.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
- Geofra — Geofra develops Planning and creation of items that rejuvenate the movement of people in physical areas, regional revitalization initiatives
- Biophilia — Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
STATION AI provides a support program at "PRE-STATION Ai".
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Investment focus
- Software, Sustainability, AgTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
- Swell — Swell is an information technology company that specializes in providing web and digital platforms.
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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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- WorkCircle — WorkCircle is an online application that offers an anonymous community for the IT industry where professionals connect and discuss careers.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- MOVeLOT — MOVeLOT is an AI company that provides skeletal platform and robot planning, development, and production services.
- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
- Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
Asuka Holding is a principal investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Banking, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
- WorkIndia — With WorkIndia.in a Job seeker can search the best jobs throughout India and schedule the Interview at their convenience. And an employer can post the vacancy and get calls directly from the prospective candidate.
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Consulting, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Synfini — Transforming modern drug discovery by uniting physical and virtual chemistry to deliver novel therapeutics for the benefit of human health and longevity.
- 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.
Optima Ventures is a company that invests and supports venture companies mainly in Shikoku.
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Food Processing
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan
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
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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Investment focus
- Food Processing, Rental, Fitness
- Funding Round, Series B, Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Co-nect — Co-nect is a Body maintenance is a Body maintenance service platform.
- Social Interior — subsclife is a Furniture design platform.
- 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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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- Mawari — Our mission is to unlock new perspectives with real-time immersive technology powered by a decentralized network of global resources
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Galapagos Japan — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Wellness, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
- Arkadiah — Arkadiah restores damaged fields with AI-enabled natural restoration and mobilizes technology and money to reestablish nature, resulting in thriving communities.
- Mellow Japan — Mellow is a food and beverage company that offers a food truck platform and event management support services.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Parallel — Parallel Inc. develops a parallel SNS which can be used while playing games on smartphones.
- Swell — Swell is an information technology company that specializes in providing web and digital platforms.
- GenerativeX Co — GenerativeX provides AI app development, consulting, and generative model development.
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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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Series A
- Japan
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Investment focus
- Apps, Fitness, Health Care
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Sportip — Sportip provides motion analysis and posture analysis applications for trainers and therapists.
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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Investment focus
- Content, Internet, Software
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
- xenodata lab — xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of thee intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning.
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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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Food Processing
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
NOBUNAGA Capital Village is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in early-stage and later-stage companies.
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Investment focus
- AgTech, Organic, Agriculture
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
- Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
- VALT JAPAN — VALT JAPAN is a social business compan that continues to pursue solutions to social issues.
The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Audio, Architecture, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
- Chai — Chai empowers small businesses centered on EC. It provides end-to-end e-commerce services that everyone can enjoy and continue to use in order to unlock the great potential of Japan's many small businesses.
- AI Communis — Automatic Speech Recognition, NLP, SaaS
Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Spacely — Spacely is a cloud software that allows you to easily create, edit and manage VR web contents using photos taken with a 360 degree camera. From April 1, 2018 the service name has been changed from 3D Stylee to Spacely.
- FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
- Sotas — Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers.
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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Investment focus
- Food Processing, EdTech, Fitness
- Funding Round, Seed
- Japan
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.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, China
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- Japan, United States, Belgium
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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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, Myanmar
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Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Internet, Medical
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
- Yap — Yap helps pharmaceutical businesses enter the market in a multitude of methods.
- Pocket Sign — Pocket Sign develops digital platforms that store e-signatures and other authentication details for it's users privacy and security.
a privately run venture capital fund established by former business owners. We support challenging initiatives for Japan.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Electronics
- Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Queri — Queri is a software company that provides messaging services through custom-made videos, photos, and voice notes via the platform.
- zeteoh — Located in Tokyo, Zeteoh is dedicated to simplifying operational efficiency for frontline workers around the globe. Our main innovation is a user-friendly no-code platform using LLMs designed as a comprehensive hub to streamline complex operational tasks. Integrated within this platform is TRAILS, our specialized indoor tracking solution, servingas a vital component in enhancing overall workflow optimization. This integration empowers businesses in sectors like logistics and construction to leverage advanced location tracking as part of their efficiency strategies. Our focus is on making sophisticated optimization tools accessible and manageable, enabling companies to concentrate on their core activities while we facilitate the complexities of data integration and workflow improvement. Zeteoh stands for bringing advanced technological solutions into everyday business practices, making them as intuitive and straightforward as everyday apps.
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
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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Investment focus
- Pet, Human Resources, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
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.
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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Investment focus
- Video, Drones, Medical
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- UniFa — UniFa is the developer of LookMee, an AI and IoT-powered healthcare solution for tracking kindergarteners' physical and mental growth. The system consists of LookMee Nap Check, an IoT sensor that aims to secure a baby's naptime; LookMee thermometer, which measures and monitors the baby's body temperature; and LookMee Photo, acommunication and photo-sharing service that collects data from children at kindergarten to give parents a better idea of their child's well-being
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Carbon Fiber Recycle Industry — Carbon Fiber Recycle Industry co.ltd. offers carbon fiber recycling services and further sells the fiber. It also sells carbon fiber recycling plant and equipment. The company as founded in 2006 and is based in Kani Gun, Japan.
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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Investment focus
- Task Management, AgTech, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
- xenodata lab — xenodata lab., In the mission "Technology proposal suggests naturally after five years", in order to make the shape of the future financial industry with novel technology, ideas February 2016 It was founded in. xenodata is a coined word that spells the idea of creating heterogeneous creatures according to data, and by means of thee intelligence created by the data, the meaning to pursue the substitution of human actions to the utmost is put in the meaning.
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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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
Japan startup support Association is a management support association specialized for startup companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Task Management
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Docodoor — DoCoDoor is a web production company that is strong in attracting customers with top class in SEO. Clients nationwide from the creative bases in Tokyo, Niigata and Aomori through the agency system called DOKODO LICENSE.
- 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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Investment focus
- Fitness, Health Care
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
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Investment focus
- Software, Content, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- 3S — 3S is a SaaS developer platform that provides and operates 24-hour home nursing care services through technology.
- MOVeLOT — MOVeLOT is an AI company that provides skeletal platform and robot planning, development, and production services.
- Fotographer AI — Fotographer.ai is a service that allows e-commerce companies and individuals interested in advertising creatives to generate product photos automatically for use on their websites and in marketing. Product photos for websites and commercials that need to be taken for each campaign or season can be generated using generative AI.
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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Investment focus
- Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, SNS
- Corporate Round, Series B, Seed
- Japan, Singapore
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.
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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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Malaysia, India, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- iPrice Group — Shop now with the largest selection of top brands and products in the region - all in a single website! Discover new products, compare smartphone prices and products. Get the latest coupon and voucher codes for Lazada, Zalora, Qoo10, Grab Car, and more!
- BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
- 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
Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative is the company research and investing information.
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Investment focus
- Content, Task Management, E-Learning
- Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
- Japan
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.
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