Top 50 Food and Beverage VC Funds & Investors in Japan (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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17 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$68M |
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
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13 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $482k–$17M |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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12 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $275k–$5M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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11 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $275k–$34M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $404k–$11M |
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Future Food Fund
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Denmark | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Food Processing | $1.2M–$26M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$52M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $457k–$28M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $712k–$85M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $263k–$31M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $317k–$20M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.3M–$53M |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | $316k–$15M |
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $689k–$32M |
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Agribusiness Investment Development
VC Fund
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6 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Seed | Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Manufacturing | $1.4M–$31M |
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Kemuri Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Agriculture, Food Processing, Food and Beverage | $1.4M–$7M |
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $351k–$52M |
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PE&HR
VC Fund
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5 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Fashion, Education | $178k–$31M |
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $556k–$19M |
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Coral Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $468k–$184M |
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Kajitsudo
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein | $2M–$2.7M |
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NES Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, Food and Beverage, B2C | $544k–$3.6M |
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NOW Japan
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Content, Software, Marketing | $13k–$5M |
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YJ Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $150k–$101M |
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Lotte Ventures Japan
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, Restaurants, B2B | $621k–$4.4M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $382k–$37M |
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Ceres
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain | $330k–$120M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology | $96k–$16M |
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Spiral Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet | $500k–$30M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $318k–$17M |
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Vector
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round | Software, Apps, Internet | $179k–$15M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $3.1M–$78M |
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500 Startups Japan
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Software, Task Management | $91k–$30M |
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Saison Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Switzerland | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Software, Finance, Internet | $181k–$103M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $648k–$47M |
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Fundinno
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, France | Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding | Information Technology, Content, Health Care | $123k–$582k |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $480k–$11M |
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Beenos Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile | $284k–$51M |
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Kuroneko Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, China, Malaysia | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software | $2.3M–$22M |
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Giftee
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Indonesia | Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Marketing | $345k–$2.9M |
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MTG Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Health Care, Marketing | $367k–$33M |
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Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series B, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Content, Health Care | $652k–$63M |
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Taliki
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Sustainability, Cooking, Information Technology | $534k–$1.4M |
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A-Five
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Health Care | $1.8M–$6.1M |
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STRIVE
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $800k–$142M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $316k–$21M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$213M |
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, China, Germany | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Internet, Content | $200k–$7.1M |
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Apricot Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, Internet, Fashion | $135k–$4.5M |
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Coconala Skill Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, Apps, Mobile Apps | $655k–$8.9M |
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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: 656
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$29M; Series B $3.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 314
- Round size: Seed $482k–$12M; Series B $2.2M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- FullDepth — FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers towitness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers to witness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.
- Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
- Smart Craft —
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 176
- Round size: Seed $275k–$1.9M; Series A $944k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $365k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- IGU — IGU is a professional team dedicated to designing, refining, and delivering exceptional entertainment experiences. With a strong focus on creativity, quality, and innovation, IGU brings together talented professionals who transform ideas into engaging and memorable experiences.
- PIMTO — PIMTO Corporation is a technology company that provides digital solutions for location and facility management. Through its PIMT-0 service, it supports airports, stations, commercial facilities, hotels, factories, and public organizations in improving operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company also focuses on addressingsocial challenges such as overtourism, regional revitalization, remote work creation, and improving access to essential services.
- NexusAdvisors — NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 306
- Round size: Seed $275k–$10M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $731k–$28M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
- Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
- Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 238
- Round size: Seed $462k–$4.8M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
- Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
Future Food Fund is a corporate venture capital company that specializes in the field of food.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$26M; Series B $1.5M–$7.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $19M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
- Mycoverse — Mycoverse is a agri-biotech startup specializes in developing fungal-based biological crop protection solutions to replace chemical pesticides, targeting row crops with an initial focus on potato late blight.
- GrubMarket — GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 641
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$52M; Series B $2.3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
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: 296
- Round size: Seed $457k–$21M; Series A $1.3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 526
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$52M; Series B $2.4M–$85M; Venture - Series Unknown $712k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
- bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 632
- Round size: Seed $263k–$7M; Series A $2M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hyper8 — Hyper8 has been expanding Mespo through profits earned by operating social events.
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
- BASE — BASE provides web-based services that develop and build e-commerce platforms. The company provides its services across Japan, such as net shop creation, development of shopping applications, development of online payment, and other services.
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Browse database — It's Free!Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 362
- Round size: Seed $317k–$10M; Series A $2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 776
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$31M; Series B $3.5M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- NBT — NBT specializes in the development of wind farms in the field of renewable energy in emerging markets.
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $316k–$6M; Series A $2.1M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $927k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
- Teragen Energy — Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint.
- IGrid Solutions — IGrid Solutions will promote “eDCM” to optimize power energy demand.
Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $689k–$20M; Series A $1.9M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
- Prossel Holdings — Prossel Holdings are a holding company based in Niigata, building the future of manufacturing and technology.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
Agribusiness Investment Development is a venture capital firm that offers agriculture investment for agricultural corporations. It was established in 2002 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$1.4M; Series A $1.6M–$31M; Series B $2.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ukka — Ukka is a Creating the ideal form of food and agriculture.
- KAICO — KAICO is a pharmaceuticals, diagnostic drugs production company.
- Newlocal — Newlocal offers planning, development, and consulting services related to real estate, construction, and community development sectors.
Kemuri Ventures is a Japanese venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$1.9M; Series A $2.1M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.5M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- AccordX — AccordX is a platform that allows individuals to open a virtual restaurant, prepare food at cloud kitchens and sell food by online delivery.
- HarvestX — HarvestX manufactures fully automatic robots which contributes to the shortage of agricultural human resources and stable food production
- Quantum Flowers & Foods — Quantum Flowers & Foods is a technology firm that develops and creates agricultural business models and technologies.
iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $351k–$8.5M; Series A $1.3M–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $625k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Inter Holding — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
- Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.
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- Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $178k–$1.4M; Series A $585k–$31M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
- Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
- Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that publishes interactive games and films. The services provided by the company include the production and distribution of interactive piercing games and story-based movies, allowing creators and development teams to present their projects on a global platform and provide players with an immersive andseamless gaming experience.
Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $556k–$4.3M; Series A $1.9M–$15M; Series B $3.1M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
- CraftBank — CraftBank, Inc. is the start-up that operates online matching platform between constructors with having relations with 22k specialty constructors (10% coverage in the market). The company was succeeded in Management BuyOut in April 2021.
- Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $468k–$8.5M; Series A $3.2M–$41M; Series B $7.6M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $6M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Ruten — Ruten is a brain-machine interface company that specializes in reconstructive treatments for infeasible and ineffective conditions.
- Tokenz — Tokenz is a global payment platform designed to help digital content creators and businesses scale their revenue seamlessly. Supporting payment methods worldwide, Tokenz enables brands to build customizable web stores, optimize conversions, and expand direct-to-consumer sales. As a Merchant of Record (MoR), Tokenz ensures global tax compliance,fraud protection, and multi-currency transactions—allowing businesses to sell with confidence across international markets.
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Browse database — It's Free!Kajitsudo is a production and sales of large-scale baby leaf.
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- Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $2M–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DAIZ — DAIZ produces and sells plant-based meat, 'Miracle Meat' which uses germinated soybeans by the proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.' Also, DAIZ engages in research and development of raw materials, and drug discovery from germinated soybeans.
NES Venture Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, B2C
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $544k–$1.4M; Series A $1.2M–$1.7M; Series B $1.5M–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Porty — Porty is a real estate platform company that provides property search tools, urban housing services, and data-driven solutions.
- GramEye — GramEye is a developer of medical equipment that uses robotics and deep learning to automate gram staining. The company operates under the assumption that the growth of germs that are resistant to antibiotics is a natural occurrence brought on by the usage of these medications. It aspires to a world in which antibiotics are correctly prescribed inall medical contexts. GramEye analyzes medical data, create web services, and create mobile applications as a health sciences company.
- Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
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- Industry: Content, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $90k–$4.3M; Series A $880k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $13k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
- Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $992k–$71M; Series A $150k–$101M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.9B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
- Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
Lotte Ventures Japan supports and collaborates with businesses that embrace challenges and strive to build a better society in the future.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $621k–$1.4M; Series A $2M–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CoA Nexus — CoA Nexus develops and operates a skillshare matching platform for human resource research and development.
- Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
- Crisp — CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site.
W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
- Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $464k–$4.5M; Series A $1.4M–$120M; Venture - Series Unknown $330k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
- AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
- TASIMOVF — Founder of Asimov Foundation. Investing in the future of AI & Crypto (a much more meaningful space than FX) prev. @xbox
Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Series A $1.4M–$9.3M; Series B $2.9M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Fragaria — Discover innovative farming practices and high-quality, year-round fruits in India with Fragaria's advanced agricultural technology.
- SPUN — The most reliable online visa platform in Indonesia with 24/7 dedicated assistance and money-back guarantee.
- Pruv Finance — The foundational layer for institutional-grade tokenization, bridging multichain ecosystems with DeFi-ready assets.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $318k–$5.7M; Series A $1M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $473k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
- Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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Browse database — It's Free!Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $541k–$15M; Corporate Round $268k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $179k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
- CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
- Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$48M; Series A $3.6M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
- Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Task Management
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $275k–$7.8M; Series A $3.6M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $91k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Noin — Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries.
- GITAI — GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
- Connected Robotics — Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is basedin Koganei-shi, Japan.
Saison Ventures is investment arm of Credit Saison.
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- Industry: Software, Finance, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $623k–$14M; Series B $5.7M–$103M; Venture - Series Unknown $181k–$4.8M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $648k–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$14M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Health Care
- Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding
- Geography: Japan, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $131k–$582k; Product Crowdfunding $123k–$444k
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atto — Atto operates in the healthcare and preventive medicine field as a technology venture. Its main business is the development, manufacturing, and sale of health inspection equipment. The core product is a capillary blood flow observation device called Kekkan Bijin. This device allows users to observe capillary blood flow simply by placing a finger onit, without any blood sampling.
- FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
- Novius Company — Official Novius Founder and CEO,
XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
Beenos is a platform for startups. Our in-house team of entrepreneurs-in-residence and specialists help you get your ideas off the ground. We’re (the) experts in engineering, design, data science, and business management. We know how to launch a company in this ever changing IT industry, and we’d like to help establish and expand your present andfuture business.The company was founded in 1999 as NetPrice.com, a provider of eCommerce services. NetPrice.com established Beenos as an incubation program before
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $284k–$6.6M; Series A $2.5M–$13M; Series B $2.3M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
- Ralali — Ralali.com, Pusat toko grosir online pertama di Indonesia, sebagai b2b wholesale marketplace platform yang menghubungkan supplier, distributor dengan retail.
- Delivered Korea — Delivered Korea is an e-commerce platform, that accelerates cross-border e-commerce from South Korea to your country.
Kuroneko Innovation Fund operates as a corporate venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, China, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WATT — WATT is an innovative startup focused on transforming indoor logistics by providing fully automated delivery solutions powered by intelligent robots. These robots are designed to autonomously navigate complex indoor environments—such as offices, hospitals, hotels, and residential buildings—efficiently moving between rooms and even across differentfloors using elevators and advanced mapping systems.
- Secai Marche — SECAI MARCHE is Farm-Fresh Platform to link farmers and enthusiasm chefs and consumer in all over the world.
- Free Standard — Free Standard is a developer platform that offers product development and recommerce business implementation for the retail industry.
giftee is an online service where you can send a small 'thank you' through small gifts by twitter and email. Supported by Open Network Lab.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Marketing
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Series A $2M–$2.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $345k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
- Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
- Treasure in Stomach — Treasure in Stomach is a food manufacturing company that develops vegan, gluten-free, and Muslim-friendly products and content.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $367k–$1.2M; Series A $1.8M–$9.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.3M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dwilar — Dwilar is an AI-powered global credit platform that unifies credit data across borders. We provide instant credit assessments, global score conversion, and compliance-driven onboarding to help people access banking, rentals, and loans worldwide.
- Synflux — Synflux is a fashion, design, and technology professional firm that does design and research and takes on the challenge of innovative development and social implementation. It is a digital technology combining AI, 3D technology, and blockchain. For inquiries, an online inquiry form is available on their website.
- 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.
The information about the Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $652k–$652k; Series A $6.7M–$63M; Series B $4M–$8.4M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anique — Anique is a service that utilizes blockchain technology to make artworks.
- AI Model — AI model specializes in the development and transformation of real-like virtual models for modeling on E-commerce platforms.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics (MGTx) is a clinical-stage company operating Japan’s first GMP-compliant manufacturing platform for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) therapies. The company combines proprietary paired metagenomic datasets with AI/ML-driven donor-recipient matching to advance precision microbiome medicine across ulcerative colitis,immuno-oncology, and neurodegenerative disease. Headquartered in Tsuruoka, Japan, MGTx leverages a cross-border regulatory strategy spanning PMDA and FDA pathways, positioning it as a platform bridging Japanese clinical innovation with global market access.
Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Cooking, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $534k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
- ForestFolks — ForestFolks Provider of forest management and conservation services aimed at protecting forestry and the environment.The company exploits and successfully employs the forest's CO2 absorption potential and conserves and recovers forest resources and biodiversity, allowing for regulatory compliance and supporting environmental protection.
A-Five is a government fund that creates employment opportunities in rural areas.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$2.7M; Series A $4.3M–$6.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nousouken — Nousouken offers an agricultural product distribution platform that connects collection points and distribution centers. Their distribution platform business transports fresh agricultural products collected at collection points across the country to in-stores located in urban supermarkets. It also operates a wholesale business, where it buysagricultural products directly from producers, brands them, and sells them to supermarkets.
- Setsuro Tech — Seturotech is a biotechnology venture company established on February 22, 2017 by Tatsuya Takemoto (PI: Principal Investigator) of the University of Tokushima as a venture from Tokushima University. In 2015, Takemoto and Masakazu Hashimoto (Osaka University) developed a simple and highly efficient method for producing genetically modified(genome-edited) mice using CRISPR / Cas9, and filed a patent application for the technology. The technology is called fertilized egg electroporation (GEEP method), a technology that introduces molecules required for genome editing by CRISPR into fertilized eggs at high throughput by the power of electricity (electroporation). Using this technology, Seturotech will start from the production and sale of genetically modified mice, and will become a fundamental company providing all genetically modified animals, anticipating the future use of genetically modified animals in industry.
- Routrek Networks — Routrek is a manufacturing and sales of ICT next generation hydroponic cultivation system.
STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
- Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $316k–$5M; Series A $2.1M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $927k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
- Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec provides labor-saving solutions that promote productivity improvement and reduce the burden on workers at construction sites. The company contributes to the evolution and development of the construction industry. The objective of Ken Robotec is to create a joyful construction site where robots and humans may collaborate.
- MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Series A $4M–$101M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
- Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Content
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, China, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $200k–$7.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $275k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- pickupon — Pickupon is a SaaS product that automatically records and inputs calls.
- Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
- ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
Apricot Ventures is a seed venture capital that mainly supports those who start businesses independently from large companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Internet, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $135k–$2.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $273k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.3M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- YAGO — YAGO operates in the IT field and provides internet and software services.
- Nudge — Provider of financial planning platform designed to create a financial institution with new values and behaviors from scratch. The company's platform has been strengthening its team, developing the first service, and preparing for the necessary financial license acquisition, enabling users to secure their future financially.
- Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
coconala Skill Partners is a matching platform venture capital firm that creates encounters between seed / early-stage entrepreneurs and skill partners who want to support their aspirations.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.3M; Series A $1.9M–$8.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $655k–$5.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Comvey — Comvey provides a shopping experience that is friendly to people and the earth. It primarily offers a foldable share bag online.
- SoVa — SoVa operates an accounting firm that combines technology and experts.
- Irori — Irori blends online and offline spaces, supporting creators and new projects with platform models and sustainable growth.
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