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Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Japan in December 2024

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hardware startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Japan in December 2024

Investor Hardware Japan investments
Incubate Fund 23
Drone Fund 21
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital 20
Mizuho Capital 17
UntroD Capital 17
SMBC Venture Capital 15
Global Brain Corporation 15
East Ventures 15
ANRI 13
DNX Ventures 13
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC) 12
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners 11
SBI Investment 11
Real Tech Japan 11
DBJ Capital 10
UTokyo Innovation Platform 10
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan 10
STRIVE 10
Nippon Venture Capital 9
KDDI 8
UNITED 8
Mirai Creation Fund 8
Archetype Ventures 8
MIRAISE 8
Genesia Ventures 8
QB Capital 7
Kotaro Chiba 7
Monozukuri Ventures 7
Kotaro Chiba 7
Daiwa Corporate Investment 7
Coral Capital 7
Monex Ventures 6
MIRAI SOUZOU 6
Nissay Capital 6
Sumitomo 6
Energy & Environment Investment 6
Sony Innovation Fund 6
Colopl Next 6
SPARX Group 6
Shinsei Corporate Investment 5
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 5
Japan Science and Technology Agency 5
ANOBAKA 5
B Dash Ventures 5
Glocalink 5
Mitsubishi Corporation 5
Spiral Capital 4
F Ventures 4
Primal Capital 4
Hack Ventures 4
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Incubate Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 26 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Vieu — Learn about us, our team, our backers and the story behind Vieu.
  • KOMPEITO — Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Phi — Build your web3 cities from your wallet activities
Drone Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.
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Investment focus
  • Drones, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • LOMBY — LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines.
  • Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
  • CuboRex — CuboRex realizes creative mobility using its crawler technology.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 61 investments in the past 12 months
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 A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Tradom — Tradom is a company that offers the "Tradam Foreign Exchange Solution," an AI solution for managing foreign exchange risk.
  • NEL — NEL is a creative agency that offers a platform that connects brands and customers through purchases and SNS posts.
  • Upsider — - Vue - Nuxt.js - TypeScript - SCSS
Mizuho Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 37 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Upsider — - Vue - Nuxt.js - TypeScript - SCSS
UntroD Capital VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in the past 12 months
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
  • MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
  • Emulsion Flow Technologies — Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion.
SMBC Venture Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 49 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Health Care, Software
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • NEL — NEL is a creative agency that offers a platform that connects brands and customers through purchases and SNS posts.
  • Upsider — - Vue - Nuxt.js - TypeScript - SCSS
Global Brain Corporation VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 58 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
  • Kasanare — Kasanare is a technology company that offers AI-based business specific cloud services.
  • Upsider — - Vue - Nuxt.js - TypeScript - SCSS
East Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 53 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
  • Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
  • Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.
ANRI VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 20 investments in the past 12 months
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Information Technology, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Sukidayo — Sukidayo is a startup company that offers social services related to family and workshops for individuals, companies, and governments.
  • ARCH — ARCH provides research, development, operation, and support systems for gynecology and fertility treatment solutions
  • Tanp — Gracia is an EC business and media business that provides coloring precious moments and enriching human connections.
DNX Ventures VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 22 investments in the past 12 months
DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Miive — Mobile wallet-based employee benefit SaaS.
  • Ecolectro — Ecolectro is solving the biggest challenges in making Green Hydrogen. Our alkaline ion-exchange membranes and polymers make clean fuel and decarbonize industry.
  • Upsider — - Vue - Nuxt.js - TypeScript - SCSS
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC) VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • NEL — NEL is a creative agency that offers a platform that connects brands and customers through purchases and SNS posts.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Estie — Estie is a Development of AI / machine learning algorithm and new business in real estate company.
  • Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
  • SUN METALON — Next Generation Sustainable Metal Manufacturing
SBI Investment VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 20 investments in the past 12 months
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Series B, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
  • AI model — AI model specializes in the development and transformation of real-like virtual models for modeling on E-commerce platforms.
  • Ultra Social — Ultra Social offers marketing support, management creator production, and tiktok live production services.
Real Tech Japan VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, Singapore, Austria
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 is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
  • MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
DBJ Capital VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in the past 12 months
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
  • Tradom — Tradom is a company that offers the "Tradam Foreign Exchange Solution," an AI solution for managing foreign exchange risk.
  • Simple Form — Simple Form provides real-time information on all domestic corporations necessary for financial institutions. We will accelerate the time-consuming and labor-intensive research work of corporations and take on the role of new financial underpinnings.
UTokyo Innovation Platform VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in the past 12 months
The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • OOYOO — OOYOO Co., Ltd. is a DeepTech venture that combines international entrepreneurial spirit, and a 'Made In Japan' excellence, to bring the latest innovations in clean technology to society for a smarter, cleaner, and more mobile world.
  • Visban — Visban is a technology company that specializes in utilizing mmWave signals for connectivity both indoors and outdoors. Their primary focus is on providing reliable and fast network solutions that eliminate dead spots and offer uninterrupted connections. By utilizing mmWave signals, Visban can achieve this with fewer base stations, leading to moreenergy-efficient operations and extended battery life for mobile devices on their network.
  • Trans-N — Trans-N aims to introduce advanced AI technologies, accelerating digital transformation and promoting its AI transformation. Trans-N offers management consulting, AI system development, and sales of AI-related products, including meeting minutes and contract analysis tools, serving major trading companies.
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Cloudian — Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.
  • Seajacks — Cadeler is a global leader in offshore wind farm construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.
  • Vehicle Energy Japan — Vehicle Energy Japan specializes in development, manufacturing and sales of automotive lithium-ion batteries.
STRIVE VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, India, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
Nippon Venture Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Gecipe — Gecipe is a video service for e-sports players.
  • Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
  • Renalys Pharma — Renalys Pharma is a private, late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical firm in Japan dedicated on developing new therapies that address unmet needs in the management of renal illness in Japanese and Asian patients.
KDDI VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanesecable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, Software, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
  • ATOMica — ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments.
  • Allganize — Allganize provides Alli, an AI document understanding platform that revolutionizes enterprise productivity. If you want a proper AI chatbot, enterprise chatGPT, or AI OCR, Allganize is the answer.
  • Secret Double Octopus — Provider of industry-leading FIDO-certified, rotation-based passwordless MFA with the fullest support for enterprise complexity. Click here for more!
UNITED VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 21 investments in the past 12 months
UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
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Investment focus
  • Media and Entertainment, Content, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • LOMBY — LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines.
  • Coopel — Coopel is an RPA that allows beginners to easily automate daily tasks and make work efficient.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
Mirai Creation Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.
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Investment focus
  • Robotics, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • MUSVI — MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services.
  • Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
  • 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.
Archetype Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • ZAICO — Zaico is a management app that reduces the burden and optimizes energy efficiency for organizations.
  • Katagrma — KatagrMa is the first organization that optimizes the organization and human resources development.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
MIRAISE VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in the past 12 months
We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you hands-if basis, for business model, financial planning and presentation. All founders of our potfolio automatically join MIRAISE online community that gives you the peer-learning opportunities with other founders. Join us updating the normal!
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • CuboRex — CuboRex realizes creative mobility using its crawler technology.
  • Zenmetry — Zenmetry primarily engages in the development of web services and business consulting.
  • SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
Genesia Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 17 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Content
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Congrant — Congrant is a fundraising platform that collects donations and charity for NPOs, social enterprises, and voluntary organizations.
  • Logipeace — Logipeace is a SaaS communication platform that offers semi-automation of logistics operations and communication using generative AI.
  • Japan Career — Japan Career is a company that offers a job change and employment help platform tailored to international talent.
QB Capital VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
  • Zip Infrastructure — Inquiry : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDmxd1TpPP331TY4VoRsvn0yWX3Ca5Jd-bfBiuPwvpD2SKtA/viewform
  • Japan Carbon Cycle Lab — Japan Carbon Cycle Lab is a technology company that focuses on the research and development of CO2 capture and recycling techniques.
Kotaro Chiba Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Drones, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Monozukuri Ventures VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Startup First. A global VC focused on IoT small lot manufacturing and startup investment. Support to hardware growth from business model to supply chain
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Investment focus
  • Software, Hardware, Internet of Things
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • REVORN — REVORN is a fragrance AI and DX research and development company. They develop products such as odor sensors that can respond to odor issues and needs. They provide consultation at a range of levels, from identifying issues to developing solutions.
  • ImaCreate — ImaCreate provides planning, development and operation of VR / AR / MR system.
  • Edgecortix — At Edgecortix, we automate the design of AI accelerators for on-device deep learning. Our Dynamic Neural Accelerator IP, and performance optimized AI Software & Hardware Co-exploration framework, reduces time to market and brings massive cost savings across multiple industry verticals.
Kotaro Chiba Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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Investment focus
  • Travel, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Daiwa Corporate Investment VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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
  • Software, Task Management, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, France, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
  • COUNTERWORKS — Counter works is an Information technology company.
  • Hydro Powtech Japan — Nippon Hydropowtech uses proprietary technology and experience in hydrolysate production to investigate new food applications.
Coral Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
  • Recustomer — Recustomer is an IT company that develops software for digital payment and provides support for web development.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.
Monex Ventures VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan
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
Portfolio highlights
  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision
MIRAI SOUZOU VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in the past 12 months
MIRAI SOUZOU operates as a venture capital firm that invests in institutional lookup and supporting projects. The Company invests in institutional research and development supporting projects, medicine, agriculture, ocean field, and other industries. Innovations and Future Creation conducts businesses in Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Ugo — UGO is creating future avatar robots and a platform that connects the administration of multiple robots to achieve the ''fusion of humans and robots,'' or ''collaboration with robots to perform employment that used to be performed only by humans.
  • Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
  • Green Chemical — Green chemical production process for aromatic bioplastic raw materials that can replace conventional petroleum-based products.
Nissay Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 23 investments in the past 12 months
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, Ethiopia
Portfolio highlights
  • Castee — Castee provides social collaboration services and also helps with a tool for job requests and overseas projects for creators.
  • Tribeau — Tribute is a word-of-mouth app for aesthetic medicine for cosmetic surgeries, cosmetic dermatologists, and orthodontists who are not covered by health insurance.
  • Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform
Sumitomo VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Welcome to the official website of Sumitomo Corporation, a leading integrated trading company engaged in diverse businesses based on its global network.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Series B, Funding Round, Corporate Round
  • Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • 44.01 — We offer a permanent CO2 storage solution using the natural power of mineralisation
  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Luffy AI — Discover Luffy.ai's Adaptive AI Control for unmatched industrial optimisation and performance. Experience the future with our innovative adaptive AI solutions.
Energy & Environment Investment VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 17 investments in the past 12 months
Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Internet of Things
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • OOYOO — OOYOO Co., Ltd. is a DeepTech venture that combines international entrepreneurial spirit, and a 'Made In Japan' excellence, to bring the latest innovations in clean technology to society for a smarter, cleaner, and more mobile world.
  • Advance Composite — Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products.
  • Impact Circle — Impact Circle social investment platform that focuses on providing impact finance and visualization services by creating job opportunities.
Sony Innovation Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 14 investments in the past 12 months
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
  • Congrant — Congrant is a fundraising platform that collects donations and charity for NPOs, social enterprises, and voluntary organizations.
  • Flower — We enable the energy system of tomorrow by combining pioneering technology with flexible assets, allowing clean energy to power society
Colopl Next VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital of is Colopl, Inc, which is a leading Japanese gaming company. Colopl, Inc. is founded with the mission of “Entertainment in Real Life”, and constantly put its customer as first priority.Colopl Next is headquartered in Japan, but invests globally in a variety of internet businesses, with the commitmentto support innovative entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
  • Virtual Reality, Software, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
  • Coopel — Coopel is an RPA that allows beginners to easily automate daily tasks and make work efficient.
  • Levellr — Levellr software helps creators & brands to build, manage and monetise messaging communities within existing apps, including Discord & Telegram. Our tools, which sit on top of Discord & Telegram, help our customers to acquire powerful-first party data on superfans, build highly engaged communities & generate tangible revenueopportunities, whilst also providing our customers with community strategy & on-going moderation services to ensure their communities thrive.
  • ChillStack — ChillStack provides information on AI, security, and development.
SPARX Group VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
SPARX Group Co., Ltd. is an independent Asia-based equity and credit asset management services and Asian fund financial specialist with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul for global institutional and individual investors, including financial advisors and financial planners, with alternative strategies (including activist, short-enabled, private equity and quantitative and fund-of-funds) and mutual funds (through SPARX Asia Funds such as SPARX Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund, SPARX Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund, SPARX Japan Smaller Companies Fund and SPARX Japan Fund) managed or sub-advised by SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd., SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited and Cosmo Asset Management Co., Ltd.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Blue Skies Space — Blue Skies Space provides access to space science data from low-cost space missions.
  • Blue Laser Fusion — Blue Laser Fusion is a commercial fusion company. Blue Laser Fusion is a laser startup to commercialize laser fusion by inventing its own laser and fusion reactor.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
Shinsei Corporate Investment VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Shinsei Corporate Investment supports the creation and development of the business.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, India, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
  • HIGHRESO — GPUSOROBAN is a GPU cloud service that enables anyone to perform high-speed calculations on high-end GPUs with ease. Hi-Res, the running business, is the first GPU cloud operator in Japan to be accredited as a "NVIDIA Elite Partner," the program's highest level (CSP Compute field). Furthermore, it received the "Best CSP Partnerof the Year" award at the NVIDIA NPN Partner Award 2022. It is widely used by university research institutes, large corporations, and AI venture firms, with over 100 uses per year.
  • QibiTech — QibiTech created HATS, a service in which a human operator remotely supplements the operation of a robot. Add-on edge calculator or software for various robots to increase robot flexibility. It also serves as a platform for connecting operation data to the business improvement system.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 30 investments in the past 12 months
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital, and other credit-related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries, and affiliates in the various businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Finance, Energy
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • OpenAI — Introducing Sora: Creating video from text
  • Simple Form — Simple Form provides real-time information on all domestic corporations necessary for financial institutions. We will accelerate the time-consuming and labor-intensive research work of corporations and take on the role of new financial underpinnings.
  • Advance Composite — Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products.
Japan Science and Technology Agency VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Japan Science and Technology Agency is an integrated organization of science and technology that implements science and technology policy in Japan.  It handles many projects, including the government’s Science and Technology Basic Plan and knowledge creation. The European Sustainability School ESSSR is the owner of Japan Science and TechnologyAgency.Japan Science and Technology Agency undertakes its task in a comprehensive manner. It also works to provide a sound infrastructure of science and technology information and raise awareness and understanding of science and technology-related issues in Japan.Japan Science and Technology Agency is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
  • QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
  • Equmenopolis — Equmenopolis is an information services company that specializes in conversational AI agent platforms and application developments.
ANOBAKA VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 14 investments in the past 12 months
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, Food and Beverage
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
  • Aimytech — Aimytech is a developer of buyer enablement tools that provides business negotiation and sales support cloud services.
  • AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
B Dash Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in the past 12 months
B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, Taiwan, 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.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform
Mitsubishi Corporation VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is a global integrated business enterprise that develops and operates businesses across virtually every industry including industrial finance, energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, living essentials, and environmental business. MC's current activities are expanding far beyond its traditional trading operations asits diverse business ranges from natural resources development to investment in retail business, infrastructure, financial products and manufacturing of industrial goods.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Logistics
  • Funding Round, Corporate Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Finnforel — Sustainable Fish Farming. Pure, healthy and ecological rainbow trout for the sake of ecosystems, ocean, your health and for the planet.
  • Cyto-Facto — Cyto-Facto is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures CAR-T cell therapies and mesenchymal stem cell products.
Spiral Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
  • MOZU — MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform.
  • Actelligent — Actelligent is a platform where investors, corporates, brokers, stock exchanges and industry experts can interact and share knowledge. Actelligent aims to provide an innovative and intelligent investment experience. Their service makes innovative investment easy for everyone in the new era of digital world.
F Ventures VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
Primal Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, Spain, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Rand App — Rand is a fintech firm that offers banking services, savings, deposits, and account opening.
  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
Hack Ventures VC Fund · Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
Hack Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in the fields of rehabilitation, support business, and advice on initial public.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, China
Portfolio highlights
  • BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
  • BitClout — BitClout is a platform owned by its users. Bitcoin is decentralizing money, BitClout is decentralizing social media.
  • On The Slope — On the way to Sakano deliver vegetables grown without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, aiming to spread agriculture with low environmental impact. We want to make agriculture sustainable and reach a sustainable society.
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