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Top 50 Hospitality Startup Investors in Japan (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Hospitality startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Hospitality startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $581k–$47M
JAFCO
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.4M–$36M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $289k–$20M
500 Startups Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Task Management $91k–$30M
Katahira Masanori
Angel
2 Japan Venture - Series Unknown Finance, Consulting, Hospitality $83k–$105k
Ronald Arculli
Angel
2 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Travel, Hotel, Leisure $1M–$1.5M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $516k–$48M
JR East Start Up
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $277k–$132M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $712k–$34M
NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Tanzania Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology $452k–$184M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, FinTech $372k–$17M
Evolable Asia Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Corporate Round, Seed Task Management, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence $1.4M–$14M
Dogan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Medical, Automotive $6M–$142M
Innoventure
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Travel, E-Commerce, Hospitality
NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A CRM, Career Planning, Management Consulting
Japan Airlines (JAL)
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Series B, Series A, Corporate Round Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace $5M–$150M
Paul Kuo
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Reservations, Travel, SaaS $2.6M–$2.6M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Content, Software $215k–$18M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $665k–$30M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Hokuyo Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown AgTech, Travel, Farming
Chukyo TV
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Audio, Guides $927k–$6.3M
VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
1 Japan, China, Germany Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Content $190k–$7.1M
Yoshida Yukihiro
Angel
1 Japan Seed Hospitality, Reservations, Media and Entertainment
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $177k–$40M
Kakaku.com
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, Indonesia Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce $208k–$13M
Hokkaido Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Debt Financing Manufacturing, Sales, Retail $95k–$3.7M
JTB Corp.
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Denmark Seed, Series A, Series B Travel, E-Commerce, Tourism $1.5M–$85M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, France Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $310k–$9.2M
Vector
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round Software, Apps, Internet $161k–$14M
Daishi Management Consulting
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Guides, Travel $625k–$911k
Goshi Yamaguchi
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round Digital Media, Food and Beverage, Apps
Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $286k–$12M
Adways
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Content, Internet, Software $944k–$30M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Internet, Content, Software $226k–$27M
Hideto Fujino
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Travel, Reservations, Real Estate $233k–$8.4M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
1 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Food and Beverage, Internet $28k–$6.2M
Nobuyuki Idei
Angel
1 Japan, France, United States Seed, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing $1.7M–$31M
Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Fitness, Wellness
Japan Airport Terminal
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Hotel, Hospitality
Learning Entrepreneurs Lab
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Hospitality, Food and Beverage
Shibuya Startup Oasis
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Employment, Recruiting, Hospitality
FGN ABBA Lab
VC Fund
1 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Aerospace, Information Technology
Robot Home
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Real Estate, Property Management, Information Services $223k–$4.2M
iMercury Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Mobile, Content $457k–$170M
North Pacific Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consulting $90k–$1.7B
Allied Architects
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round, Series B Internet, E-Commerce, Retail $446k–$2.3M
DK Gate
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $978k–$15M
Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics $1.4M–$136M
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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 the fifth-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

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 564
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $581k–$10M
  • 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.
  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • Crosssector — Crosssector provides sensor DX solutions for various kinds of construction and maintenance applications.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to the creations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 391
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$33M; Series B $4.2M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019

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.
  • 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.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 414
  • Round size: Seed $289k–$7M; Series A $1.5M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$8.1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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 — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
  • 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.
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500 Startups Japan
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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–$4.3M; 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.
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Katahira Masanori
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Katahira Masanori

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Consulting, Hospitality
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $83k–$105k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G-Factory — G-FACTORY provides leasing and renting services for restaurants and beauty salons that are considering multi-store development and capital investment. They offer management support and restaurant management for companies that develop service businesses centered on restaurants.
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Ronald Arculli
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Ronald Arculli

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Hotel, Leisure
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stay One Degree — We are a like-minded community of owners and guests of the finest One percent of holiday homes.
  • Wayfarer — Wayfarer is building a full-stack hospitality platform, starting in Japan. We operate a network of tech-driven mid/upscale accommodations powered by inhouse software. We help travelers discover more while designing operations to increase profits from the properties through automated business processes, intelligent pricing and higheroccupancy rates. We currently manage over $150 million in asset value in partnership with global investors and listed property companies.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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 has managed 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

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 858
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $516k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
  • 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.
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JR East Start Up
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

JR East Startup Program is a program operated by East Japan Railway that provides incubator and accelerator services to startups in Japan. The firm was founded in February 2018 and is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $411k–$2.1M; Series B $1.2M–$132M; Venture - Series Unknown $277k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

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.
  • ACIMUS Co. — ACIMUS Co. provides an AI-driven cloud BIM platform for the architecture and construction industry. The service lets users generate building 3D models through conversational AI without complex operations. It offers dimension suggestions based on common practices and building codes, and supports placement of a wide range of furniture, fixtures, and equipment in designs. ACIMUS Co. includes chat-based Q&A on building regulations and an AI feature that generates architectural renderings from models, images, sketches, or text instructions. The platform exports models in formats compatible with BIM and CAD tools. ACIMUS Co. also runs a sponsor program that lets manufacturers showcase 3D product models to architects and designers.
  • New Space Intelligence — We provide Satellite data pipeline services and Remote sensing Satellite Solutions with AI, machine learning and Big data such as Change detection through optical and SAR time series data, crop pattern classification, Infrastructure monitoring.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 241
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; 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

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • 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.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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 and affiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 694
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$21M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $712k–$12M
  • 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.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$142M; Series B $452k–$184M; Venture - Series Unknown $543k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
  • Idea Record — Idea Records provided various business support solutions since its founding as a company promoting digital transformation in the restaurant industry. Among them, the SaaS platform GATE, released in 2018, has many functions that are particularly suited to the needs of restaurants, and is being introduced in many stores.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $372k–$2.9M; Series A $1M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $473k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% 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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Evolable Asia Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Evolable Asia operates a comparison site for travel products focused on domestic airline tickets (the largest in the transaction volume industry), as well as providing travel content and products on an OEM basis. It specializes in wholesale and business trip services for corporations, and it is the fifth-largest online travel agent in Japan.Furthermore, it is expanding its IT offshore development business, employing approximately 500 engineers in Vietnam and becoming the largest Japanese IT offshore development company in Southeast Asia. It specializes in lab-type offshore development, with dedicated teams for clients, and provides services to a variety of Japanese companies as a solution to Japan's engineer shortage and rising labor costs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Corporate Round $1.4M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LS Japan — LS Co., Ltd. is a company that plans, operates and manages lifestyle hotels, cafes and bars by launching its own inbound brand using Japanese content .
  • Ancar — Ancar is a company offering personal buying and selling services in Japan.
  • Upsell Technologies — Upsell Technologies is Customer data analysis service platform.
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Dogan
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

an is a professional group that provides corporate investment and advice to revitalize the local economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $6M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AZAPA — AZAPA engages in Automotive, Energy, Info Tech, Communication & Technology, and R & D business. It realizes renewable energy, social networks for energy optimization, and new possibilities and communication technologies through mobility management, from developed markets. It aims to build peace and abundance with advanced technology andideas to the BOP market.It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
  • KG Motors — KG Motors is an automotive firm that manufactures electric vehicles that can be moved comfortably and safely by one person.
  • AdipoSeeds — Making Platelets from Fat and Inventing New Blood Supply System.
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Innoventure
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Innoventure provides marketing services by purchasing and selling excess inventory and service surplus in order to maintain brand value.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cansell — Cansell is a web service that allows you to easily sell and buy accommodation reservations that incur cancellation fees.
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NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE offers real estate services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CRM, Career Planning, Management Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
  • SAGOJO — SAGOJO is a planning and operation of the amazing traveler recruiting site "SAGOJO" and production, direction, and editing of accompanying content.
  • Arsaga Partners — Arsaga Partners, Inc., "develop with the fastest and highest quality" as concept, is a one-stop IT system development company.- All functions necessary for IT system development such as IT strategy consulting, UX/UI consulting, planning, engineering, designing, maintenance and operations are provided through our one-stop solution.- With engineers accounting for over 90% of our company structure we can work directly with our clients. - Our motto is to providing services at a reasonable cost without outsourcing and to bring our Japanese omotenashi spirit to our development services. - We think of Digital transformation (DX) Not as a trendy word, but as IT system development that truly contributes to our clients' business needs.Main Services - One-stop IT System Development Business, Start-up/New IT Business Consulting, Enterprise System/New Business Planning and Development(Digital Transformation/DX), Web System Planning and Development, Application Planning and DevelopmentKey Clients - Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Estate, ShionogiV-CUBE, Mizuho Securities, Sciseed inc.
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Japan Airlines (JAL)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Japan Airlines (JAL) was founded in 1951 and became the first international airline in Japan. A member of the oneworld® alliance, the airline now reaches 405 airports in 66 countries and regions together with its codeshare partners with a modern fleet of 234 aircraft. Awarded as one of the most punctual major international airlines and a certified5-Star Airline by Skytrax, JAL is committed to providing customers with the highest levels of flight safety and quality in every aspect of its service, and aims to become one of the most preferred and valued airlines in the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Series A $13M–$90M; Series B $5M–$150M; Corporate Round $10M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $73M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Episode Six — Episode Six is a cloud-based financial platform that creates differentiated financial and payment products for consumers and businesses. The company's payment technology provides globally distributed ledgers and processing, allowing FIs and brands to digitize their payment systems in order to meet the demands of their customers.Its softwaresits within existing or new payments infrastructure to enable effortless development and customization of new, advanced, consumer-centric payments products. Built on an open-source code framework, its platform allows for simple, on-demand product management and offers a comprehensive set of APIs, facilitating easy development, connection, and integration.
  • Regent — We build all-electric, passenger-carrying, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to service coastal routes with technology available today.
  • Matter — Redefining the present, Reimagining the future.
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Paul Kuo
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Paul Kuo - Director - Board of Directors @ Tamecco

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Reservations, Travel, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.6M–$2.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
  • Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $215k–$18M; Series A $841k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $947k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

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 Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups, 7 in the past 12 months

An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $665k–$9.4M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $2.7M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
  • Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $1.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Hokuyo Bank
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Hokuyo Bank provides various products and services to support its customers' needs for raising funds necessary for their business activities. It supports the efficiency and rationalization of customers' financial and accounting operations by providing various solutions to meet a wide range of their needs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Travel, Farming
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Akan Adventure Tourism — Akan Adventure Tourism creates, promotes, and markets activities for tourists in the adventure-tourism segment, with the goal of attracting overnight visitors by using the world-class natural resources of the Lake Akan Hot Spring and its surrounding area.As a company providing guidance to this region with earning potential (that is, creating andmaintaining business models, increasing employment and the population, and creating resources for destination marketing organizations (DMO) who do not rely completely on the government). The company aims to maximize the value of the Lake Akan Hot Spring (by finding clients who highly value the magic of the Lake Akan Hot Spring, or, in other words, by creating activities that target adventure tourists seeking high-value-added adventures).
  • Farmnote — Farmnote holdings Japan established in December 2016, is a pure holding company with SkyArc Co., Ltd., which operates the web integration business, and Farm Note Co., Ltd., which operates the agricultural IoT solution business.
  • Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation — Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation is providing equity investment and business management services for affiliated group companies.
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Chukyo TV
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

JOCH-DTV, branded as Chukyo TV, is the Chukyo metropolitan area flagship station of the Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System (NNS), owned by Nippon Television Holdings through the Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Its studios are located in Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Audio, Guides
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $927k–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EXest — EXest is aTokyo-based inbound travel promotion startup .The company provides the WOW U platform that connects inbound visitors to Japan with licensed interpreters and tour guides in addition to WOWU-media offering potential visitors to Japan with video clips introducing must-visit spots and popular local souvenirs on Facebook.
  • FIREBUG — FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.
  • Newrope — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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 other growing 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Content
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, China, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$7.1M; Series A $913k–$4.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $190k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% 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.
  • HEARTBEATS — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
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Yoshida Yukihiro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Former executive director of Gulliver International (currently IDOM), one of the few hyper-growth companies in Japan that made public public public in four years and achieved 10 billion sales in 10 years. He held a role in charge of FC business, management strategy, marketing, human resources, education, IT and finance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hospitality, Reservations, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$8.2M; Angel $177k–$626k; Series A $1.4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Kakaku.com
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Kakaku.com, Inc. is mainly engaged in the operation of electronic commerce (EC) businesses. The Company has two business segments. The Internet Media segment is engaged in the provision of prices comparison services, gourmet food rankings and reviews services, discount hotels and last minute hotels reservation, newly built condominiums and rental properties searching services, as well as reviews of travel through the operation of Websites. The segment also generated revenue from the sale of advertising spaces.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series B $5M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $208k–$3.1M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ayoconnect — API pulsa, token listrik, e-money, dan PPOB terlengkap. Ayoconnect menghubungkan 50+ platform ke 3.000 produk digital.
  • AGE Technologies — AGE technologies is a website production company which provides Operation of web services related to inheritance procedures.
  • TabSquare — Look to the future of the F&B industry - Tabsquare's POS integrated online restaurant system increases hospitality profitability through AI Technology.
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Hokkaido Bank
VC Fund · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Hokkaido Bank is offers banking and financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Sales, Retail
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $969k–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $95k–$308k
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
  • Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
  • Akan Adventure Tourism — Akan Adventure Tourism creates, promotes, and markets activities for tourists in the adventure-tourism segment, with the goal of attracting overnight visitors by using the world-class natural resources of the Lake Akan Hot Spring and its surrounding area.As a company providing guidance to this region with earning potential (that is, creating andmaintaining business models, increasing employment and the population, and creating resources for destination marketing organizations (DMO) who do not rely completely on the government). The company aims to maximize the value of the Lake Akan Hot Spring (by finding clients who highly value the magic of the Lake Akan Hot Spring, or, in other words, by creating activities that target adventure tourists seeking high-value-added adventures).
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JTB Corp.
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

One the most biggest company in Japan dealing with tourism.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, Tourism
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.7M; Series A $2.2M–$85M; Series B $2.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Goodwings — Choose responsible travel options, track emissions, and offset them for free with Goodwings. Our sustainability-focused travel management system helps you travel responsibly while reducing your carbon footprint.
  • byFood.com — Food tours, cooking classes, dining experiences & tastings in Japan. Enjoy a meal in Japan and help children around the world thr
  • Tablecross — Tablecross is a Marketing consulting business for restaurants.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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 stock exchange listings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $310k–$1.3M; Series A $1.1M–$6.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $910k–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
  • AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
  • Sonire Therapeutics — SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $541k–$5M; Corporate Round $161k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $226k–$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.
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Daishi Management Consulting
VC Fund · Niigata, Niigata, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Daishi Management Consulting is a subsidiary of Daishi Bank engages in venture capital and consulting services

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Guides, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $625k–$911k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EXest — EXest is aTokyo-based inbound travel promotion startup .The company provides the WOW U platform that connects inbound visitors to Japan with licensed interpreters and tour guides in addition to WOWU-media offering potential visitors to Japan with video clips introducing must-visit spots and popular local souvenirs on Facebook.
  • Creative Coatings — Creative Coatings is a manufacturing company that develops a state-of-the-art coating process that has both liquid phase and gas phase coating technologies.
  • Biomass Resin Holdings — Biomass Resin Minamiuonuma produces "rice" plastic resin and provides it to a wide variety of fields, including toy makers. The company aims to contribute to regional revitalization, including resource and waste restrictions, marine waste countermeasures, and CO2 conservation measures.
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Goshi Yamaguchi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Goshi Yamaguchi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Digital Media, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ReadHub — ReadHub is a Information technology , Planning, development and management of Internet media and applications company.
  • Pan For You — Pan For You is a Food & Beverage Company. We deliver delicious bread from all over the world with our unique freezing technology and propose a lifestyle where you can enjoy freshly baked bread anytime.
  • ZAZA — ZAZA is focus to make the world where people can respect each other even thought they have a different culture and belief.
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Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund · Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Hiroshima Venture Capital provides venture capital investment services. The firm creates corporate value from a long-term perspective.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $286k–$1.5M; Series B $4.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $498k–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $4.7M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • GEMBA — GEMBA develops on-site improvement DX services specialising in the manufacturing industry.
  • Sunnies — Sunnies is a new-generation password manager that manages user privacy and account information.
  • PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
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Adways
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Based in Tokyo, Adways is a mobile marketing solution provider mostly known for its Asia’s largest mobile CPI adnetwork “AppDriver” and mobile app measurement & tracking tool “PartyTrack” used by great number of major app developers around the world. Since 2004 when it opened the first overseas office in China, Adways has been aggressively expanding its mobile app distribution network in Asian markets. Now with 1,000 employees in 11 countries (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and the USA), Adways supports app developers worldwide to maximize their user acquisition and monetization and furthermore thrives to provide new value to the market. Haruhisa Okamura is Founder and CEO of Adways who has grown Adways from a small startup to an international corporation with over a thousand employees around the world. In 2006, Adways went public and Okamura was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to list a company in Japan at that time. You can read his story here: "How a high school dropout became a multi-millionaire entrepreneur" http://www.techinasia.com/high-school-dropout-multimillionaire-entrepreneur/

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.3M; Series A $1M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $944k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
  • Rentio — Rentio is a site that can be used anytime without buying 1,000 kinds of cameras and the latest home appliances.
  • MiddleField — MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $226k–$4.3M; Angel $254k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $363k–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Hideto Fujino
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Reservations, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2.6M; Series A $1.3M–$8M; Venture - Series Unknown $887k–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $302k–$4.3M; Angel $28k–$474k; Venture - Series Unknown $538k–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Nobuyuki Idei
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007. Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan. Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executive officer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century. Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing. Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director. Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren. Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$31M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pyrenee — Pyrenee provides traffic data collection and analysis in addition to developing, producing, and selling AI driving aids. The addition of an AI driving assistance system to existing vehicles. It improves safe driving and reduces traffic accidents as a capable driver's assistant.
  • Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
  • Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
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Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund · Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Zeroichi Capital is an independent venture capital firm that invest/R&D startups. Zeroichi Capital assists in a variety of areas, including pre-startup consultation, ideation, business plan planning, establishment procedures, teaming up, and financing, with the goal of reaching the Series A round as soon as possible and putting you on agrowth trajectory beyond that.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Vitom — Vitom is a FoodTech startup that addresses the issues of sustainability and reliability in the food industry.
  • CrossVision — CrossVision offers solutions and services specific to the VTuber market.
  • WorkCircle — WorkCircle is an online application that offers an anonymous community for the IT industry where professionals connect and discuss careers.
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Japan Airport Terminal
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Japan Airport Terminal is a facility management business that supports customers' safe travels, a product sales business that meets diversifying needs, and a restaurant business. They also involve the management and operation of airport passenger terminal buildings. They sell materials and equipment used in passenger terminals and invite andhold bonded art auctions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hotel, Hospitality
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Anveshan — At Anveshan, we make food products that are natural, healthy and chemical free. Anveshan provides the best quality food products through the use of technological solutions. We have cold-pressed/wood pressed oils, A2 vedic bilona ghee and super seeds for healthy diet and immunity boosting.
  • Japan DX — Japan DX platform provides a comprehensive data-driven services to inbound tourists to Japan.
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Learning Entrepreneurs Lab
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Learning Entrepreneurs Lab is a process-oriented startup accelerator that introduces startup tools and practice it with entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hospitality, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ZAZA — ZAZA is focus to make the world where people can respect each other even thought they have a different culture and belief.
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Shibuya Startup Oasis
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Shibuya Startup Oasis is a place where new connections between entrepreneurs, senior entrepreneurs, and investors can be naturally formed.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Employment, Recruiting, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Hagino — Hagino is a recruitment company that provides paid employment services for the hotel and lodging industries.
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FGN ABBA Lab
VC Fund · Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

FGN ABBA Lab is an investment fund that mainly supports pre-seed to series A early stage startups. In this FGN ABBA Lab fund, they will support startups with the idea of ​​creating “things and things” that make the world exciting without limiting the genre, investment, training, and social implementation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Aerospace, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • neuet — neuet develops and operates a smartphone application that offers bike-sharing services.
  • HMS — HMS develops AI smart camera that integrates image input and processing.
  • Sorano Me — Sorano Me is a content creation and media company that provides space related content, space data and consulting services.
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Robot Home
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

TATERU is a company that creates new solutions in the real estate industry by utilizing technologies such as IoT. Development and operation of IoT.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Property Management, Information Services
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series B $223k–$4.2M; Corporate Round $534k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$3.9M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Desamis — Desamis is a major consumer electronics manufacturer who has been engaged in the agribusiness.
  • KabuK Style — KabuK Style provides services that combines co -working spaces, accommodation facilities and cafes.Our service will be started from Nagasaki and We aim to expand the services all over the world.
  • Property Access Japan — Property Access Japan is a Wealth management in domestic and overseas real estate investment Brokerage of brokerage and leasing transactions in domestic and overseas real estate, agency business.
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iMercury Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

iMercury Capital is an investment subsidiary established to expand Mixi's business portfolio and realize discontinuous growth beyond the SNS "Mixi" business. iMercury Capital plans to invest 5 billion yen together with Mixi, aiming to generate profits through long-term holdings. It also covers everything from start-ups to late stages, as well as both online and offline businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Content
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Series A $2.9M–$30M; Series B $723k–$170M; Venture - Series Unknown $457k–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Welmo — WELMO has currently been working on R&D to launch Japan's largest welfare AI service platform called "CPA(Care Plan Assistant)" which supports care coordinator (caregiver), who helps a daily activities of the elderly people, to create a care plan for them, with using ICT and advanced technology, especially NLP(Natural LanguageProcessing), in terms of knowledge support. It has mainly two fundamental technologies; data warehouse includes all fast date and big date about care, explainable AI that describes a reason why the care is provided for the users. It also reduces time and cost to create the care plan, which enables anyone to be able to use easily and get enough information that the users want to know and use.
  • Creema — Creema operates an online marketplace for handmade products. It provides its clients with social commerce, art events, and related services. The company is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.
  • Meleap — HADO is a new sport utilizing the leading AR technology with players wearing a head mounted display and an armband sensor to compete against each other by using the ‘energy ball’ or ‘shield’ and earn points in a three-on-three, eighty-minutes game between two teams.
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North Pacific Bank
VC Fund · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups, 6 in the past 12 months

North Pacific Bank provides various banking products and services for individuals and corporations in Japan. It offers deposits, and negotiable certificates of deposit, as well as loans. North Pacific Bank also offers ATM, foreign exchange, and investment trust services. It operates 171 branches and 3 overseas representative offices. Hokuyo Sogo Bank that began operation in 1917 became North Pacific Bank in 1989. It has its headquarters in 1917, with its headquarters in Sapporo in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $186k–$3.7M; Corporate Round $90k–$1.7B; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.6M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
  • Craif — Icaria's mission is to create a new society in which people will not lose their lives by using urine tests to provide "early, painless and accurate early diagnosis of cancer."It is known that detecting cancer early increases the survival rate 5 to 10 times and greatly improves the prognosis. However, it is not unusual for manycancers to have no subjective symptoms, and when they become aware they have progressed to a stage where treatment is impossible. The most effective way to detect cancer at an early stage that can be treated is to have regular and high-precision cancer diagnosis, but existing cancer diagnosis is painful and However, many of them are not accurate enough and are not suitable for regular diagnosis and early stage diagnosis.
  • JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
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Allied Architects
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

Allied Architects vision comes from the combination of two key aspirations being the leading company in their industry and being entrepreneurial at the same time. They not only aspire to be the finest provider of high quality service and to contribute to society, but they are also hungry to continually take on challenges with entrepreneurial driveand spirit.This is because they believe in connecting individuals and businesses together through social media and technology, with a view to enriching their society.The rise of social media has given new power to individuals to express their own personality through dialogue, and by developing a network of contacts on the internet it has dramatically improved the ease communication. Furthermore, businesses can now connect with their existing and prospective customers more easily through official social media accounts. In previous generations, small shops and businesses dealt directly with their customers. This brought people together, with close and direct connection being necessary to ensure complete customer satisfaction. Even though it helped to build strong relationships in the community, it did not go any further.However, the advancement of technology and the emergence of social media has broken down boundaries and upended traditional hierarchies that previously may have constrained the flow of transactions between individuals and businesses around the world. Businesses can now achieve various objectives, such as reducing the time and cost and for disseminating information, having essential communications, pursuing research and development through consumer dialogue and preventing marketing mistakes. This can result in a much more successful and profitable organization and being profitable enables businesses to develop prospective products and services in harmony with consumer needs, and to provide services of high value for a lower price. It means that consumers can purchase good products and services for a low price, creating a win-win relationship between individuals and businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series B $2.3M–$2.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $446k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cart — Cart allows to purchase wellness products from all over the world while in Japan.
  • naturacart — naturacart is a natural and organic CtoC / BtoC marketplace that sells products selected by buyers around the world and products from overseas brand manufacturers that have not yet arrived in Japan. The lineup ranges from beauty and health care products to wine, food and sportswear. The company sells products mainly for women, and ischaracterized by the ability to purchase foreign-made products that are not yet available in Japan. We have high-quality products carefully selected by manufacturers, distributors, shops and buyers in about 50 countries around the world.
  • Omatsuri Japan — Omatsuri is Japan's first festival company specializing in Japan.We provide planning, management, promotion, and customer support for festival organizers from local governments to store associations.
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DK Gate
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups

DK Gate is a joint venture company of Digital Garage and Kodansha.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $978k–$14M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.7M–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
  • TRiCERA — TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
  • Psychic VR Lab — Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space.
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Hospitality startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Series A $1.7M–$50M; Series B $1.6M–$58M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$136M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hagihara Industries — Hagihara Industries is engaged in the production and sale of industrial machinery. They manufacture machinery and equipment for converting, highly-functional film, synthetic fiber, fiber and yarn, and plastic industries.
  • Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
  • Willis Lease Finance — Willis Lease Finance Corporation: Your partner for aviation services and financing solutions, supporting fleet management and maintenance challenges.
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Hospitality Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 155 deals from 297 investors.

297
investors
in Japan Hospitality startups
155
deals
in Japan Hospitality startups
$2.6M
median round
in Japan Hospitality startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Venture - Series Unknown
most common funding stage
83/17
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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