Top 50 Hospitality VC Funds & Investors in Japan (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $1.5M–$340M |
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Tanzania | Series B, Series A | Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $5.1M–$184M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1M–$52M |
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JR East Start Up
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Internet, Task Management | $140k–$283M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $774k–$50M |
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Learning Entrepreneurs Lab
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Hospitality, Food and Beverage | |
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Evolable Asia Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Corporate Round, Seed | Task Management, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence | $1.4M–$14M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $610k–$71M |
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Change Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Corporate Round | Web Hosting, Cloud Computing, Web Development | |
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.1M–$198M |
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Norinchukin Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, B2B, Finance | $203k–$26M |
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NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Seed, Series A | CRM, Apps, Content | $8.2M–$24M |
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Eight Roads Ventures Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Series B, Series D | Software, SaaS, Internet | $3M–$255M |
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Dogan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Medical, Automotive | $6M–$142M |
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Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Content, Medical, Task Management | $120k–$113M |
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Adways
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Internet, Media and Entertainment, Software | $1M–$64M |
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Hokkaido Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Travel, Tourism, Electronics | |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $382k–$99M |
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, China, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Content | $200k–$77M |
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JR West Innovations
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $897k–$142M |
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FUKUOKA BROADCASTING SYSTEM
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Travel, Content, Tourism | |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $2.7M–$354M |
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Robotics, Aerospace | $1.7M–$553M |
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Innoventure
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Travel, E-Commerce, Hospitality | |
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Hiroshima Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Seed | Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage | $881k–$170M |
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TeNY
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Corporate Round | Travel, Content, Tourism | |
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Allied Architects
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Content, Database, Internet | |
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Hokuyo Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series B | AgTech, Travel, Farming | |
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Kakaku.com
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Series B, Seed, Series A | Hospitality, Web Development, Travel | $10M–$10M |
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FGN ABBA Lab
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Aerospace, Information Technology | $1.4M–$24M |
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Japan Airport Terminal
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan | Seed, Series A | Hotel, Health Care, Hospitality | |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, France | Series A, Seed | Software, Task Management, Internet | $4.3M–$71M |
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Vector
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Corporate Round | Software, Internet, Marketing | $790k–$33M |
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iFund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment, Apps | $389k–$10M |
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Sagin Capital & Consulting
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1 | Japan | Series B, Series A | Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software | |
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Zeroichi Capital
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Fitness, Wellness | |
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15th Rock
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Medical Device, Robotics | |
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DCM Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $4.3M–$134M |
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Midland Incubators
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Hospitality, Food and Beverage | |
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Chukyo TV
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Content, Audio, Travel | $1.4M–$99M |
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DK Gate
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $3.7M–$113M |
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JTB Corp.
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Travel, Leisure, Sales | $1.5M–$85M |
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Japan Airlines (JAL)
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Series B, Series A, Corporate Round | Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace | $5M–$580M |
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North Pacific Bank
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consulting | $12k–$1.7B |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.9M–$198M |
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iMercury Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series B, Series C | Software, Mobile, Internet | $8.5M–$170M |
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Concord Executive Group
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Travel, Content, Tourism | |
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Venture United
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Travel, Content | $39k–$30M |
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Daishi Management Consulting
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Travel, Content, Tourism | |
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SOURCENEXT
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series B | Reservations, Travel, Software | $43M–$43M |
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Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 460
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$115M; Series B $2.4M–$340M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe —
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
- NEXT NEW WORLD — NEXT NEW WORLD develops and manufactures natural products with low impact on the environment. It uses sustainable Japanese silk to manufacture apparel and cosmetic products.
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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- Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Series A $5.1M–$142M; Series B $7.1M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- A*QUANTUM — A*QUANTUM is an quantum computer software.
- AI Samurai — AI Samurai specializes in the development and sales of artificial intelligence technology. It also supports patent research and technical research. The company was founded in 2015.
- Liberaware — Liberaware is a machine learning and artificial intelligence company.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
- Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
- Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Task Management
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $140k–$7.1M; Series B $1.2M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% 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.
- SQUEEZE — SQUEEZE is committed to lead Hospitality Tech industry in Japan.
- Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $774k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
Learning Entrepreneurs Lab is a process-oriented startup accelerator that introduces startup tools and practice it with entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Hospitality, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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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- 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.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 257
- Round size: Seed $610k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Global Trust Networks — Global Trust Networks is a company that helps foreigners to live in Japan
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
Change is offers AI and voice Internet, mobility, library of various algorithms such as IoT big data, cloud, security, etc. and training of services and IT human resources development utilizing basic technology.
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- Industry: Web Hosting, Cloud Computing, Web Development
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LisB — LisB provides cloud service development, smartphone, tuplet, PC application development web system.
- Japan DX — Japan DX platform provides a comprehensive data-driven services to inbound tourists to Japan.
- AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 226
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$33M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
- iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
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- Industry: FinTech, B2B, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $203k–$5.7M; Series A $1.3M–$22M; Series B $3.6M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tazapay — Experience Tazapay's best-in-class global payment solutions for businesses. Our extensive network supports cards, local payment options, and bank transfers in over 173 countries, ensuring seamless collections, secure holding, and efficient payouts worldwide.
- CheckInn — CheckInn is an all-in-one solution for lodging facilities that incorporates a site controller, PMS, and in-house reservation system.
- Digital Securities Preparatory — Digital Securities Preparatory is a fintech company offering financial products to the real estate industry.
NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE offers real estate services.
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- Industry: CRM, Apps, Content
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series B $8.2M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
- AGRIST — AGRIST Co., Ltd. is a venture company that solves agricultural problems with technology. An automatic harvesting robot solves the problem of a shortage of farmers who are aging and harvesting agricultural products.
- 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.
Eight Roads has a 50+ year history of investing and partners with game-changing technology and healthcare companies, supporting them as they scale to become global leaders.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series D
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $3M–$255M; Series B $6.2M–$112M; Series D $16M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.5B in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
- Peatix — Grow your communities through Groups, promote and manage your events using Peatix's robust tools on the web and the app. Simple, transparent, low fees. Customer-centric support.
- SDP Japan — SDP Japan is a provider of super Doctor Produce Business and procurement and sales of surgical components, pharmaceuticals, and consumables.
an is a professional group that provides corporate investment and advice to revitalize the local economy.
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- 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.
Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.
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- Industry: Content, Medical, Task Management
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$85M; Series B $120k–$113M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
- 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.
- Asoview — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.
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 aggressivelyexpanding 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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- Industry: Internet, Media and Entertainment, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $21M–$39M; Series A $1M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
Hokkaido Bank is offers banking and financial services.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Electronics
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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).
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 164
- Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PIMTO — PIMTO Corporation is a technology company that provides digital solutions for location and facility management. Through its PIMT-0 service, it supports airports, stations, commercial facilities, hotels, factories, and public organizations in improving operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company also focuses on addressingsocial challenges such as overtourism, regional revitalization, remote work creation, and improving access to essential services.
- Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
- AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.
Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, China, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $200k–$34M; Series A $1.4M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
- Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
- ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
JR West Japan Group, they will utilize innovation based on external technologies and know-how to realize sustainable operation of the railway and expansion of business creation, contributing to the revitalization of areas including the West Japan area.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $5.2M–$142M; Series B $897k–$132M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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- 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.
- Torihada — Torihada is a creative firm specializing in influencer marketing, creating content, and digital marketing.
- Experisus — Experisus provides Website production, development and management, and software.
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- Industry: Travel, Content, Tourism
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$113M; Series B $6.9M–$354M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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- Ginco — Ginco's goal is to Change the relationship between individuals and assets by making full use of block chain technology. The primary focus of Ginco, its cryptocurrency wallet app, is centered around dApp and the On-Chain function, and the company plans to expand its business in a multifaceted manner while watching trends in the ecosystemdevelopment. In the future, they were told that they have the possibility of developing with DEXs (decentralized exchanges).
- Scohia Pharma — Scohia Pharma is a biotech venture that will have both substantial research and development resources and be nimble enough to make decisions quickly, will strive to improve patient quality of life by providing patients and healthcare professionals with new therapeutic medications for renal, metabolic.
- Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$57M; Series B $4.7M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
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- SEED — SEED accumulated technologies and gained customer trust through development of contact lenses.
- 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.
- Tokyu Corporation — Tokyu introduce the list of executives, business organization, year map, head office map and company information (e-BOOK).
Innoventure provides marketing services by purchasing and selling excess inventory and service surplus in order to maintain brand value.
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- Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, Hospitality
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Cansell — Cansell is a web service that allows you to easily sell and buy accommodation reservations that incur cancellation fees.
Hiroshima Venture Capital provides venture capital investment services. The firm creates corporate value from a long-term perspective.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $881k–$22M; Series B $4.2M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
- PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
- RICOS — RICOS is a tech company that optimizes manufacturing processes using AI, simulation, and high-performance computing technologies.
TeNY is a broadcasting and media production company that produces documentary programs and local TV shows.
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- Industry: Travel, Content, Tourism
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- 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.
- socialups — Socialups is a startup accelerator that bridges the gap between social innovators and key stakeholders like governments and investors. They build urban support ecosystems to cultivate entrepreneurs and solve global challenges through collaborative business.
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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- Industry: Content, Database, Internet
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
- Pocket Concierge — Pocket Concierge is an online service for people to make online reservations at selected restaurants. The company's mission is to broadcast Japanese culinary culture worldwide and provide guests with exclusive dining experience.
- Conversion Technology Japan — Conversion Technology is a Data and Tachonology Based company
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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- Industry: AgTech, Travel, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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 holdings Japan — Firm Note Holdings Co., Ltd., 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.
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 rentalproperties 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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- Industry: Hospitality, Web Development, Travel
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series B $10M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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- 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.
- LivingStyle — Living Style is a service provider that provides IT services for the interior industry.
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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- Industry: Software, Aerospace, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019
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- 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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- Industry: Hotel, Health Care, Hospitality
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.
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- Industry: Software, Task Management, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $4.3M–$14M; Series A $4.5M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2018
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- 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.
Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $790k–$33M; Corporate Round $2.1M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
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- 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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment, Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $389k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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- Hagino — Hagino is a recruitment company that provides paid employment services for the hotel and lodging industries.
- Kimitona — Kimitona is the developer and operator of the AI fortune-telling service "Uratch,".
- Livetoon — Livetoon creates intellectual property characters to access various content artificial intelligence.
Sagin Capital & Consulting is the venture capital arm of The Bank of Saga.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 31
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- KAICO — KAICO is a pharmaceuticals, diagnostic drugs production company.
- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
- Coco — Coco is a communication tool. They develop software that will help the service sector become more customer-oriented. They improve customer satisfaction by digitizing customer surveys and converting telephone interactions with customers to text chat.
Zeroichi Capital is an independent venture capital firm that invest/R&D startups. Zeroichi Capital assists in a variety of areas, including pre-startup consultation, ideation, business plan planning, establishment procedures, teaming up, and financing, with the goal of reaching the Series A round as soon as possible and putting you on agrowth trajectory beyond that.
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- Industry: Apps, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
15th Rock Ventures are investing Human Augmentation and IT field to create better future and lead a fulfilling life for the coming era of the 100-year lifespan, and focuses on seed and pre-IPO investments in sectors such as robotics, electronics, AR/VR, brain-machine interface, biotechnology, and IT.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Robotics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
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- Total investments: 25
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Nobi — Fall detection for the elderly at your home or in a residential care center with the smart Nobi lamp. Nobi ensures that you can be helped quickly.
- Siiibo — Siiibo is a developer of an information platform intended to help private investors and companies to issue and purchase private bonds easily. The company's platform is creating a free, transparent, and fair direct finance that provides opportunities for an advisory to companies, such as support for diversification of funding using smallprivate placement bonds, and for building relationships with investors, enabling the private investors to get familiar with the issuance of corporate bonds.
- Cellid — Cellid developing the waveguide-architecture display module for AR glasses and high-performance spatial recognition software.
DCM Ventures assists entrepreneurs in building companies that will change how institutions and people use and live with technology.DCM Ventures focuses on the size of its team, the money they raise, and the investments they make all so that it can focus on the business of helping portfolio companies succeed. Collectively, the DCM investingpartners have over a century of investing and operational experience and each DCM partner has experience building hyper-growth startups into billion-dollar businesses.DCM Ventures manages ten funds totaling $4.0 billion and has made investments in more than 400 technology companies across the United States and Asia. With offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo, DCM provides hands-on operational guidance and a vast network of global business and financial resources to its portfolio companies.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 433
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$41M; Series B $8.5M–$60M; Series C $8.5M–$134M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $780M in 2019
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- Kaon — Chat with AI characters for free on FlowGPT! More than 1 million characters and bots to chat with, AI boyfriend, girlfriend, uncencored chat and AI tools.
- Tandems — Tandems enhances the way financial advice is delivered by equipping advisors, bankers, and agents with data-driven insights and personalized recommendations. Tandems focuses on improving institutional operations through automation and intelligent decision-support tools that streamline workflows and client engagement. The company’s technology isdesigned to augment human expertise, allowing financial professionals to allocate more time to strategic guidance and relationship building.
- Mendel.ai — Mendel.ai transforms unstructured EMR data and clinical literature into comprehensive and compliant analytics-ready data. Mendel uses their novel AI aided by clinical experts to streamline global oncology research by organizing real-world data and automating clinical trials. They build software to solve problems at each stage of the clinical trialprocess, from feasibility to post-trial pharmacovigilance.
Midland Incubators is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Hospitality, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- ZAZA — ZAZA is focus to make the world where people can respect each other even thought they have a different culture and belief.
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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- Industry: Content, Audio, Travel
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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 — NEWROPE is a web service business and Media business platform.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $14M–$15M; Series A $3.7M–$28M; Series B $60M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
- TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
- 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.
One the most biggest company in Japan dealing with tourism.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$57M; Series A $2.2M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Transportation, Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series A $13M–$580M; Series B $5M–$150M; Corporate Round $10M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2019
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- Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
- UMITO — UMITO is a real estate brokerage firm that specializes in the planning, development, and management of property investment schools, providing structured educational programs, expert guidance, and practical training designed to help individuals and investors build knowledge, evaluate opportunities, and succeed in the real estate market.
- Episode Six — The Episode Six account management and transaction processing system allows financial services, e-commerce companies, and a range of enterprises to digitize their payments systems in order to meet the demands of their customers. E6 technology allows companies to digitize their B2B and B2B2C payment solutions. Whether wholesale or retail payments,all of E6 technology and transaction management is readily available via over 550 API.
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. HokuyoSogo 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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $26k–$57M; Corporate Round $12k–$1.7B
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised 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.
- Mugen Estate — Mugen Estate is a firm that buys and sells rental properties. business of leasing real estate. a company that revitalizes and sells used real estate continues to provide clients with new value and excitement, and has made real estate purchasing and resale its primary business.
- Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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 thecreations 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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 295
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$170M; Series B $7M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
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- EISHIN — EISHIN is a technology company that specializes in pet tech business, recruitment consulting, website creation, and development services.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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 latestages, as well as both online and offline businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Series B $8.5M–$170M; Series C $64M–$156M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
Concord Executive Group is a career design firm that strives to create a prosperous society through career support for “leaders who create the future”.
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- Industry: Travel, Content, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- 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.
- Mantra — MANTRA is a developer of machine translation technology.
Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Travel, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $39k–$21M; Series A $500k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Zest — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
- FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
- Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.
Daishi Management Consulting is a subsidiary of Daishi Bank engages in venture capital and consulting services
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- Industry: Travel, Content, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- 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.
SOURCENEXT is principally engaged in the planning, development and sale of software.
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- Industry: Reservations, Travel, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $43M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Owl Labs — Owl Labs is a collaborative tech company revolutionizing how the world communicates through inclusive and immersive video experiences. Built for modern organizations, we’re dedicated to empowering hybrid and remote teams with our award-winning collaborative technology and product suite.
- 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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