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Top 40 Infrastructure Startup Investors in Japan (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Infrastructure startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Infrastructure startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $574k–$42M
IDATEN Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Manufacturing, Sales, Medical $265k–$31M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
2 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Internet, Content, Software $226k–$27M
Partners Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Fashion, Women's $756k–$10M
Dentsu Innovation Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series B Marketing, Information Technology, Apps $440k–$142M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $356k–$48M
Nippon Broadcasting System
VC Fund
1 Japan, Israel Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Audio, Internet, Media and Entertainment $1.1M–$13M
Hitoshi Suda
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Management Consulting $176k–$380k
Hajime Hirasawa
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Audio, Travel, Content
360ip Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Robotics, Health Care, Cyber Security $669k–$1.7M
Yasutaka Hori
Angel
1 Japan Angel Audio, Content, Infrastructure
Yoshinari Matsuda
Angel
1 Japan Seed Information Technology, SNS, Database $582k–$6.9M
Toru Shimada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Task Management $37k–$4.3M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Content, Software $137k–$19M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$47M
Shintaro Tabata
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
STRIVE
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $740k–$47M
LINE Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, Thailand Series A, Series B, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $1.4M–$170M
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $252k–$2M
D4V
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce $443k–$18M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.3M–$53M
Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, China, Belgium Series A, Series B Content, Medical, Task Management $120k–$113M
Narimatsu Jun
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Media and Entertainment, SEO $4.3M–$6.9M
Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
1 South Korea, United States, India Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Software, Health Care $83k–$25M
Nomura
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Japan Debt Financing, Corporate Round, Post-IPO Equity Financial Services, Energy, Finance $753k–$1000M
Makoto Takano
Angel
1 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Apps, Sports, Content $134k–$221M
SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Audio, Content, Infrastructure
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
Shogo Kawada
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Mobile $182k–$14M
Chukyo TV
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Audio, Guides $927k–$6.3M
ABC Dream Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment $354k–$43M
DK Gate
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $978k–$15M
Chibagin Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Software, Internet, Consulting $443k–$340M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2M–$269M
TBS Innovation Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Series A Content, Internet, Software $440k–$128M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$184M
PE&HR
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $178k–$31M
JAFCO
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$71M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $317k–$20M
Honda Motor
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Germany Corporate Round, Series A, Series C Manufacturing, Energy, Automotive $3.1M–$2B
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 4 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 387
  • Round size: Seed $574k–$11M; Series A $2.2M–$31M; Series B $2.8M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $20M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Kauli — Kauli is an Online Ad Network Management System pioneered in Japan. Kauli supports Real Time Bidding. This service allows advertisers to place bids for their ads in real time and according to users' characteristics.Kauli frequently reviews Ad Networks so that the Ad Network with the best expected ad revenue will be selected. As aresult, every ad frame always has the best expected ad revenue.
  • Knostic — Knostic provides need-to-know access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs). Its knowledge-centric capabilities enable enterprises to expedite the deployment of LLMs and drive AI-powered innovation while maintaining value, security, and safety.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
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IDATEN Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

IDATEN Ventures is a VC fund specializing in seed-stage and early-stage startups developing technologies and/or services which will support the following industries: manufacturing, construction, and logistics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Sales, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $265k–$9.9M; Series A $1M–$31M; Venture - Series Unknown $516k–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Astra Food Plan — Astra Food Plan is a manufacturer and supplier of superheated steamer, food processing equipment and food powders.
  • Prediction — Prediction is an advertising company that provides video advertising media and AI-powered potential customer estimation services.
  • Floadia — Floadia aims to realize artificial intelligence (AI) with semiconductor memory, and is developing semiconductor memory that opens up a new world.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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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Partners Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Full Commit Partners is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Fashion, Women's
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $788k–$1.3M; Series A $756k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • 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.
  • Infratech Japan Holdings — Infratech Japan Holdings operates a roll-up M&A and business succession model targeting civil engineering and manufacturing firms that maintain social and industrial infrastructure. By consolidating these entities, the organization delivers a hybrid framework of centralized operational support, management guidance, and AI-driven digitaltransformation to enhance individual corporate value. This ecosystem generates systemic value by optimizing resource allocation and driving cross-company synergies to resolve widespread aging infrastructure challenges.
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Dentsu Innovation Partners
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Dentsu Innovation Partners manages corporate venture capital funds for Dentsu Group. It is specialized in the digital domain with the objectives of creating a worldwide digital business market and expanding the Dentsu Group's digital businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $8.5M–$21M; Series B $440k–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $120M in 2010

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear.
  • Monstar Lab — Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Monstar Lab, Inc. provides access to top talent and specialists around the world as the foundation for all of the group’s activities. The company consists of more than 1200 engineers and creators in offices in 26 cities and 15 countries worldwide.The core consultancy arm of the company engineers awesomesolutions that perform for clients around the world. In addition, the company’s array of products and services ranging from co-working spaces, robotic process automation, game development, streaming services, HR tech and education programs empower thinkers and makers globally.
  • Wired Beans — Wired Beans Inc. supports basic manufacturing stages using novel information technologies. It was founded on October 13, 2009, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 152
  • Round size: Seed $356k–$48M; Series A $2.8M–$43M; Series B $3.4M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
  • Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
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Nippon Broadcasting System
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Nippon Broadcasting System is a broadcasting and media production company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Abasaku — Abasaku is a media company that creates global entertainment industrial infrastructure by making full use of IT and digital. The company provides services including consulting business, content label and media business, talent Casting Service, oversea stars casting service, marketing support business for entertainment companies, and media service.They also specialize in planning of the program moving around the internet, production, management, and sales application media management.Abasaku aims to produce a global industrial infrastructure in addition to being a video content producer by utilizing the digital domain and harnessing the power of IT.Abasaku was established on April 5, 2016, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
  • SHOWROOM — SHOWROOM provides live performance broadcasts by idols and celebrities in virtual stadiums.
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Hitoshi Suda
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Born in 1973. He was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Waseda University. After joining Imaginia Co., Ltd., Yahoo! After the establishment of BB business, Aeria Corporation, subsidiary game pot listing, M & A, Group company management, etc., was also a director and auditor of subsidiaries and affiliates. InFebruary 2017, INDETAIL became an external auditor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Management Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $176k–$380k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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 .
  • KAKUCHO — The company provides AR-based smartphone apps with a management philosophy of “expanding the world and realizing a new society”. The company mainly provides the AR interior design application "FURNI", the "webAR" that can introduce AR functions to existing websites, and the "Gentiloid" business application, which makesinterior proposals more concrete. "FURNI" is a service developed to make interior coordination more free and enjoyable. The interior cannot be tried on like clothes, so it is difficult to imagine the completed drawing of your room at the time of purchase, but you can coordinate the interior in advance by using the AR technology of the service Instead of a safe design, you can get closer to your ideal room. The service `` webAR '' that can introduce AR functions to existing websites does not require the use of special applications and markers required for conventional AR, and it is possible to introduce AR functions to existing websites at low cost A service that you can do. Utilizing this service will make AR more accessible and make the product more attractive.
  • WATASHIHA — WATASHIHA is a communication company.
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Hajime Hirasawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Hajime Hirasawa - President and CEO @ Faith

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Travel, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear.
  • Safe-esteem — The Personal Safety Barometer
  • Cocon — GMO Cyber Security is a software company that specializes in the field of vulnerability diagnosis for applications. It simulates web and cloud service attacks, visualizes attack risks such as personal information leaks and system hijacking, and assesses security resilience. Look into whether there are any security flaws in Android/iOS apps.There are two types of plans: a light plan for only dynamic analysis and a full plan for investigating down to the source code level. In cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, a high-performance scanning tool detects issues such as malware, OS and software vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations.
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360ip Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

360ip Japan offers technology investment, fund management, technology commercialization, and advisory services. 360ip develops and manages technology investment funds in the areas such as life sciences, energy, regenerative medicine, robotics, and information technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Health Care, Cyber Security
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $669k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.2M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • SteraVision — Making the Invisible Visible
  • Chiptip Technology — Chiptip Technology is a startup that provides Cloud Native Logics.
  • MiCAN Technologies — For research on malaria,our newly developed MPV cells will solve the shortage of supply of reticulocyte cells and support researches to eradicate such diseases.
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Yasutaka Hori
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Yasutaka Hori - New Business Development / CEO Office @ Money Forward

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Content, Infrastructure
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear.
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Yoshinari Matsuda
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

He served as the director of the lawyer, Urushima General Law Office, and in just two years, grew the firm to become the sixth-largest firm in the medium-sized M & A market (according to Thomson Reuters). He has performed more than 6 M & A transactions annually, has served as a legal advisor to many listed and unlisted companies, includingbio-related companies, and has a track record in financing and corporate acquisitions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Database
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $582k–$6.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • POL — Make academia open & cool.
  • Pulit — Pulit innovates the brand new Content Distribution Infra.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $72k–$4.3M; Angel $37k–$735k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
  • Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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–$19M; Series A $841k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $137k–$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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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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: 27
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$14M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • 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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Shintaro Tabata
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear.
  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
  • Telework — Telework is a multi-location workspace that utilizes vacant seats and rooms.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $740k–$6.6M; Series A $1.2M–$43M; Series B $3.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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LINE Ventures
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

LINE Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in games, internet advertising, and flexible investment fields.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Thailand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$28M; Series A $2.4M–$43M; Series B $5M–$170M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $43M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Mellia — Mellia is a beauty company that provides cosmetics, body care products, and supplements.
  • Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
  • Sunday — Founded in Thailand in 2017, Sunday is the first full-stack InsurTech group adopting data models and technology to offer multiple insurance products and services across the entire customer journey. The company provides auto insurance, health insurance, and travel insurance.Sunday reinvents the entire insurance offering and experience to ensurethat customers' needs are met anytime, anywhere.
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $252k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
  • Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
  • Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups, 8 in the past 12 months

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $443k–$7M; Series A $1.2M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $823k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Genba Hub — Genba Hub specializes in providing business management systems for construction and maintenance enterprises.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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 hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 776
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$31M; Series B $3.5M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • NBT — NBT specializes in the development of wind farms in the field of renewable energy in emerging markets.
  • Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund · Koto, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.

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Investment focus

  • 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–$64M; 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 is an online booking website that provides booking services for tour, activities and attractions/experiences.
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Narimatsu Jun
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Narimatsu Jun - Outside Director @ FiNC Technologies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, SEO
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$6.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pulit — Pulit innovates the brand new Content Distribution Infra.
  • Play Life — PlayLife is an experience sharing site where you can search, share, and post play information, where users can actually experience and plan a fun experience as know-how of play. It is a service that provides highly reliable information under the real name system, provides know-how that only experienced users can know, and information thatcoordinates the way of spending a day, making play more fun and convenient.
  • State of Mind — State of Mind is the development and operation of the cloud sourcing.
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund · Seocho, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $83k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$25M; Series B $3M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • N.THING — Established in January 2014, N.THING is a Seoul-based Agri-Food tech company leading innovation in agricultural products, by extension, in the farm-to-table food value chain by combining IoT technology and data. It developed the world’s first modular vertical farm ‘CUBE’ which is easy to expand. N.THING CUBE is a modularized farm with massproductivity where a dedicated OS provides the most optimized environment for each crop so as to create maximized efficiency. N.THING is the world’s first smart farming company that won the iF Design Award, Architecture in 2020. Also, it is a winner of Best of Innovation at the CES 2020 for its excellence in technology, which is the first ever in the agricultural field. N.THING is planning to expand its business on a large scale this year after it successfully completes the PoC process in the U.A.E. Our North American branch office located in New York. N.THING hopes to connect people to nature, things to things, people to things, and people to people through IoT technologies by creating Number of Things out of Nothing. .CUBE : CUBE is internet connected modular container vertical farm. It's an ultimate indoor farm which contains LED technology, real time monitoring system through IoT sensors, collected cultivation data, and upgradable software. We deliver the farm of the desired container form to the desired place.SQUARE : SQUARE is modular hydroponic kit. SQUARE can connect each module and share water. Users can connect as many as they want, grow greens and herbs, and make food great themselves. Each Square consists of four Pickcells, which contains special nutrient-rich sponge. With special sponge and hydroponic, it gives the most simple and effective gardening experience.Planty : Planty is the first Internet-connected social pot in the world. Planty gives pleasure to grow plants with your family, friend, and colleague. Planty enables the user to monitor the environmental information on temperature, soil moisture, and ambient light around plants and give water to plants any me or anywhere.Life : Life is a smart gardening journal aimed at the gardening sector. Plant lovers and gardeners are able to record their gardening activities and information and share them through Social Media. The user can easily insert weather data, location data, gardening activities, and plants’ events. Moreover, all the gardening data can be shared through social media.Sikmulsung: Sikmulsung is our show room to explore 'freshness' of our product and service. It is a place for everyone seeking for 'freshness' in visual, in texture, in taste, in flavor or even in atmosphere with, N.THING's in-store farm, exclusively made for Sikmulsung, special F&B's and our end products.
  • MangoBoost — Data Processing Unit (DPU) is a next-generation server accelerator designed to orchestrate various intra-server devices (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSD, NPU, NIC). By maximizing the datacenter’s overall performance and cost efficiency, DPU is now considered as the most important HW/SW solution to realize the next-generation extreme-scale AI serverinfrastructure. However, despite its critical necessity from the datacenter and AI infrastructure, there is no market-leading DPU solution which can meet the customer’s actual demand due to its HW/SW complexity and the application/model heterogeneity. MangoBoost is currently the world’s most highly recognized DPU startup located in US and Korea. We provide the world’s most advanced and flexible DPU HW/SW solutions in order to fully satisfy the needs of various customers. Our DPU HW is fully composable by integrating its rich set of DPU features to construct our customer-optimal DPUs. At the same time, our DPU SW enables to seamlessly deploy the solution to any customer environment. As a result, our DPU solutions are considered very promising to realize the next-generation AI/datacenter infrastructure, and thus they are currently evaluated at various global-leading companies. MangoBoost was founded in early 2022 to commercialize 7 year of top-tier DPU research outcomes achieved at Seoul National University (e.g., many full-system DPU prototypes, many ISCA/MICRO/ASPLOS/OSDI/ATC papers). The current team consists of 45+ system engineers including ~20 top-tier PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University, Seoul National University, POSTECH, U Toronto, and ~20 industry experts from Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, and Naver.
  • Aim Intelligence — Leading AI Security & Safety Solutions Provider - Specializing in AI Risk Detection, Mitigation, and Elimination through Advanced Red Teaming and Defensive Systems | Leading provider of AI Security, Safety, and Compliance solutions
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Nomura
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Nomura is an investment banking and securities firm that serve the needs of individuals, institutions, corporate and governments.Nomura is a financial services group and global investment bank. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs about 26,000 staff worldwide. It operates through fivebusiness divisions: retail (in Japan), global markets, investment banking, merchant banking, and asset management.Nomura with a nationwide network of branch offices, call centers and Internet services, the company continues to provide world-class products and services centered on consulting-based sales, and implement a series of strategic initiatives to ensure we remain a trusted partner to its clients.Asset Management achieves stable and sustainable growth as an asset management company that is trusted by investors around the world and will contribute to an increase in earnings by expanding the client franchise of the Nomura Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Corporate Round, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: United States, India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Debt Financing $80M–$800M; Corporate Round $753k–$185M; Post-IPO Equity $3.4M–$1000M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • esVolta — esVolta is a leading developer of utility-scale battery energy storage projects
  • Apar Industry — Apar Industries division of aluminum conductors produces all types of bare aluminum overhead conductors, GS earth wires.
  • Keller Investment Properties — Keller Investment Properties specializes in the real estate industry with financial, property management and development services.
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3.3M; Angel $137k–$735k; Series B $5.2M–$221M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
  • Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
  • 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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SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS
VC Fund · Koto, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Sports Nippon Newspapers is a sports newspaper publisher that features newspaper-type weekly manga.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Content, Infrastructure
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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: 238
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$4.8M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Shogo Kawada is Co-founder and Adviser of DeNA, a global Internet company focused on a social games platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$14M; Angel $254k–$709k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Spider Labs — Spider AF is an ad fraud detection tool that detects, blocks, and protects web advertisements from fraudulent clicks and conversions. Advertisers can easily detect fraudulent activity across published ads using centralized fraud management and advanced automation. Spider AF provides complete transparency in digital advertising, allowing advertisersto track ad placement, identify fraudulent behaviors, and analyze clean - fraud-free data.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Chukyo TV
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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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ABC Dream Ventures
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

ABC Dream Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese media firm Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $354k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $16M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • TYPICA — TYPICA is a marketplace where you can directly trade unique and high quality green coffee beans in units of one bag.
  • At Forest — At Forest is an end-of-life service provider that organizes circular burial services for the deceased.
  • Sally — Sally is a company that turns people-to-people conversations into entertainment. It specializes in developing conversational reasoning games.
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DK Gate
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • 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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Chibagin Capital
VC Fund · Chiba, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

Chibagin Capital, part of Chiba Bank, is focused on consulting services, IPOs, and more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Consulting
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$13M; Series B $3.1M–$340M; Venture - Series Unknown $443k–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iYell — iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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 thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 477
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$79M; Series B $2.1M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
  • FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
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TBS Innovation Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

TBS Innovation Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the media, content, entertainment, and IT sectors. It finances companies engaged in tech companies in sectors like Digital Media, E-commerce, AdTech, and Big Data Analytics. Top investments include iRidge, Fringe 81, Open Eight, Data Section, Piece of Cake. The company has 20 millionyen of assets under management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Series A $3.1M–$21M; Series B $440k–$128M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Fogg Japan — Fogg is a platform that makes life styles more convenient without being affected by trends and deprecation like media and content
  • Pickleball One — Pickleball one is to become an enabler of the pickleball industry , spreading the joy of "Fun as one" to the world.
  • Yoyogi Animation Academy — Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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 andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 584
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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PE&HR
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups

PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $178k–$1.4M; Series A $585k–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
  • Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
  • Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that publishes interactive games and films. The services provided by the company include the production and distribution of interactive piercing games and story-based movies, allowing creators and development teams to present their projects on a global platform and provide players with an immersive andseamless gaming experience.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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 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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 324
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$71M; Series B $5.5M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% 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.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure 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, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 362
  • Round size: Seed $317k–$10M; Series A $2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Honda Motor
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Infrastructure startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Honda Motor Co Ltd is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. It distributes motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides, and more in the United States.The company conducts sales, marketing, and operational activities for cars, trucks, sport utilityvehicles, automobile parts and accessories, engines, generators, lawnmowers, tillers, trimmers, multi-purpose utility vehicles, outboard motors, pumps, scooters, and snowblowers through authorized Honda dealers.Honda Automobiles is also specialized in the design and development of race engines, chassis and performance parts, and technical support services.Honda Automobiles was founded in 1959 and is based in Torrance, California. It operates as a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Energy, Automotive
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Series A $3.1M–$30M; Series C $23M–$99M; Corporate Round $4.5M–$2B
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Quemix — Quemix is an IT company specializing in providing quantum computing solutions including quantum computers, quantum communication, and quantum sensors. Quemix conducts cutting-edge research in quantum mechanics and mathematical information science, as well as materials science and quantum chemistry. Quemix implements cutting-edge research resultsinto society by fusing them with existing IT and simulation technologies, opening up a world that conventional computers have never reached.
  • Helm.ai — Explore Helm.ai's AI software for high-end ADAS through Level 4 autonomous vehicles. Helm.ai offers a full suite of full-stack AI software, foundation models, and generative AI development and validation tools for production-bound projects.
  • PathAhead — PathAhead Inc. is a Honda-spun startup providing high-durability road materials. We create next-generation construction materials with unique technology for sustainable infrastructure.
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Infrastructure Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 39 deals from 78 investors.

78
investors
in Japan Infrastructure startups
39
deals
in Japan Infrastructure startups
$1.9M
median round
in Japan Infrastructure startups
26%
lead investors
lead at least one round
28%
Seed
most common funding stage
73/27
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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