Top 25 Infrastructure VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $482k–$38M |
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Partners Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Service Industry, Artificial Intelligence | $756k–$52M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $1.3M–$38M |
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IDATEN Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Sales, Medical | $265k–$31M |
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Dentsu Innovation Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B | Marketing, Information Technology, Apps | $273k–$40M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$184M |
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Chibagin Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Software, Consulting, Information Technology | $443k–$340M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $288k–$20M |
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DK Gate
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $978k–$15M |
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SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Audio, Content, Infrastructure | |
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LINE Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, Thailand | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $839k–$170M |
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Nomura
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Japan | Debt Financing, Corporate Round, Post-IPO Equity | Financial Services, Finance, Energy | $753k–$1000M |
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Honda Motor
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Germany | Corporate Round, Series A, Series C | Manufacturing, Energy, Automotive | $3.1M–$2B |
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Nippon Broadcasting System
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Israel | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round | Audio, Internet, Media and Entertainment | $1.1M–$13M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $602k–$48M |
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ABC Dream Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Advertising, Information Technology | $354k–$43M |
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Samsung Venture Investment
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $83k–$25M |
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LAC
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Farming, Agriculture, SaaS | $319k–$8M |
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TBS Innovation Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, South Korea | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Content, Software, Internet | $440k–$52M |
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Chukyo TV
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Content, Audio, Guides | $927k–$6.3M |
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D4V
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $292k–$14M |
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360ip Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Robotics, Health Care, Cyber Security | $669k–$1.7M |
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Sansei Capital Investment
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1 | Japan, China, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Content, Medical, Task Management | $120k–$113M |
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PE&HR
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Fashion, Education | $178k–$31M |
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STRIVE
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $560k–$37M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 395
- Round size: Seed $482k–$11M; Series A $2.2M–$25M; Series B $2.7M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $20M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Hibot — Hibot offers robotic platforms, and related hardware and software solutions. The company offers robots for hazardous operations as well as for maintenance and inspection of infrastructure, search, and rescue missions. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
Partners Fund is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Service Industry, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $788k–$1.3M; Series A $756k–$52M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% 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.
- Bridgesmile Corporation — Bridgesmile operates an on-site installation and replacement service platform for consumers and businesses. Its service, The Butler Next Door, enables customers to arrange technician visits for products purchased through e-commerce sites and manufacturers. Supported categories include dash cameras, security cameras, smart locks, and air conditioners. The platform coordinates online reservations with offline installation work and provides pricing and service coverage information. Bridgesmile also develops and operates the service for business partners, including e-commerce companies and manufacturers.
- 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.
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 a vast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 154
- Round size: Series A $2M–$38M; Series B $3.4M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
- 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.
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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- 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.
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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- Industry: Marketing, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $1M–$21M; Series B $440k–$8.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $273k–$40M
- 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.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 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.
Chibagin Capital, part of Chiba Bank, is focused on consulting services, IPOs, and more.
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- Industry: Software, Consulting, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$13M; Series B $3.1M–$340M; Venture - Series Unknown $443k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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.
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 395
- Round size: Seed $288k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
DK Gate is a joint venture company of Digital Garage and Kodansha.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $978k–$14M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.7M–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
- TRiCERA — TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
- Psychic VR Lab — Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space.
Sports Nippon Newspapers is a sports newspaper publisher that features newspaper-type weekly manga.
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- 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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$43M; Series B $5M–$170M; Venture - Series Unknown $839k–$7.3M
- 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.
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 five business 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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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Corporate Round, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: United States, India, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Debt Financing $50M–$800M; Corporate Round $753k–$185M; Post-IPO Equity $3.4M–$1000M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Capitolis — Capitolis is the technology company helping to create safer and more vibrant financial markets by unlocking capital constraints and enabling greater access to more diversified capital and investment opportunities. Rooted in advanced technology and deep financial expertise, Capitolis powers groundbreaking financial solutions that drive growth forglobal and regional banks – and institutional investors alike.
- Twelve — Twelve is a carbon transformation company converting captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products. Their technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products that are made from fossil fuels. They specialize in the fields of CO2 electrocatalysis and electrochemical reactor design.
- Apar Industry — Apar Industries division of aluminum conductors produces all types of bare aluminum overhead conductors, GS earth wires.
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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- 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.
Nippon Broadcasting System is a broadcasting and media production company.
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- 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.
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain has managed a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 834
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$31M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- Essen — Essen is a technological company that specializes in mobility and data analysis, as well as using data to improve transportation.
- 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.
ABC Dream Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese media firm Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings.
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- Industry: Software, Advertising, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $354k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% 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.
Samsung Venture Investment is plays the role of driving the discovery and development of new businesses and technologies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Seed $83k–$4.1M; Series A $1.7M–$25M; Series B $2.8M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
- 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
LAC Co., Ltd. provides security solutions. LAC Co., Ltd. has been developing in the system development business in 1986 and is developing the infrastructure system of society such as "financial infrastructure development", "marketing / automation support", "big data · analytics" boasting many achievements . In1995, we started the information security business as early as possible, and now as a leading company in the cyber security field, we are providing advanced IT total solution solutions that utilize industry's best security technology for government, government agencies, companies, organizations, etc.
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- Industry: Farming, Agriculture, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $319k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Notas — Notas is an AgTech company that specializes in the planning and development of agriculture-related digital services.
- Kisui Tech — Kisui Tech is an agricultural AI robotics company that help farmers for farming.
- Terrace Mile — Terrace Mile provides farming support and consulting services. Terrace Mile accelerates farm management by combining digital and field information infrastructure. Terrace Mile assists farmers and producers by offering RightARM, a service for farmers and farmer groups, as well as RightARM for Extension, a service for farming instructors andagricultural extension workers.
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 million yen of assets under management.
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- Industry: Content, Software, Internet
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$8.5M; Series B $440k–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$5.2M
- 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.
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, 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
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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 — 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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Browse database — It's Free!D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer, and enterprise technology startups. Partnering with the global design company IDEO, D4V provides both hands-on assistance and coaching to help startups create value via human-centered customer experiences and interactions.
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- 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–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $292k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2018
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- 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.
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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- 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
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- 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.
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–$64M; Series B $120k–$113M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
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- 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.
PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.
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- Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $178k–$1.4M; Series A $585k–$31M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
- Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
- Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that publishes interactive games and films. The services provided by the company include the production and distribution of interactive piercing games and story-based movies, allowing creators and development teams to present their projects on a global platform and provide players with an immersive andseamless gaming experience.
STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged, hands-on role.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 157
- Round size: Seed $560k–$6.5M; Series A $1.2M–$20M; Series B $3.3M–$37M
- 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.
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