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Top 50 Internet VC Funds & Investors in Japan (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Internet startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Internet startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
East Ventures
VC Fund
37 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $649k–$38M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
33 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Software $5M–$425M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
30 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $1.5M–$255M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
28 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $2.7M–$850M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
27 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $362k–$113M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
25 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $2M–$397M
ANRI
VC Fund
22 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1M–$624M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
21 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$369M
JAFCO
VC Fund
21 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$425M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
18 Japan, France, Singapore Series A, Seed Software, Task Management, Internet $3.1M–$99M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
17 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $709k–$77M
Coral Capital
VC Fund
15 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $384k–$928M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
15 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $788k–$68M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
14 Japan, United States, South Korea Series B, Series A Information Technology, Software, Financial Services $4.8M–$283M
STRIVE
VC Fund
13 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Internet, E-Commerce $800k–$142M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
13 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$142M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
13 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$369M
500 Startups Japan
VC Fund
12 Japan Seed, Series A Internet, Software, SaaS $2.8M–$300M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
12 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $522k–$99M
Venture United
VC Fund
11 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Travel, Content $39k–$30M
W ventures
VC Fund
11 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $1.6M–$413M
BEENEXT
VC Fund
10 India, Japan, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $500k–$50M
VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
10 Japan, China, Germany Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Content $200k–$77M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
10 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $6.7M–$652M
Salesforce Ventures
VC Fund
10 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, SaaS, Information Technology $4.5M–$270M
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Medical $3M–$425M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
9 Japan, India, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $2.1M–$142M
YJ Capital
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $150k–$101M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $1M–$64M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software $1M–$213M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $440k–$14M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $3.1M–$85M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
8 Japan, Taiwan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Information Technology, Apps $229k–$928M
D4V
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Apps $995k–$89M
DIMENSION
VC Fund
7 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing $895k–$1.1B
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.6M–$198M
Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Sweden Series A, Series B Energy, Internet of Things, Software $2.4M–$553M
Vector
VC Fund
7 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Corporate Round Software, Internet, Marketing $1.5M–$43M
Primal Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, Spain, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $1M–$21M
Delight Ventures
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $429k–$500M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Myanmar Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $933k–$125M
DOGAN beta
VC Fund
7 Japan Seed, Series A Information Technology, Health Care, Internet $37k–$700M
UNITED
VC Fund
7 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment $980k–$89M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, Internet $1.1M–$89M
Money Forward
VC Fund
6 Japan, India, Vietnam Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Accounting
F Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
Spiral Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $746k–$928M
Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
6 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $5.2M–$255M
Hakuhodo DY Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, Australia, Singapore Series A, Series B Health Care, Media and Entertainment, Internet $3.6M–$156M
Colopl Next
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, South Korea Seed, Series A Virtual Reality, Software, E-Commerce $1M–$30M
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 37 investments in Japan Internet startups

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 443
  • Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sabu — Sabu is an online work agency that offers back-office operations, web production, and outsourcing services for the dental care industry.
  • Lanturn — Register your business in Singapore globally. From incorporation services Singapore to business registration for foreigners & locals, we handle it all.
  • Rekosistem — Rekosistem is a Clean- & Climate-Tech Company that enables circular economy implementation in the waste supply chain by leveraging proprietary waste management operation systems to transform waste into recycled materials and renewable resources.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 33 investments in Japan Internet 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, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 485
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$170M; Series B $7.4M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
  • Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Ookuma Diamond Device Co., Ltd. | Creating a next-generation semiconductor industry from Japan, driven by the mission to support the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 30 investments in Japan Internet 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: 278
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$25M; Series A $6.3M–$128M; Series B $6M–$255M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Banzai — Leverage Banzai's event solutions to transform your bored registrants into paying customers. Learn more about Reach and Demio today.
  • Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
  • SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 28 investments in Japan Internet 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, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 418
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $3.8M–$850M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
  • OpenHeart — OpenHeart is a provider of the tactile 3D platform.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 27 investments in Japan Internet 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: 269
  • Round size: Seed $362k–$46M; Series A $5.2M–$113M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
  • 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.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 25 investments in Japan Internet startups

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

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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: 461
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$113M; Series B $6.4M–$397M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

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.
  • Hydro Powtech Japan — Nippon Hydropowtech uses proprietary technology and experience in hydrolysate production to investigate new food applications.
  • Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 22 investments in Japan Internet startups

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 235
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$94M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Fondi — fondi is a completely new English conversation communication service that allows you to live a virtual communal life with the world.
  • 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.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 21 investments in Japan Internet 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: 509
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $4M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Near Intelligence — Near, the world’s largest source of intelligence on People, Places, and Products is the global leader in Data Intelligence empowering organizations of all sizes to make smart, strategic decisions delivering optimal business performance. We unite Marketers and Operational data leaders by providing the most accurate, reliable source of data thatdelivers actionable insights on People, Places, and Products in both the physical and digital space.Near is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, JP Morgan Private Equity Group, Cisco Investments and Telstra Ventures. Visit www.near.com to find out more.
  • Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
  • Supercritical — We partner with industry to move and think beyond fossil fuels with innovative clean technology solutions.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 21 investments in Japan Internet 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
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 252
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $8.3M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • QREATION — QREATION is a digital intellectual property studio specializing in producing a wide range of popular content that originates primarily from social media platforms. The company focuses on creating high-quality short-form entertainment, including short dramas, comedy sketches, and variety shows.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 18 investments in Japan Internet startups

Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Task Management, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, France, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$14M; Series A $3.1M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
  • Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 17 investments in Japan Internet startups

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 223
  • Round size: Seed $709k–$43M; Series A $2.7M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
  • CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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Coral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan Internet startups

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $384k–$92M; Series A $535k–$928M; Series B $3.3M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
  • SmartHR — SmartHR helps Japanese companies bring HR activities into the digital age. SmartHR makes HR simpler for Japanese companies by replacing spreadsheets and paperwork with a user-friendly online solution. When SmartHR was founded in Japan in 2013, on-boarding and off-boarding employees was a tedious process, especially since employers had to apply forsocial insurance and healthcare on behalf of employees using a process that had not yet been digitized. Today, SmartHR delivers massive savings for companies across diverse segments from high tech to retail by decreasing the time to complete HR processes like employment contracts down from one month to just 1-2 days. After catering to its initial offering to startups and small businesses, SmartHR is expanding its business to serve more enterprise customers.
  • PartnerSuccess — PartnerSuccess develops and provides SaaS tools that automate the collaboration between manufacturers and distributors.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 15 investments in Japan Internet 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, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 192
  • Round size: Seed $788k–$31M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Eitoss — Eitoss is a technology company which has developed and provided the proposal improvement cloud "Cayzen".
  • Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
  • Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 14 investments in Japan Internet startups

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 327
  • Round size: Series A $4.8M–$170M; Series B $5.9M–$283M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Recho — Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent.
  • Pliant — Pliant makes the latest generation of corporate credit cards that adapt perfectly to business processes and needs.
  • Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan Internet 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, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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.
  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan Internet startups

Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$31M; Series A $1.9M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Hokan — hokan is developing an InsurTech service called "hokan"​ which is CRM/SFA SaaS service for insurance agents.
  • Autoro — Autoro is a customer business automation company with web auto robot. Autoro combines browser automation, application programming interface linkage, and machine learning, and Autoro automatically completes tasks. They automate office tasks for businesses, including report preparation, accounting, document preparation, and more.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan Internet 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, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$152M; Series B $5M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ThinkCyte — ThinkCyte provides single-cell analysis for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics with an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
  • NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
  • CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
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500 Startups Japan
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 12 investments in Japan Internet startups

500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$21M; Series A $7.9M–$300M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Koska — Koska is a service that automates highly accurate cost calculation without trouble in the IoT system.
  • Zehitomo — Zehitomo is an Japanese online platform that enables user to hire local service professionals, from photographers to personal trainers.
  • Pocket Concierge — Pocket Concierge is an online service for people to make online reservations at selected restaurants. The company's mission is to broadcast Japanese culinary culture worldwide and provide guests with exclusive dining experience.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 12 investments in Japan Internet startups

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 151
  • Round size: Seed $522k–$23M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
  • Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.
  • Rara — Rara offers carbon-free and organic mushroom culture production equipment.
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Venture United
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Internet startups

Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Travel, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $39k–$21M; Series A $500k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Zest — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
  • FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
  • Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Internet startups

W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$28M; Series A $28M–$413M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Matilda — Matilda, which runs a home-cooked takeout service. Orders and payments are processed online at Matilda, and customers can pick up their daily home-cooked meals from a nearby takeout station.
  • Nagisa — Nagisa develops smartphone applications to facilitate free group chats, calls, and photo and movie sharing services. It was launched in 2010 by Yoshiyuki Yokoyama and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • ECloud — E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital.
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BEENEXT
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 10 investments in Japan Internet startups

BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 286
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$8.5M; Series A $2M–$29M; Series B $4.6M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.6B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Driffle — A marketplace built for gamers by gamers. Browse a huge collection of games, gift cards & subscriptions.
  • ProsParity — Reimagining Distribution Of Credit In The Electric Mobility Sector
  • First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Internet startups

Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$34M; Series A $1.4M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
  • ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Internet startups

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Series A $7.1M–$282M; Series B $6.7M–$652M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $534M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Orange — Orange is a developer of a variety of deep-learning models with a focus on computer vision and natural language processing for comics.
  • Teller Novel — Teller Novel is an online platform that publishes stories based on terror novels in the form of comics.
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Salesforce Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 10 investments in Japan Internet startups

100% invested in enterprise cloud companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 526
  • Round size: Series A $4.5M–$60M; Series B $10M–$150M; Series C $20M–$270M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Gong — Boost revenue with the #1 Revenue Intelligence platform
  • Uplimit — Unlock the potential of your organization with scalable, high-impact learning experiences.
  • RingCentral Events — Engaging online events that people love. Hopin is an all-in-one virtual event management software platform for managing events and experiences.
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Internet startups

Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 156
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$85M; Series B $8.2M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
  • Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
  • Restore Vision — Restore Vision is a startup based in Japan aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Internet startups

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$24M; Debt Financing $2.1M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
  • Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
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YJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Internet startups

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $992k–$71M; Series A $150k–$101M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.9B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
  • Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Internet startups

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Internet startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 162
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $1M–$85M; Series B $3M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Agatha — Agatha is a provider of strategic software solutions to the health care and life sciences industry. It is dedicated to helping hospitals, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, contract research organizations, and medical device firms optimize the management of their quality and clinical documentation and processes.
  • Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
  • Bureau — Bureau is trust network that facilitates end-to-end identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention for new-age businesses.
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Internet startups

We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you hands-if basis, for business model, financial planning and presentation. All founders of our potfolio automatically join MIRAISE online community that gives you the peer-learning opportunities with other founders. Join us updating the normal!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $440k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
  • JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
  • SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Internet startups

UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$54M; Series A $5.2M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
  • SUN METALON — SUN METALON aims to create a world where metal products can be produced from local ores. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California.
  • BUGWORKS Research — Bugworks, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Harnessing the power of science to develop affordable, accessible, novel therapies against infectious disea
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Internet startups

B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $840k–$92M; Series A $229k–$928M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

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, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $995k–$41M; Series A $5.7M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
  • Shinsekai Technologies — SHINSEKAI Technologies focuses on supporting companies, enabling them to advance their services to Web3 and NFT technologies.
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DIMENSION
VC Fund · Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

DIMENSION is an investment fund management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Romania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Series A $4.2M–$928M; Series B $895k–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aracan — Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles.
  • Biophilia — Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Pacific Meta — Pacific Meta is a tech startup that creates a web3 platform with the goal of offering guidance to businesses using blockchain technology. The firm platform aids in the product's localization for the Japanese market and offers community management services, enabling businesses to promote themselves on social media platforms and work withinfluencers in the cryptocurrency space.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 202
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$56M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • SPACER — SPACER is a 24-hour handover IoT locker that can open and close doors with a smartphone.
  • Gaudi Clinical — Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments.
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Internet of Things, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$156M; Series B $8M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Fager — Fager is an agriculture firm specializing in promoting decarbonization projects, agricultural carbon production, and sales.
  • Shippio — Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support.
  • Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$43M; Corporate Round $2.1M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
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Primal Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Spain, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$21M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • RemitAid — RemitAid is a fintech company that operates an overseas payment platform for cross-border transactions between companies.
  • xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
  • Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $697k–$64M; Series A $6M–$500M; Series B $429k–$312M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CUSTA
  • Dishwill
  • PartnerProp — PartnerProp is a PRM tool with outstanding potential and a wide variety of capabilities that resolves all partner business difficulties.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Tear Exo — Tear Exo is a biotechnology research company that produces and sells liquid biopsy using materials for molecular recognition.
  • TelaAxon — TelaAxon develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable operations, enhancing human-AI coexistence, safety, and wellness.
  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in KyushuMost companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $37k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$700M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AGRIST — AGRIST Co., Ltd. is a venture company that solves agricultural problems with technology. An automatic harvesting robot solves the problem of a shortage of farmers who are aging and harvesting agricultural products.
  • Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
  • Medmain — To create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere,anytime-As a supporting partner to medical practitioners throughout the world, Medmain develops and operates PidPort, an analytical system for pathological image diagnosis that makes use of Deep Learning, as well as Medteria, a specialized cloud-based service for medical students.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $980k–$57M; Series A $3.8M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
  • Kiwami — Kiwami offers sales promotion assistance and labor-saving solutions through the virtual store clerk.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Internet startups

Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 115
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$47M; Series A $3M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
  • NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
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Money Forward
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Internet startups

Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Accounting
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, India, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Starley — Starley offers end-to-end development and implementation of artificial intelligence-related products.
  • Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
  • Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Internet startups

F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Internet startups

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Series A $746k–$928M; Series B $5.7M–$652M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Mozu — MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform.
  • MUSE — MUSE is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions for retail stores to support in-store operations.
  • PowerX — PowerX strives to build a sustainable energy ecosystem to drive the world's transition to a decarbonized future.
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Internet startups

Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Series A $5.2M–$50M; Series B $13M–$255M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $185M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Jabali — At Jabali, our mission is to democratize creation and bring innovation to video games. We are building an AI-native engine to empower visionaries, game designers and developers. Jabali will offer a comprehensive, easy-to-use, engine to create games and interactive experiences.
  • Superpedestrian — Superpedestrian provides cities with the world's safest and most advanced small vehicle technologies. Download the Superpedestrian app to begin riding today.
  • Urban Jungle — We're doing insurance differently, by shaking up a traditional industry. We make it clearer, easier and more affordable to insure the stuff you love.
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Hakuhodo DY Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Internet startups

Hakuhodo DY Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Media and Entertainment, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$125M; Series B $5M–$156M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
  • Creator's X — Creator's X is an anime production firm that focuses on developing animation production assistance tools using AI.
  • Wunderbar — Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services.
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Colopl Next
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Internet startups

Colopl Next is the corporate venture capital of is Colopl, Inc, which is a leading Japanese gaming company. Colopl, Inc. is founded with the mission of “Entertainment in Real Life”, and constantly put its customer as first priority.Colopl Next is headquartered in Japan, but invests globally in a variety of internet businesses, with the commitmentto support innovative entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Virtual Reality, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$23M; Series A $1.9M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Elaly — Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy.
  • BitStar — BitStar accelerates potential of video creators with power of proprietary database and technology.
  • SODA — Soda launched its customer-to-customer marketplace SNKRDUNK, which now has over 3 million monthly users in Japan. Through the platform, users can buy and sell sneakers safely as it offers legitimacy checking services through local authentication provider Fake Busters.
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Internet VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 684 deals from 683 investors.

683
investors
in Japan Internet startups
684
deals
in Japan Internet startups
$23M
median round
in Japan Internet startups
31%
lead investors
lead at least one round
21%
Seed
most common funding stage

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