Top 50 Legal Startup Investors in Asia in May 2026
Top 50 Legal Startup Investors in Asia in May 2026
| Investor | Legal Asia investments |
|---|---|
| Nissay Capital | 4 |
| SMBC Venture Capital | 3 |
| JAFCO | 3 |
| HSG | 3 |
| Pierre Lorinet | 3 |
| Linear Venture | 3 |
| Monex Ventures | 2 |
| Eudaimonia Capital | 2 |
| Huayu Kechuang | 2 |
| Thomson Reuters | 2 |
| IMO Ventures | 2 |
| First Light Capital | 2 |
| Iflytek | 2 |
| ANOBAKA | 2 |
| 500 Startups Japan | 2 |
| East Ventures | 1 |
| Chihiro Asano | 1 |
| Seeds Capital | 1 |
| Skystar Capital | 1 |
| MI8 | 1 |
| Ravi Mantha | 1 |
| Takato Hiroshi | 1 |
| SBCVC | 1 |
| Paul Kuo | 1 |
| Incubate Fund | 1 |
| Taki Toshio | 1 |
| Coral Capital | 1 |
| White Star Capital | 1 |
| EDBI | 1 |
| Naoki Aoyagi | 1 |
| Matrix Partners China | 1 |
| Quest Ventures | 1 |
| Insignia Ventures Partners | 1 |
| Jungle Ventures | 1 |
| Kelvin Chan | 1 |
| SEEYON.COM | 1 |
| Deep30 | 1 |
| Seio Nagami | 1 |
| Source Code Capital | 1 |
| Fundinno | 1 |
| Chandra Mohan | 1 |
| Tsinghua Innovation Ventures | 1 |
| Bengo4.com | 1 |
| Tan Kim Seng | 1 |
| FJ Labs | 1 |
| Media Development Investment Fund | 1 |
| 8 Decimal Capital | 1 |
| Adways | 1 |
| Mizuho Capital | 1 |
| Animal Spirits Ltd. | 1 |
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- Health Care, Internet, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Portfolio highlights
- CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
- Global Trust Networks — Global Trust Networks is a company that helps foreigners to live in Japan
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
- Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Forward — Forward is a SaaS-based startup that offers recruitment agency services.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
We help founders build enduring companies.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- MarqVision — Effortlessly discover and remove counterfeits to protect your sales and reputation.
- Midas — Midas is the first neobroker of Turkey, providing zero commission Turkish and American stocks.
- Yunzhou Zhiwei — Yunzhou Zhiwei is a high-tech startup focused on serving large-scale equipment maintenance industries such as aviation, aerospace, shipbuilding, and rail transit. It leverages smart maintenance concepts and advanced digital technologies to make complex equipment maintenance more efficient and lean. The company drives industrial transformationtoward intelligent maintenance, helping enterprises enhance growth, efficiency, and operational excellence.
Pierre Lorinet is a Non-Executive Director at Trafigura Group. He attended INSEAD.
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- Hotel, Legal, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Sleek — All-in-one business finances and admin for business owners, SMEs and investors in Singapore. Get started with our 100% online platform.
- SensorFlow — Save energy and operational costs with HVAC automation and smart room maintenance.
Linear Capital is a Frontier Tech Fund founded in 2014 by Harry Wang, Facebook's first Chinese R&D manager. We currently manage 10 funds with AUM of more than $2 billion.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Robotics
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- China, Hong Kong, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Cobo — Get access to 4 wallet technologies in one platform - Custodial, MPC, Smart Contract, and Exchange Wallets. Our advanced risk controls and developer tools help lay the foundations for any blockchain innovation.
- Guandata — Guandata is committed to the philosophy of “AI+BI makes decisions more intelligent” and is committed to providing next-generation data analytics and business intelligence (BI) solutions to new retail, new finance, pan-Internet and integrated group customers.
- D-Robotics — D-Robotics is a provider of robotic computing solutions. We're committed to delivering paradigm-shifting products that drive efficiency, simplify development and accelerate innovation.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, China
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
- Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
Eudaimonia Capital Pte. Ltd. is a seed stage investments firm.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
- TILLIT — With insights straight from experts, unique tools and filters and a fee tied to time, not wealth, you can invest long-term with conviction. Find the right funds for you with a TILLIT Stocks and Shares ISA or GIA. Capital at risk.
- Inclusively — HR employee productivity solution to empower employers to hire, retain and boost employee productivity through workforce personalization at scale.
Huayu Kechuang is an investment company.
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- Legal, Software, Electronics
- Angel, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Powerlaw AI — Powerlaw Ai is a developer of artificial intelligence technology designed to improve the efficiency of legal processes.
- Yanxin Microelectronics — Yanxin Microelectronics specializes in the design, development, production, and sales of integrated circuits and chips.
Thomson Reuters empowers professionals with cutting-edge technology solutions informed by industry-leading content and expertise.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Agolo — Agolo is the world's most powerful text summarization software.
- Occupier — Lease management software built so real estate & finance teams can manage leases, track critical dates, & stay lease accounting audit-ready.
- Intelllex — Manage your legal knowledge with professional management platform.
IMO Ventures is a privately held venture capital and seed investing company across China and the US.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- BlueOcean Pay — BlueOcean Pay is a cross border payment solution provider for brands & merchants to acquire and engage Chinese customers.
- Regenerative Bio — Regenerative Bio is the world's first anti-aging biotechnology company driven by artificial intelligence and cloud supercomputing, Regenerative Bio combines AI pharmaceutical-related technologies with biology to explore ingredients, formulations and therapies with anti-aging effects, and solve the problems caused by aging.
- Red Dot Analytics — Red Dot Analytics (RDA) award-winning digital twin solution is optimising energy consumption up to 40%, working with operators in the APAC market, ranging from hyperscale to colocation and enterprise data centres.
First Light Capital is venture capital firm.
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- Information Technology, Software, Advertising
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Portfolio highlights
- PeopleX — PeopleX encourages and assists employees in their professional development.
- WorkCircle — WorkCircle is an online application that offers an anonymous community for the IT industry where professionals connect and discuss careers.
- Takumi Giken Kogyo — Takumi Giken Kogyo is a price technology developer to help parts manufacturers quickly identify acceptable product prices. Takumi Giken Kogyo assists in estimate calculation and product function through AI drawing search and repeat project determination function, enabling manufacturers with flexible customization of product functions based oncustomer requirements.
Anhui USTC iFLYTEK Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (科大讯飞) is a software enterprise focused on the research of intelligent speech and language technologies, development of software and chip products, provision of speech information services, and integration of e-government systems.As a key supplier of intelligent speech technologies, USTCiFLYTEK holds long-term research experience in the field of intelligent speech technologies, and reputed achievements in a variety of technologies such as speech synthesis, speech recognition and spoken language evaluating.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Yunjinwei — Yunjinwei is a technology company that focuses on the research and development of embodied intelligence operating systems.
- Lingdong General — Lingdong General is a manufacturing company that provides research and development for industrial and service consumer robots.
- Feikuo Technology — Feikuo Technology provides scenario-based solutions for embodied intelligence in robots.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
- Omnis — OMNIS
- Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
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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- Internet, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
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- 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.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
- Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
- ReDelta — Redelta provides a technology‑enabled platform and advisory services for cross‑border mergers and acquisitions between Japan and Southeast Asia. The service operates an In‑Out marketplace that connects corporate buyers, business owners, and investors pursuing expansion or divestiture. Engagements include deal sourcing, preliminary screening,valuation viewpoints, and coordination with local professionals throughout the transaction process. Sector and country reports, market briefs, and knowledge articles support planning and investment theses. The platform centralizes mandates and opportunities and facilitates communication between counterparties to accelerate initial discussions. Consulting support also addresses partner introductions and market entry considerations linked to post‑transaction growth.
Chief Technology Officer at Money Forward.
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- Content, Legal, FinTech
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
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- HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.
- Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Catalysing smart monies into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups.
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- Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Singapore, United States, Hong Kong
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- Nuevocor — Nuevocor is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing gene therapy‑based treatments that have the potential to restore cardiac function in diseased hearts.
- Atomionics — Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration.
- Callio Therapeutics — We are advancing next-gen dual-payload ADCs with unique payload and linker tech to deliver dual agents to tumor cells, maximizing benefits for cancer patients.
We are Skystar Capital, an early-stage VC firm committed to supporting tech entrepreneurs to create a lasting and profound positive difference in Southeast Asia and Indonesia.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
- Mimin — Mimin adalah aplikasi gratis yang membantu seller online yang berbasis chat dalam mengatur bisnis dengan mudah. Proses Order. Cek Ongkir. Tagih pembayaran.
- bythen — bythen enables the production of autonomous 3D avatar bots powered by AI.
- 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.
MI8 is an Asia-focused European-backed private investment company.
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- Legal, Accounting, Service Industry
- Funding Round
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Sleek — All-in-one business finances and admin for business owners, SMEs and investors in Singapore. Get started with our 100% online platform.
- PoliCloud — PoliCloud is a cost-effective, sustainable, and independent cloud solution designed for people that desire complete control over their data.
- iLex — iLex is the first multi-dealer electronic market for corporate loans, bringing enhanced liquidity, efficiency, intelligence and improved security to primary and secondary loan markets on a single platform.
Ravi Mantha is the Chief Financial Officer at BOLLANT. He is also a co-Founder and Director at Surge Impact. Ravi worked as a portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments in Boston and London for about 10 years where he co-managed $35 billion select global equity portfolios. Ravi was also lead portfolio manager of $1 billion select emerging marketsequity strategy.He is currently an angel investor, an adviser to social impact enterprises, and an author too. He pursued BA in liberal arts from the University of Puget Sound in Washington State in the year 1993.He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and also an active charter member of TiE, the global network of entrepreneurs and is the Chairman, for its Singapore chapter. He not only serves on the global board of Trustees of TiE but he is also on the advisory board of the Action for India Forum.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Angel
- Singapore, India
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- Legalese — Software is eating law. Legalese is building L4, a domain-specific programming language for legal.
- FitCircle — At FitCircle, our goal is to simplify healthy living. We are driving a paradigm shift in healthcare from curative to preventive. We use technology and innovation to bring healthy behavioral changes in human life. Our nutrition brand OZiva - offers a range of Clean Personalized nutrition products backed by modern science and the rich culturalheritage of Ayurveda.We are seamlessly working to develop the community & products that would help you lead an active life. So, all we want you to do - Just stay on the bus, let us drive it and enjoy the ride!
- Mench Technologies Private Limited —
Takato Hiroshi - CEO @ M0mentum
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- Health Care, Legal, Beauty
- Funding Round, Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- JAPAN HEALTHCARE — Japan Healthcare is a healthcare start-up that works on the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-friendly preventive medicine . Japan Healthcare Build a preventive system for musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-improving preventive medicine.
- Japan Healthcare Info — Japan Healthcase Info locates english-speaking doctors for you and makes appointments
- Legal Technology Japan — Legal Technology is into development of cloud-based research tool called 'Legal Library' using legal books.
Established in 2000, SB China Capital (SBCVC) is a leading venture capital and private equity firm that manages both USD and RMB funds. Their investment focuses on high-tech, high growth companies in TMT, clean technology, healthcare, consumer/retail, and advanced manufacturing sectors; and they invest across all stages of companies.Withextensive entrepreneurial and operating experiences, their professional and seasoned deal team members recognize the vision and champion the ideas of start-up companies. In addition to providing capital support, they help their portfolio companies realize their strategic and commercial potential by giving value-adding services and advices including planning, business development, recruiting and resources deployment.They have a proven track record and solid reputation in identifying high potential start-ups and creating successful industry-leading companies. Some of their spotlight portfolio companies are Alibaba, Taobao, Focus Media, GDS, BGI, Ankon, Di’an, and Edan.With their operational headquarters located in Shanghai and regional offices spread in Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Taiwan, they have an extensive coverage of the greater China region and access to potential investment opportunities.
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- Health Care, Software, Medical
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- UCaize — UCaize is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops novel medications for the treatment of blood cancers.
- Cowarobot — The purpose of establishing COWAROBOT is to bring people the future travel experience by using robotics, self-driving technology and other intelligent solutions. COWAROBOT commits to solving the difficulties and pain points during traveling so as to bring convenience and pleasure to all people who are on the move.
- Shengyin Optoelectronics — Shengyin Optoelectronics is a platform-based micro-nano manufacturing firm that creates ornamental films for electrical appliances and portable electronics.
Paul Kuo - Director - Board of Directors @ Tamecco
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- Reservations, Travel, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
- Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
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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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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- iCARE — iCARE It is the No. 1 health and labor cloud introduced in Japan, which is selected by small and medium-sized enterprises suffering from lack of manpower and large enterprises expanding their business globally .
- Zen Intelligence — SoftRoid provides a software robot that patrols and collects data for analyzing the construction site.
- Catallaxy — Catallaxy is operates Japan's easiest-to-understand manufacturing industry media and sheet metal processing media.
Taki Toshio is the Founder at Money Forward .
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- Legal, Finance, Education
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
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- Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
- Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
- Crediation — Crediation is a digital finance provider that provides small and medium-sized businesses with complete access to financial services to build their enterprises by providing seamless mobile lending experiences. is a stock finance facility focused on helping business owners receive the capital they need to refill their enterprises through convenient,inexpensive, and sustainable loans.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Nstock — Nstock is specialized in developing SAAS based applications for ecosystem.
- STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
- Oceanic Constellations, Inc — Oceanic Constellations empowers ocean visualization with a network of autonomous surface drones and advanced marine monitoring technology.
Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Seyna — Seyna Seyna provides an insurance creation, management and distribution platform for brokers to protect their customers.
- FINN — At finn our mission is to make mobility fun and sustainable: We help everyone who loves driving their own car but refuses the struggle, commitment and intransparent costs associated with car ownership. We achieve this by offering all-inclusive, immediately available, monthly car-subscriptions. Best thing, yet: While you drive we plant trees asevery journey is CO2 compensated.
- MyEdSpace — MyEdSpace offers high-quality online courses created by experts with tailored resources for KS2 (Year 5/6), KS3 (Year 7-8), GCSE, and A-level students.
EDBI invests in high growth technology sectors. EDBI Creates value and empowers companies to build sustainable legacies.
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- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Series C, Series B, Series D
- United States, Singapore, India
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- Paxata — The DataRobot End-of-Life (EOL) policy helps manage product lifecycle phases in a way that is transparent and clear for customers who will seamlessly transition to a new product or service.
- VNLIFE — VNLIFE is a technology company that develops a digital ecosystem for the tourism, logistics, and commerce sector. It enables a full suite of digital products on their payment and service platforms for individual consumers. The company's mission statement is to become the enabler to startups in terms of technical expertise, business guidance,building networks, and capital so as to provide these startups unprecedented opportunity not only to grow their products and services in the domestic market but also to compete in the global arena.
- Iterative Health — Iterative Health is a healthcare technology and services company that focuses on accelerating clinical research to improve patient outcomes through innovative approaches. The company transforms gastrointestinal (GI) care by utilizing AI-driven clinical trials and diagnostics, significantly enhancing access to vital treatments.
Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002.
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- Fashion, Internet, Software
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
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- Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
- Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
- Holmes — Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud.
Matrix Partners China builds long-term relationships with entrepreneurs and helps them build significant, industry-leading companies.Since its inception in 1977, Matrix Partners China has made hundreds of investments and played an active role in the development of many successful businesses, 50 of which went on to IPO, and 75 of which have goneon to profitable M&A events. The firm consistently ranks in the top venture firms in terms of returns to its investors.Matrix Partners China combines local knowledge with global experience and vision. Its team consists of both former entrepreneurs and experienced investors. Its past successes include Focus Media, Eachnet, and Baidu, among others. The company invests across multiple sectors and stages.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Hong Kong
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- iOranges Automation — ioranges Automation is an AI & Robotics Company.
- Ucello Therapeutics — Ucello Therapeutics is engaged in development of allogeneic cell therapies using its proprietary CAR-T cell technology platform CBT-X20.
- Aureka Biotechnologies — Aureka Biotechnologies is a pioneering biotech firm dedicated to democratizing the pharmaceutical sector in order to conquer sickness.
Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. For entrepreneurs: venture capital. For enterprises: applied innovation. For ecosystems: accelerate.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, Malaysia, Kazakhstan
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- ZumVet — ZumVet provides access to affordable and convenient veterinary care through video calls and medication delivery. They are passionate about animals and want them to get the best possible care by offering video consults, referrals, home visits, and emergency services. It was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore.
- Ion Mobility — Ion Mobility is a tech-driven all-electric mobility company tackling a challenging and complex space.
- Smoothly — Mobile app helping working millennials sleep better, wake up refreshed and increase energy with science-backed breathing exercises
Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment. Insignia Ventures Partners is an investment firm managed by a former Sequoia Asia partner, Yinglan Tan.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
- fileAI — Automate and analyze any file with AI. fileAI builds proprietary AI components for complex agentic workflow automation.
- Elevarm — Elevarm provides comprehensive solutions and services that elevate farmers. We are building an ecosystem powered by data and AI-enabled technologies to revolutionize production efficiency in the agriculture industry , ensuring quality, quantity, and consistent supply for business customers.
- SeIndonesia — Se’Indonesia is a fastest growing Indonesian Quick Service Restaurant chain. providing high-quality protein that is flavorful, nutritious, accessible, and affordable. The company specializes in smoked beef bowls, leveraging a proprietary smoking process that delivers distinct taste and aroma rooted in Indonesian culinary tradition.Founded with avision to revolutionize the food industry, Se’Indonesia emphasizes product integrity, operational scalability, and efficient delivery formats. Through its commitment to honest cooking and accessible nutrition, the company is positioned to lead the next generation of quick-service food solutions across Indonesia and beyond.
Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Singapore, India, Indonesia
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- CityMall — CityMall is a social e-commerce venture, backed by Elevation Capital, aiming to help the 200-300 million new to Internet users realize the power of Internet
- Milaap — Free fundraising for all. 0% Fees charged on donations received
- Enerzolve Smart Technologies — ENERZOLVE develops embedded systems, power electronics, magnetics, energy storage, cybersecurity, and sources critical components for OEMs.
Kelvin Chan is a Investment Professional at Partners Group.
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- Legal, Software, Legal Tech
- Funding Round
- Singapore
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- Intelllex — Manage your legal knowledge with professional management platform.
SEEYON.COM is a management software and cloud service provider company.
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- Legal, AgTech, Events
- Angel, Series A, Corporate Round
- China
Portfolio highlights
- TRUSTDO — TRUSTDO is a digital economy judicial service provider in China.
- Aiguanhuai — Aiguanhuai provides website development for cultural events.
- Zuoan Xinhui — Zuoan Xinhui specialized in digital agriculture and smart agriculture. It provides Internet of Things services, develops information-based scene applications, and is committed to assisting agricultural entities in realizing a new management model of digital production and marketing integration, as well as integrating the latest Internet of Things,satellite remote sensing, cloud computing, and big data.
Deep30 is specializing in AI technologies such as deep learning that consists of individuals connected to the University of Tokyo’s Matsuo Lab, which is famous for AI research.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Content
- Seed, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, Singapore
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- ACES — ACES is providing image recognition algorithms such as object recognition and face and expression recognition
- DeepCraft — DeepCraft is an AI development company that provides a wide range of AI and data analysis services to enhance corporate competitiveness.
- Polaris.AI — Polaris.AI offers AI contract development, support and AI technology education services.
Seio Nagami
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- Task Management, SaaS, Legal
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
- Stock — Stock develops products that relieve the stress of sharing information from teams around the world.
- OVERFLOW — OVERFLOW provides consulting and recruitment services.
Founded in 2014, Source Code Capital is a leading China VC focused on the broad TMT sectors and investing in both early stage start-ups and growth stage companies. With $1.5 billion and RMB 3.5 billion under management, Source Code Capital has been successfully partnering with close to 150 leading Chinese technology founders since inceptionincluding Bytedance, Meituan, Homelink, among many others. Source Code is focused on the “Big 3” fundamental drivers, which are Internet+, AI+, and Global+ , and invests along sectors such as media and entertainment, consumer services, enterprise, finance, retail, transportation, housing, education, and healthcare.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Singapore
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- YQN — YQNLink specializes in digital logistics, providing a comprehensive suite of international logistics services. This includes sea freight, air freight, rail freight, and multimodal transportation solutions. With a focus on leveraging digital technology, YQNLink aims to enhance supply chain transparency and efficiency, making shipping processessimpler for businesses. The company offers consultative services to tailor logistics solutions to specific business needs, ensuring a streamlined and effective logistics strategy. YQNLink's acquisition of COPE, a cross-border e-commerce logistics firm, further expands its capabilities in serving the e-commerce sector.
- SeeYA Technology — SeeYA Technology is a high-tech company specializing in R&D, design, production and sales of new-generation semiconductor OLEDoS display, and providing customers with micro-display components, modules and related solutions. There is a comprehensive product line to full fill different demands from AR/VR, drones, thermal devices, nightvision equipment etc.
- Starna Therapeutics — Starna Therapeutics offers development of innovative drugs with RNA as the core, and has an industry-leading RNA and organ-selective delivery technology platform with independent intellectual property rights; the company has established a rich R&D pipeline , covering infectious disease vaccines, tumor immunity and other fields.
Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.
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- Information Technology, Content, Health Care
- Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding, Funding Round
- Japan, France
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- EBRU — EBRU is a manufacturer and seller of earphones and ear monitor audio products that include custom artwork on the products.
- Meiten Kan — Meiten Kan engages in the food delivery service industry.
- Novius Company — Novius, Inc. is a Japan-based medical technology startup developing advanced glass-free 3D endoscopic imaging solutions. Its flagship platform, N-Vision3D, enables real-time 2D-to-3D conversion of endoscopic and microscopic images using proprietary AI-powered depth estimation. By enhancing depth perception without requiring specialized 3Dendoscopes, Novius improves surgical accuracy, supports medical training, and expands accessibility to next-generation imaging worldwide. Developed proprietary real-time 2D-to-3D imaging technology compatible with existing Olympus endoscopy towers and monitors.Completed initial clinical adoption with early users in Japan.Expanding global commercialization in minimally invasive surgery, cancer treatment, and medical education.
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- Legal, Software, Legal Tech
- Funding Round
- Singapore
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- Intelllex — Manage your legal knowledge with professional management platform.
Tsinghua Innovation Ventures is an investment management firm.
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- Manufacturing, Medical, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- China
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- Aoli Technology — Aoli Technology is a software developer specializing in software sales, development, and the wholesale of computer hardware, software, and accessories, focused on meeting market demand.
- Jingxin Intelligent — Jingxin Intelligence is a supplier of semiconductor packaging and testing equipment based on precision motion and machine vision technology.
- Wutong Sensing Control — Wutong Sensing Control is a leading company that specializes in the research, development, and innovation of cutting-edge robotic mechanics and tactile sensing technologies. With a strong focus on advancing automation systems, the company aims to enhance the precision, efficiency, and adaptability of robotic applications in various industries,including manufacturing, healthcare, and consumer electronics.
Bengo 4.com is a legal consulting web that offers free legal counseling services.
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- Consulting, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed
- Japan
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- KenRi — KenRi is an innovative legal tech company that uses AI to streamline operations
- Flucle — Flucle provides company rule building and risk mitigation, cloud advisor, human resource development, training & labor management services.
- Japan Legal System Institute — Japan Legal System Institute (JLSI), our primary value is to provide products that exceed user expectations.
Kim Seng is based in Singapore and is a co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital. He brings with him over 20 years of venture capital management and banking experience in addition to 5 years of operating experience within the IT and electronics industries. He has previously served as the Chairman of Industry Development Committee of the Singapore VentureCapital & Private Equity Association and the Honorary Treasurer.
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- Legal, Software, Legal Tech
- Funding Round
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Intelllex — Manage your legal knowledge with professional management platform.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Secfi — Secfi is the leading provider of equity education and stock option financing. Get the expertise, planning, and cash to own your startup stock options with confidence.
- Clutch — Clutch is a Toronto-based technology company that is reinventing the way people buy and own cars. Clutch offers high-quality certified vehicles at great prices through a fully online customer experience. At Clutch.ca, customers browse inventory online, buy the car that’s right for them, and enjoy effortless at-home delivery. Clutch’s mission is toprovide customers with a delightful car buying experience by offering high-quality cars at great prices with ultimate convenience while making a positive impact on the communities in which it operates.
- Transparency Analytics — Transparency Analytics is a new company dedicated to measuring risk and delivering transparent, technology-driven solutions for clients in the evolving world of private credit.
Media Development Investment Fund: Human rights organization and non-profit investment fund for independent media.
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- News, Audio, Content
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina
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- Hukumonline.com — Hukumonline menghadirkan berbagai solusi untuk riset hukum, pemantauan kepatuhan hukum, pengelolaan dokumen, hingga publikasi dan penyelenggaraan event Anda.
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- Hashtag Our Stories — Hashtag Our Stories is a social-first, video publisher, focused on stories about local solutions to global problems. Traditional news media lacks diversity, has a bias for negativity and is missing the big trends. The company saw a different way of telling stories through empowering mobile storytelling in every language.
8 Decimal Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on both token and equity investment. We currently have more than 30 portfolio companies, and an AUM of 60M USD. Our investment team consists of more than 10 venture capital veterans, researchers, and trading professionals. We thematically invest in core infrastructure layer projects thataddress security, scalability, and privacy, provide a full suite of post-investment value-add to our portfolio companies.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, China
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- Polkadot — Polkadot is a protocol that allows independent blockchains to exchange information. Polkadot is an inter-chain blockchain protocol which unlike internet messaging protocols (e.g. TCP/IP) also enforces the order and the validity of the messages between the chains. This interoperability also allows the additional benefit of scalability bycreating a general environment for multiple state machines.
- Nirvana — Nirvana is an AI-native financial infrastructure shaping the future of Agentic DeFi. - Redefining DeFi with AI Agents – Nirvana builds AI frameworks for DEFAI agents to maximize capital efficiency - AI-Native On-Chain Protocols – Empowering DEFAI agents with AI-native protocols to autonomously launch innovative financial instruments and optimizestrategies
- Parallel Finance — Parallel Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that offers lending and staking services.
Based in Tokyo, Adways is a mobile marketing solution provider mostly known for its Asia’s largest mobile CPI adnetwork “AppDriver” and mobile app measurement & tracking tool “PartyTrack” used by great number of major app developers around the world. Since 2004 when it opened the first overseas office in China, Adways has been aggressivelyexpanding its mobile app distribution network in Asian markets. Now with 1,000 employees in 11 countries (Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and the USA), Adways supports app developers worldwide to maximize their user acquisition and monetization and furthermore thrives to provide new value to the market. Haruhisa Okamura is Founder and CEO of Adways who has grown Adways from a small startup to an international corporation with over a thousand employees around the world. In 2006, Adways went public and Okamura was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to list a company in Japan at that time.You can read his story here: "How a high school dropout became a multi-millionaire entrepreneur" http://www.techinasia.com/high-school-dropout-multimillionaire-entrepreneur/
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- Internet, Media and Entertainment, Software
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan
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- Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
- MiddleField — MiddleField is a team to make cars the best entertainment and to make the lives of everyone involved in cars into entertainment. They creates a society where a lot of people are involved as a middle point of all people's dreams. MiddleField owns and operates an e-commerce platform offering cars.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, China
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- Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
- Yoriso — Yoriso, formerly known as Minrebi, is a Japanese startup that connects families to funeral homes and other end-of-life service providers. It is a funeral / medical IT venture that aims to be a “company that creates a world where everyone can make their own choices by overcoming the limitations of ingenuity”.Yoriso was founded in 2009 and isheadquartered in Tokyo.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
Animal Spirits is an investment firm that raises funds for seed and early-stage startups and provides relevant advisory services.
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- B2B, Legal, Farming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
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- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
- NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
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