Top 50 Life Science Startup Investors in Japan (August 2026)
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$198M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$184M |
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IT-Farm
VC Fund
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6 | United States, Japan, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Medical | $1.5M–$16M |
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DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $679k–$122M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2.3M–$142M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $565k–$71M |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | $772k–$90M |
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Miyako Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $750k–$354M |
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Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $1.8M–$49M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, Medical, Health Care | $413k–$41M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.1M–$184M |
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Senshu Ikeda Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Internet | $1M–$71M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$269M |
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Darwin Venture Management
VC Fund
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3 | Taiwan, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $350k–$45M |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.5M–$269M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $792k–$47M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $2.5M–$100M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $826k–$64M |
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Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing | $1.7M–$255M |
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $922k–$63M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.4M–$109M |
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$53M |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, France | Series A, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Task Management | $2.8M–$71M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $1.2M–$213M |
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Universal Materials Incubator
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Chemical | $2M–$99M |
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HERO Impact Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Solar, Energy, Robotics | $386k–$106M |
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QB Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology | $641k–$213M |
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GREE Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $602k–$78M |
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WASEDA University Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $1.2M–$38M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $317k–$57M |
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Innovation Engine
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Spain | Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $663k–$85M |
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Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Sales, Medical | $20M–$128M |
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Kenshin Fujiwara
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Medical, Software | |
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Kaga Electronics
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan | Series A, Seed | Education, Consulting, Artificial Intelligence | $4.5M–$105M |
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $345k–$117M |
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Fujifilm
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, China | Series A, Corporate Round | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $1.3M–$1.7B |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B | Energy, Internet of Things, Software | $2M–$553M |
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CareNet
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Life Science, Biotechnology, Health Care | |
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Lifetime Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Software, Medical | |
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Yuriko Minami
Angel
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1 | Japan | Series A | SNS, Apps, Content | |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | |
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Japan Material Technologies
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Chemical, Software, Recruiting | |
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FFG Venture Business Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Tokyo Gas
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Robotics, Renewable Energy | $8M–$71M |
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SPARX Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Biotechnology, Energy, Medical | |
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MedVenture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Medical Device, Health Care, Medical | $11M–$27M |
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Hong Kong | Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $1.9M–$142M |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | |
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JMTC Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series C, Series A | Robotics, Environmental Consulting, Medical Device | |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $933k–$125M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 576
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$74M; Series B $4.3M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- WARPSPACE — ARPSPACE is a space startup originating from the University of Tsukuba, has been launching and working on a satellite development project at the University of Tsukuba for five years until the company was established.
- Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 584
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $1.6M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ubitus — As cloud gaming enablers, Ubitus' GPU virtualization, Streaming technology and hybrid cloud deployment can serve different kinds of solutions for Telco, Game companies to quick enter cloud gaming market. Moreover, Ubitus provide Global distribution and New Media content solution for new media studio and fashion brand to help them distribute rich media contents worldwide.
- POPS Worldwide — POPS Worldwide is the leading digital entertainment company in Southeast Asia. With over 4 billion monthly views of its music and entertainment content, POPS is the fastest growing digital entertainment media company with hundreds of artists, content creators and partners from broadcast television, publishing and production in the POPS Network.POPS also produces a wide variety of original content for its industry-leading owned and operated channels like POPS Music, POPS Kids, POPS TV, Beauty Me, HerVoice and CoolTV that target highly sought after demographics: teens, kids, women and men.
- Global Equipment Services — As a strategic partner to developers of multi-sector products, Averna provides innovative automated testing tool and quality assurance solutions.
DG Daiwa Ventures invests in start-up companies with next-generation technology and provides business development support. It is focused on blockchain, xR, AI, security, and BioHealth, as they are likely to be at the foundations of future businesses. In addition to the five core technologies, the fund will also focus on IoT technologies, whichoften overlap or serve as an application layer.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $679k–$7M; Series A $3M–$103M; Series B $6.5M–$122M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Listie — Listie is an industrial engineering company that develops, supplies, and maintains lithium separation equipment and membranes. It is an important infrastructure resource that supports modern life, including electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy storage.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
- BEAM Technologies — BEAM Technologies, focuses on developing optical semiconductor devices using special light to offer clean solutions to ecosystem-related problems.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 386
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$142M; Series B $5.3M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 264
- Round size: Seed $565k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
- Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $772k–$28M; Series A $2.3M–$90M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- CastBio — Castbio specializes in antibody-drug conjugate-based drug discovery research and development. Along with medications, it also creates research reagents, medical equipment, in vitro diagnostic items, and offers drug discovery consulting.
- Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
- IGrid Solutions — IGrid Solutions will promote “eDCM” to optimize power energy demand.
Miyako Capital is the venture capital that manages Kyoto University 2nd Venture Fund (KUVF). The company was founded in 2013 and based in Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan. Investment fields are: 1) Life Science, Biotechnology: Drug creation, regenerative medicine, medical beauty equipment, medical services.2) Agri-Food: Industrialization,agricultural and fishery products growth-promoting technology, specified health food, health food.3) Environment, Energy: Alternative energy, and related technologies.4) IT, Electronics: Web, mobile related devices and application, telecommunication technology, security, consumer and business oriented application, mechatronic, robot.5) New services utilizing state-of-art technology.Investment stages: Primary investment stages are initial-growth stages of seed and early. However, we aim at all growth stages and make investment in post-IPO portfolio companies as well as public companies that are related with Kyoto University.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $750k–$43M; Series A $4.8M–$50M; Series B $3.7M–$354M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Mui Lab — Mui is an aesthetically-pleasing wooden IoT device connected to a cloud service. By accessing information through natural wood, we can rethink a new type of lifestyle.
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
Osaka University Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in the fields of life innovation, green innovation, and platform technology. The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Osaka, Japan.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$43M; Series A $3M–$49M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JiMED — JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication.
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Toregem BioPharma — Toregem BioPharma is a startup from Kyoto University that develops a treatment for congenital adentia. Toregem BioPharma is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 269
- Round size: Seed $413k–$19M; Series A $2.3M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
- Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
- Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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Browse database — It's Free!Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 304
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$142M; Series B $6.4M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $1M–$61M; Series A $1.9M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $177M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- JiMED — JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication.
- Molmir — Molmir is a biotech company that conducts research and develops treatments for intractable diseases based on sensing technology.
- LEP — LEP develops plants that glow without electricity.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 477
- Round size: Series A $2M–$79M; Series B $2.1M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
- bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Since our founding in 2009, we have managed eight funds, investing primarily in Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary funds. In 2022, we also launched an evergreen angel fund to enable more nimble bets onpromising early-stage teams, and especially those coming from Taiwan’s superb academic and research institutions. This exposure across stages and borders, coupled with the strong technical background of our team, is the source of Darwin’s differentiation. We recently launched our 8th fund Darjune.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Taiwan, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3.1M; Series A $3M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
- BitBiome — BitBiome is a biotechnology company focused on analyzing microbial genomes and discovering enzymes and proteins that can be applied across industries such as pharmaceuticals, food production, and sustainable manufacturing. The company uses single-cell microbial sequencing technology to study microbes that are difficult to culture throughconventional laboratory methods, enabling the creation of a large microbial genome database called bit-GEM. Its platform supports enzyme discovery, genome analysis, and bioengineering efforts aimed at developing bio-based alternatives for industrial processes. bitBiome also works with academic institutions and commercial partners on research projects involving areas such as biodegradable materials, biomass conversion, and pharmaceutical ingredient synthesis. The company positions microbes as a resource for advancing the bioeconomy by providing tools and data that support biotechnology research and industrial applications.
- PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 172
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$74M; Series B $3.3M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
- KUZEN — KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $792k–$28M; Series A $2.5M–$19M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$35M; Series A $2.8M–$64M; Series B $2.8M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
- Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $826k–$50M; Series A $2.2M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
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- JiMED — JiMED designs & develops AI based brain-computer interface for implant in ALS patients to improve communication.
- Starlight Engine — Starlight Engine develops and commercializes fusion energy power plant technologies.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Japan Science and Technology Agency is an integrated organization of science and technology that implements science and technology policy in Japan. It handles many projects, including the government’s Science and Technology Basic Plan and knowledge creation. The European Sustainability School ESSSR is the owner of Japan Science and TechnologyAgency.Japan Science and Technology Agency undertakes its task in a comprehensive manner. It also works to provide a sound infrastructure of science and technology information and raise awareness and understanding of science and technology-related issues in Japan.Japan Science and Technology Agency is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$50M; Series A $2.3M–$255M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Triorb — The corporate website of TriOrb Inc., revolutionizing production lines with our ball-driven omnidirectional mobility platform.
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Solaris — Solaris commercializes, manufactures, and sells soft robotics using pneumatic artificial muscles. Solaris was founded in 2017 and was headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $922k–$33M; Series A $2.8M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
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- Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
- 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.
- NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 677
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$63M; Series B $4.3M–$109M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
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- Eyeota — Engage your best customers with trusted audience data | enrich insights, enhance personalization and transform audience targeting.
- Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$50M; Series B $6.9M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $185M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
- what3words — Every 3 metre square has a unique 3 word address.
- Yellow Card — Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Task Management
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$14M; Series A $3.1M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2018
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- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
- Sonire Therapeutics — SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future.
Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$43M; Series A $6M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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- Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
- Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
- MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Universal Materials Incubator Co., Ltd. is venture capital firm specializing in materials and chemical industry investments. The firm was established on October, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Chemical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $2.8M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.3B in 2019
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- Polyuse — Polyuse Co., Ltd. is developing technology centered on "3D printers for construction" for the construction and civil engineering industries under the mission of "updating the construction industry with the power of technology".
- EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
HERO Impact Capital is a venture capital firm that co-founds research and development startups.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Robotics
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $386k–$4.3M; Series A $3.9M–$106M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SODEN — SODEN is a technology company that develops and sells electric vehicle chargers and their management software.
- Voicetep — Voicetep is a unique dating app that enables users to begin meaningful connections without needing to share photos or exchange messages, instead fostering relationships through voice-based interactions that emphasize personality, authenticity, and genuine communication from the very first encounter.
- Kick Space Technologies — Kick Space Technologies provides comprehensive, end-to-end support for microsatellite missions, guiding clients through every stage of the lifecycle—from initial mission concept development and feasibility analysis to detailed satellite design, engineering, integration, rigorous testing and validation, launch coordination, and in-orbit operations,ensuring reliable performance, mission success, and optimized outcomes for commercial, research, and governmental space applications.
QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $641k–$35M; Series A $1.3M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $429M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Equmenopolis — We dispatch conversational AI agents to schools and workplaces to improve creativity and productivity.
- Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.
- Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
GREE Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $602k–$33M; Series A $2M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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- Solafune — Solafune integrates multi-domain intelligence across space, cyber, and physical layers to create actionable, sovereign decision systems.
- Univearth — Univearth is a tech company that specializes in developing a logistics digital transformation platform to modernize the logistics industry.
- Umee Technologies — Umee Technologies is an IT firm that offers full-stack development, conversational AI, and psychological analysis engine services.
WASEDA University Ventures (WUV) is a venture capital firm specialising in founding investments by creating new start-up companies that make use of academia and are based on "the practical application of scholarship". Our mission is to be a capitalist that implements academic knowledge and
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$38M; Series A $1.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neubond — Neubond develops wearable devices for stroke mobility rehabilitation. These devices provide autonomous assistance and therapy during daily activities, integrating rehabilitation into the patient's daily life regardless of their motor capabilities. Neubond's solutions are designed to be intuitive and effective, aiming to improve thequality of life for individuals undergoing rehabilitation.
- Pestalozzi Technology — Pestalozzi Technology is a development and provision of educational products in the fields of physical education and club activities.
- Gel-Coat Biomaterials — Gel-Coat Biomaterials is a biotechnology company that develops innovative bio-based materials and new medical technologies.
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 313
- Round size: Seed $317k–$17M; Series A $2.4M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.4B in 2021
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- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Browse database — It's Free!Innovation Engine has been is promoting investment to create and grow promising business areas created from technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Series A $663k–$71M; Series C $3.1M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $191M in 2019
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- CoA Nexus — CoA Nexus develops and operates a skillshare matching platform for human resource research and development.
- bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
- Openverse Global — Openverse operates as a Layer 0 hub, providing a foundational framework for decentralized applications and services.
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital is a venture fund of Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank
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- Industry: Health Care, Sales, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $20M–$128M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Thyas — Thyas Co. Ltd. provides preparations of regenerative immunocell therapy for cancer and infection.
- Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.
- Space Power Technologies — Space Power Technologies (SPT) was founded in 2019 as Japan's first start-up for “Spatial Transmission Wireless Power Transmission (WPT)”. We will harmonize elemental technologies cultivated through academics with people and society, and solve social issues related to power supply.
Kenshin is a CEO at Hacarus Inc., a healthcare technology startup based in Kyoto, Japan.He co-founded several tech startups with 2 exits in the past 15 years. His first career started as an engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment and worked on PlayStation development projects. HIs fist startup was acquired by Japanese public company, and thesecond startup was sold to the US company.Born in 1976. He holds a Computer Science degree from California State University. He loves mountain hiking and currently living in Kyoto Japan with his wife and family.
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- Industry: Mobile, Medical, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Helpfeel — Our vision is to make saving, sharing, and exploring ideas as natural as breathing. On this journey we're humbled to be helping millions around the world from solo makers to university research labs, from gamers to pro designers, and large to small teams like ours.
- HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
Kaga Electronics is a Japan based company engages in the sales of electronic components, electronic devices and other. It operates through following segments: Electronic Components, Information Equipment, Software and Other. The firm generates majority revenue from the Electronic Components.
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- Industry: Education, Consulting, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Series A $4.5M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
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- DriveX — DriveX is a consulting firm that helps in creating new businesses using AI solutionst.
- Linkage — Linkage is a Online health support business and Online specific health guidance.
- CI Partners — CI Partners mission is to "eliminate the word 'disability' from this country," and with the message "Everyone is a star."
Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $345k–$117M; Series A $3M–$113M; Series B $9.5M–$91M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- Storm Therapeutics — Targeting pathways that modify RNA to deliver novel cancer therapeutics.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Fujifilm develops and sells consumer products and business products related to photography. Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is a Japanese multinational photography and imaging company. The company serves various industries, including medical, graphic arts, optics, enterprise storage, motion picture, and photography.The company’s consumer productsare categorized as digital cameras and accessories, film photography, Instax photography, and binoculars. Its business products are categorized as medical systems, Fujinon endoscopy, microfilm, data storage, graphic arts and printing, professional video, optical devices, specialty chemicals, printing imaging colorants, and more. Color films, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color papers, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging equipment, graphic arts equipment and materials, flat panel displays, and photocopiers and printers are some products developed by Fujifilm USA.Fujifilm USA is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Series A $15M–$425M; Corporate Round $1.3M–$1.7B
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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- Ripcord — Ripcord is a robotics company that combines hardware and software robotics via an integrated SaaS offering. Its focus is on smart robotics digitization, smart content management with AI, and helping enable RPA and business processes.Ripcord is based in Hayward, California, and is backed by leading investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,Google Ventures, Lux Ventures, Legend Star, and Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
- VALANX Biotech — VALANX Biotech is a site-specific protein conjugation platform to enable fast and cost efficient protein-drug-conjugates development.
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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- Industry: Energy, Internet of Things, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series A $2M–$105M; Series B $3.7M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Hacobell — Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery.
- Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
CareNet is a marketing company providing various solutions to pharma companies through the management of media specialized in medical/pharmaceutical education for HCPs. For more than 20 years and since its foundation in 1996, CareNet has continually provided places for exchanging therapeutic information, as well as valuable solutions to HCPsand pharmaceutical companies from the position of the No. 1 media in clinical medical education.
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- Industry: Life Science, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Modalis Therapeutics — Modalis Therapeutics Corporation is an biotech company focusing on developing transformative therapeutics for unmet medical needs using its proprietary technologies on CRISPR and protein engineering platforms. The company has a strong foundation on intellectual property licensed from the University of Tokyo.
- DiscGenics — DiscGenics is focused on developing regenerative therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine.
Lifetime Ventures is a VC firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Kinish — Kinish is a company leading a revolution in dairy products. To achieve environmentally friendly and delicious dairy products, we are developing a special rice variety that produces milk proteins.
- Kwahuu Ocean — Kwahuu Ocean develops sustainable squid farming systems.
- Spine Chronicle — Spine chronicle is a medical device manufacturing firm that specializes in developing orthopedic medical equipment.
Yuriko Minami is the Capitalist at Mirai Sozo Organization.
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- Industry: SNS, Apps, Content
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- digzyme — Digzyme is a research and development platform for creating, discovering, and evaluating new enzyme-catalyzed reactions by bioinformatics.
- ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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Browse database — It's Free!Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
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- Total investments: 183
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Mined — Mined is a marketplace that provides online lessons in various subjects for elementary school students. Mind develops and operation of education-related services.
- PartnerProp — PartnerProp is a PRM tool with outstanding potential and a wide variety of capabilities that resolves all partner business difficulties.
- 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.
Japan Materials Technology commercializes necessary material innovations for society.
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- Industry: Chemical, Software, Recruiting
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Tryeting — TRYETING provides an AI platform that integrates various types of software. One of the strengths of the company is materials informatics, a field that applies the techniques of informatics, such as AI and big data, to materials. This approach can significantly speed the development of new materials.
- TopoLogic — TopoLogic designs and manufactures heat flow sensors, thermoelectric conversion devices, and topological and novel spintronics materials.
- Sotas — Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers.
FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States
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- Total investments: 67
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- FELIQS — FELIQS is a preclinical-stage start-up company established based on the robust science from molecular pathobiology, department of pharmaceutical science, Kyushu university.
- ATOMica — ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments.
- OPTEMO — OPTEMO develops and supplies sales technology that allows businesses and customers to connect through a website.
Tokyo Gas provides energy solutions and engages in the production and supply of city gas. Tokyo Gas is a provider of city gas, serving more than 11 million customers for over 130 years, primarily in the Tokyo metropolitan area and surrounding Kanto region. The company was established in 1885 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Energy, Robotics, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $17M–$71M; Series B $8M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ugo — UGO is creating future avatar robots and a platform that connects the administration of multiple robots to achieve the ''fusion of humans and robots,'' or ''collaboration with robots to perform employment that used to be performed only by humans.
- MeetsMore — MeetsMore is a service that matches professionals and users who mainly provide face-to-face services
- Shizen Connect — Shizen Connect develops energy management systems that coordinate distributed energy resources such as battery storage systems, electric vehicles, solar power equipment, and virtual power plant platforms. The company provides software and control services that support demand response, battery storage operations, microgrid management, remotemonitoring, and energy optimization for utilities, real estate companies, and energy operators. Its platform integrates IoT and cloud-based technologies to manage energy consumption, electricity trading, and grid balancing across residential, commercial, and industrial environments. Shizen Connect also offers edge devices and SaaS-based tools that support remote metering, energy visualization, and device control across multiple energy assets.
SPARX Asset Management engages in investment management, advisory, and first and second-class financial instruments business. It was founded with the aim of becoming "the most trusted and respected investment company in the world". The firm was established in 2006 and is based in Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Energy, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States
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- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Morus — Morus is a university-based biotech startup developing functional food ingredients from silkworms to address global health and nutrition challenges.
- QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
MedVenture Partners invests in seed to early stage projects and start-ups in the life science field focusing mainly on medical devices.
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- Industry: Medical Device, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $11M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
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- Alivas — Alivas is a medical company that develops new therapeutic medical devices for refractory constipation. It is a joint venture between Stanford University and the University of Tokyo with the Japan Biodesign program for innovative medical device creation. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Hongo, Tokyo in Japan.
- SentiAR — SentiAR is digital health, software device company adding a new dimension to clinical practice in interventional procedures. Spun out of Washington University, we are developing the first 3D visualization platform using real-time holography of the patient's anatomy and catheter location, "floating" over the patients, with a goal toprovide the clinician and patient a faster, safer delivery of care.SentiAR’s mission is to transform the experience for both patient and clinician in interventional procedures with a 3D augmented reality platform featuring real-time holographic visualization of the patient’s actual anatomy, “floating” over the patient.The visualization is fully controllable “hands-free” by the clinician, providing an ergonomic breakthrough for the treatment and analysis of cardiac arrhythmias within an interventional catheter lab environment. SentiAR is developing the platform for eventual FDA submission.
- Avisi Technologies — Avisi Technologies is developing a nanotechnology-enabled defense against blindness from glaucoma.
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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- 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 $1.9M–$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.
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 141
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
- Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
JMTC Capital (JMTCキャピタル) is the venture capital arm of Japan Material Technologies Corporation. It focuses on investments in R&D-oriented hardware startups in areas such as robotics, drones, personal mobility, wearables, AR/VR, and sensing.
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- Industry: Robotics, Environmental Consulting, Medical Device
- Stage:Series C, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- F.MED — F.MED is a manufacturing company that designs and develops robotic microsurgical devices for the healthcare industry.
- BioPhenoMA — BioPhenoMA develops an AI-powered platform for detecting ultra-trace proteins that helps accelerate new drug discovery phases.
- Spiral — Spiral is a game changer in providing autonomous drone solutions for indoor environments, most notably during non-GPS situations.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- 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
- LEP —
- FullDepth — FullDepth is a drone development company.
- TelaAxon — TelaAxon develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable operations, enhancing human-AI coexistence, safety, and wellness.
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