Top 50 Life Science VC Funds & Investors in Japan (September 2026)
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$68M |
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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 | $1.2M–$52M |
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IT-Farm
VC Fund
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6 | United States, Japan, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $1M–$36M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $457k–$28M |
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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 | $1.9M–$62M |
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DG Daiwa Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $367k–$19M |
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care | $316k–$15M |
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Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $480k–$17M |
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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 | $664k–$354M |
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Japan Science and Technology Agency
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing | $286k–$18M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $648k–$47M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $826k–$41M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $275k–$34M |
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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 | $900k–$27M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.3M–$71M |
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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–$14M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $317k–$20M |
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Senshu Ikeda Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Internet | $385k–$17M |
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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 | $1.4M–$50M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $712k–$85M |
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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 | $793k–$50M |
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Universal Materials Incubator
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Chemical | $628k–$40M |
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QB Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology | $585k–$14M |
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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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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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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.9M–$52M |
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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 | $2.3M–$53M |
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Austria | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $316k–$21M |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, France | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Task Management | $310k–$43M |
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GREE Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $938k–$36M |
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $429k–$500M |
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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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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | |
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Will Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Aquaculture, Life Science, Biotechnology | |
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Chushin Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Retail, Travel, Home Decor | |
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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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NCB Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Seed, Series C | Recycling, Manufacturing, Management Consulting | $90k–$198M |
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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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MedVenture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Medical Device, Health Care, Medical | $2.4M–$27M |
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PALTEK
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Medical, Software, Life Science | |
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Kaga Electronics
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan | Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round, Series A | Education, Software, Consulting | $445k–$14M |
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Essential Pharma
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Medical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $2.4M–$4.9M |
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Fuyo General Lease
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics | $271k–$80M |
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ReBoost
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Content, Medical, Hospital | |
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Sompo Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series B, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $719k–$960M |
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Sosei CVC
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Medical, Product Research | $40k–$13M |
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Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Software | $91k–$51M |
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Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Medical, Health Care, Life Science | $183k–$12M |
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SPARX Group
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1 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $2.5M–$142M |
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Media Future
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Medical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical | $2.4M–$4.9M |
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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: 656
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$29M; Series B $3.5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M 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.
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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: 641
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$52M; Series B $2.3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
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, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Series A $1.6M–$16M; Series B $2.5M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
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: 296
- Round size: Seed $457k–$21M; Series A $1.3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum 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.
- 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.
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: 448
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4.5M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $679k–$6M; Series A $3M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $367k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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.
- First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.
- BEAM Technologies — BEAM Technologies, focuses on developing optical semiconductor devices using special light to offer clean solutions to ecosystem-related problems.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $316k–$6M; Series A $2.1M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $927k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Teragen Energy — Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint.
- IGrid Solutions — IGrid Solutions will promote “eDCM” to optimize power energy demand.
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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $480k–$4.5M; Series A $1.5M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $685k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2021
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.
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 $664k–$19M; Series A $2.3M–$28M; Series B $3.7M–$354M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $91M 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.
- 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.
- XFOREST Therapeutics — xFOREST Therapeutics develops a drug discovery platform that targets RNA structures.
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, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $286k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $648k–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$14M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M 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.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $826k–$14M; Series A $2.2M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- 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.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 306
- Round size: Seed $275k–$10M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $731k–$28M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
- 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.
- Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
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: 204
- Round size: Seed $900k–$14M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $3.1M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $326M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Mujin — At Mujin, we design automation platforms to enhance any robot, enable advanced capabilities and lower operating costs.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$71M; Series B $5.5M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
- ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
- Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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: 156
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Series A $2.6M–$14M
- 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.
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: 362
- Round size: Seed $317k–$10M; Series A $2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Internet
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $385k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M 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.
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: 183
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$50M; Series B $3.3M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M 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.
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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 526
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$52M; Series B $2.4M–$85M; Venture - Series Unknown $712k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M 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.
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 126
- Round size: Seed $793k–$14M; Series A $1.1M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $99M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
- Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
- Trash Technologies — Trash Technologies is an AI-powered sustainability company focusing on sourcing recycled materials with cost-offsetting benefits.
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:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Series A $2M–$17M; Series B $2.8M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $628k–$23M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $85M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
QB Capital is make equity investments in venture companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $633k–$2.9M; Series A $585k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $732k–$9.9M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M 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.
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.
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.
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: 221
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $6.9M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
- Yellow Card — Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
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: 776
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$31M; Series B $3.5M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- NBT — NBT specializes in the development of wind farms in the field of renewable energy in emerging markets.
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $316k–$5M; Series A $2.1M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $927k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- 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 provides labor-saving solutions that promote productivity improvement and reduce the burden on workers at construction sites. The company contributes to the evolution and development of the construction industry. The objective of Ken Robotec is to create a joyful construction site where robots and humans may collaborate.
- MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
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:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 136
- Round size: Seed $310k–$2.8M; Series A $1.1M–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $710k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $938k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$32M; Venture - Series Unknown $960k–$36M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $697k–$64M; Series A $6M–$500M; Series B $429k–$312M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019
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- YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
- Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.
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
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- Total investments: 141
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
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.
Will Capital Management is a capital management company that specializes in business development consulting and principal investment.
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- Industry: Aquaculture, Life Science, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- HOLO BIO — HOLO BIO is a research and technology firm that employs biological breeding techniques to address the food challenges faced by humanity.
Chushin Venture Capital is a venture capital fund established by Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank.
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- Industry: Retail, Travel, Home Decor
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Cizucu — Cizucu is a stock photo community that helps creators and brands to create photos.
- HOLO BIO — HOLO BIO is a research and technology firm that employs biological breeding techniques to address the food challenges faced by humanity.
- RadioNano Therapeutics — RadioNano Therapeutics is developing innovative drugs for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), a type of radiation therapy that utilizes the nuclear reaction between thermal neutrons and boron-10 (¹⁰B) to destroy cancer cells by releasing alpha particles and lithium nuclei.
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.
NCB Venture Capital provides investment to companies.
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- Industry: Recycling, Manufacturing, Management Consulting
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $90k–$115M; Series B $4.7M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
- Live Search — Live Search provides the real estate industry with online room availability management, property photography, and floor plan services.
- Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
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.
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:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
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- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $6.3M–$9.9M; Series A $11M–$27M; Series B $2.4M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- A-Wave — A-Wave is a manufacturing company that develops and markets medical devices, pharmaceuticals, computer software, and hardware.
- Quali — Quali is dedicated to developing innovative products and solutions that support microsurgery, with the goal of addressing critical challenges in the medical field and improving patient outcomes and overall quality of life.
- Avisi Technologies — Avisi Technologies is developing a nanotechnology-enabled defense against blindness from glaucoma.
PALTEK offers semiconductor products to electronics manufacturers and design consignment services.
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- Industry: Medical, Software, Life Science
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$6.6M; Corporate Round $445k–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% 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."
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
- HekaBio — HekaBio connects world-leading healthcare innovations to unmet medical needs in the Asia Pacific, with broad category development expertise in pharma, medical device, in-vitro diagnostics, digital health, and cell & gene therapies.
- Alivexis — Modulus Discovery is a private Tokyo-based preclinical stage drug discovery company focused on rapid design and generation of small molecule clinical candidates for a range of high-value disease targets through the use of its cutting-edge computational drug discovery expertise and unique biology insights. The international team at Modulus iscomprised of drug design and disease biology experts with previous R&D experience at global pharmaceutical, biotechnology , and computational technology firms.
Fuyo General Lease focuses in the leasing and installment sales trading of equipment and fixtures, and financial transaction. The company provides leasing services of information-related equipment, office equipment, and industrial equipment, installment sales of commercial facilities, production facilities, and hospital facilities. It also providessecurities management services and anonymous association composition.Fuyo General Lease was founded on 1969 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
- Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$80M; Corporate Round $271k–$1.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.3M–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
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- Quants — Quants uses AI qualitative credit technology to provide financing services. The company creates Type 21, an artificial intelligence with a credit screening circuit that runs automatically. HIF aims to provide appropriate funds to corporations and individuals.
- avatarin — avatarin develops next-generation mobility and human augmentation platforms.
- 3D Printing Corporation — 3D Printing Corporation provides 3D printing technology solutions.
ReBoost specializes in recruiting and training business.
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- Industry: Content, Medical, Hospital
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Medii — Medii provides a physician sharing service for hospitals.
- digzyme — Digzyme develops new enzymatic processes using bioinformatics. The company automates various stages of analysis related to the development of enzymes and bioprocesses using their core bioinformatics technology and further optimize using accumulated data.
- viviane — viviane is running Japan's best video streaming guide, 1Screen.
Sompo Holdings provides property and casualty insurance, life insurance, and other financial services. In addition to the core businesses of domestic non-life insurance business, overseas insurance business, domestic life insurance business, and long-term care/senior business, they will develop new business strategies in the fields of digitaland healthcare.It was established in 2010 and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Series B $5M–$88M; Corporate Round $719k–$960M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.7M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pulsora — Use Pulsora to centralize and automate ESG metrics collection, measure carbon emissions, prepare reports and disclosures, and track performance.
- Zego — Zego is a motor insurance provider serving consumers and the self-employed, with a mission to make good drivers, better drivers
- Gojo & Company — We are enabling financial inclusion for everyone by partnering with financial service providers.
Sosei CVC is support the creation and growth of life science companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Product Research
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $40k–$13M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $19M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Junten Bio — JUNTEN BIO is a company is to develop new technologies in the field of regenerative medicine.
- Chromocenter — Chromocenter is a next generation biopharmaceuticals Manufacturing company. It uses technologies such as artificial chromosome vectors, mainly for drug discovery such as medical pharmaceuticals
- Noile-Immune Biotech — Neurymune Biotech Co., Ltd. is a national cancer research center specializing in the development of cancer immunotherapies based on CAR-T cell therapy and a venture company from Yamaguchi University. They aim to be a leading company responsible for the next generation in the field of cancer immunotherapy.
Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan with a focus on startups in the healthcare industry.Capital Medica Ventures is a venture capital that operates a venture fund specializing in the healthcare field. It is the only healthcare-specialized VC in Japan that can provide 30 medical institutions as a business trialfield.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $91k–$1.1M; Series A $1.5M–$51M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- A-SEEDS — A-SEEDS, an innovative biotech company sprouted from Shinshu University, is dedicated to pioneering advanced treatments for life-threatening cancers. Harnessing the potential of non-viral genetic engineering, our cutting-edge immune cell therapy opens up new horizons of hope for patients seeking effective and transformative solutions.
- Do. Sukasu — Do. Sukasu is a software company that specializes in the development of visual space perception ability for brain science approaches.
- HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital is a venture fund of Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Life Science
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$8.1M; Series B $4M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $183k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
SPARX Group Co., Ltd. is an independent Asia-based equity and credit asset management services and Asian fund financial specialist with offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul for global institutional and individual investors, including financial advisors and financial planners, with alternative strategies (including activist, short-enabled, private equity and quantitative and fund-of-funds) and mutual funds (through SPARX Asia Funds such as SPARX Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund, SPARX Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund, SPARX Japan Smaller Companies Fund and SPARX Japan Fund) managed or sub-advised by SPARX Asset Management Co. Ltd., SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited and Cosmo Asset Management Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Series A $3.7M–$142M; Series B $4.6M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $128M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Provigate — PROVIGATE is a provider of bio-transistor sensor technologies in Japan.The company's technologies are able to measure dynamic changes with the help of perception-broadening sensors, enabling individuals to change their habits for health
- Spaceflux — As satellites become increasingly vital, Spaceflux tackles the growing challenges of orbital congestion and debris that put them at risk. Thanks to our proprietary global network of optical sensors, we provide data-driven space situational awareness services from LEO to Cislunar.
- Alloyed — OxMet Technologies develops, licenses, and manufactures proprietary alloys, alloy powders and alloy components for the aerospace, automotive, industrial and biomedical markets.
Media Future is a group of communication technology professionals that works on connecting feelings and thoughts. The Tokyo, Tokyo-based company was established in 2013.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- HekaBio — HekaBio connects world-leading healthcare innovations to unmet medical needs in the Asia Pacific, with broad category development expertise in pharma, medical device, in-vitro diagnostics, digital health, and cell & gene therapies.
- Alivexis — Modulus Discovery is a private Tokyo-based preclinical stage drug discovery company focused on rapid design and generation of small molecule clinical candidates for a range of high-value disease targets through the use of its cutting-edge computational drug discovery expertise and unique biology insights. The international team at Modulus iscomprised of drug design and disease biology experts with previous R&D experience at global pharmaceutical, biotechnology , and computational technology firms.
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