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Top 50 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Japan (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Machine Learning startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Machine Learning startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
13 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $602k–$48M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, India Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $624k–$18M
ANRI
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Information Technology $268k–$41M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
10 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $288k–$20M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
10 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $470k–$21M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $605k–$32M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $482k–$38M
Drone Fund
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Canada Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Drones, Robotics, Aerospace $319k–$15M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $661k–$47M
East Ventures
VC Fund
7 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $250k–$30M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, South Korea Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $1.3M–$62M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $800k–$34M
Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
6 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $826k–$41M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $345k–$117M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
5 Japan, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $274k–$24M
JAFCO
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$41M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $482k–$16M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $480k–$11M
Deep30
VC Fund
4 Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software $136k–$11M
Antler
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, Australia Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
D4V
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce $292k–$14M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $1.3M–$38M
Miyako Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology $395k–$150M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
3 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $689k–$32M
NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Tanzania Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology $452k–$184M
Darwin Venture Management
VC Fund
3 Taiwan, United States, Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $350k–$70M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, FinTech $372k–$17M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Israel Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $1.7M–$69M
DOGAN beta
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, Apps, Software $233k–$21M
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.5M–$45M
JIC Venture Growth Investments
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Series B, Series C, Series A Information Technology, Medical, Software $3.1M–$77M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
3 Japan, China, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Internet $408k–$28M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Medical $455k–$12M
Mitsubishi UFJ
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Malaysia Debt Financing, Series A, Post-IPO Debt Energy, Software, Financial Services $1.3M–$1B
Delight Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $556k–$19M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, France Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $310k–$9.2M
GFR Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Gaming, Information Technology $700k–$20M
Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, Canada Debt Financing, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $678k–$156M
UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
Rakuten Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B, Series C FinTech, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $3.5M–$120M
Monozukuri Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Japan Seed, Series A Hardware, Software, Manufacturing $465k–$16M
Sumitomo
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Israel Series B, Corporate Round, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $1.8M–$55M
Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical, Software $91k–$51M
Oita Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical $605k–$35M
Hiroshi Tomishima
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Big Data, Internet, E-Commerce $330k–$11M
Toru Shimada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Internet, Task Management $37k–$9.1M
Sagin Capital & Consulting
VC Fund
2 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $117k–$14M
Takaya Shinozuka
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A E-Commerce, Local, Content $610k–$4.3M
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain has managed a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 835
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$31M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
  • Essen — Essen is a technological company that specializes in mobility and data analysis, as well as using data to improve transportation.
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 215
  • Round size: Seed $624k–$11M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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.
  • RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .
  • United Immunity — Just another WordPress site
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 315
  • Round size: Seed $268k–$9.9M; Series A $967k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $616k–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% 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.
  • 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.
  • Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 395
  • Round size: Seed $288k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 689
  • Round size: Seed $470k–$16M; Series A $1.2M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $525k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Smart Craft —
  • 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.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 17 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 131
  • Round size: Seed $605k–$6.8M; Series A $1.2M–$32M; Series B $1.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Nocall — Nocall develops an automated calling system utilizing AI voice technology.
  • Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
  • Bulwark Dynamics — Bulwark Dynamics develops autonomous maritime systems for contested logistics and distributed military operations. Its CARAVEL platform is an autonomous beach-landing resupply vessel that delivers cargo from ship to shore without requiring port infrastructure. The vessel supports JMIC and ISO containers, autonomous cargo handling, GPS-deniednavigation, and operations in shallow or degraded maritime conditions. The company also develops vessel autonomy, command-and-control, hull production, payload integration, and sustainment capabilities for defense and maritime logistics applications.
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 9 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 395
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$11M; Series A $2.2M–$25M; Series B $2.7M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $20M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Hibot — Hibot offers robotic platforms, and related hardware and software solutions. The company offers robots for hazardous operations as well as for maintenance and inspection of infrastructure, search, and rescue missions. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kauli — Kauli is an Online Ad Network Management System pioneered in Japan. Kauli supports Real Time Bidding. This service allows advertisers to place bids for their ads in real time and according to users' characteristics.Kauli frequently reviews Ad Networks so that the Ad Network with the best expected ad revenue will be selected. As aresult, every ad frame always has the best expected ad revenue.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
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Drone Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $448k–$7.1M; Series A $319k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $947k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LOMBY — LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines.
  • Triorb — The corporate website of TriOrb Inc., revolutionizing production lines with our ball-driven omnidirectional mobility platform.
  • FullDepth — FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers towitness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.FullDepth is a company that creates marine drones to aid with underwater monitoring. The company's drones work in tandem with marine navigation technology, which monitors and captures aquatic life, communicates data to connected devices, and provides infiltration information that can be freely used with a cloud service, allowing customers to witness and study marine life for educational and recreational purposes.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo. The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is the fifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan. Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 550
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$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.
  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • HEARTBEATS — HEARTBEATS builds fan engagement platforms and digital experiences for sports teams, artists, and entertainment brands.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 693
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Series A $1.9M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $366k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • BASE — BASE provides web-based services that develop and build e-commerce platforms. The company provides its services across Japan, such as net shop creation, development of shopping applications, development of online payment, and other services.
  • EveryWill — Every WiLL will hasten the creation of a new logistical infrastructure that addresses social problems, beginning with the "way we receive" our products.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator". SBI Investment 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, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 456
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $4.5M–$62M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M 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.
  • Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 673
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$12M
  • 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.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • 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 $1.6M–$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.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance, RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 241
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund · Hongo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $345k–$117M; Series A $3M–$51M; Series B $4.7M–$83M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $124M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .
  • NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $447k–$3.8M; Debt Financing $274k–$24M; Venture - Series Unknown $971k–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
  • Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to the creations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 371
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$41M; Series B $4.2M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M 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.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 330
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$12M; Series A $1.2M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $957k–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 9lione — 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Smart Craft —
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Deep30
VC Fund · Kuramae, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Deep30 is specializing in AI technologies such as deep learning that consists of individuals connected to the University of Tokyo’s Matsuo Lab, which is famous for AI research.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $136k–$7M; Series B $5.4M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HIBARI — HIBARI solves on-site issues through AI and digital twins.
  • Unseed — Unseed is a consulting company that provides in-house training in data analysis and AI model development, technical expertise and training.
  • Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2387
  • Round size: Seed $158k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$600k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
  • Plouton AI —
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 7 in the past 12 months

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer, and enterprise technology startups. Partnering with the global design company IDEO, D4V provides both hands-on assistance and coaching to help startups create value via human-centered customer experiences and interactions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $443k–$7M; Series A $1.2M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $292k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Genba Hub — Genba Hub specializes in providing business management systems for construction and maintenance enterprises.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging a vast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$38M; Series B $3.4M–$37M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Miyako Capital
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $395k–$19M; Series A $2M–$21M; Series B $3.7M–$150M
  • 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.
  • United Immunity — Just another WordPress site
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $689k–$20M; Series A $1.9M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
  • Prossel Holdings — Prossel Holdings are a holding company based in Niigata, building the future of manufacturing and technology.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$142M; Series B $452k–$184M; Venture - Series Unknown $543k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • GITAI — GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
  • Idea Record — Idea Records provided various business support solutions since its founding as a company promoting digital transformation in the restaurant industry. Among them, the SaaS platform GATE, released in 2018, has many functions that are particularly suited to the needs of restaurants, and is being introduced in many stores.
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Darwin Venture Management
VC Fund · Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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 on promising 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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Taiwan, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$70M
  • 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.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $372k–$2.9M; Series A $1M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $473k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $1.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 20 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 208
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$35M; Series B $4.4M–$69M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $51M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • CADDi — CADDi analyzes and connects manufacturing data fragmented across departments, locations, and systems, turning it into an enterprise asset. It uses AI to transform how manufacturers make decisions and execute work.
  • Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
  • kikitori — kikitori engages in the development and operation of applications and web systems in the fruit and vegetable distribution field.
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Venture capital firm located in Kyushu (the westernmost of Japan’s four main islands). They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in Kyushu Most companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$5.4M; Series A $1.3M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $279k–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Foodcam — Foodcam aims to build a comprehensive overseas distribution infrastructure for Japanese food products, enabling manufacturers and suppliers to efficiently expand into international markets through streamlined logistics, supply chain management, and global distribution solutions.
  • EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
  • 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 194
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$45M; Series B $3.3M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • AOI Biosciences — AOI Biosciences is a biotechnology company that creates testing and drug discovery businesses.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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JIC Venture Growth Investments
VC Fund · Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

JIC-VGI helps promote innovation and improve its international competitiveness through growth-investments in startup companies. The firm accelerating innovation and helping to solve industrial and social issues by supporting and seeking innovative technologies and new businesses. JIC Venture Growth Investments was established in July 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Series A $3.1M–$63M; Series B $4.1M–$52M; Series C $4.3M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B 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.
  • QibiTech — QibiTech created HATS, a service in which a human operator remotely supplements the operation of a robot. Add-on edge calculator or software for various robots to increase robot flexibility. It also serves as a platform for connecting operation data to the business improvement system.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 153
  • Round size: Seed $408k–$10M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $2.2M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $145M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
  • Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 327
  • Round size: Seed $455k–$9.6M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
  • Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser 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.
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Mitsubishi UFJ
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

We have the largest domestic and global customer base of any Japanese bank, consisting of a network of 500 offices in Japan and 40 other countries. We apply our values of integrity and responsibility by contributing to the improvement of the economic and social infrastructure wherever we do business. Our portfolio includes 40 million retail banking accounts and 500,000 corporate customers. The extensive network that this represents is itself a valuable component of our financial role as part of the global social infrastructure.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$13M; Post-IPO Debt $86M–$190M; Debt Financing $1.3M–$1B
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • HelloWorld — EdTech, International Exchange between Schools
  • Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 19 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $556k–$4.3M; Series A $1.9M–$11M; Series B $3.1M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
  • Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
  • Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 144
  • Round size: Seed $310k–$1.3M; Series A $1.1M–$6.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $910k–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% 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.
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GFR Fund
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups that are disrupting the consumer entertainment industry. GFR Fund is managed by GREE VR Capital, an affiliate of GREE Inc., a global leader in the mobile gaming industry.With over a decade of experience driving innovators in multi-platform entertainment,we see emerging technologies such as VR, AR, AI, Video Streaming and Blockchain as powerful tools that will propel the entertainment industry into a new generation of consumable content. We are looking for talented entrepreneurs who share our passion and values to help realize their vision and expand their businesses globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $700k–$4M; Series A $7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • GEEIQ — GEEIQ is the intelligence platform brands use to plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds like Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.
  • CityLegends — A home for urban sports & culture partners of CityLegends. Making the lines.
  • Qloud Games — Qloud Games is an independent game studio developing Loftia.
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Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 43 in the past 12 months

Shoko Chukin Bank is a financial company offering personal banking services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 153
  • Round size: Series B $5.8M–$156M; Debt Financing $678k–$97M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trifa — Trifa is a telecommunications service provider that provides eSIM internet access when traveling internationally.
  • Serendip Consulting — Serendip Consulting refers to business portfolio optimization and provision of effective solutions.The Serendip Group operates not only strategic and financial consulting, but also a business company with a focus on manufacturing. Aiming for further growth of the entire group by restructuring the "business portfolio" based on the know-howof nurturing small and medium-sized businesses cultivated over 10 years since its foundation and investment experience, and "modernizing management" by dispatching professional managers You.
  • Monozukuri Business Succession Holdings (JMS) — Monozukuri Business Succession Holdings is a specialized corporate investment subsidiary. The platform modernizes mid-sized manufacturing firms facing generational leadership transitions. Strategic institutional banking partnerships protect public shareholder equity from dilution. After acquisition, the firm installs professional management andautomated factory systems. All operational yields consolidate into the parent organization to drive long-term growth.
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UTokyo Innovation Platform
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 10 in the past 12 months

The University of Tokyo IPC is a company responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem of the University of Tokyo. Accelerate global innovation from the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support.It was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University ofTokyo in 2016 with the enforcement of the revised law of the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law, which is the basis law. The investment targets of the Todai IPC are venture companies that utilize the research results and human resources of the University of Tokyo, but they also make FOF (fund of funds) investments in funds managed by some private venture capital companies. In 2019, it started a consortium-type incubation program (University of Tokyo IPC 1stRound) to support the establishment and financing of Tokyo University-related ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Issin — Issin manufactures bath mats that can measure weight and automatically record daily weight changes on your smartphone.
  • RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
  • Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
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Rakuten Capital
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Rakuten Capital is a corporate venture capital group that provides funding, sector experience and operational support to its portfolio companies across the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$50M; Series B $3.7M–$45M; Series C $17M–$120M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Veramore — Veramore is an online store that sells a wide range of beauty and cosmetic products.
  • Tapfun — TapFun is a cloud gaming platform that solves problems encountered by smartphone and PC games.
  • InsightX — InsightX is a technology platform focused on empowering businesses by simplifying complex processes and enabling smarter, more personalized user experiences.
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Monozukuri Ventures
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Startup First. A global VC focused on IoT small lot manufacturing and startup investment. Support to hardware growth from business model to supply chain

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hardware, Software, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $465k–$3.8M; Series A $949k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • REVORN — REVORN is a fragrance AI and DX research and development company. They develop products such as odor sensors that can respond to odor issues and needs. They provide consultation at a range of levels, from identifying issues to developing solutions.
  • Rutilea — RUTILEA is an IT company that aims to solve social issues through open-source. By advancing revolutionary 'AI teaching AI' concept, edefine automation, data-driven decision-making, and operational efficiency.
  • LENZO — They are system architects and builders, committed to engineering high-performance, energy-efficient hardware for a new generation of workloads. They hold great expectations that Japan-based LENZO will drive a game-changing breakthrough with its innovative semiconductors and establish a strong presence on the global stage. Their proprietary CGLAarchitecture delivers breakthrough performance per watt in a compact, cost-effective form.
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Sumitomo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Welcome to the official website of Sumitomo Corporation, a leading integrated trading company engaged in diverse businesses based on its global network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Corporate Round, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Series A $4.6M–$55M; Series B $3M–$47M; Corporate Round $1.8M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Monogusa — Monoxer is a Information Technology.
  • Loop — Loop provides integrated solutions across strategy, compliance, and execution to help mining operators reduce emissions, capture fugitive gas, and create value through beneficial reuse.
  • Pharos — Pharos is the fastest EVM-compatible Layer 1 for real-world assets and cross-chain liquidity, built to unify Web2 and Web3 at internet scale.
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Capital Medica Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Oita Venture Capital
VC Fund · Oita, Oita, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Oita Venture Capital Co. Ltd. is the investment arm of Oita Bank Ltd. It is a venture capital and private equity firm which specializes in growth capital, buyouts, and turnaround investments. It primarily invests in companies in the Oita region. Oita Venture Capital Co. Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is based in Oita, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $605k–$4.3M; Series A $1M–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • F.MED — F.MED is a manufacturing company that designs and develops robotic microsurgical devices for the healthcare industry.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
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Hiroshi Tomishima
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Hiroshi Tomishima is the President and Founder of Zkyuun Entertainment and an Executive Director at Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$11M; Series A $3.1M–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hireroo — HireRoo is an online coding test service that checks the skills of engineers through programming tests. It provides problems that correspond to a wide range of levels, from new graduates to mid-career tech leads, engineering managers, and various occupations. They also provide coding test planning and execution services.
  • Anyplace — Book work-ready furnished apartments for 30+ day stays. No lease, home office setup, high-speed internet, and full price transparency for professionals.
  • space data — Space Data is based on an algorithm that allows the AI to recognize geospatial data from the Earth and easily assign another Earth in VR. The company is developing an algorithm to automatically generate another "Earth" in virtual space using 3DCG technology by making the AI understand the geospatial information of the Earth by learningthe vast amount of ground observation data available from satellites. They want to create an AI that can reconstruct the "world" in virtual space by learning all kinds of data from this world, such as traffic volume, pedestrian traffic, day and night, four seasons, temperature, plant distribution, and nighttime light intensity. Its goal is to build a future in which everyone has the ability to create their own world (universe) and shape their own destiny without regard for race, gender, appearance, or environment.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $72k–$4.3M; Angel $37k–$735k; Series A $3.2M–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
  • Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
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Sagin Capital & Consulting
VC Fund · Saga, Saga, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Sagin Capital & Consulting is the venture capital arm of The Bank of Saga.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$5.7M; Series B $2.4M–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $117k–$6.4M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $4.7M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Medteria — Medteria is a medtech startup developing pathology AI. It is the provider of the “Medteria” communication cloud platform for healthcare professionals and medical students.
  • EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
  • 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.
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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Machine Learning startups

Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Local, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$4.3M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
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Machine Learning Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 418 deals from 590 investors.

590
investors
in Japan Machine Learning startups
418
deals
in Japan Machine Learning startups
$2.4M
median round
in Japan Machine Learning startups
30%
lead investors
lead at least one round
25%
Seed
most common funding stage
92/8
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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