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Top 50 Mobile Startup Investors in Japan (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Mobile startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Mobile startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
East Ventures
VC Fund
11 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $473k–$35M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $317k–$57M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$198M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
9 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$184M
Venture United
VC Fund
8 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Travel, Apps $39k–$30M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
7 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $2.3M–$142M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$213M
JAFCO
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$184M
ANRI
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Medical, Health Care $413k–$41M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $2M–$340M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
6 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$26M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $565k–$71M
First Light Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Advertising $553k–$198M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.4M–$109M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $330k–$75M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $458k–$30M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
4 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
4 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Content, Software $320k–$43M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
4 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Content, Information Technology, Travel $700k–$75M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $691k–$29M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $875k–$78M
Canal Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Apps, Information Technology, Internet $821k–$132M
JA Mitsui Leasing
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Debt Financing, Series B Information Technology, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $510k–$109M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Myanmar Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology $186k–$16M
DBJ Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Australia Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $2.7M–$184M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1.3M–$170M
OPT
VC Fund
3 Japan, New Zealand, United States Seed, Corporate Round Mobile, Advertising, Apps $1.4M–$31M
Saison Capital
VC Fund
3 India, Singapore, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $1.5M–$33M
F Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
W ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $382k–$37M
Angel Bridge
VC Fund
3 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Information Technology, Software, Consulting $792k–$47M
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Software, Robotics $4.5M–$369M
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.5M–$269M
Spiral Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $768k–$78M
UNITED
VC Fund
3 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A Apps, Software, Information Technology $645k–$43M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
3 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $895k–$369M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $505k–$85M
KDDI
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B Mobile, Software, Internet $2.8M–$638M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Taiwan, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Series A, Seed Software, Mobile, Internet
m8 Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Japan Seed, Series A Mobile, Software, SaaS
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Medical, Nursing and Residential Care
MIRAISE
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
Takeuchi Makoto
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Series A Information Technology, Mobile, Medical $11M–$326M
Giftee
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Debt Financing Marketing, Internet, CRM
Gumi Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Taiwan, Finland Seed, Series A Video, Media and Entertainment, Gaming
Akatsuki Securities
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Mobile, Media and Entertainment
Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, China, Belgium Series A, Series B Content, Medical, Task Management
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Beenos Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile $535k–$51M
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 522
  • Round size: Seed $473k–$13M; Series A $2M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
  • Holo-X — Holo-X provides augmented, virtual, and mixed realities services and products.
  • 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.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Seed $317k–$17M; Series A $2.4M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.4B in 2021

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.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 576
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$74M; Series B $4.3M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • WARPSPACE — ARPSPACE is a space startup originating from the University of Tsukuba, has been launching and working on a satellite development project at the University of Tsukuba for five years until the company was established.
  • Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 584
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Venture United
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Zest — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
  • FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
  • Meetcareer — Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 386
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$142M; Series B $5.3M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$101M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 304
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$142M; Series B $6.4M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Mobile 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, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 269
  • Round size: Seed $413k–$19M; Series A $2.3M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
  • Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 17 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:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 198
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$142M; Series B $6.7M–$340M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $534M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 6 investments in Japan Mobile startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$24M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Seed $565k–$43M; Series A $2M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
  • Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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First Light Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Mobile startups

First Light Capital is venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $553k–$24M; Series A $2M–$120M; Series B $3.2M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Monogusa — Monoxer is a Information Technology.
  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
  • Japan Legal System Institute — Japan Legal System Institute (JLSI), our primary value is to provide products that exceed user expectations.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 677
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$63M; Series B $4.3M–$109M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Eyeota — Engage your best customers with trusted audience data | enrich insights, enhance personalization and transform audience targeting.
  • Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 167
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$11M; Series A $2.4M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
  • AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.
  • NexusAdvisors — NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $458k–$30M; Series A $1.5M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Mobile startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 4 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $320k–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$30M; Series A $13M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • 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.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 229
  • Round size: Seed $691k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • 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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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 9 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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$21M; Series A $2.4M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
  • RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
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Canal Ventures
VC Fund · Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Canal Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm of the Nihon Unisys Group that invests in seed early phase startups.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $821k–$61M; Series A $900k–$52M; Series B $8M–$132M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
  • Al Travel — Al Travel is a next-generation cloud-type business travel arrangement and management system (BTM). AI Travel reduces business travel arrangements by up to 90% and simplifies application and reporting operations and significantly cuts operations that do not generate profits in the batch settlement.
  • Qubitcore — Qubitcore is a pioneering startup founded with the mission of commercializing and advancing the research outcomes of the Quantum Information Physics Experimental Unit, focusing on the practical implementation of quantum technologies in computing, communication, and information processing.
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JA Mitsui Leasing
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 6 in the past 12 months

JA Mitsui Leasing is a leasing company combining the features of an organization linked to an affiliate.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Series B $510k–$109M; Debt Financing $3.7M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WOTA — WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science.
  • Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
  • Q.ENEST Holdings — Q.ENEST Holdings is an electric power business holding company that focuses on renewable energy and greentech solutions. The company develops and operates solar power and other renewable generation assets and provides retail electricity services under the Q.ENEST brand. It offers gentailer-model services covering power generation through to sales,along with VPP and grid-scale storage businesses. Q.ENEST Holdings also provides greentech and ETRM services that use data science, machine learning, and proprietary algorithms for power trading and risk management. Its platform business aggregates and optimizes CO2-free power supply for households and corporate customers in Japan.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Seed $338k–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $186k–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • 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.
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 160
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$85M; Series B $4.6M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Creattura — Creatura assists companies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by generating and distributing carbon credits and promoting the adoption of renewable energy sources.
  • Scohia Pharma — Scohia Pharma is a biotech venture that will have both substantial research and development resources and be nimble enough to make decisions quickly, will strive to improve patient quality of life by providing patients and healthcare professionals with new therapeutic medications for renal, metabolic.
  • 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.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $2M–$41M; Series B $5.2M–$170M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
  • Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
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OPT
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

OPT, Inc. is Japanese e-marketing company, which supports customer's Internet marketing holding the concept 'e-marketing that would directly into sales'.OPT, Inc. aims to create new market by realizing maximizing customer's ROI and finding the best way of solutions to the customer's problem. It is the OPT'stask to propose collectively the way how to use the Internet as a marketing tool for customers and support them.In order to maximize customer's ROI, it is necessary to make ads, develop sites, develop marketing strategies, and support communication and IT strategies.At OPT. Inc: it has wide business lines, customers would be supported by the 4 business fields making ads, technology, solution, and contents.The important thing for the e-marketing company is always standing the idea "market in" not "product out". And so OPT, Inc instantaneously developed its own tool to objectively effect measurement and has tried to improve customer's marketing by using the objective data.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Advertising, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$21M; Corporate Round $2.6M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Raksul — Raksul.inc is a fabless B2B platform builder. It aims to redesign and simplify value chains in legacy industries. It has enabled the "sharing economy" business model in printing, logistics and advertising, by connecting SME customers directly to excess capacities of existing players in various industries at a low cost.
  • OPT China — OPT China is a company that provides marketing and distribution support for Chinese consumers.
  • Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
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Saison Capital
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

They invest in Seed to Series A companies across emerging markets. Although they have a sector agnostic fund mandate, they particularly like to work with founders that are building ecosystems with the potential to distribute financial services to the unbanked.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Singapore, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.4M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$6M; Series A $3.4M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $55M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Mylapay — Mylapay, a rising fintech startup, was established in 2019 and incorporates as 'Mindeed Technologies and Services Pvt Ltd' by a dynamic team of co-founders (Ex Hitachi and Worldline) who bring over 50 years of collective experience in the payment domain. Mylapay has been officially registered with the DIPP under the Startup Indiainitiative, signifying its commitment to pioneering financial technology solutions. We specialize in payment enablement, crafting cutting-edge payment solutions to simplify the complete card payment cycle. Mylapay aimed at redefining the payment processing experience with its core product line up; (3DS-Authentication: The linchpin of online commerce, turning payment security into an art form), (Authorization Switch: Your go-to solution for speed and security, ensuring high success rates with fast and safe approvals), (IntelleEngine-Transaction Processing System: An all-in-one platform that manages the post authorization transaction processing end-to-end) Our aim is to transform Mylapay into a holistic tech ecosystem for all your acquiring payment processing needs. We offer cloud-based solutions that equip Payment Aggregators and Banks across the globe with complete payment processing capabilities. With us, you get a one-stop-shop for all your payment solutions, making transaction experiences smoother than ever!
  • Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
  • AIsa — AIsa is the capability layer for the Agentic Economy. Everything AI agents need to reason, act, and transact. Pay per call.
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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
  • Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$17M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
  • Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $792k–$28M; Series A $2.5M–$19M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting innovation and enhancing value.Leveraging the rich history of Japanese technological prowess, INCJ aims to provide financial, technological and management support in order to promote the creation of next-generation businesses through “openinnovation,” or the flow of technology and expertise beyond the boundaries of existing organizational structures.INCJ will draw on funding as well as management and technological expertise from the public and private sectors. INCJ is actively reviewing various investment opportunities in areas of green energy, electronics, IT and biotechnology to infrastructure-related sectors such as water supply. Each investment will be thoroughly vetted to ensure it meets the exacting standards of INCJ's Innovation Network Committee, which will make the final investment decisions.INCJ is capitalized at 280 billion yen, with the Japanese government injecting 266 billion yen and 26 private corporations (refer to details in Appendix below) providing a further 14 billion yen. The government will also provide guarantees up to a total of 1,800 billion yen for INCJ investments, giving it an investment capability of approximately 2,000 billion yen. INCJ will be established for a period of 15 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Robotics
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$340M; Series B $4.5M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloudian — Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.
  • Seajacks — Cadeler is a global leader in offshore wind farm construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.
  • Vehicle Energy Japan — Vehicle Energy Japan specializes in development, manufacturing and sales of automotive lithium-ion batteries.
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 14 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: 172
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$74M; Series B $3.3M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
  • KUZEN — KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Seed $768k–$9.7M; Series A $1.1M–$78M; Series B $5.7M–$69M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
  • Mozu — MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform.
  • AZUL Energy — AZUL Energy is a next-generation energy device that improves air battery performance, develops air battery-related products, and proposes eco-friendly and comfortable new lifestyles. They discovered that a catalyst electrode containing one of these pigments performed better than platinum carbon or existing catalyst electrode materials.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $645k–$4.4M; Series A $868k–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
  • Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
  • Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups, 7 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, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$23M; Series A $1.9M–$32M; Series B $895k–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $342M 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.
  • Solafune — Solafune integrates multi-domain intelligence across space, cyber, and physical layers to create actionable, sovereign decision systems.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 266
  • Round size: Seed $505k–$33M; Series B $1.8M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Smart Craft
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KDDI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Mobile startups

KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanesecable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Series A $8.5M–$209M; Series B $2.8M–$638M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yuime — Yuime is an HR consulting firm that offers agricultural staffing, contract farming, and recruitment services.
  • RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
  • Bounce — Luggage Storage Near Me 24/7 - Store your baggage in 32,000+ worldwide locations. Bounce is the BEST luggage storage app for finding and booking left luggage & lockers near you!
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • KAKEAI — Amazon S3 is cloud object storage with industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. S3 is ideal for data lakes, mobile applications, backup and restore, archival, IoT devices, ML, AI, and analytics.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Recustomer — Recustomer is an IT company that develops software for digital payment and provides support for web development.
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m8 Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

m8 Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that funds mobile technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Fuller — Fuller is a software development company that builds mobile phone applications and provides internet media services. The company’s products include App Ape Analytics and App Ape Lab.App Ape Analytics is a trend research and analysis app that investigates the usage of Android terminal, and offers the viewing rate data; the number of active usersof the application; and user attribute information such as the user’s age gender, the user who is in possession of the application, and more.App Ape Lab analyzes the trends and offers real-time information of the app market.Fuller was founded in 2011 and is based in Chiba, Japan.
  • Applauze — Applauze, formerly 955Dreams Inc., is a new age publishing company. They publish magical titles on mobile devices. Their latest product, called Applauze launched in March of 2013, is an iOS app that presents users with thousands of events happening every day, from concerts and theater productions to sports games and community events. Theservice is available across 41 U.S. cities and 5 Canadian cities.Applauze finds tickets from primary sellers, as well as secondary markets like StubHub, and uses data analytics and machine learning to recommend relevant events to users, who can easily purchase tickets via the app and also share their event with friends.Applauze is a small group of hackers and designers who are working on mobile products that will engage and excite you. They love what they do and their users love the products they've built. Their designs are executed at a very high standard and their apps are educational and highly immersive at the same time. Applauze has raised money from Mitch Kapor and 500 Startups.
  • Just Sing It — JustSingIt.com is the catchy, memorable domain name that is perfect for any startup looking to make a lasting impression in the music industry. With its playful and engaging tone, this domain exudes creativity and passion for all things mus
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Okinawa Development Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Okinawa Development Finance Corporation provides policy-based financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Medical, Nursing and Residential Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
  • Swivel — Swivel's mission is to create the fishing brand.
  • HelloWorld — EdTech, International Exchange between Schools
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GIG-A — Open a bank account in Japan from your mobile with GIG-A. Receive salary, manage everyday spending, or transfer money with ease.
  • XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
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Takeuchi Makoto
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

At Yamanouchi and Astellas, engaged in drug discovery research in the areas of inflammation and bone metabolism, and created osteoporosis treatment minodronate and overactive bladder treatment solifenacin. After serving as Director of the Chemical Research Laboratory, Astellas Pharma Research Division, Executive Officer, Research PromotionDivision, and General Manager of the Research Management Division, he became Senior Executive Officer, External Relations Director. In addition, he has been involved in a wide range of industry activities, serving as the Research and Development Committee of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the chairman of the Industrial Policy Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Forum. He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania (Professor Amos B Smith III) for one year from 2001. Graduated from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Graduate School of Pharmacy. Lecturer at Seminar on Advanced Drug Discovery Science sponsored by the Pharmaceuticals Promotion Association

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Mobile, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $11M–$326M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
  • Linkage — Linkage is a Online health support business and Online specific health guidance.
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Giftee
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

giftee is an online service where you can send a small 'thank you' through small gifts by twitter and email. Supported by Open Network Lab.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Internet, CRM
  • Stage:Series A, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DIRIGIO — DIRIGIO is an Operation and development of mobile order & pay platform.
  • Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
  • Treasure in Stomach — Treasure in Stomach is a food manufacturing company that develops vegan, gluten-free, and Muslim-friendly products and content.
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Gumi Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Gumi Ventures helps the new entrepreneurs and businesses to cause a new innovation in the smartphone field. Gumi Ventures supports the new entrepreneurs and businesses that can resonate with gumi listed in the business mission, that cause a new innovation in the smartphone field. They will create a global company that represents the future ofJapan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Media and Entertainment, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
  • Mech — Mech is an NFT-based metaverse game that is currently developing their first versions of a match-3 game in which players can earn the in-game currency ore.
  • Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
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Akatsuki Securities
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Akatsuki Securities is a securities company that provides dealing, brokerage, underwriting, and distribution of securities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
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Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund · Koto, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Medical, Task Management
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, China, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
  • MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
  • Asoview — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$68M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto
  • Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
  • OPERA TECH
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Beenos Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Mobile startups

Beenos is a platform for startups. Our in-house team of entrepreneurs-in-residence and specialists help you get your ideas off the ground. We’re (the) experts in engineering, design, data science, and business management. We know how to launch a company in this ever changing IT industry, and we’d like to help establish and expand your present andfuture business.The company was founded in 1999 as NetPrice.com, a provider of eCommerce services. NetPrice.com established Beenos as an incubation program before

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $535k–$6.6M; Series A $1.3M–$13M; Series B $10M–$51M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
  • Ralali — Ralali.com, Pusat toko grosir online pertama di Indonesia, sebagai b2b wholesale marketplace platform yang menghubungkan supplier, distributor dengan retail.
  • Delivered Korea — Delivered Korea is an e-commerce platform, that accelerates cross-border e-commerce from South Korea to your country.
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Mobile Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 212 deals from 329 investors.

329
investors
in Japan Mobile startups
212
deals
in Japan Mobile startups
$26M
median round
in Japan Mobile startups
23%
lead investors
lead at least one round
15%
Seed
most common funding stage
89/11
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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