Top 50 Mobile VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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15 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $250k–$30M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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14 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $312k–$20M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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12 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $268k–$41M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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11 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $800k–$34M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $470k–$21M |
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JAFCO
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.4M–$41M |
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Venture United
VC Fund
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8 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Travel, Apps | $200k–$14M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $1.3M–$60M |
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, Israel | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $1.7M–$69M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $1.3M–$38M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $602k–$48M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Medical | $455k–$12M |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $283k–$10M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $404k–$11M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $372k–$17M |
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YJ Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Content | $63k–$30M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology | $96k–$11M |
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First Light Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Advertising | $50k–$120M |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $457k–$45M |
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $605k–$32M |
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $689k–$32M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $665k–$30M |
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $874k–$63M |
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OPT
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Advertising, Apps | $1.3M–$21M |
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KDDI
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence | $254k–$209M |
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Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Medical | $3.5M–$213M |
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $482k–$16M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $661k–$47M |
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W ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Internet | $382k–$37M |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | $887k–$34M |
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Canal Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Information Technology, Apps, Software | $537k–$21M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $624k–$20M |
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Litalico
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Medical, Medical Device | $447k–$14M |
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JA Mitsui Leasing
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Debt Financing, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $2.9M–$64M |
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UNITED
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Apps, Software, Information Technology | $645k–$43M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $648k–$47M |
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F Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Service Industry | |
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m8 Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Japan | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Software, Apps | $1M–$7.2M |
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Saison Capital
VC Fund
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3 | India, Singapore, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $1.5M–$33M |
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, China | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $547k–$50M |
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Miyako Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $395k–$150M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $826k–$41M |
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Hong Kong | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $274k–$24M |
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D4V
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $292k–$14M |
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Beenos Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet | $176k–$51M |
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$52M |
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FGN ABBA Lab
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Software, Aerospace | $90k–$1.6M |
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Vector
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round | Software, Apps, Internet | $174k–$14M |
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SoftBank Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, India | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Mobile, Advertising | $2.5M–$200M |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B | Energy, Software, Internet of Things | $2.2M–$283M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 692
- 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.
- Tokoshie — Building infrastructure that inspires everyone to create.
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 388
- Round size: Seed $312k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- 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.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 667
- 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.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 685
- 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
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Smart Craft —
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 366
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$41M; Series B $4.2M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- EISHIN — EISHIN is a technology company that specializes in pet tech business, recruitment consulting, website creation, and development services.
Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Travel, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $200k–$14M; Series A $354k–$1.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $440k–$2.1M
- 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.
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 454
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $4.5M–$60M; 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.
- Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
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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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- 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
- Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 831
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
- Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
- Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- 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
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
- Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 179
- Round size: Seed $283k–$1.9M; Series A $944k–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $365k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- IGU — IGU is a professional team dedicated to designing, refining, and delivering exceptional entertainment experiences. With a strong focus on creativity, quality, and innovation, IGU brings together talented professionals who transform ideas into engaging and memorable experiences.
- GEMBA — GEMBA develops on-site improvement DX services specialising in the manufacturing industry.
- 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.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- 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
- 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.
- Gravity Design — Gravity Design is a full-stack platform consolidating supply chains for home interior materials.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- 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.
YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Seed $63k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $180M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
- Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 171
- Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020
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- Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
First Light Capital is venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.9M; Series A $2M–$120M; Series B $3.2M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- LobbyAI — LobbyAI provides a wide range of services related to artificial intelligence, particularly around database construction and management.
- Genba Hub — Genba Hub specializes in providing business management systems for construction and maintenance enterprises.
- 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.
Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$45M; Series B $3.3M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $457k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% 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.
Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.
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- 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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Browse database — It's Free!Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 169
- Round size: Seed $665k–$9.4M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $2.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
- Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $874k–$9.3M; Series A $1.1M–$63M; Series B $3.9M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020
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- POLASTECH — POLASTECH promotes structural transformation in energy-intensive industries, including data centers, by integrating materials technology and systems technology.
- Power Laser — Power Laser is a startup company that offers a range of power laser technologies and applications. The company develops high-power laser systems, related components, and software for advanced industrial and scientific applications. Its mission, “Power lasers open the future,” reflects its focus on next-generation photonics and precision laserinnovation for manufacturing and research sectors.
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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- Industry: Mobile, Advertising, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$21M; Series A $1.8M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Series A $4.1M–$209M; Series B $2.8M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $254k–$31M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $187M 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!
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$85M; Series B $4.5M–$213M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 328
- 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 —
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 545
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020
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- 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.
- AIONA — AIONA uses AI to produce high-quality products and provides everyone with access to knowledge.
- Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M 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.
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$18M; Series B $4.6M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $887k–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- Power Laser — Power Laser is a startup company that offers a range of power laser technologies and applications. The company develops high-power laser systems, related components, and software for advanced industrial and scientific applications. Its mission, “Power lasers open the future,” reflects its focus on next-generation photonics and precision laserinnovation for manufacturing and research sectors.
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
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Browse database — It's Free!Canal Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm of the Nihon Unisys Group that invests in seed early phase startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Software
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $821k–$21M; Series A $963k–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $537k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $47M in 2020
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- 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.
- LOMBY — LOMBY is a logistic firm that delivers orders through its robotic machines.
- 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.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 212
- Round size: Seed $624k–$12M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $2.8M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $326M in 2025
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- Mujin — At Mujin, we design automation platforms to enhance any robot, enable advanced capabilities and lower operating costs.
- X Mile — Corporate Site:https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site:https://x-work.jp/
- 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 .
LITALICO is a management school for preschools and children's classrooms. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $447k–$14M; Series B $7M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
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- LOGZ Group — LOGZ Group offers employment support for people with disabilities.
- Atlast health — Atlast Health provides high-quality psychological care to patients through technology.
- Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
JA Mitsui Leasing is a leasing company combining the features of an organization linked to an affiliate.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Series B $2.9M–$25M; Debt Financing $3.7M–$64M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.3M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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- e-dash — e-dash is an IT firm that develops and provides software e-dash for visualizing and reducing CO2 emissions.
- 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.
UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $645k–$2.8M; Series A $868k–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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- 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.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $648k–$10M; Series A $2.5M–$19M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- PeopleX — PeopleX encourages and assists employees in their professional development.
- Power Laser — Power Laser is a startup company that offers a range of power laser technologies and applications. The company develops high-power laser systems, related components, and software for advanced industrial and scientific applications. Its mission, “Power lasers open the future,” reflects its focus on next-generation photonics and precision laserinnovation for manufacturing and research sectors.
F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
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- Total investments: 40
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
m8 Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that funds mobile technology companies.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.6M; Series A $2M–$7.2M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
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
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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- 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.
Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Series A $893k–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $547k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $99M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
- Trash Technologies — Trash Technologies is an AI-powered sustainability company focusing on sourcing recycled materials with cost-offsetting benefits.
- Bridgesmile Corporation — Bridgesmile operates an on-site installation and replacement service platform.
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Browse database — It's Free!Miyako Capital is the venture capital that manages Kyoto University 2nd Venture Fund (KUVF). The company was founded in 2013 and based in Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan. Investment fields are: 1) Life Science, Biotechnology: Drug creation, regenerative medicine, medical beauty equipment, medical services.2) Agri-Food: Industrialization,agricultural and fishery products growth-promoting technology, specified health food, health food.3) Environment, Energy: Alternative energy, and related technologies.4) IT, Electronics: Web, mobile related devices and application, telecommunication technology, security, consumer and business oriented application, mechatronic, robot.5) New services utilizing state-of-art technology.Investment stages: Primary investment stages are initial-growth stages of seed and early. However, we aim at all growth stages and make investment in post-IPO portfolio companies as well as public companies that are related with Kyoto University.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- 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.
- XFOREST Therapeutics — xFOREST Therapeutics develops a drug discovery platform that targets RNA structures.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $826k–$14M; Series A $2.2M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $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.
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Debt Financing, 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.
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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- 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.
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $176k–$2.1M; Series A $1.9M–$13M; Series B $2.3M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% 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.
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $6.9M–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- QNu Labs — QNu Labs is the first and only Indian company to develop Quantum cyber-security products using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Technology. QKD solves the problem of key distribution by allowing the exchange of a cryptographic key between two remote parties with unconditional security over a quantum channel.
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
FGN ABBA Lab is an investment fund that mainly supports pre-seed to series A early stage startups. In this FGN ABBA Lab fund, they will support startups with the idea of creating “things and things” that make the world exciting without limiting the genre, investment, training, and social implementation.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Aerospace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $90k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.2M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- HMS — HMS develops AI smart camera that integrates image input and processing.
- IKOU — IKOU is an inclusive brand for babies and children that creates products valued by all users. The company's featured products include portable seats, bibs, and children's clothing products along with online services.
- Sorano Me — Sorano Me is a content creation and media company that provides space related content, space data and consulting services.
Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $541k–$5M; Corporate Round $174k–$2.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $226k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
- CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
- Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and investacross a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Advertising
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 244
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $5M–$75M; Series C $10M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3B in 2021
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- OpenAI — Introducing Sora: Creating video from text
- Hyperpublic — Hyperpublic is an open database of people, places, and things tied to a specific location. Anyone can add objects to the database and developers will be able to build applications on top of the data.
Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.
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- Industry: Energy, Software, Internet of Things
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$105M; Series B $3.7M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- 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.
- TWO — TWO is a health and wellness company that offers innovative lifestyle solutions 2foods, a line of healthy and delicious food products.
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