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Top 50 Music VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Music startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Music startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $283k–$10M
East Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $250k–$30M
UNITED
VC Fund
4 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Software, Information Technology $645k–$43M
mixi
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment $279k–$51M
Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
3 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$52M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $800k–$34M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Software $351k–$52M
Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $613k–$52M
NES Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series B, Series A Software, B2C, Apps $544k–$3.6M
Ceres
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain $450k–$120M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $183k–$4M
FIREBUG
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Music, B2C, Apps $829k–$1.5M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $689k–$32M
Bricks Fund Tokyo
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $2.5M–$52M
Abbey Road Studios
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom, Japan, Finland Seed, Pre-Seed Music, Software, Audio $250k–$650k
TLM
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series B Information Technology, Content, SNS $123k–$5.2M
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series C, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.1M–$100M
iFund
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Video Games $110k–$10M
Gumi Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Taiwan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Video, Content, Media and Entertainment $351k–$28M
KAYAC
VC Fund
1 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series A, Series B Media and Entertainment, Management Consulting, Information Technology $2.1M–$3.6M
Dentsu Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning $1.9M–$62M
Mint
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Music, Web Apps, Blockchain
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $98k–$118M
Allfuz
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Music, Video, Mobile
Murata Manufacturing
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Israel Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Mobile, Software $2.1M–$40M
Avex Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown Media and Entertainment, Music, Content $12M–$28M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, China Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Mobile $547k–$50M
PE&HR
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $178k–$31M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Content, Software, Marketing $13k–$5M
The Seed Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture $160k–$8.1M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $496k–$57M
Salesforce Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $3.8M–$300M
Uzabase
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Information Services, Information Technology $1.3M–$16M
Resona Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia Debt Financing, Series A Information Technology, SaaS, Software $1.1M–$156M
For Life Music Entertainment
VC Fund
1 Japan Corporate Round Music, Content, Social Media
Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
OPT Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Series A, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Task Management
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
DIMENSION
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Content
DRG FUND
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed B2C, Music, Drones
Gogin Skyland Next Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Music, Video, Content Creators
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet
Fuji Pacific Music
VC Fund
1 Japan Corporate Round Music, Content, Social Media
Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, Kenya Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $972k–$128M
ANRI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Information Technology $268k–$41M
MUFG Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services $6.5M–$1.5B
NES Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Audio, Music, Media and Entertainment
W ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet
Tycoon Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A PaaS, Music, Video
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music startups, 13 in the past 12 months

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. In addition 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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 180
  • Round size: Seed $283k–$1.9M; Series A $944k–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $389k–$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.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • BASE — BASE provides web-based services that develop and build e-commerce platforms. The company provides its services across Japan, such as net shop creation, development of shopping applications, development of online payment, and other services.
  • EveryWill — Every WiLL will hasten the creation of a new logistical infrastructure that addresses social problems, beginning with the "way we receive" our products.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music 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, 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

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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mixi
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music startups

Mixi is a Japanese social networking service that allows users to connect with their friends in a convenient way.It enables users to send and receive messages, write in a diary, read and comment on others' diaries, organize and join communities, and invite their friends.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $279k–$11M; Series A $970k–$51M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Final Aim — Final Aim has been driving the global adoption of blockchain and smart contracts technologies in industrial design and manufacturing. In November 2021, the company announced the beta version of its blockchain platform, “Final Chain.” In April 2022, the company established its headquarters in the United States. In September of the same year, FinalAim was accepted into “Berkeley SkyDeck,” a world-renowned Silicon Valley startup accelerator. In February 2023, it was also chosen as “The Most Likely to Become the Next Unicorn” within the Berkely SkyDeck program. In June 2023, the company won the “Japan-US Innovation Awards – Innovation Showcase,” a co-program by the Japan Society of Northern California and the Stanford University US-Asia Technology Management Center.
  • Volve Creative — Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services.
  • Lightfury Games — India's true AAA game studio with a vision to pioneer a new era of gaming by creating groundbreaking AAA titles that entertain and inspire players worldwide.
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Music startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 223
  • 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.
  • Primitive Labs — Our mission is to make human behavior a first-class primitive of software development.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 672
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$3.1M; Series A $1.3M–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Inter Holding — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
  • 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.
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups, 20 in the past 12 months

Z Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Z Holdings that invests in companies that focuses on the insurance and finance industry.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $190M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • QueryLift — QueryLift develops software for analyzing how generative AI systems represent brands and products. Its marketing intelligence service provides prompt analysis, competitor comparison, brand visibility monitoring, and source tracking. Its security service monitors misinformation, brand damage, data leakage, and other reputation risks associated with generative AI. The company provides these capabilities through SaaS products and positions them within generative engine optimization and AI security.
  • Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
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NES Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

NES Venture Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, B2C, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $544k–$1.8M; Series A $1.2M–$1.7M; Series B $1.5M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
  • Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
  • Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $464k–$2.7M; Series A $1.4M–$120M; Venture - Series Unknown $450k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
  • AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
  • TASIMOVF — Founder of Asimov Foundation. Investing in the future of AI & Crypto (a much more meaningful space than FX) prev. @xbox
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music 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: 52
  • Round size: Seed $183k–$4M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $4.6M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
  • Packative — Platform to design and order custom packaging online
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
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FIREBUG
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, B2C, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $829k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Baby Jam — Baby Jam is a music app that offers music promotion, video editing, videography, and transaction services.
  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • TicketMe — TicketMe is Japan's largest NFT, allows to freely purchase and sell tickets for live music, theater, sports, and other events. Its purpose is to ''find the hidden value in the world and deliver the appropriate value to the right location.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
  • Prossel Holdings — Prossel Holdings are a holding company based in Niigata, building the future of manufacturing and technology.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
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Bricks Fund Tokyo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Bricks Fund Tokyo collaborates to establish new enterprises that address social challenges and alter industrial systems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Series B $2.5M–$52M; Series C $8M–$19M; Venture - Series Unknown $8.8M–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mozu — MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform.
  • Valt Japan — VALT JAPAN is a social business compan that continues to pursue solutions to social issues.
  • Beer and Tech — Beer and Tech present HitoHana, an e-commerce and subscription platform dedicated to flowers and greenery. HitoHana makes it easy for customers to access curated floral arrangements and a variety of plants. Additionally, HitoHanaNote, the accompanying website, provides helpful resources on selecting and nurturing houseplants, orchids, succulents,and more, supporting plant enthusiasts with expert guidance for thriving indoor greenery.
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Abbey Road Studios
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Software, Audio
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Japan, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$650k
  • Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MyPart — MyPart is an AI-powered song search and matching platform with products that serve both songwriters and creative industry executives.
  • AI Music — AI Music is at the forefront of exploring how artificial intelligence can change and adapt music. Quite simply, we believe music should be accessible and contextually relevant for both its creators and its listeners. With our Infinite Music Engine and other proprietary technology, we deliver bespoke solutions for marketers, publishers, fitnessprofessionals, creative agencies and many more. Music that adapts to your heartbeat, audio advertising that matches listener context, universal licenses across formats... All of this is possible, and more, thanks to our cutting-edge research and scalable in-house development.
  • Broomx Technologies — Broomx Technologies is the projected VR company creating the most advanced tools to enjoy virtual reality in real spaces. Founded in 2014 in the heart of Barcelona Technological Hub, they develop propietary solutions in the fields of Software, Hardware and Cloud Services. Their team is a mix of designers/creative minds,developers/engineers and communication/marketing/business development specialists. Broomx Founders and Directors, Serrano Brothers, have melt different disciplines with their passion for disruptive solutions and advanced technologies, always with the human factor and user experience in mind.
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TLM
VC Fund · Portland, Oregon, United States · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

TLM is a venture capital that invests basically in seed rounds, including some Series A startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, SNS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $180k–$4.3M; Angel $123k–$374k; Series B $723k–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $418k in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • Nanameue — Nanameue creating a new future that makes people smile and has a fun experience. Create your own place by connecting people to people in “nanameue” way.
  • Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
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Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$12M; Series C $2.3M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Biolinq — Introducing a revolutionary platform for metabolic health.
  • Linqmed — Linqmed is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
  • VIE STYLE — VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services.
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iFund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $110k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $4.7M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Hagino — Hagino is a recruitment company that provides paid employment services for the hotel and lodging industries.
  • Kimitona — Kimitona is the developer and operator of the AI ​​fortune-telling service "Uratch,".
  • Livetoon — Livetoon creates intellectual property characters to access various content artificial intelligence.
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Gumi Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music 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 of Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Content, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $465k–$7.1M; Series A $351k–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $469k–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $19M in 2014

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.
  • Anto Bio — We are a scientists and second-time founders developing foundation models to make the gut microbiome computable for drug development.
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KAYAC
VC Fund · Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Creating and ConnectingOur imagination knows no bounds and we believe in everyone's creative abilities.In Japanese, we describe ourselves as an "omoshiro" company. It is hard to translate but it kind of means playful, fun and interesting. What we really want is to create things that are fun for people to use. And that'swhy we hire free-spirited and light-hearted people who won't lose their playful creativity at work.KAYAC is what an IT and web company looks like when it is given the freedom to play. Our name is based on the initials of our three directors: KAihata, YAnagisawa, and C(k)uba. And it fits us because a kayak is a nimble and fun little boat that needs a strong, hardworking crew to navigate it, just like our company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Management Consulting, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Utoniq — Utoniq service allows them to collect the works of the artists they support digitally in the form of trading cards. Trading cards will be collected as proof of support for the creators. It is a brand-new trading card service that is both enjoyable to collect and enjoyable to exchange. They provide a service lineup in order to continually increasefan engagement. They can make flexible proposals based on the needs of artists, creators, influencers, anime characters, and so on.
  • ATOMica — ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments.
  • Sukidayo — Sukidayo is a startup company that offers social services related to family and workshops for individuals, companies, and governments.
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Dentsu Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Dentsu Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of Dentsu. It specializes in seed, early, mid and later-stage investments. It prefers to invest in the marketing and communication business sectors in the United States of America, Europe, and Asia.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$62M; Series B $9.6M–$56M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
  • Astrocade — Create, share, and play casual games with friends. No coding, no downloads. Just make something that millions of people can play.
  • Yoyogi Animation Academy — Yoyogi Animation Academy is a Japanese vocational‑style education company that operates Yoyogi Animation Academy, one of Japan’s largest and oldest specialized schools for animation, manga, voice acting, and game design.The academy offers practical, industry‑oriented programs in fields such as animator training, background art, illustration, manga,voice‑acting (seiyuu), and digital content creation, mainly at campuses in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka.
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Mint
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint's flexible dashboard.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Web Apps, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Bunzz — Comprehensive dev tool for Smart Contracts, AI based audit, and analysis.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
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KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund that will support promising startup companies. Total size of the fund is JPY10 billion. This is the first corporate venture capital fund established by KDDI. The fund will be managed by Global Brain Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO, Yasuhiko Yurimoto), which has a strong track record in the venture capital business. By combining KDDI’s know-how and assets with Global Brain’s investment and management support capabilities, we will work together to accelerate cooperative activities with promising startup companies. Through this fund, as well as "KDDI ∞ Labo," a startup incubation program currently inviting a second round of applications, we will continue to support the growth of the next startup companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$33M; Series B $5.2M–$118M; Venture - Series Unknown $98k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RevComm — RevComm develops AI-powered voice analytics software that helps organizations analyze and improve business conversations. Its MiiTel platform supports phone calls, web conferences, face-to-face meetings, and contact center interactions by converting voice data into insights for communication, sales, and operational analysis. The company alsoprovides tools for call management, meeting analysis, and voice data management.
  • Starlight Engine — Starlight Engine develops and commercializes fusion energy power plant technologies.
  • 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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Allfuz
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Allfuz is a contents boutique that offers advertisement planning, production, contracting, management, and promotion; as well as talent casting, content development, platform development, and more.Allfuz was launched in May 2012 as a company that develops and expands the possibilities of completely new entertainment services. For example,specifically, a casting business that focuses on the hobbies and tastes of artists and talents.Allfuz is developing a new service that integrates advertising production for the first time in Japan, and is currently working on diversified services that are not bound by existing frameworks, such as "digital content" and "restaurant business."

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Video, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lute — Lute is an Instagram Stories media that produce and deliver video content specialized for mobile to deliver edgy content to the digital native generation worldwide. In order to realize the above, lute pays tribute to the historical backgrounds and past works that have had a great influence on the artists and their works that are currently active,their appearance and development, cultural We will produce video works with value and contextual appeal.The vision of lute like this is to protect the rights of authors, etc. while keeping in mind the fair use of cultural property (= content), contributing to the development of culture ", the 1st Copyright Law No. 1 It is in keeping with the objectives stipulated by the Article.Therefore, lute will actively use / quote contents such as voice, images including pictures, video etc.
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Murata Manufacturing
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

This is Murata Manufacturing's products-related website. You can view electronic component information, product and event news, exhibition, campaign and webinar information, application guides, and more.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$19M; Series B $12M–$19M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • Movandi — Movandi is the fastest growing 5G mmWave solutions company focused on the design and development of deep technology for 5G and beyond.
  • Lightsynq — Lightsynq is developing universal optical quantum interconnects that bridge the gap to large-scale quantum computers.
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Avex Ventures
VC Fund · Minami-aoyama, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Avex Ventures targets entertainment-related "technology" and "human resources" and is not just a net investment aimed at capital gains, but something that can generate group synergies in the future, or in each business utilizing group infrastructure We will aggressively invest and support those that are expected to increaseprofits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Music, Content
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HJ — HJ is a marketing company that provides media, marketing, and sales promotion services targeted toward teens.
  • SAGOJO — SAGOJO is a planning and operation of the amazing traveler recruiting site "SAGOJO" and production, direction, and editing of accompanying content.
  • Stationhead — Stationhead is the place for music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 10 in the past 12 months

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, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Series A $893k–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $547k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $99M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Wasimil — Wasimil is a tool for customers in the hospitality sector. In addition to increasing sales inside the hotel system, it increases automation and efficiency in hotel management. It is a centrally managed platform for hotel management that automates all hotel departments' daily activities and enhances the number of hotel bookings.
  • 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 for consumers and businesses. Its service, The Butler Next Door, enables customers to arrange technician visits for products purchased through e-commerce sites and manufacturers. Supported categories include dash cameras, security cameras, smart locks, and air conditioners. The platform coordinates online reservations with offline installation work and provides pricing and service coverage information. Bridgesmile also develops and operates the service for business partners, including e-commerce companies and manufacturers.
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PE&HR
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $178k–$1.4M; Series A $585k–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
  • Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
  • Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that publishes interactive games and films. The services provided by the company include the production and distribution of interactive piercing games and story-based movies, allowing creators and development teams to present their projects on a global platform and provide players with an immersive andseamless gaming experience.
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Next One for the World.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$4.3M; Series A $880k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $13k–$2.8M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • 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.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
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The Seed Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $160k–$8.1M; Series A $1.5M–$4.1M; Series B $2.6M–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Cactuz — Bridging the social Gap through our services and contents.
  • Kessaku — Own a piece of heritage, reimagined as your hospitality asset.
  • TrueCamera — TrueCamera develops a blockchain-based platform designed to verify the authenticity of digital photographs and prevent image tampering. The system anchors cryptographic metadata directly into the image files at the moment of capture to ensure data integrity for legal and professional documentation.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $496k–$24M; Debt Financing $536k–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
  • Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
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Salesforce Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

100% invested in enterprise cloud companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 992
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$38M; Series B $5M–$96M; Series C $20M–$300M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1B in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • FLUX — FLUX provide “FLUX Header Bidding Solution” that creates fair competition opportunities and significantly increases advertising revenue within the header bidding server, ad requests are sent to SSPs and ad exchanges all at once, so it is possible to have a pure price competition without prioritization, and to determine the highest bid amount andvalue of the advertising space. I can. Then, the price of the highest bid ad in the header bidding and the ad set in the ad server are competed, and the ad with the higher bid is delivered.
  • Hubbl Technologies — Hubbl Technologies helps businesses maximize Salesforce performance and uncover hidden efficiencies with advanced process discovery and org audits.
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Uzabase
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Official corporate site of Uzabase, Inc., the provider of SPEEDA, NewsPicks and other services

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Information Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.6M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EventHub — EventHub is an event technology company on a mission to connect people. Since their inception they have provided event apps and communication tools to a wide variety of events, from conferences, exhibitions, symposiums to music festivals. Their main product "EventHub" helps event organizers create the best networking experience for theirattendees, exhibitors and sponsors.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
  • Baseconnect — Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”.
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Resona Bank
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 28 in the past 12 months

Resona Bank provides various banking products and services for individual and corporate customers in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Series A $4.8M–$156M; Debt Financing $1.1M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trifa — Trifa is a telecommunications service provider that provides eSIM internet access when traveling internationally.
  • FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
  • Nudge — Provider of financial planning platform designed to create a financial institution with new values and behaviors from scratch. The company's platform has been strengthening its team, developing the first service, and preparing for the necessary financial license acquisition, enabling users to secure their future financially.
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For Life Music Entertainment
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

For Life Music Entertainment is a music record company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Content, Social Media
  • Stage:Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lab — Lab is a music company that supports artists through digital marketing, aiming to expand fan bases through various strategies like YouTube, social media, concerts, and fashion sales. They prioritize artists' music, personality, concept, and message to foster closer connections between artists and fans.
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Shizuoka Capital
VC Fund · Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Shizuoka Capital Company Limited operates as a venture capital firm. It engages in the acquisition, holding, and, sale of securities.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
  • Brainbuddy — Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services.
  • FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
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OPT Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

OPT Ventures is an investment and incubation firm that offers startups with venture capital, investments, IPO advice, management information services, and more. The company was established on February 27, 2015, and operates as an investment subsidiary of Opt Holding Corporation, an e-marketing company based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CirclePe — Backed by India's Top Investors, connect us with your new Landlord & get a Zero Deposit move-in for the 1st time ever.
  • Receptionist — Delighted develops an application for reception services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Zeelab Pharmacy — Zeelab Pharmacy brings to you a high quality affordable generic medicines delivered to your doorstep with ecommerce & network of over 200+ stores in India.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Medigle — Medigle is a consulting firm that provides medical consulting and B2B services.
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  • Space quarters — Space Quarters is a manufacturing company that produces payload deploy and panels, and develops space assembly robotic systems.
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DIMENSION
VC Fund · Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

DIMENSION is an investment fund management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Content
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Romania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Aracan — Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles.
  • ZABoooN — ZABoooN is a shipping company that offers crew labor management, movement management, and ship management services.
  • Biophilia — Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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DRG FUND
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

DRG FUND is a seed stage venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Music, Drones
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
  • Swap — Swap is a tech company offering IT services and business consulting, as well as supporting companies and educational institutions.
  • First Penguins — First Penguins envisions a world in which everyone interested in sports and culture can reach their full potential and fully enjoy themselves.
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Gogin Skyland Next Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Gogin Skyland Next Fund is an early-stage venture funding fund that Gougin funding and Skyland Ventures oversee.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Video, Content Creators
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
  • Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 161
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
  • Logomix — Logomix Inc is a mammalian cellular genome architect startup. Logomix proprietary platform, Geno-Writing™, technology integrates large-scale (Mb) human genome-writing technologies and providing genetically architected versatile human cells and/or downsized cells and microbes for drug development and cell & gene therapy area.Majority ofthe cell engineering companies are currently focused on optimization of gene clusters by automatic high throughput system however, Logomix’s Geno-Writing™ provides the required tools for dealing with mammalian or complex genomes. Logomix works with partners by providing new biology-based solutions to co-create business and social values on Geno-Writing™ platform Current Focus Area includes: 1. Human Health & Therapeutics 2. Biomaterials & Chemicals 3. Agriculture & EnvironmentLogomix has 11 ongoing collaborative research partnerships. Currently Logomix is specifically looking for industry partners to address unmet needs in neurodegenerative disease areas.
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Fuji Pacific Music
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Fuji Pacific Music, a music company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Content, Social Media
  • Stage:Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lab — Lab is a music company that supports artists through digital marketing, aiming to expand fan bases through various strategies like YouTube, social media, concerts, and fashion sales. They prioritize artists' music, personality, concept, and message to foster closer connections between artists and fans.
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Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 40 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 159
  • Round size: Series B $5.8M–$128M; Debt Financing $972k–$70M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.3M–$93M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CLAS — Class is a connection between people, the value of money, time and things.
  • Polyuse — Polyuse Co., Ltd. is developing technology centered on "3D printers for construction" for the construction and civil engineering industries under the mission of "updating the construction industry with the power of technology".
  • Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 315
  • Round size: Seed $268k–$9.9M; Series A $967k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $616k–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
  • Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
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MUFG Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

MUFG Bank is Japan's largest bank. ; MUFG

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 264
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $63M–$1.3B; Debt Financing $6.5M–$1.5B
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Recurrent Energy — As a leading provider of distributed solar power, Recurrent Energy is overcoming the barriers to widespread solar adoption, making renewable energy a practical choice for today's large scale energy users. They are a developer and owner of locally-sited solar power systems, selling clean electricity to their customers worldwide at competitiverates via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) or Feed-in Tariffs (FiT). In return, their utility, commercial, and government customers achieve energy independence, predictable pricing, and enhanced sustainability.
  • Zeta Global — Zeta is a Data & Analytics company that uses a People-based Marketing Cloud to help leading brands acquire, grow and retain customers. Founded by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley (former CEO of Apple Computer and Pepsi-Cola) in 2007, Zeta uses big data, advanced analytics and machine learning to power marketing programs for hundreds ofFortune 1000 and Middle Market brands. Zeta was named one of the 50 most promising private companies by Forbes and one of 10 companies on the planet in two Gartner Magic Quadrant reports. The Company's highly-rated technology platform competes with Oracle, IBM, Salesforce and Adobe. With over 1,000 employees worldwide, the company is headquartered in New York City, with Centers of Excellence in Silicon Valley, Boston, London, and Hyderabad, India, and 12 additional offices around the globe.
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners — For general queries, please use the contact form to get in touch.
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NES Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

NES Investment is an investment firm based in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Audio, Music, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Oikos Music — Oikos Music is a media company that provides service to support artists by purchasing music rights.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music 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: 71
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • 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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Tycoon Capital
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Tycoon Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Music, Video
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
  • Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
  • Arcus Financial Intelligence — Arcus is a PaaS platform that provides payment solutions to help businesses make payments accessible for every consumer. Arcus offers a multi-rail payment platfrom that includes real-time account-to-account payments, cash, and others.
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Music VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 98 deals from 178 investors.

178
investors
in Japan Music startups
98
deals
in Japan Music startups
$894k
median round
in Japan Music startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
34%
Seed
most common funding stage

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