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Top 50 Music VC Funds & Investors in Japan (September 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 Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
UNITED
VC Fund
4 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Software, Information Technology $645k–$43M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $275k–$5M
East Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $263k–$31M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
mixi
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Series A, Series B Media and Entertainment, Apps, Information Technology $970k–$170M
Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
3 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care $1.9M–$52M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$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 $330k–$120M
Abbey Road Studios
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom, Japan, Finland Seed, Pre-Seed Music, Software, Audio $250k–$650k
MIRAISE
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $183k–$4M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown E-Commerce, Internet, Software $351k–$52M
FIREBUG
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Music, B2C, Apps $829k–$1.5M
Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Content $613k–$52M
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
NOW Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Content, Software, Marketing $13k–$5M
Mint
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing $326k–$16M
JAFCO
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$71M
Sony Music Entertainment
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Japan Seed, Series A Music, Software, Media and Entertainment $970k–$30M
The Seed Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture $160k–$8.1M
Otsuka Holdings
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Australia Series A, Series B, Corporate Round Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics $449k–$186M
Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, India Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed Apps, Software, Internet $650k–$132M
Candee
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Media and Entertainment, Music
Carbide Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS $623k–$234M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Apps, Internet $267k–$28M
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, Information Technology $4.2M–$270M
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
Sevenwoods Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Content, Media and Entertainment, Music $379k–$14M
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
Fuji Pacific Music
VC Fund
1 Japan Corporate Round Music, Content, Social Media
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet
Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, Kenya Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $972k–$128M
Gree
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Mobile, Gaming, Content $1.2M–$38M
TLM
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series B Information Technology, Content, SNS $123k–$5.7M
ANRI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Health Care $275k–$34M
MUFG Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services $6.5M–$1.5B
DeNA
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Education, E-Commerce, Content $753k–$47M
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series C, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.1M–$100M
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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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–$4.4M; 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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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music startups, 14 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. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 176
  • Round size: Seed $275k–$1.9M; Series A $944k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $365k–$2.8M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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.
  • PIMTO — PIMTO Corporation is a technology company that provides digital solutions for location and facility management. Through its PIMT-0 service, it supports airports, stations, commercial facilities, hotels, factories, and public organizations in improving operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. The company also focuses on addressingsocial challenges such as overtourism, regional revitalization, remote work creation, and improving access to essential services.
  • 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, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 632
  • Round size: Seed $263k–$7M; Series A $2M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Hyper8 — Hyper8 has been expanding Mespo through profits earned by operating social events.
  • 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.
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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: 238
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$4.8M; 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

  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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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: Media and Entertainment, Apps, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Series A $970k–$51M; Series B $5.9M–$170M
  • 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
  • Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $6.9M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • Yellow Card — Yellow Card is a licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure provider powering global money movement across USD and 50+ local currencies. Talk to us.
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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 andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 641
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$52M; Series B $2.3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
  • Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
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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–$4.5M; Series A $1.4M–$120M; Venture - Series Unknown $330k–$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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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: 11
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$650k
  • Lead/follow: 91% lead, 9% 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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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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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, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$8.5M; Series A $1.3M–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $625k–$12M
  • 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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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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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, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • 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

  • But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
  • Melife — Melife offers training programs, web services,computer education and system development.
  • Cosmobloom — Cosmobloom Co. is a manufacturing company that analyses, designs, and develops space solar power generation systems and solar power sails.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups, 8 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, 8 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: 26
  • Round size: Series B $2.5M–$52M; Series C $8M–$19M; Venture - Series Unknown $8.8M–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mozu — MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform.
  • 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.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
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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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Mint
VC Fund · Higashi, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Mint operates as an independent venture capital firm specializing in the early stage of startups. It focuses on bridging the boundaries between finance and business, investors and entrepreneurs, creating a foundation for startup growth, and supporting entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $326k–$16M; Series A $1.4M–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$6.8M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 324
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$71M; Series B $5.5M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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Sony Music Entertainment
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Sony Music is a United States music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation. It is a global music company with a roster of current artists that includes both local and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordingsin history.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Software, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $970k–$3M; Series A $1M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SymphoMe — SymphoMe is an innovative music education platform designed to revolutionise the way music is taught and learned. Utilising advanced AI-driven multimodal music teaching technology, SymphoMe provides a personalised, engaging, and effective learning experience for music students and teachers alike.
  • Vermillio — Protect your IP and combat deepfakes with TraceID by Vermillio. Ensure safe licensing and secure your content in the age of AI.
  • Stability AI — AI for Humanity. Stability AI is a solution studio dedicated to innovating ideas. By using collective intelligence principles and augmented technology we design and implement feasible solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
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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: 23
  • Round size: Seed $160k–$8.1M; Series A $1.5M–$4.1M; Series B $2.6M–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% 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 — Kessaku is an architectural company that provides building renovation, preserving craftsmanship, and sustainable system services.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
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Otsuka Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Otsuka Pharmaceutical was established in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan in 1964. At Otsuka Pharmaceutical, we are committed to a holistic approach to health and well-being of people and are striving to create innovative, thoroughly-original: pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products based on our corporate philosophy “Otsuka-people creating newproducts for better health worldwide”. Analogous to riding on a bicycle, we drive on two wheels.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Corporate Round
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$26M; Series B $449k–$13M; Corporate Round $50M–$186M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vivoo — Get personalized wellness insights with Vivoo's innovative, science-backed products. Understand your body's needs and take control of your body. Shop now!
  • VIE STYLE — VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services.
  • Atmo Biosciences — Atmo is a clinical stage digital health business focussed on empowering researchers, clinicians and patients with objective real-time insights into gut health and microbiome function. Atmo addresses the unmet clinical need to monitor microbiome function, allowing better diagnosis and management of personalised therapies for gastrointestinaldisorders, resulting in improved gut health and wellness. The company is underpinned by a world-first ingestible gas-sensing capsule + cloud platform, which continuously measures clinically important gaseous biomarkers during transit through the gut and transmits the data wirelessly to the cloud for aggregation and analysis, to determine gut health or dysfunction, resulting in earlier relief of symptoms through personalised therapeutic approaches.
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Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund · Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm. Yamaguchi Capital Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and is based in Yamaguchi-ken, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$3.6M; Series B $2.2M–$132M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LiLz — LiLz is a technology startup that combines machine learning and IoT technology to reduce fieldwork operations. The startup's LiLz Gauge captures and analyzes values by using a low-power IoT camera to capture the current analog meter, uploading it to the cloud, and performing character and image recognition. Analog meters can perform the samefunctions as smart meters. They are also working on a sound search service (LiLz Sound Search) for detecting signs of abnormalities in equipment.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
  • NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
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Candee
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Candee is a PR and digital video marketing company that provides marketing services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • 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.
  • vivito — Vivito provides a shooting location search platform for video production companies and creators.
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Carbide Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Carbide Ventures is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $623k–$7.5M; Series A $3.9M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.9M–$234M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • zypl.ai — We help financial institutions, government entities make more accurate decisions
  • Lakefusion.ai — Unify entities, products, and relationships into a governed, AI-ready data foundation built natively on Databricks, without moving data out of your lakehouse.
  • Magic Shields — Magic Shields develops impact-absorbing flooring solutions designed to reduce injuries from falls in care environments. The company produces cushioning floor materials that use a structured design to balance softness for safety with firmness for everyday mobility, supporting both residents and caregivers. Its products are used in settings such asnursing homes and healthcare facilities, where fall-related injuries are a concern.The flooring system is engineered to absorb shock during a fall while maintaining stability for walking and the use of equipment like wheelchairs or carts. This approach aims to help reduce the severity of injuries without disrupting daily operations.Magic Shields also conducts research and testing to evaluate the effectiveness of its materials, contributing data to support adoption in care settings and inform ongoing product development.
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $804k–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $267k–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Spike Studio — Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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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, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 937
  • Round size: Series A $4.2M–$40M; Series B $5M–$96M; Series C $20M–$270M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1B in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • SRE.ai — AI-Powered Delivery for Modern Enterprise Software Teams
  • Lovable — Build apps, websites, and digital products faster using Lovable's AI-powered platform, no deep coding skills required.
  • 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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Sevenwoods Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Sevenwoods Investment is a global multi-asset investment firm providing Venture Capital & Private Equity.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $379k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Elaly — Elaly Technology makes life better for people around the world.We aim to make the value of money and the experience gained from it flatter.As many people as possible will use technology to realize a happier life, independent of the money economy.
  • Yuimex — Yuimex specializes in copyright, digital content, animation, and network entertainment services.
  • BLAST Japan — BLAST, Inc. operates as a media company. BLAST, Inc. produce news and interviews on topics like career, fashion, lifestyle, and social justice issues.
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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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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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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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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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Gree
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users. Gree shares development and operational expertise across all its studios as Gree always works to create new game models for its customers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Gaming, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$30M; Series A $3.7M–$38M; Series B $3.5M–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
  • Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
  • YGG Japan — YGG Japan elevates blockchain games to provide accessible content for all gamers in Japan and lead them to the world of “Play-to-Earn”.
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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 $229k–$5.7M; 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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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, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 306
  • Round size: Seed $275k–$10M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $731k–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
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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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DeNA
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, E-Commerce, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $753k–$14M; Series A $2.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Between — Between is a private space where you can share each moment only with that special someone. Create, share, and remember all your moments with each other. Get started now!
  • ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
  • Shizuku AI — Shizuku is an open-source Android app that enables other apps to access elevated system APIs without requiring full root access on your device. It achieves this by running a background service launched via ADB (Android Debug Bridge) or wireless debugging on Android 11+, granting limited privileged permissions safely.
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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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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 94 deals from 174 investors.

174
investors
in Japan Music startups
94
deals
in Japan Music startups
$979k
median round
in Japan Music startups
24%
lead investors
lead at least one round
35%
Seed
most common funding stage

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