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Top 50 Music VC Funds & Investors in Japan (June 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
East Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $649k–$38M
UNITED
VC Fund
4 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment $645k–$89M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $414k–$99M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $788k–$68M
mixi
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Series A, Series B Media and Entertainment, Apps, Information Technology $1.3M–$794M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Software $4.5M–$425M
Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Content $678k–$255M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$326M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $383k–$14M
NES Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Food and Beverage, B2C $670k–$45M
Ceres
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet $1.4M–$50M
FIREBUG
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Music, B2C, Apps $17M–$31M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $730k–$57M
Sony Music Entertainment
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Japan Seed, Series A Music, Software, Digital Media $1M–$30M
San-in Godo Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan Corporate Round, Seed Financial Services, Finance, Consulting
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment (021 Fund)
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Israel Seed, Corporate Round Video Games, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
OPT Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Series A, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Task Management
Tycoon Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A PaaS, Music, Video
Dentsu Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, India Series B, Series A Software, Virtual Reality, Gaming
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
W ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet
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
Bricks Fund Tokyo
VC Fund
1 Japan Series B, Series A, Series C Music, Video, Content Creators
iFund
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment, Apps $389k–$10M
Yamaguchi Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, India Series B, Seed Apps, Manufacturing, Software $4.1M–$992M
Allfuz
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Music, Video, Mobile
Murata Manufacturing
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Mobile, Software $3.8M–$50M
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan, Israel, United States Series A, Series C, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Machine Learning $314k–$100M
JAFCO
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$298M
Carbide Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $535k–$16M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$369M
Mint
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Music, Web Apps, Blockchain
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Taiwan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Information Technology, Apps $229k–$928M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $1.9M–$142M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Content, Marketing, Software $771k–$35M
Gree
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Mobile, Gaming, Internet $880k–$78M
TLM
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series B Information Technology, Content, SNS $480k–$78M
Gumi Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Taiwan Seed, Series A Video, Gaming, Content $810k–$142M
Resona Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan Debt Financing, Series A Information Technology, Software, Internet $765k–$156M
KAYAC
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B, Seed Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Music $3.6M–$50M
ANRI
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $628k–$624M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, Internet $1.1M–$89M
Towa Pharmaceutical
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series C Music, Medical, Robotics
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Israel Series B, Series A Software, Internet, Information Technology $2M–$553M
NES Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Audio, Music, Media and Entertainment
Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, Canada Debt Financing, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $677k–$184M
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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: 448
  • Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FR8Labs — FR8Labs offers a practical freight forwarder solution that includes all of the modules required, without the extraneous trappings of overly sophisticated features that may not use but wind up paying for.
  • Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
  • Fresh Factory — Fresh Factory runs a web of hyperlocal cold-chain fulfilment centers in Indonesia.
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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, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $645k–$47M; Series A $3.8M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
  • Kiwami — Kiwami offers sales promotion assistance and labor-saving solutions through the virtual store clerk.
  • Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 157
  • Round size: Seed $414k–$23M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.
  • Nekonome — Nekonome creates a game platform with global character designs, in-game updates, and regular events, providing a personalized gaming experience based on data.
  • AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 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, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 208
  • Round size: Seed $788k–$28M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Mokable — MOKABLE is a startup introducing a new concept called "eating coffee," aiming to let consumers fully enjoy the flavor of carefully grown coffee beans. Their product uses finely ground whole coffee beans to enhance and maximize the rich aroma and taste of the coffee.
  • Syukatsu Labo — Syukatsu Labo is a leading company that solves various problems in an aging society.
  • Tensor Energy — Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future
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mixi
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 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: 40
  • Round size: Series A $1.3M–$794M; Series B $6.4M–$283M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Anique — Anique is a service that utilizes blockchain technology to make artworks.
  • Inspire High — Inspire High is an online school for 13-19 year olds to meet unanswered questions.
  • Volve Creative — Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 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, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 513
  • Round size: Series A $4.5M–$170M; Series B $5.7M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

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.
  • Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

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: 92
  • Round size: Seed $678k–$33M; Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $1.6M–$255M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Metalogos — Metalogos operates a public stock information service. It provides individual investors with easy-to-understand and unambiguous information regarding public offerings.
  • Kinolights — Kinolights is a movie rating and recommendation services provider.
  • Vently — Discover the best nightlife events in SF.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$326M; Series A $2.1M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $342M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
  • 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.
  • Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
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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: 51
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
  • Yozboshi — Yozboshi is a software firm that develops accounting software along with legal compliance consulting services.
  • Colega AI — Create engaging social media content every day with AI. Colega AI is your AI social media manager that helps your business grow and reach new customers.
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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, Food and Beverage, B2C
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $670k–$38M; Series A $24M–$35M; Series B $1.5M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AccordX — Cookpy operates a ghost restaurant service for individuals, allowing anyone to open a virtual restaurant, prepare food at cloud kitchens, and sell food via online delivery platforms.
  • Yadokari — Yadokari provides various types of Construction & Real Estate related other services.
  • Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
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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, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$39M; Corporate Round $7.1M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
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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 $17M–$31M
  • 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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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: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $730k–$50M; Series A $20M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% 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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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, Digital Media
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$14M; Series A $1M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% 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.
  • Turne Solucoes Artisticas — The Turne business model combines the functionality of a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform with a marketplace, focusing on meeting the needs of musicians in managing their concert schedules and generating new revenue streams. Here's a more detailed description:1. SaaS - Concert Management Turne offers a digital tool that allows musiciansand bands to manage all aspects related to organizing and planning their live performances. This includes:Schedule Management: The platform centralizes all information about dates, times, and venues, making it easier to control the performance calendar. The schedule can be synced with other devices and apps.Logistics Organization: Musicians can manage details such as hiring auxiliary services (sound technicians, transportation, etc.), planning travel and stage setup, as well as receiving automated reminders about deadlines and specific needs for each show.Contracts and Payments: The platform also facilitates the generation and signing of contracts, and it allows users to manage payments through integration with digital payment systems. This reduces bureaucracy and provides better financial control.2. Marketplace - Expanding Revenue Streams In addition to being a management tool, Turne stands out by acting as a marketplace, directly connecting musicians to new gig opportunities, partners, and products. The main components of this part of the model include:Gig Opportunities: The marketplace serves as a digital showcase where event promoters, venues, bars, and other organizers can find and book musicians directly through the platform. This creates a continuous source of new opportunities for registered artists.3. Monetization Turne monetizes through two main streams:SaaS Subscription: Musicians pay a monthly or annual subscription to use the concert management platform, with different service levels and premium features available depending on the selected plan. The subscription model ensures recurring revenue.4. Benefits for Musicians Information Centralization: The SaaS allows musicians to keep all essential data for their live career organized in one place, saving time and reducing errors.New Revenue Opportunities: The marketplace increases visibility and business possibilities, enabling musicians to diversify their income streams beyond traditional shows.Scalability: Turne enables musicians of all levels, from beginners to established artists, to find opportunities for growth.This hybrid business model, combining SaaS and marketplace, allows Turne to create a comprehensive and robust platform, capable of offering practical management solutions while fostering new business opportunities and increasing revenue generation for musicians.
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San-in Godo Bank
VC Fund · Matsue, Shimane, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

San-in Godo Bank provides financial services to its customers. They provide services for opening accounts, accepting deposits, creating and managing assets, obtaining loans, and providing insurance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Consulting
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • SALOWIN — SALOWIN is a shared salon where freelance hairdressers can freely provide customer service and service.
  • Gojo & Company — We are enabling financial inclusion for everyone by partnering with financial service providers.
  • Onestruction — Onestruction is an IT firm that offers construction solution development, 3D model and document creation, and operational support services.
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BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment (021 Fund)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Bandai Namco Entertainment 021 Fund is a fund to invest in startups to create new entertainment and build its IP Metaverse.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video Games, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Look North World — Publisher and Developer of interactive entertainment for Creator platforms like Fortnite (UEFN) and Curseforge. Enclave: Survival Skyward available now in ARK: Survival Ascended.
  • Million Production — Million Production is a VTuber agency. It creates new entertainment for the next generation through the creation of IP (intellectual property such as characters) and the development of diversified content.
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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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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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Dentsu Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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: Software, Virtual Reality, Gaming
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Loom.ai — Loom.ai is enabling a new era of virtual communication through the creation, animation and sharing of personalized, 3D avatars. Based in San Francisco, and an alumni of the Y Combinator Fellowship, the Academy Award-winning team has created a best-in-class solution powered by deep learning, computer vision and visual effects. In just seconds,Loom.ai can take a single photograph and transform it into a fully representative, 3D avatar as personalized as the individual by recognizing the many nuances that make each face unique. Animatable and expressive in real-time, these avatars can be used to power current and future applications in mobile messaging, entertainment, AR/VR, e-commerce, video conferencing, broadcasting and more. For more information, visit www.loom.aiLoom.ai has received funding from DHVC, Dentsu Ventures, Zach Coelius’ AngelList syndicate, GREE VR Capital, Presence Capital and Anorak Ventures.
  • Folio — FOLIO is a financial Instruments Business Operator .
  • Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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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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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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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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Bricks Fund Tokyo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • ROMS — ROMS helps solve the problems of an aging society and labor scarcity in an innovative and responsible way by providing user-friendly robotics solutions for the omnichannel. Their focus is to deliver a functional platform that includes robotic stores using AI.
  • MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
  • toggle — toggle is the social implementation of technology in the real estate area.
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iFund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment, Apps
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $389k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

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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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, Manufacturing, Software
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $10M–$81M; Series B $4.1M–$992M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $41M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
  • MUSE — MUSE is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions for retail stores to support in-store operations.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
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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, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$50M; Series B $12M–$19M
  • 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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Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series A $8M–$50M; Series C $314k–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AuB — AuB is an intestinal microflora analysis that contributes to the athlete's performance improvement and human health maintenance.
  • Biolinq — Introducing a revolutionary platform for metabolic health.
  • VIE STYLE — VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services.
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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
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 271
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $6.4M–$298M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
  • The Chain Museum — The Chain Museum creates a platform for connecting individuals .
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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: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$13M; Series A $535k–$16M; Series B $3.3M–$6.5M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lazuli — Lazuli is a SaaS platform that enables companies to utilize data for analysis, search, recommendation, marketing & supply chain management.
  • Neocom — Neocom is an AI-Guided Selling Saas for E-Commerce
  • Lumber — Lumber automates scheduling, time tracking, payroll, and more for building contractors. Discover effortless construction workforce management software today.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 534
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $4M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • BitStar — BitStar accelerates potential of video creators with power of proprietary database and technology.
  • Beatrust — Tags connect and drive collaboration, expanding your team's potential
  • Base Food — Base Food produces high-quality, flavorful staple food products that are nutritionally-balanced and convenient.
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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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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: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $840k–$92M; Series A $229k–$928M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
  • 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, India, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$24M; Debt Financing $1.9M–$142M
  • 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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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, Marketing, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $771k–$18M; Series A $3.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

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.
  • LUC — LUC is a provider of the AI ​​x experience analysis platform "TERUS," .
  • 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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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, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $880k–$50M; Series A $4M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
  • Bankers Holding — Bankers Holding controls the bankers group companies that provide financial services via internet.
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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 $480k–$21M; Angel $2M–$5.7M; Series B $11M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.9M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Mederi — Mederi is a FemTech company that operates Ubu, a women's wellness brand.
  • Requpo — Requpo is a brand-new salon reservation app that allows you to book a beauty salon without having to search.
  • Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
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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 ofJapan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Gaming, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $810k–$38M; Series A $5.7M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $294M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Breaker — Breaker is Japan's global digital studio.
  • Mechu — ZIG operates VTuber fan club called “MeChu and debuts and produces 100 virtual YouTubers.
  • New standard — NEW STANDARD Co., Ltd. moves society through three STUDIO businesses, and provides ideas that the millennials are enthusiastic and solutions for business issues for companies and brands.
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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, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Series A $899k–$156M; Debt Financing $765k–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TENSODO — TENSODO is engaging in a license management business for local brands and souvenir wholesale business for inbound travellers.
  • Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.
  • Acompany — Acompany provides products and consulting development related to secret computing.
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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: Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Music
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% 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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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
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 240
  • Round size: Seed $628k–$92M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • MOVeLOT — MOVeLOT is an AI company that provides skeletal platform and robot planning, development, and production services.
  • Chaintope — Chaintope is specializes in blockchain technology with a focus for FinTech and non-FinTech sectors.
  • xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 121
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$47M; Series A $3M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Godot — Godot's mission is to “inspire personal and societal growth through human augmentation”. As part of this mission, we are developing a Behavior Intelligence Platform (BIP) that helps enterprises improve UX, CX, and EX by visualizing human behavior principles and making it easy for anyone to implement insights from behavioral science. Thisplatform leverages evidence from behavioral sciences and advanced AI technologies. Our technology has already proven successful in health insurance industries, resulting in significant improvements in customer retention and satisfaction. Our team comprises experts in AI, behavioral science, and industry-specific applications, bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to our solutions. Together, we are committed to creating a society where everyone can enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life, true to themselves, with the support of Godot's innovative technologies.
  • SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
  • Mirai no Genba — Mirai no Genba is an IT company that offers AI form creation, input assist, data analytics,and visualization services.
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Towa Pharmaceutical
VC Fund · Kadoma, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Music startups

The Towa Group contributes to people's health by creating superior products and services. Through our corporate activities, we aim to be a company that is pleased and sought after by all people, including patients, healthcare professionals, and local communities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Medical, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • INNOPHYS — INNOPHYS is developing, designing, manufacturing, consulting and distributing robotics equipment for various industries. Their flagship product, Muscle Suit® is a wearable robot supported by artificial muscle technology, well known for its high quality and reasonable price compared with the same kind of support exoskeletons. The company is planningto expand its business to Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.
  • VIE STYLE — VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services.
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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, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$283M; Series B $10M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Recho — Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent.
  • 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.
  • UnaBiz — Based in Singapore, Taiwan and Japan, UnaBiz delivers end-to-end customised IoT solutions worldwide. Simple, cost-efficient & low maintenance
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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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Shoko Chukin Bank
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Music startups, 32 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Series B $787k–$156M; Debt Financing $677k–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BALLAS — BALLAS provides corporate information, business content, procurement of construction materials, custom-made construction materials used at construction sites online, design, development, manufacturing, and sales of construction materials.
  • WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
  • Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.
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Music VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 78 deals from 150 investors.

150
investors
in Japan Music startups
78
deals
in Japan Music startups
$12M
median round
in Japan Music startups
21%
lead investors
lead at least one round
36%
Seed
most common funding stage

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