Top 50 Music VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in September 2025
A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Music startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Music companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Music VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in September 2025
Investor | Music Japan investments |
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East Ventures | 4 |
Genesia Ventures | 3 |
ANOBAKA | 3 |
UNITED | 3 |
iSGS Investment Works | 2 |
Z Venture Capital | 2 |
FIREBUG | 2 |
Ceres | 2 |
MIRAISE | 2 |
SMBC Venture Capital | 2 |
Chiba Dojo | 2 |
NES Venture Capital | 2 |
mixi | 2 |
Nextblue | 1 |
Resona Bank | 1 |
Shoko Chukin Bank | 1 |
B Dash Ventures | 1 |
Gumi Ventures | 1 |
KAYAC | 1 |
Global Brain Corporation | 1 |
Allfuz | 1 |
Sony Innovation Fund | 1 |
Mint | 1 |
Salesforce Ventures | 1 |
W ventures | 1 |
San-in Godo Bank | 1 |
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment (021 Fund) | 1 |
Towa Pharmaceutical | 1 |
OPT Ventures | 1 |
MUFG Bank | 1 |
The Seed Capital | 1 |
TLM | 1 |
Fuji Pacific Music | 1 |
Globis Capital Partners | 1 |
iFund | 1 |
Tycoon Capital | 1 |
Candee | 1 |
PE&HR | 1 |
NES Investment | 1 |
Dentsu Ventures | 1 |
XTech Ventures | 1 |
Gree | 1 |
Murata Manufacturing | 1 |
Bricks Fund Tokyo | 1 |
Uzabase | 1 |
Carbide Ventures | 1 |
Avex Ventures | 1 |
Otsuka Holdings | 1 |
Yamaguchi Capital | 1 |
DeNA | 1 |
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
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- SIRCLO — SIRCLO is a leading omnichannel commerce enabler in Indonesia, driven by the mission to unlock the digital potential of people and businesses.
- CrestLab — CrestLab Inc. is a startup focused on developing and providing products for anime production, with a central offering called "ANICRA," which is an anime production support platform that leverages AI technology. This platform aims to aid in various aspects of anime production by integrating artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency andcreativity.
- Pintarnya — Situs penyedia lowongan kerja online untuk berbagai posisi, pendidikan dan pekerjaan dari lulusan SD hingga S1 Tersedia di seluruh indonesia.
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
- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Nonat — Nonat is a company focused on supporting the future of women and children by driving innovation across generations. It is developing a foundational model specifically designed to address the needs of women and children.
- Miresso — Miresso is a startup firm that offers nuclear fusion power generation services through natural resources.
- MetaSensing — MetaSensing specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced attachable Raman sensors, designed to provide precise, real-time chemical and molecular analysis across a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control.
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
- Software, Content, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Amoibe — Amoibe is a company providing engineer training services for the AI era called “amoibe OJT".
- Waku — Waku is a manufacturing company that specializes in the research and development of organic fertilizers for the agriculture industry.
- Blackbox — Blackbox is an entertainment firm that is involved in businesses, including VTuber production, media mix, and live music events.
UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Content, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Inter — 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.
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
- Information Technology, Software, Content
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- mahocast — Mahocast operates a comprehensive business platform that supports every stage of an artist’s journey—from initial planning and content production to ongoing management and promotion.
- Commune — Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people.
- Aim Intelligence — Leading AI Security & Safety Solutions Provider - Specializing in AI Risk Detection, Mitigation, and Elimination through Advanced Red Teaming and Defensive Systems | Leading provider of AI Security, Safety, and Compliance solutions
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
- Music, B2C, Apps
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
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.
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
- Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
- Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
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
- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Japan, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
- CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
- SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
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
- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
- 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.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Content, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore, United States
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.
- Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
- Paradigm AI — Paradigm AI is an entertainment firm that produces songs and creates virtual human idols using generative AI.
NES Venture Capital is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Web3, Music
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
- 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.
- OMO — OMO is a hybrid online and offline used goods buying support service,
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
- Media and Entertainment, Apps, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Gameramp — Scale your game faster with GameRamp. Tools and Capital in one SDK
- Aplaca.Lab — Aplaca.Lab is a driver substitution platform that provides an unprecedented new driving experience. They released a driving agency application for providing comfortable driving experiences. It enables driving agencies to optimize their resources and clients' safety, prevent accidents, and receive assistance in areas with limited transportationoptions.
- 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.
Nextblue is a Tokyo and Berlin based early-stage Venture Capital investing in disruptive and impact-driven startups in Japan and EU
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- kencko — kencko started with the simple belief that organic fruits and vegetables should be available anytime, anywhere, in any shape or format. kencko is on a mission to reinvent fresh organic fruits and vegetables into convenient products that are hassle-free to consume while preserving all the goodness of freshly harvested produce.
- Bento — Create a beautiful page to show your audience everything you are, create, and sell in one link. Designed in Berlin.
- Bento — Discover the people and stories behind the coolest projects, and share how you've built yours.
Resona Bank provides various banking products and services for individual and corporate customers in Japan.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- YTGATE — YTGATE is a payment optimization support SaaS product that can be started by adding a single tag line to a website.
- Landit — Landit manages transportation infrastructure and real estate technology firms.
- Dr.’s Prime — Doctor's Prime is a technology company that provides is a part-time job information service for optimizing the working style of doctors.
Shoko Chukin Bank is a financial company offering personal banking services.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- Japan, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- MerryBiz — Merrybiz is a new business partner at Slogan, GREE's overseas alliance strategy.Startup. Merrybiz provides the accounting business is extensive, and the concerns of customers are diverse. You are busy with daily tasks such as journal entry and expense reimbursement, taking longer than necessary in invoicing, managing accounts receivable andpayable, or unavoidable manpower in closing operations. In addition, suddenly heavy workloads such as the introduction of accounting software may be added to daily tasks.
- Landit — Landit manages transportation infrastructure and real estate technology firms.
- Commune — Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people.
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
- Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Taiwan, India
Portfolio highlights
- G.U. Group — G.U. Labs provides cloud tools and solutions, security technologies, and R&D capabilities to respond to the various social changes caused by blockchain. G.U.Labs provides cloud tools and solutions, security technologies, and research and development capabilities to respond to the various social changes caused by blockchain.
- Fixx — Fixx is an automobile company that provides on-site car maintenance and other mechanic services.
- Ascend — Ascend is a logistics company.
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
- Video, Media and Entertainment, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Taiwan, Finland
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- 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
- Mech — Mech is an NFT-based metaverse game that is currently developing their first versions of a match-3 game in which players can earn the in-game currency ore.
- Brave group — Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
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
- Music, Content, Wearables
- Series A, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Number Nine — Number Nine is a digital distribution agency business, EC business,tax return agency business,manga production business and media mix business.
- Yadokari — Yadokari provides various types of Construction & Real Estate related other services.
- VIE STYLE — VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services.
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
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SAKANA Dream — Japanese fish and its cuisine are a treasure of Japan, On the other hand, the variety of fish consumed on a daily basis accounts for less than 1% of all fish living in Japanese waters. Although there are many underutilized fish that surpass the well-known fish, they are even discarded due to unstable catches and lack of name recognition. Aquaculture can provide a stable supply, however, it is not easy to keep fish in a small water cage and only a limited number of fish are delivered to the market. We, SAKANA Dream, select the most delicious fish from over 4,000 species in Japan, and make it possible to farm and produce them using the cutting edge technology. Our goal is to create the "world's most delicious fish" that no one has ever tasted before and deliver it to our customers.
- Cierpa & Company — Cierpa & Company develops environmental, social, and governance management software. They offer services for the cloud, share information between departments, optimise workflows, and analyse and improve scores.
- Counter Culture Company — Counter Culture Company is an online platform that offers K-pop dance classes ranging from beginner to professional levels.
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
- Music, Video, Mobile
- Seed
- Japan
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.
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Twiva — Twiva is an influencer marketing and social commerce startup that gives Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affordable, efficient, and digital access to markets. This is done by leveraging social media influencers to market and sell MSMEs’ products and services on social media platforms. Twiva was created to harness the vast penetration ofsmartphones, internet connectivity, accessible mobile banking, and the power of influencer marketing to create dignifying digital and digitally-enabled jobs.
- Filmmakers Mart — Find and book film locations, equipment, and services across Africa. Filmmakers Mart simplifies production logistics from start to finish.
- PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
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
- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Airato — Airato specializes in the development of radiation therapy using artificial intelligence technology.
- LiftBase — LiftBase is revolutionizing the recruiting structure using AI and social data.
- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
100% invested in enterprise cloud companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MarqVision — Effortlessly discover and remove counterfeits to protect your sales and reputation.
- Fal — fal.ai is the fastest way to run diffusion models with ready-to-use AI inference, training APIs, and UI Playgrounds
- Bluefish Labs — Bluefish helps brands turn AI into a powerful new marketing channel to reach consumers and tell their story online.
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
- Information Technology, Content, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Indonesia, United States
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.
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
- Financial Services, Finance, Consulting
- Corporate Round, Funding Round, Seed
- Japan
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.
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
- Video Games, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
- Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
- United States, Japan, Israel
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.
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
- Music, Medical, Robotics
- Series A, Series C
- Japan
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.
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
- Software, E-Commerce, Task Management
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Japan, United States, India
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.
MUFG Bank is Japan's largest bank. ; MUFG
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- OY! — OY! is a fintech application that simplifies the management of finances.It is providing a free and easy way of transferring money directly from debit cards, viewing of bank account balances and bank statements as well as providing various financial products.The Jakarta, Jakarta Raya-based fintech company was co-founded in 2017 by Hilfi Alkaff,Jan Kristanto, and Jesayas Ferdinandus.
- LayerX — LayerX which promotes the digitization of business processes utilizing technologies such as blockchain technology.
- Odata Brasil — Odata Brasil S.A. operates a network of data centers. The Company provides colocation services, as well as infrastructure solutions for electronic equipment.
The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Audio, Video Games
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Japan, Singapore
TLM is a venture capital that invests basically in seed rounds, including some Series A startups.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Content, SNS
- Seed, Angel, Series B
- Japan, United States
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.
Fuji Pacific Music, a music company.
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Investment focus
- Music, Content, Social Media
- Corporate Round
- Japan
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.
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
- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Kotoba Technologies — Kotoba Technologies develops and supports technology tailored to business fields and applications. It supports the implementation of language models into corporate applications by communicating closely with companies in Japanese to accurately understand the needs and actual situation of each company, and then provide optimal technical support.++
iFund is an investment and financial service firm.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Music, Content
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Hagino — Hagino is a recruitment company that provides paid employment services for the hotel and lodging industries.
- YUIMEX — YUIMEX specializes in copyright, digital content, animation, and network entertainment services.
- Nekonome — Nekonome creates a game platform with global character designs, in-game updates, and regular events, providing a personalized gaming experience based on data.
Tycoon Capital
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Investment focus
- PaaS, Music, Video
- Series A
- Japan, United States
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.
Candee is a PR and digital video marketing company that provides marketing services.
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- Media and Entertainment, Content, Music
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
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- 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.
PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.
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- Software, Education, Fashion
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan
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- Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
- Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that focuses on producing and publishing interactive games.
- BEAM Technologies — BEAM Technologies, focuses on developing optical semiconductor devices using special light to offer clean solutions to ecosystem-related problems.
NES Investment is an investment firm based in Japan.
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- Audio, Music, Media and Entertainment
- Seed
- Japan
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- Oikos Music — Oikos Music is a media company that provides service to support artists by purchasing music rights.
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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- Software, Virtual Reality, Machine Learning
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Japan, India
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- Kognitos — Kognitos is in stealth mode.
- HERALBONY — HERALBONY is an art organization that uses art to challenge stereotypes about people with disabilities and create a new culture.
- Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates
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- Medigle — Medigle is a consulting firm that provides medical consulting and B2B services.
- Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
- Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
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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- Mobile, Gaming, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- 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.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Semiconductor
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Japan, Israel
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- Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Lightsynq — Lightsynq is developing universal optical quantum interconnects that bridge the gap to large-scale quantum computers.
- Xona Space Systems — Xona's Pulsar service is the first high-performance alternative to GPS designed to support the age of autonomy. Our constellation of smallsats will provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy needed to enable modern devices to operate safely in any conditions.
Bricks Fund Tokyo collaborates to establish new enterprises that address social challenges and alter industrial systems.
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- Music, Video, Content Creators
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- Japan
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- IVRy — Ivry offers cloud based telephonic answering service.
- Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
- MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
Official corporate site of Uzabase, Inc., the provider of SPEEDA, NewsPicks and other services
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- Content, Information Services, SNS
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Arches — Arches is a sharing platform focusing on Asian market. It's mission is to accelerate the growth of our global clients sharing the respectable knowledge, network, resources of local experts on our platform. We provide the experts / distributors matching platform and help our clients to understand the industry, enter Asian market throughknowledge sharing between the local experts and clients.
- EventHub — Deliver engaging B2B events with the event platform designed with lead generation and nurturing in mind. Webinars, expos, conferences, job fairs, meetups, and more.
- Baseconnect Japan — Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”.
Carbide Ventures is a venture capital firm.
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- Software, Payments, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, United Kingdom
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- Lazuli — Lazuli is a SaaS platform that enables companies to utilize data for analysis, search, recommendation, marketing & supply chain management.
- NutmegLabs — NutmegLabs takes care of tourism and leisure by helping with online booking and digitizing the business. It was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
- Findy — Findy is a Japanese company once surprised the world by sending out products such as cars and home appliances one after another
Avex Ventures targets entertainment-related "technology" and "human resources" and is not just a net investment aimed at capital gains, but something that can generate group synergies in the future, or in each business utilizing group infrastructure We will aggressively invest and support those that are expected to increaseprofits.
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- Media and Entertainment, Music, Content
- Series A, Corporate Round, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
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- HJ — HJ provides media, marketing and sales promotion services for teens.
- SAGOJO — SAGOJO is a planning and operation of the amazing traveler recruiting site "SAGOJO" and production, direction, and editing of accompanying content.
- Stationhead — Stationhead is the place for music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.
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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- Health Care, Therapeutics, Nursing and Residential Care
- Series A, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Japan, United States
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- Vivoo — At home testing made simple! Get personalized insights and expert advice tailored just for you. Begin your journey to wellness now!
- VIE STYLE — VIE STYLE offers wearable music device and AI technology services.
- OE Therapeutics — OE Therapeutics provides digital therapeutics for suicide prevention.
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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- Apps, Manufacturing, Software
- Funding Round, Series B, Seed
- Japan, India
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- LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
- 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
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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- E-Commerce, Education, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States, India
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