Mitsubishi UFJ
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Mitsubishi UFJ is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Energy and Software. We have the largest domestic and global customer base of any Japanese bank, consisting of a network of 500 offices in Japan and 40 other countries. We apply our values of integrity and responsibility by contributing to the improvement of the economic and social infrastructure wherever we do business. Our portfolio includes 40 million retail banking accounts and 500,000 corporate customers. The extensive network that this represents is itself a valuable component of our financial role as part of the global social infrastructure.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
Last updated:
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Industries Mitsubishi UFJ invests in
Stages Mitsubishi UFJ invests in
Countries Mitsubishi UFJ invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $2.2M–$13M
- Post-IPO Debt
- $86M–$190M
- Debt Financing
- $1.3M–$1B
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 4 (13%)
- Software 4 (13%)
- Financial Services 4 (13%)
- Information Technology 4 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (13%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 13 (42%)
- Series A 5 (16%)
- Post-IPO Debt 3 (10%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
- Seed 1 (3%)
Country
- Japan 17 (55%)
- United States 3 (10%)
- Malaysia 2 (6%)
- China 1 (3%)
- India 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yoshimi Tsuyoshi Manabe
Executive Officer
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Executive Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Elizabeth Lyman
Managing Director, Head of Corporate Communications, Planning Division for the Americas
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Managing Director, Head of Corporate Communications, Planning Division for the Americas | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ken Harada
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Makoto Shibata
Head of Global Innovation Team, Digital Transformation Division
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Head of Global Innovation Team, Digital Transformation Division | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Toshio Yukinaka
GENERAL MANAGER
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GENERAL MANAGER | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRYETING provides an AI platform that integrates various types of software. One of the strengths of the company is materials informatics, a field that applies the techniques of informatics, such as AI and big data, to materials. This approach can significantly speed the development of new materials. | $837.6K / Debt Financing / Jan 31, 2025 | ||
| EdTech, International Exchange between Schools | $1.3M / Debt Financing / Aug 30, 2024 | ||
| Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support. | Debt Financing / Jun 13, 2024 | ||
| Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business. | Debt Financing / May 08, 2024 | ||
| Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management. | $7.4M / Debt Financing / Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| Ubie, a Tokyo based health-tech startup, provides AI-based healthcare products. Hospital SaaS product “Ubie for Hospital”, also knows as AI Monshin (Monshin means interview with a doctor/record taking in Japanese) is an AI-driven medical questionnaire software targeting users at medical institutions, in order to support document creation ofclinical records under supervision from specialists. Consumer application, AI symptom checker “Ubie” is a physician supervised symptom checking app. Users can understand their symptoms by answering questions prompted by the AI and learn how to cope with the symptoms based on the disease information. | $22.8M / Debt Financing / Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Energy Grid Corporation is an electricity company that offers power retail, wholesale, trading, and power related business. | Series A / Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| Energy Grid Corporation is an electricity company that offers power retail, wholesale, trading, and power related business. | $23.7M / Debt Financing / Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| A business cloud service provider. Founder has a background of developing video games and more than 10 years working experience in USA. One of their IT service is “Re:lation” - communication platform which companies can track and manage all communications with their customers, clients and partners. | $2.7M / Debt Financing / Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Energy Grid Corporation is an electricity company that offers power retail, wholesale, trading, and power related business. | $21.1M / Debt Financing / Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| See all 31 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Mitsubishi UFJ invest in?
Mitsubishi UFJ invests primarily in Energy, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Mitsubishi UFJ invest in?
Mitsubishi UFJ typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$13M at Series A, $86M–$190M at Post-IPO Debt and $1.3M–$1B at Debt Financing. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Mitsubishi UFJ's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Mitsubishi UFJ took part in.
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Who are the partners at Mitsubishi UFJ?
The team at Mitsubishi UFJ includes Yoshimi Tsuyoshi Manabe (Executive Officer), Elizabeth Lyman (Managing Director, Head of Corporate Communications, Planning Division for the Americas) and Ken Harada (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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