# Mitsubishi UFJ

> Mitsubishi UFJ is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bank-of-tokyo-mitsubishi
- Website: http://www.bk.mufg.jp/

Mitsubishi UFJ is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Financial Services and Information Technology. 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 retailbanking 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $13M–$89M |
| Debt Financing | $1.3M–$1B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 13% |
| Energy | 3 | 10% |
| FinTech | 3 | 10% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 12 | 39% |
| Series A | 5 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 3 | 10% |
| Seed | 1 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 16 | 52% |
| United States | 3 | 10% |
| Malaysia | 2 | 6% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elizabeth Lyman | Managing Director, Head of Corporate Communications, Planning Division for the Americas | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-lyman |
| Ken Harada | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-harada |
| Makoto Shibata | Head of Global Innovation Team, Digital Transformation Division | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makoto-shibata |
| Toshio Yukinaka | GENERAL MANAGER | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toshio-yukinaka-yukinaka |
| Yoshimi Tsuyoshi Manabe | Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshimi-tsuyoshi-manabe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tryeting | 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 |  |
| HelloWorld | EdTech, International Exchange between Schools | $1.3M | Debt Financing | Aug 30, 2024 |  |
| Japan Culture and Technology | Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Openrec | Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business. |  | Debt Financing | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Smart Bank | Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management. | $7.4M | Debt Financing | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| Ubie | 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 | 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 | Energy Grid Corporation is an electricity company that offers power retail, wholesale, trading, and power related business. | $23.7M | Debt Financing | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| INGAGE | 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 | Energy Grid Corporation is an electricity company that offers power retail, wholesale, trading, and power related business. | $21.1M | Debt Financing | Dec 22, 2023 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shoko-chukin-bank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [JA Mitsui Leasing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ja-mitsui-leasing-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation-54d8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kabu.com Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kabu-com-securities-8b6d) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mitsubishi UFJ invest in?

Mitsubishi UFJ invests primarily in Financial Services, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence 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 is Mitsubishi UFJ's check size?

Mitsubishi UFJ typically joins rounds of $13M–$89M at Series A and $1.3M–$1B at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mitsubishi UFJ participates in.

### How do I contact Mitsubishi UFJ?

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### Who are the partners at Mitsubishi UFJ?

The team at Mitsubishi UFJ includes Elizabeth Lyman (Managing Director, Head of Corporate Communications, Planning Division for the Americas), Ken Harada (Director) and Makoto Shibata (Head of Global Innovation Team, Digital Transformation Division). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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