# BIGLOBE Capital

> BIGLOBE Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Mobile, Content and Marketing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nec-biglobe-ltd.
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/biglobe
- Website: http://www.biglobe-capital.com
- Facebook: https://ja-jp.facebook.com/BIGLOBEcloud

BIGLOBE Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Mobile and Content. BIGLOBE Capital was founded in 2007

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 100% |
| Content | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Messaging | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 50% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pal+ | Pal+ is a free mobile messaging app that allows users to create and share images, videos, and voice messages while chatting with others. It is available for iOS and Android. Pal+ is formerly known as Cubie. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 02, 2012 |  |
| HEROZ | HEROZ, Inc. was founded in 2009 and our engineer has developed the most cutting edge artificial intelligence, “Ponanza” programme to play Japanese chess 'Shogi', which defeated an active professional player in a public match for the first time ever, in March 2013. Shogi presents a higher degree of complexity than many other strategygames, and has been of interest to Artificial Intelligence researchers. | $14.2M | Seed | Jun 15, 2009 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B Dash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-dash-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gumi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jvic-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mobile Internet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobile-internet-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BIGLOBE Capital invest in?

BIGLOBE Capital invests primarily in Mobile, Content and Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BIGLOBE Capital's check size?

BIGLOBE Capital typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$14M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BIGLOBE Capital participates in.

### When did BIGLOBE Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for BIGLOBE Capital closed in Nov 2012. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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