Credit Saison
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Credit Saison is a Japanese financial services company. They will fulfill their corporate social responsibility by striving to meet the expectations of all of their customers, shareholders, and business partners. They will compete successfully in the market by promoting their three shared values: practical implementation of the principles ofcustomer satisfaction as a leading-edge service company; mutual respect for their interests and those of their business partners; and developing a corporate culture of creative innovation.They aim to develop and offer many settlement instruments such as credit cards and prepaid cards to reduce reliance on cash, which is still the main way to settle transactions, and enable a cashless society. With measures to promote personal consumption, they are working to expand their client base, their card transaction value, and the scope of card settlements.With their entire corporate marketing system reinforced, they are working to move various kinds of corporate payments to cashless settlements by providing optimal solutions that match the needs and scale of companies.They are working to establish multiple core earnings pillars through stronger relationships with their partners and the provision of financial functions tailored to market needs in their lease rental, credit guarantee, and finance-related businesses.In the rapidly-changing Internet business sector, the Company has stepped up its agile cooperation with companies with outstanding content and with startups that have promising technologies, along with efforts at new business development, in a bid to expand its Internet business.They are preparing a foundation for a longer-term overseas strategy with an eye on forming strategic partnerships with local companies and Japanese companies expanding in these markets to enable us to advance in Asia’s non-bank market.Based on their belief that the personal growth of their staff constitutes the growth of their company, they are bolstering human resource development initiatives that make effective use of individual strengths and support the active participation of women in the workplace.
- Total investments:
- 56
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries Credit Saison invests in
Stages Credit Saison invests in
Countries Credit Saison invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $429k–$71M
- Series B
- $5.7M–$103M
- Debt Financing
- $6.8M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 22 (39%)
- FinTech 16 (29%)
- Finance 10 (18%)
- Payments 9 (16%)
- Software 7 (13%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 10 (18%)
- Seed 9 (16%)
- Series B 9 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (13%)
- Funding Round 6 (11%)
Country
- Japan 21 (38%)
- Brazil 6 (11%)
- Singapore 6 (11%)
- India 5 (9%)
- United States 5 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Toshihisa Aikawa
Manager
|
Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
UME Financial Services
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Ume is a credit platform capable of reaching competitive prices and creating an economic environment to make credit simple and democratic. | $96M / Debt Financing / Aug 12, 2026 | |
JULO
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JULO provides affordable unsecured personal loan (KTA) exclusively to smartphone users.They strive to provide low cost loan product to the masses while ensuring that it's economically viable to their lender partners. This is achieved by exercising prudent underwriting assessments to ensure that approved applicants are both able and willing topay back.They also reward positive behavior by giving cashback bonus and allowing good customers to borrow a higher amount at lower interest rate at loan maturity. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 13, 2026 | |
Zippi
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Brazilian fintech founded in 2019 with the purpose of transforming the reality of micro and small entrepreneurs. Our mission is to help millions of Brazilians thrive by driving their businesses forward through agile and accessible financial solutions. We were pioneers in using PIX as a credit and payment platform, launching our solution in 2022.Today we process over R$2.7 billion in transactions per year, demonstrating the exponential growth of our business. Recently we reached breakeven, a milestone that highlights the strength of our business model. | $42.3M / Debt Financing / Feb 11, 2026 | |
OpenAssets
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OpenAssets builds open infrastructure and technology for digital financial systems and tokenized capital markets. The company develops standards and platforms for issuing and managing tokenized assets, digital currencies, and programmable money across major blockchains. Its solutions include tokenization-as-a-service, compliant asset issuancetools, and programmable ownership features for bonds, equities, commodities, and other assets. OpenAssets serves governments, central banks, financial institutions, and digital asset companies seeking to modernize capital markets. The organization also convenes industry alliances to define technical, policy, and governance frameworks for programmable finance. | Seed / Jan 14, 2026 | |
Turbi
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Turbi is a digital shared mobility company that makes car rental experience practical, cheaper and unique | $28.8M / Debt Financing / Oct 17, 2025 | |
Jeitto
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Jeitto is an app that joins the loan with the possibility of doing cell recharges and paying bills, aiming to transform people's financial experience with credit and convenience. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | $6.8M / Debt Financing / Oct 16, 2025 | |
Pointsville
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Empowering businesses to efficiently create, manage and service digital assets and loyalty programs, driving innovation and inclusion. | $10M / Series A / Sep 04, 2025 | |
Juvo
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Juvo was founded with an overarching vision: to establish financial identities for the billions of people worldwide who are creditworthy, yet financially excluded. In partnership with mobile network operators, Juvo’s proprietary Identity Scoring technology uses data science, machine learning and game mechanics to create an identity-basedrelationship with anonymous prepaid users, opening up access to otherwise unattainable mobile financial services. Juvo is a privately held company backed by global business leaders and luminaries in the world of tech, mobile and finance. Its executive team comprises accomplished industry leaders across the data science, consumer internet, financial services and mobile telecom fields. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 29, 2025 | |
CashU
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CashU is a fintech company that provides credit solutions to small and medium-sized company to manage their security. | $17.5M / Debt Financing / Feb 10, 2025 | |
Zinc Money
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Zinc Money provides fast and secure international money transfers, specializing in helping students and individuals send money from India. With the convenience of UPI integration, users can now transfer funds abroad effortlessly. Zinc Money offers quick and affordable money transfer solutions for education, travel, and everyday expenses withtransparent fees and strong security. Whether you need to send money internationally or manage global transactions, Zinc simplifies the process, making it an ideal choice for users transferring money from India. | $25.5M / Seed / Oct 29, 2024 | |
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FAQ
What does Credit Saison invest in?
Credit Saison invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Credit Saison's check size?
Credit Saison typically joins rounds of $429k–$71M at Seed, $5.7M–$103M at Series B and $6.8M–$50M 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 Credit Saison participates in.
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The team at Credit Saison includes Toshihisa Aikawa (Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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