Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stock exchange listings.
- Total investments:
- 144
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
- Fund size:
- $90M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Daiwa Corporate Investment invests in
Stages Daiwa Corporate Investment invests in
Countries Daiwa Corporate Investment invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $310k–$1.3M
- Series A
- $1.1M–$6.9M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $910k–$9.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 17 (12%)
- Manufacturing 17 (12%)
- Health Care 14 (10%)
- Task Management 14 (10%)
- Medical 13 (9%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 47 (33%)
- Series A 27 (19%)
- Seed 21 (15%)
- Series B 17 (12%)
- Funding Round 11 (8%)
Country
- Japan 113 (78%)
- United States 2 (1%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Singapore 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kiyohisa Hirano
President and CEO
|
President and CEO | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Keita Niihara
Deputy General Manager
|
Deputy General Manager | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Nakamura Shogo
Head
|
Head | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Nakamura Shogo
Head
|
Head | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes. | $7.6M / Seed / May 10, 2026 | ||
| AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space. | Series A / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future. | $8M / Series C / Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| StockFormer is a real estate investment platform that connects investors with property opportunities. Users can calculate their asset score and gain a better understanding of their position and status as an investor, as well as their creditworthiness to financial institutions, among other things. Investors can exchange information on purchased andsold properties, as well as loan terms. The log provides investors with an understanding of the current real estate market conditions, investment conditions, and loan conditions that correspond to their asset formation level, allowing them to make appropriate investment decisions. | $4.5M / Series A / Nov 11, 2025 | ||
| "Z-Works Life Engine" is a cloud-type IoT platform. Collect and analyze the data of the terminal equipped with Z-Wave on the cloud, you can browse various data with the smartphone and remotely control the terminal equipped with Z-Wave. | $4.7M / Oct 06, 2025 | ||
| Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions. | $6.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers. | $8.3M / Series B / May 07, 2025 | ||
| CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet. | $6.1M / Series B / Nov 13, 2024 | ||
| Rhelixa is a leader in epigenome analysis.We analyze genomes, epigenomes, and transcriptomes using our proprietary technologies to dramatically improve the efficiency and accuracy of R & D. | $3.4M / Series B / Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| We provide a "logistics system like air." With it, we will achieve fully unmanned warehouse operations and realize a creative society. | $14.6M / Series B / Jul 18, 2024 | ||
| See all 144 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Daiwa Corporate Investment invest in?
Daiwa Corporate Investment invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Health Care startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 144 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 Daiwa Corporate Investment invest in?
Daiwa Corporate Investment typically joins rounds of $310k–$1.3M at Seed, $1.1M–$6.9M at Series A and $910k–$9.2M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Daiwa Corporate Investment's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Daiwa Corporate Investment took part in.
How do I contact Daiwa Corporate Investment?
Public channels for Daiwa Corporate Investment include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Daiwa Corporate Investment?
The team at Daiwa Corporate Investment includes Kiyohisa Hirano (President and CEO), Keita Niihara (Deputy General Manager) and Nakamura Shogo (Head). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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