# Daiwa Securities Group

> Daiwa Securities Group is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 52%
- Fund size: $75k
- Last fund: Jul 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/daiwa-securities-capital-markets
- Website: http://www.daiwa-grp.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daiwa-Securities-Group

Daiwa Securities Group is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Financial Services. Daiwa Securities Group operates as a securities broker-dealer, providing services, including brokerage, trading, underwriting, advice, product development, and structured finance. The company provides asset and capital management, principal investment, venture capital, and research through a network in capital markets and other services. Thecompany operates subsidiaries in three core business segments, including retail securities, wholesale securities and investment, and asset management.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 19% |
| Finance | 4 | 15% |
| Mobile | 3 | 11% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 8 | 30% |
| Series B | 5 | 19% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 7% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 13 | 48% |
| United States | 8 | 30% |
| India | 2 | 7% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 7% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seiji Nakata | CEO | 1 | — |
| Shigeharu Suzuki | Shigeharu Suzuki | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SoftBank | SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet telecommunications, and digital television products. It is a multinational telecommunications and internet corporation focused on broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, the internet, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. The company operatesthrough four segments.The mobile communications segment provides mobile communications services, produces and distributes online games for smartphones and other devices, offers mobile broadband services, provides supply chain solutions, handset protection, and insurance, buy-back and trade-in services, omnichannel solutions, and financial services, and sells mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and SoftBank smartphones. The Sprint segment offers mobile and fixed-line voice and data transmission services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and sells mobile devices and accessories. The fixed-line telecommunications segment offers telecom services such as fixed-line telephone and data communications services to corporate customers and broadband services to individual customers. The internet segment is engaged in the operation of the Yahoo! Japan portal, the sale of internet advertising, the operation of e-commerce sites, the provision of membership services, the sale and marketing of data centers, the provision of online automobile-related information, and the operation of the internet affiliate system.SoftBank also generates and sells electricity from renewable energy sources; provides payment processing, invoice collections, and computation services for businesses; distributes video, voice, and data content via media; operates the IT information site ITmedia; provides solutions and services for online businesses; and operates online games and software downloads. Additionally, it is involved in the ownership of professional baseball teams, the operation of baseball games, the management and maintenance of baseball stadiums and other sports facilities, and the procurement of funds by issuing preferred securities. | $550M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Rakuten Medical | Rakuten Medical is a biotechnology company developing investigational cancer therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox platform. This platform integrates a drug, a device, and other components to deliver photoimmunotherapy, a treatment that combines a light-activated dye with a targeting agent to selectively destroy cancer cells. Thecompany's lead asset, ASP-1929, is an antibody-dye conjugate currently approved in Japan for treating unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer. Rakuten Medical is conducting global clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its therapies in combination with other treatments. The company also offers an Expanded Access Program to provide investigational products to patients with serious or life-threatening diseases who lack other treatment options. Rakuten Medical operates in multiple countries and focuses on developing new cancer treatments based on its Alluminox™ platform. | $111.5M | Series F | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Digital Climate Group | Digital Climate Group offers financial, technology, and investment services.DCG aims to generate investment possibilities at the nexus of digital assets and climate markets. It aslo focuses on international carbon markets, renewable energy markets, and nature-based institutional financing.The company was founded in 2023 and is based in HongKong. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Ambit Finvest | Ambit Finvest is the ambit group's systemically important non-banking financial company. Ambit Finvest provides loans to SMEs for business expansion, working capital requirements, capital expenditure, and asset replacement. | $49.8M | Corporate Round | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| Penguin Securities | Penguin Securities is an investment banking firm. The company offers institutional-grade cryptocurrency derivative investment products with innovative structures using traditional finance. | $10M | Corporate Round | Mar 04, 2024 |  |
| Ambit | Ambit is a financial advisory firm. They provide financial advice solutions to enable clients across institutions, corporations, high-net-worth individuals, self-employed individuals, small and medium enterprises to achieve their goals. | $34.4M |  | Dec 03, 2023 |  |
| Cogover | Cogover is an AI-native CRM platform designed for modern enterprises in Asia.Many enterprises rely on spreadsheets, WhatsApp, and disconnected SaaS tools, while traditional CRMs either fail to gain adoption or are too complex and costly. The result is wasted time, rising headcount, and costly errors.Cogover solves this by combiningenterprise-grade automation, low-code customization, and embedded AI into one platform:- Automation-first: Replaces repetitive manual tasks with AI-driven workflows, so processes run faster and more reliably. - Low-code flexibility: Enterprises can adapt CRM processes to their unique needs without hiring engineers. - AI-native: Cogover doesn’t just store data — it actively assists. From generating contracts and proposals to analyzing customer interactions, AI is built into every workflow. The outcome is employees work faster, smarter, and with greater accuracy, while managers gain real-time visibility and control. Our ambition is for Cogover to become the number one AI-native enterprise platform in Asia and the number three globally, starting with CRM, then expanding into adjacent functions like HR, finance, and operations. | $3M | Series A | May 29, 2023 |  |
| FreeD Group | FreeD Group is committed to creating barrier-breaking, customer-centric, data-driven ways of interaction between consumers and brands via our award-winning, proprietary Hybrid SaaS solutions and services like end-2-end AI Digital Transformation, Smart Merchandising and Smart Marketing. As one of the fastest-growing Tech start-ups headquartered inHong Kong with more than 10 offices globally, FreeD Group supports 200+ business partners worldwide, including major names such as Samsung, China Mobile, SingTel, Marriott, and Match Hospitality, BMW and LG to mention but a few. FreeD Group is also the winner of the 2021 Deloitte Technology Rising Start Award, 2021 United Nations UNWTO Global Start-up Competition and 2018 APAC ICT Grand Award, among many others. | $15M | Series B | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Sicepat Express | Sicepat Express provides several services to support businesses and puts forward practical solutions for e-commerce. SiCepat Ekspres has branches and outlets spread across cities in Indonesia. The company currently provides last-mile, warehousing and fulfillment, commerce-enabling services, online distribution, and middle-mile logistic.It wasfounded in 2004 and headquartered in Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya. | $170M | Series B | Mar 05, 2021 |  |
| Katana | Katana Inc. is operates in marketing service business. | $128M | Private Equity | Jan 30, 2020 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mori Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mori-trust) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nippon Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nippon-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SBI Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- The Norinchukin Bank — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Daiwa Securities Group invest in?

Daiwa Securities Group invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Daiwa Securities Group?

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### Who are the partners at Daiwa Securities Group?

The team at Daiwa Securities Group includes Seiji Nakata (CEO) and Shigeharu Suzuki (Shigeharu Suzuki). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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