# DMM Ventures

> DMM Ventures is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Apps, Retail and Apparel. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dmm-corp
- Website: https://ventures.dmm.com/

DMM Ventures is an investment arm of DMM Group, provides seed funding to support young entrepreneurs.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Apparel | 1 | 50% |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wagoon | Wagoon is a marketing strategy company that offers services like copywriting, key visual creation, and website production. | $94.8K | Seed | Sep 24, 2020 |  |
| Penmark | Penmark is a timetable management application that may also be used as a course management tool. The company's platform offers courses based on lesson data and lesson reviews that are unique to each university. Additionally, the in-class talk room generated for each class allows students to communicate with others who are taking the sameclass, allowing college students to take on challenges by thoroughly confronting each student and providing support that respects the individual's will. | $8.2M | Seed | Nov 06, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Agaroot — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- SNS media&consulting — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does DMM Ventures invest in?

DMM Ventures invests primarily in Apps, Retail and Apparel 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.

### When did DMM Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DMM Ventures closed in Sep 2020. 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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