# DNX Ventures

> DNX Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 351 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 351
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dnxventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dnxventures
- Website: https://www.dnx.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dnxventures/

DNX Ventures is a VC fund in San Mateo focused on Software and Information Technology. The hardest thing for early stage B2B Startups is to find the first customer who can validate your Product Market Fit and grow your business together. Since 2011, they have created more than 100 partnerships between startups and Fortune 500 companies by leveraging their CXO network with Global Conglomerates.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $684k–$21M |
| Series A | $3M–$57M |
| Series B | $4.7M–$71M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 58 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 39 | 11% |
| SaaS | 22 | 6% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 5% |
| Internet | 16 | 5% |

205 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 77 | 22% |
| Series A | 68 | 19% |
| Series B | 39 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 33 | 9% |
| Series C | 19 | 5% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 95 | 27% |
| United States | 74 | 21% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Israel | 2 | 1% |
| Finland | 1 | 0% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eva Nahari | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eva-nahari |
| Akira Kurabayashi | Managing Partner and Head of Japan | 92 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-kurabayashi |
| Hiro Rio Maeda | Managing Partner | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiro-rio-maeda |
| Kaishu Kadoya | Senior Finance Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaishu-kadoya |
| Masahiko Inada | Venture Advisor | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahiko-inada |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESGagent.ai | ESGagent.ai is an AI platform that provides automated ESG, gap analysis, real-time risk monitoring, and sustainability reports. | $311.4K | Seed | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| WeDraft | WeDraft provides solutions to help organizations overcome data management and utilization challenges, enabling businesses to efficiently organize, analyze, and leverage data to improve decision-making, streamline operations, and strengthen their overall data-driven business capabilities. | $616.1K | Seed | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| WeDraft | WeDraft provides solutions to help organizations overcome data management and utilization challenges, enabling businesses to efficiently organize, analyze, and leverage data to improve decision-making, streamline operations, and strengthen their overall data-driven business capabilities. | $616.1K | Seed | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| AttoTude | AttoTude develops interconnect technology for artificial intelligence and hyperscale data center environments. The company designs terahertz (THz) communication solutions that enable high-speed data transfer between computing systems and network components. Its technology focuses on addressing bandwidth, power consumption, scalability, andconnectivity challenges associated with large-scale AI processing and data-intensive workloads. | $52M | Series C | Jun 15, 2026 |  |
| Hiway | Hiway is a consulting company that offers sales services consulting and partner sales operation support. | $1.9M | Series A | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Hiway | Hiway is a consulting company that offers sales services consulting and partner sales operation support. | $1.9M | Series A | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Hiway | Hiway is a consulting company that offers sales services consulting and partner sales operation support. | $1.9M | Series A | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| XBOW | XBOW operates autonomously, carrying out commands and analyzing the results to achieve higher-level objectives. | $35M | Series C | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Brandazine | Brandazine is a fashion platform. They are online rental applications created for social influencers. They offer the thing, the maker chooses the item, and the brander handles the rest. They promote brands in the most practical and genuine way possible by using an automated platform. | $6.3M | Series A | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Brandazine | Brandazine is a fashion platform. They are online rental applications created for social influencers. They offer the thing, the maker chooses the item, and the brander handles the rest. They promote brands in the most practical and genuine way possible by using an automated platform. | $6.3M | Series A | Apr 09, 2026 |  |

10 of 351 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does DNX Ventures invest in?

DNX Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 351 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is DNX Ventures's check size?

DNX Ventures typically joins rounds of $684k–$21M at Seed, $3M–$57M at Series A and $4.7M–$71M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DNX Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact DNX Ventures?

Public channels for DNX Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 DNX Ventures?

The team at DNX Ventures includes Eva Nahari (Principal), Akira Kurabayashi (Managing Partner and Head of Japan) and Hiro Rio Maeda (Managing Partner), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 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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