Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
Higashi-shinagawa, Japan
Energy & Environment Investment is a VC fund in Higashi-shinagawa focused on Energy and Software. Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.
- Total investments:
- 134
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
- Fund size:
- $9.1M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Energy & Environment Investment invests in
Stages Energy & Environment Investment invests in
Countries Energy & Environment Investment invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $2.2M–$14M
- Series B
- $3.7M–$96M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $915k–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 16 (12%)
- Software 13 (10%)
- Internet of Things 11 (8%)
- Manufacturing 9 (7%)
- Renewable Energy 9 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 34 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 28 (21%)
- Series B 20 (15%)
- Seed 15 (11%)
- Funding Round 12 (9%)
Country
- Japan 86 (64%)
- United States 3 (2%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- Sweden 1 (1%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tohru Nishikawa
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jun Matsunaga
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Shuichiro Kawamura
President, CEO & Founder
|
President, CEO & Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Taiki Hino
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esa offers plastic waste recycling, and also the development and distribution of plastic products | $7.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature. | $5.2M / Series A / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products. | Series B / Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| TWO is a health and wellness company that offers innovative lifestyle solutions 2foods, a line of healthy and delicious food products. | $3.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc. | $41.7M / Series D / Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion. | $5.9M / Series A / Jan 30, 2026 | ||
| Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 30, 2026 | ||
| Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services. | $20.2M / Series C / Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| pH7 is a cleantech firm that develops and implements methods for the sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, which are required for the transition to renewable energy. This pilot project will offer the industry a solution for the sustainable extraction of Platinum Group Metals from secondary and primary resources using green,biodegradable, and recyclable solvents rather than smelting methodologies. | $25.6M / Series B / Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support. | $12.2M / Series C / Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| See all 134 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Energy & Environment Investment invest in?
Energy & Environment Investment invests primarily in Energy, Software and Internet of Things startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 134 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 Energy & Environment Investment invest in?
Energy & Environment Investment typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$14M at Series A, $3.7M–$96M at Series B and $915k–$13M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Energy & Environment Investment's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Energy & Environment Investment took part in.
How do I contact Energy & Environment Investment?
Public channels for Energy & Environment Investment include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Energy & Environment Investment?
The team at Energy & Environment Investment includes Tohru Nishikawa (Managing Director), Jun Matsunaga (Principal) and Shuichiro Kawamura (President, CEO & Founder). 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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