# Energy & Environment Investment

> Energy & Environment Investment is a VC fund backing Energy and Software. See 127 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Higashi-shinagawa, Japan
- Total investments: 127
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Fund size: $147M
- Last fund: Mar 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/energy-environment-investment/
- Website: http://www.ee-investment.jp

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.2M–$105M |
| Series B | $3.7M–$283M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 16 | 13% |
| Software | 12 | 9% |
| Internet of Things | 11 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 7% |
| Renewable Energy | 9 | 7% |

152 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 33 | 26% |
| Funding Round | 26 | 20% |
| Series B | 19 | 15% |
| Seed | 15 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 11 | 9% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 85 | 67% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tohru Nishikawa | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tohru-nishikawa |
| Jun Matsunaga | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-matsunaga |
| Shuichiro Kawamura | President, CEO & Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shuichiro-kawamura-5ea3 |
| Taiki Hino | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taiki-hino |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TWO | 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 |  |
| TWO | 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 | Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc. | $41.7M | Series D | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Power Wave | 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 | Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 30, 2026 |  |
| Sharing Energy | Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services. | $20.2M | Series C | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| pH7 | 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 | 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 |  |
| T2 | T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service. | $33.8M | Series B | Aug 18, 2025 |  |
| Ubiden | Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services. | $6.6M | Series C | Jul 31, 2025 |  |

10 of 127 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Kyoto University Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyoto-university-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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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 Funding Round stage. Most of the 127 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Energy & Environment Investment's check size?

Energy & Environment Investment typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$105M at Series A and $3.7M–$283M 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 Energy & Environment Investment participates in.

### How do I contact Energy & Environment Investment?

Public channels for Energy & Environment 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 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?

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