# Fuyo General Lease

> Fuyo General Lease is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Manufacturing and Biotechnology. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fuyo-general-lease-co.-ltd.
- Website: https://www.fgl.co.jp

Fuyo General Lease is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Biotechnology. Fuyo General Lease focuses in the leasing and installment sales trading of equipment and fixtures, and financial transaction. The company provides leasing services of information-related equipment, office equipment, and industrial equipment, installment sales of commercial facilities, production facilities, and hospital facilities. It also providessecurities management services and anonymous association composition.Fuyo General Lease was founded on 1969 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $15M–$100M |
| Corporate Round | $4.3M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 28% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 17% |
| Robotics | 2 | 11% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 11% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 11% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 28% |
| Corporate Round | 4 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quants | Quants uses AI qualitative credit technology to provide financing services. The company creates Type 21, an artificial intelligence with a credit screening circuit that runs automatically. HIF aims to provide appropriate funds to corporations and individuals. | $6.8M | Debt Financing | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| avatarin | avatarin develops next-generation mobility and human augmentation platforms. | $23.5M | Series B | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| avatarin | avatarin develops next-generation mobility and human augmentation platforms. | $23.5M | Series B | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| 3D Printing Corporation | 3D Printing Corporation provides 3D printing technology solutions. | $3.6M | Series B | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| ALI Technologies | Aerial Lab Industries focuses on research and development of UAV (unmanned miniature aircraft). |  |  | Nov 11, 2020 |  |
| Tsubame BHB | Tsubame intends to commercialize on-site ammonia production using an electride catalyst in a small-scale plant. It utilizes a unique technology to solve survival issues related to environmental and food problems and to realize a sustainable society. | $51.7M | Series A | Oct 29, 2020 |  |
| Tsubame BHB | Tsubame intends to commercialize on-site ammonia production using an electride catalyst in a small-scale plant. It utilizes a unique technology to solve survival issues related to environmental and food problems and to realize a sustainable society. | $51.7M |  | Oct 26, 2020 |  |
| ThinkCyte | ThinkCyte provides single-cell analysis for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics with an integrated multidisciplinary approach. | $15.3M | Series A | May 19, 2020 |  |
| Hibot | Hibot offers robotic platforms, and related hardware and software solutions. The company offers robots for hazardous operations as well as for maintenance and inspection of infrastructure, search, and rescue missions. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 26, 2020 |  |
| Girasol Energy | Girasol Energy is an IoT Platform provides innovative PLC technologies that enable wiser PV Plants. | $361.8K | Seed | Feb 07, 2020 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MIRAI SOUZOU](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovations-and-future-creation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mizuho Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-bank) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-mitsui-trust-bank) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Omron Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omron-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [San-Ai Oil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/san-ai-oil) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Fuyo General Lease invest in?

Fuyo General Lease invests primarily in Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Fuyo General Lease's check size?

Fuyo General Lease typically joins rounds of $15M–$100M at Series A and $4.3M–$28M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fuyo General Lease participates in.

### When did Fuyo General Lease last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fuyo General Lease closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 18 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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