# Global Catalyst Partners Japan

> Global Catalyst Partners Japan is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://gcp-j.com

Global Catalyst Partners Japan is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Artificial Intelligence and B2B. Global Catalyst Partners Japan has been engaged in venture investment activities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 17% |
| B2B | 2 | 11% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |
| Travel | 2 | 11% |
| Content | 2 | 11% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 22% |
| Series B | 3 | 17% |
| Series C | 3 | 17% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 14 | 78% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Koji Osawa | Managing Director & Co-Founder | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koji-osawa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Light | Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application. | $3.1M | Series B | Dec 23, 2025 |  |
| ACROVE | ACROVE is an EC & D2C platform company that provides brand building services such as SaaS and consulting-service. | $14.1M | Series C | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| iYell | iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient. | $12.4M | Series E | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Degas | Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa. | $6.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 13, 2023 |  |
| Torana | With the vision of "Let's increase happy parent-child time," Torana Inc. provides a rental subscription service, "Toysub! a rental subscription service that delivers toys optimized for infants and toddlers as they grow, in Japan and Taiwan. In Japan, "Toysub!" serves approximately 15,000 households. Based on data fromover 400,000 toy evaluations and over 100,000 toy planning sessions, we have established engineering and operations to select and deliver the best toys for children's growth. | $1.6M | Series C | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| Medcom | Frontier Field is a venture company that brings the medical and healthcare fields together with the power of IT. It also engaged in the planning, development, sales, and maintenance of the nibyo mobile smartphone exclusively for medical institutions. | $7.4M | Series B | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Medcom | Frontier Field is a venture company that brings the medical and healthcare fields together with the power of IT. It also engaged in the planning, development, sales, and maintenance of the nibyo mobile smartphone exclusively for medical institutions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 03, 2020 |  |
| Wisdom Academy | Wisdom Academy provides safe and responsible attentive services, such as school and off-campus learning, home delivery, confectionery and meals, high standard and rich learning. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 06, 2020 |  |
| Airporter | Airporter is a tourism agency that offers luggage and baggage delivery services for customers and travelers. The service allows you to complete all transactions from order to settlement on your smartphone. The company plans to strengthen business partnerships with hotels and delivery systems in the future.In June 2019, the company announced thelaunch of tens of millions of fundraising, including BASE Partners, Monex Ventures and Mizuho Capital. The company was founded on November 1, 2017, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $1.9M | Series B | Apr 27, 2020 |  |
| SoleBrain | SoleBrain is a digital shift that is progressing in all industries and that improves profitability and corporate value by organically linking various online and offline data and providing a data-driven mechanism. Their dramatic progress in technology such as big data processing technology and data analysis technology using AI, and more. | $4.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 13, 2020 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Chibagin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chibagin-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Credit Saison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-saison) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi Estate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-estate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-sumitomo-insuarance-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Global Catalyst Partners Japan invest in?

Global Catalyst Partners Japan invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown 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.

### How do I contact Global Catalyst Partners Japan?

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### Who are the partners at Global Catalyst Partners Japan?

The team at Global Catalyst Partners Japan includes Koji Osawa (Managing Director & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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