# GLOBIS

> GLOBIS is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Manufacturing and Pet. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/globis_pr
- Website: https://www.globis.co.jp

GLOBIS is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Pet. In 1992, GLOBIS started out with one marketing course in a small, rented classroom in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Since then, the management environment surrounding Japanese companies has reached an unparalleled turning point requiring dynamic change and creativity. The history of GLOBIS is the continual pursuit of creative change and innovationdrawing upon our own experience in starting and growing businesses. In "People" infrastructures, we have turned out a large number of business leaders and supported corporate clients in enhancing their management capabilities. In "Capital," we have supported the creative efforts of venture businesses, and in "Knowledge," we have published numerous books on management. With each new day, GLOBIS takes another step toward becoming the No. 1 business school in Asia as well as Asia's No. 1 venture capital firm. Yoshito Hori Chairman and CEO of GLOBIS Corporation

## Contacts

5 contacts available for GLOBIS. Shizune tracks 2 team members at GLOBIS. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/globis?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $549k–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 25% |
| Pet | 1 | 13% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Dental | 1 | 13% |
| Content | 1 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 7 | 88% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael J. Case | Faculty Member, Organizational Behavior and HRM | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-j-case |
| Yoshito Hori | Founder & President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshito-hori |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blossom Energy | Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| IoTBASE | IoTBASE offers IoT cloud services. | $722.2K | Seed | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| Anipos | Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance. | $1M | Seed | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| HANOWA | Hanowa is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics. It matches dental care workers who want to work in their spare time with dental clinics. It can be used for studying, side jobs, and job change activities. | $548.7K | Seed | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| HugCome | Hug Cam is a Education service business |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 09, 2021 |  |
| Galapagos | Galapagos offers a service that uses artificial intelligence to create and refine advertising visuals, under a product called AIR Design. The company also provides development and management for smartphone applications. | $2M | Seed | May 21, 2020 |  |
| Crossborders Innovation | Crossborders Innovation develops human resource utilization tool.we use technology to accelerate and optimize the matching of human resources and projects, and to help individuals build their careers positively, sometimes change, and exert their potential even in times of rapid change. By doing so, we realize our vision of "more diverse,exciting and more enjoyable". |  |  | Dec 10, 2019 |  |
| SiteRock | SiteROCK’s suite of services optimize the performance and availability of business critical IT infrastructures, improve the quality of IT service delivery enterprise–wide and provide timely, integrated IT management information - while enabling they clients to dramatically reduce costs. | $30M | Series B | Jul 18, 2000 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accord Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accord-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animal Spirits Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-spirits-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aozora-corporate-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Archetype Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetype-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-incubation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does GLOBIS invest in?

GLOBIS invests primarily in Manufacturing, Pet and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GLOBIS's check size?

GLOBIS typically joins rounds of $549k–$2.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GLOBIS participates in.

### How do I contact GLOBIS?

Public channels for GLOBIS include 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 GLOBIS?

The team at GLOBIS includes Michael J. Case (Faculty Member, Organizational Behavior and HRM) and Yoshito Hori (Founder & President). 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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