# HERO Impact Capital

> HERO Impact Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Solar, Energy and Robotics. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hero-impact-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HERO_VC
- Website: https://hero.vc/

HERO Impact Capital is a venture capital firm that co-founds research and development startups.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $386k–$4.3M |
| Series A | $3.9M–$106M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 8% |
| Energy | 1 | 8% |
| Robotics | 1 | 8% |
| Security | 1 | 8% |
| Software | 1 | 8% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kick Space Technologies | Kick Space Technologies provides comprehensive, end-to-end support for microsatellite missions, guiding clients through every stage of the lifecycle—from initial mission concept development and feasibility analysis to detailed satellite design, engineering, integration, rigorous testing and validation, launch coordination, and in-orbit operations,ensuring reliable performance, mission success, and optimized outcomes for commercial, research, and governmental space applications. | $385.6K | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Voicetep | Voicetep is a unique dating app that enables users to begin meaningful connections without needing to share photos or exchange messages, instead fostering relationships through voice-based interactions that emphasize personality, authenticity, and genuine communication from the very first encounter. | $1.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| SODEN | SODEN is a technology company that develops and sells electric vehicle chargers and their management software. | $4.3M | Seed | Oct 17, 2025 |  |
| New Innovations | New Innovations company is offering a snuggling service to many people who support Japan's “high quality”. AI and robots do not take away the job, but robots support the work that is accomplished without the involvement of people, and many working people are aiming for the future to create a more humanoid life. With the problem of lack oftalent, it was difficult to reflect technology on OFF Line until now, trying to provide robots in the “food and drink” and “retail” industry, CEKAI's first demand forecast AI unmanned cafeThe robot “√C” was developed. √C is not “looking for coffee that suits me”, but instead realizes “coffee is perfect for me” with demand forecasting AI. Today, people who drink coffee are choosing their favorite cafe, canned coffee, convenience store coffee, etc., according to their taste needs, SPEED needs, and hospitality needs. The company developed the service as a new choice of coffee, and in the future, the perfect coffee according to the taste preferences, busy, physical condition and mood of the day., which aims to provide. In July 2019, the company receives a third party quota increase of 70 million yen from Zashid Capital and DEEPCORE. From August 1, 2019, with the cooperation of Nankai Electric Railway, “√C” will be installed at Namba Station/Namba Skyo, and demonstration experiments will begin. | $8M | Series B | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Cosmobloom | Cosmobloom Co. is a manufacturing company that analyses, designs, and develops space solar power generation systems and solar power sails. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| ChillStack | ChillStack is a AI security platform. They offer services that include fraud detection, anomaly detection ai, security diagnosis, fraudulent expense automatic detection cloud, anomaly detection ai platform, and protecting web applications, ai systems, and networks from cyberattacks. |  | Series A | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| toggle | toggle is the social implementation of technology in real estate, real estate, construction, and finance. | $8.1M | Series B | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| digzyme | Digzyme develops new enzymatic processes using bioinformatics. The company automates various stages of analysis related to the development of enzymes and bioprocesses using their core bioinformatics technology and further optimize using accumulated data. | $4.7M | Series A | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| digzyme | Digzyme develops new enzymatic processes using bioinformatics. The company automates various stages of analysis related to the development of enzymes and bioprocesses using their core bioinformatics technology and further optimize using accumulated data. | $4.7M | Series A | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| AGRI SMILE | AGRI SMILE employs technology to create sustainable agriculture, communities, and production areas. It promotes agricultural industry development by combining software as a tool for accumulating and inheriting technology with science, which creates new technology based on accumulated data. They seeks to establish a cultivation system that is inharmony with the environment and the region, allowing agricultural workers to live a rich life both financially and spiritually. | $106.3M | Series A | Sep 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Deepcore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepcore) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fuji Nihon Seito](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuji-nihon-seito) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mobile Internet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobile-internet-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does HERO Impact Capital invest in?

HERO Impact Capital invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is HERO Impact Capital's check size?

HERO Impact Capital typically joins rounds of $386k–$4.3M at Seed and $3.9M–$106M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HERO Impact Capital participates in.

### When did HERO Impact Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HERO Impact Capital closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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