# Hitachi

> Hitachi is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Internet. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachi
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HitachiGlobal
- Website: http://www.hitachi.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitachi.global

Hitachi is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Internet. Hitachi is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronic and electrical products worldwide. The company operates eleven business segments: information and telecommunication systems, social infrastructure, high functional materials and components, financial services, power systems, electronic systems and equipment, automotive systems, railwayand urban systems, digital media and consumer products, construction machinery, and other components and systems.The company’s Information and Telecommunication System segment offers system integration services and automated teller machines (ATM); Electricity System segment offers nuclear, hydraulic, and wind power generation systems; Social and Industrial System segment offers industrial machinery and plants; Electronic Device and System segment offer liquid crystal displays (LCD) and others; Construction segment offers hydraulic shovels and wheel loaders; High Functional Material segment offers electric wires, cables, and others; Automotive System segment offers engine management and in-car information systems; Component and Device segment offers hard disk drives; Digital Media and Consumer Product segment offer optical disk drives and refrigerators; Financial Service segment offers leasing and loan services, and Others segment manages real estate.Hitachi was founded in 1910 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$14M |
| Series B | $3M–$115M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 36% |
| Internet | 5 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 14% |
| Semiconductor | 3 | 11% |
| Internet of Things | 3 | 11% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 21% |
| Seed | 3 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 36% |
| Japan | 8 | 29% |
| Israel | 2 | 7% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiroaki Nakanishi | Representative Executive Officer and President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroaki-nakanishi |
| Ryuichi Otsuki | Senior Officer, Energy Business Administration | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryuichi-otsuki |
| Công Ty Xây Dựng Cửu Long CLC Công Ty Xây Dựng Cửu Long CLC | Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c%C3%B4ng-ty-x%C3%A2y-d%E1%BB%B1ng-c%E1%BB%ADu-long-clc-c%C3%B4ng-ty-x%C3%A2y-d%E1%BB%B1ng-c%E1%BB%ADu-long-clc |
| Deepak Paramanand | Product Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepak-paramanand |
| Drama Cool | CTo | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drama-cool-a8f1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DeCurret | DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business. | $44.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Captura | Captura is a Direct Ocean Capture company that develops a carbon capture system to catch scalable carbon from the atmosphere. It develops cost-competitive carbon dioxide capture and sequestration technology to extract it from ocean water to meet the rapidly growing demand in the credit market. Its system combines innovative technology with thenatural carbon removal powers of the ocean to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at a large scale and low cost, providing a critical capability in the fight against climate change. | $12M | Series A | Jan 12, 2023 |  |
| 8sense | 8sense is the first smart back sensor and coach for the office, combining postion and movement analysis with realtime interaction and training. Games and challenges motivates you to take care about your back before it's too late. | $100K | Seed | Jan 04, 2022 |  |
| Soracom | SORACOM is a company that provides IoT (Internet of Things) platform of data communication by delivering scalable and elastic cloud technologies running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which makes IoT solution providers/developers to efficiently deliver and extend their services, and also allow the flexibility and customization to fit thevarious needs of IoT services.With SORACOM, the data communication of IoT / M2M device become more secure and ensure reliable data transfer by supporting many devices and custom protocols. It also provides reduced time-to-market for M2M/IoT services, while significantly reducing the cost of delivering such services, and extend the business by paying as you grow cost structures. SORACOM Air is a service that provides data communication for IoT devices SIM "Air SIM". Users can change the settings from Web console (user console) or by API control, and monitor the data traffic, as well as manage the configuration of data communication of IoT devices centrally. Air SIM provides connectivity for LTE/3G mobile data communication as MVNO, and supports wide coverage area required for IoT and secure communication achieved through a closed network using LTE/3G.SORACOM Beam is a service that offloaded data from IoT devices to cloud with a high encryption load and connection destination setting without directly setting to large devices onsite, that can be controlled from a remote location on cloud. It also has a benefit to manage the data securely without going through the Internet, if the cloud data storage of IoT devices is located in AWS.SORACOM officially launched its service on the 30th of September 2015, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 10, 2021 |  |
| Ra2Sa communications | Ra2Sa is an engineer of a video specialized instrument intended to draw in the crowd with better video correspondence. Its program based stage empowers groups to arrange their web-based occasions in a single spot, from any gadget they need. It likewise gives each of the apparatuses expected to make custom points of arrival, send limited timemessages and updates, hostengaging on the web occasions with coordinated talk, surveys, and Q&A functionalities, and dissect occasion execution through a high level examination dashboard, empowering organizations to integrate video into a correspondence, to draw in, connect with and teach their crowd. The organization was established in 2020 and is settled in Bangalore,India. | $344K | Seed | Jan 07, 2021 |  |
| Informetis | Informatis uses the power of AI and other technologies to innovate energy networks around the world and create the “next-generation social infrastructure” that blends into and cooperates with people's daily activities. | $7.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 20, 2020 |  |
| Toletta Cats | Toletta Cats is a healthcare approved by cat lovers company they aim to create a world in which we all live longer and happier with our beloved cats around us. Simple, safe and easy to use at home,in a Japanese cat-friendly way. | $14.2M | Seed | Dec 25, 2019 |  |
| Digital Grid | Digital Grid is a retail supply contract or a power supply contract with a service provider using the digital grid platform. | $1.7M |  | Dec 28, 2018 |  |
| The Fabric | The Fabric is a startup co-creation foundry with a focus on cloud/IoT infrastructure space. The Fabric has a team of proven company creators who under one roof deeply collaborate with founders to help them grow from concept to company in the cloud and infrastructure space. The Fabric co-creates, funds, and launches companies in thecloud/IoT infrastructure space. | $20M |  | Apr 16, 2018 |  |
| Preferred Networks | Preferred Networks (PFN) was established in March 2014 in Tokyo with the goal to develop practical, real-world applications of deep learning, robotics and other latest technologies. PFN is currently focused on three priority areas – transportation systems, manufacturing and bio-healthcare – and also exploring the use of deep learning in personalrobots, plant optimization, materials discovery, sports analytics and entertainment. PFN has a U.S. subsidiary in Burlingame, California. | $283.5M | Corporate Round | Dec 11, 2017 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Compaq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/compaq) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fujitsu](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fujitsu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hakuhodo DY holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakuhodo-dy-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vulcan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vulcan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABeam Consulting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abeam-consulting-m-sdn-bhd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hitachi invest in?

Hitachi invests primarily in Software, Internet and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hitachi's check size?

Hitachi typically joins rounds of $100k–$14M at Seed and $3M–$115M 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 Hitachi participates in.

### How do I contact Hitachi?

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### Who are the partners at Hitachi?

The team at Hitachi includes Hiroaki Nakanishi (Representative Executive Officer and President), Ryuichi Otsuki (Senior Officer, Energy Business Administration) and Công Ty Xây Dựng Cửu Long CLC Công Ty Xây Dựng Cửu Long CLC (Manager), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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