# Hokkaido Electric Power Company

> Hokkaido Electric Power Company is a VC fund in Sapporo backing Video and Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sapporo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hokkaido-electric-power-company/about/
- Website: http://www.hepco.co.jp

Hokkaido Electric Power Company is a VC fund in Sapporo focused on Video and Energy. Hokkaido Electric Power Company focuses in electricity generation, electricity distribution, and the sales of electricity. The company also operates on electrical and telecommunications construction work, general management of buildings, civil engineering and general construction work, periodic inspection, maintenance, and repair of power plants.Hokkaido Electric Power Company is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $843k–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Animation | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |
| Recycling | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rapidus | Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector. | $1.7B | Corporate Round | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Forest Digital | Forest Digital is a media company that provides video, presentation, animation, and VR production services. | $842.9K | Seed | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| JOYCLE | JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Enechain | enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy. | $38M | Series B | Apr 26, 2024 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chubu Electric Power](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chubu-electric-power-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Minerva Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minerva-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [North Pacific Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-pacific-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Argo Graphics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argo-graphics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canon-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hokkaido Electric Power Company invest in?

Hokkaido Electric Power Company invests primarily in Video, Energy and Animation startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hokkaido Electric Power Company's check size?

Hokkaido Electric Power Company typically joins rounds of $843k–$24M 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 Hokkaido Electric Power Company participates in.

### When did Hokkaido Electric Power Company last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hokkaido Electric Power Company closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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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