# Hokkaido Venture Capital

> Hokkaido Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sapporo-shi, Japan
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.hokkaido-vc.com

Hokkaido Venture Capital is a VC fund in Sapporo-shi focused on Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence. Hokkaido Venture Capital provides investment opportunities to companies in the technology industry.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 23% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 23% |
| Medical | 2 | 15% |
| Chemical | 2 | 15% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 15% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 23% |
| Series B | 2 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 15% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 9 | 69% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mechano Cross | Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions. |  | Seed | Sep 05, 2025 |  |
| Sagri | Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers. | $6.8M | Series A | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| AWL | AWL is a company that provides the leading edge AI camera solutions company . | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 22, 2024 |  |
| Alyaum | Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions. | $748.7K | Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Iwaya Giken | Iwaya Giken manufactures and sells gas balloons, airtight cabins, and other space-travel equipment. | $2.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 08, 2023 |  |
| Letara | Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology. | $880.1K | Seed | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| AIQ | AIQ uses technology to investigate human possibilities. It uses profiling AI to analyze market insights and acquire potential customers with high LTV. | $10.7M | Series B | Mar 09, 2020 |  |
| AIQ | AIQ aims to transform the way offline content is being consumed by bridging O2O (offline to online) media properties with its latest cutting-edge Computer Vision AI Technology where multiple platforms and channels can be integrated, allowing seamless interaction between online & offline content. AIQ's Video & Visual RecognitionTechnology empowers consumers with the ability to interact with their favourite brand’s & products, any where, any time. At AIQ, we redefine the way brands engage with customers because, we can. | $10.7M | Series B | Mar 09, 2020 |  |
| GORYO Chemical | GORYO Chemical is the only manufacturer specializing in fluorescent dyes in Japan. | $155.9M |  | Nov 29, 2019 |  |
| GORYO Chemical | GORYO Chemical is the only manufacturer specializing in fluorescent dyes in Japan. | $170.1M |  | Oct 03, 2016 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [QB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qb-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shizuoka Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shizuoka-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [And Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/and-factory) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-bridge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Hokkaido Venture Capital invest in?

Hokkaido Venture Capital invests primarily in Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hokkaido Venture Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hokkaido Venture Capital closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 13 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?

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