# Impact Capital

> Impact Capital is a VC fund in Uehara backing Apps, News and AgTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Uehara, Japan
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://impactcapital.jp

Impact Capital is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| AgTech | 1 | 20% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| Farming | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series E | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spectee | Spectee is a online news agency that specializes in curating and publishing real-time social media UGC video. By using artificial intelligence patented by Spectee, It is able to reduce the time taken to analyze and sort social media news content, giving you faster access to the very latest UGC video. Expect video covering both Japanese andworldwide news from accidents and disasters to lifestyle and entertainment.​ it newsroom is verifying and acquiring licenses of those contents for broadcasters and publishers. | $1.3M | Series E | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Ms.Engineer | Ms.Engineer is an education platform that helps to study coding and get placed in companies for women. | $2.1M | Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| EF Polymer | EF Polymer is an agricultural firm. The company came up with the idea to utilize this waste most efficiently without creating any kind of pollution. It developed an Eco-Friendly Water Retention Natural Polymer named "Fasal Amrit" which can absorb 300 times more water than its weight for as long as 10-12 days. It helps to reduce irrigationwater requirement by 30-40% along with a 40-50% reduction in fertilizer because it prevents the leaching of fertilizer causing 10-20% fertilizer loss. The "Fasal Amrit" itself is made from organic waste hence it has a great number of micronutrients to support the better growth of crops/plants. It is organic in nature, chemical-free, and pollution-free, and what is interesting, it is 100% biodegradable in the soil after 5-6 months of application. The farmers can reduce their cost of water and fertilizer by 20-40% and can increase the yield by 10-20%. The application of "Fasal Amrit" includes but is not limited to in-house plants to save them for a week or two in case you are not at your home to water them, keep your garden green forever by reducing the daily watering cycle, enhance the growth of your plant in an organic way, save your plant far from your home or on hilly areas where it is difficult for your water them daily, etc. |  | Series B | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Aeronext | Aeronext is a Japanese startup that provides a center of gravity control technology to enhance the basic performance of drone. | $4M | Series B | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Ms.Engineer | Ms.Engineer is an education platform that helps to study coding and get placed in companies for women. | $1.6M | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [K4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k4-ventures-8a86) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canon-marketing-japan-mirai-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mercuria Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercuria-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- AgVenture Lab — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Emma Enterprise — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Impact Capital invest in?

Impact Capital invests primarily in Apps, News and AgTech startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Impact Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Impact Capital closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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