Incubate Fund
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
- Total investments:
- 395
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
- Fund size:
- $127M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Incubate Fund invests in
Stages Incubate Fund invests in
Countries Incubate Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 20 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $288k–$7.1M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$20M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $368k–$9.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 46 (12%)
- Information Technology 34 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 27 (7%)
- E-Commerce 20 (5%)
- Internet 18 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 163 (41%)
- Series A 54 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 50 (13%)
- Series B 20 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 19 (5%)
Country
- Japan 201 (51%)
- United States 18 (5%)
- India 10 (3%)
- Brazil 6 (2%)
- Singapore 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tohru Akaura
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 26 | Find email | |
Dave Kwong
Associate
|
Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Katsunari Goto
Legal Partner
|
Legal Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kazuki Notsu
General Partner at Incubate Fund US
|
General Partner at Incubate Fund US | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Keisuke Wada
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email | |
| See all 20 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACIMUS Co. provides an AI-driven cloud BIM platform for the architecture and construction industry. The service lets users generate building 3D models through conversational AI without complex operations. It offers dimension suggestions based on common practices and building codes, and supports placement of a wide range of furniture, fixtures, and equipment in designs. ACIMUS Co. includes chat-based Q&A on building regulations and an AI feature that generates architectural renderings from models, images, sketches, or text instructions. The platform exports models in formats compatible with BIM and CAD tools. ACIMUS Co. also runs a sponsor program that lets manufacturers showcase 3D product models to architects and designers. | $410.6K / Seed / Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan. | $781.4K / Series A / Sep 11, 2026 | ||
| Power Laser is a startup company that offers a range of power laser technologies and applications. The company develops high-power laser systems, related components, and software for advanced industrial and scientific applications. Its mission, “Power lasers open the future,” reflects its focus on next-generation photonics and precision laserinnovation for manufacturing and research sectors. | $7.5M / Series A / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas. | $9.4M / Series B / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated. | $14.4M / Series D / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| 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. | $16.4M / Seed / Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Nutribase is a manufacturing company that develops and sells nutritional powders for the growth and development of children. | $316.9K / Seed / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc. | $41.7M / Series D / Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| ROBOTS Inc. is a Tokyo-based startup developing a robot integration control platform and physical AI to coordinate different robots and sensors as one system. | Seed / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| NUJP Co., Ltd. operates a rollout-style platform dedicated to protecting and scaling unique Japanese cultural businesses and mid-to-small brands globally. The company offers a consolidated framework combining brand investment, M&A, management consulting, and localized overseas sales and marketing operations. By addressing critical domesticchallenges such as succession shortages and localized business management, NUJP restructures traditional industries—including apparel, sake brewing, and craft spirits—into globally viable, high-growth entities. | $616.5K / Seed / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| See all 395 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Incubate Fund invest in?
Incubate Fund invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 395 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Incubate Fund invest in?
Incubate Fund typically joins rounds of $288k–$7.1M at Seed, $1.8M–$20M at Series A and $368k–$9.2M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Incubate Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Incubate Fund took part in.
How do I contact Incubate Fund?
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Who are the partners at Incubate Fund?
The team at Incubate Fund includes Tohru Akaura (General Partner), Dave Kwong (Associate) and Katsunari Goto (Legal Partner), among 20 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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