Inspire
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Inspire is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and AgTech. Inspire Corporation partners and customers to overcome practices and old-fashioned businesses. Inspire aims to create pioneering businesses and companies that can change the world.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Inspire invests in
Stages Inspire invests in
Countries Inspire invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Series A
- $2.1M–$11M
- Series B
- $7.8M–$92M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 3 (27%)
- AgTech 2 (18%)
- Software 2 (18%)
- E-Commerce 2 (18%)
- Agriculture 2 (18%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (27%)
- Seed 2 (18%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (18%)
- Series G 1 (9%)
Country
- Japan 8 (73%)
- Vietnam 1 (9%)
- Singapore 1 (9%)
- United States 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Supwat
|
Q1 2023 founder not found | $1.3M / Seed / Jan 06, 2026 | |
Sorabito
|
SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery. | $7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 23, 2025 | |
Brewtope
|
Brewtope is a brewery that produces and supplies craft beer for restaurants and retailers. | $1.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 22, 2025 | |
Oishii
|
Oishii Farm provides indoor vertical farming technology. Oishii sells via supermarkets, offering a container of between eight and 11 strawberries for $50 per package. Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville started the company in 2017. | $19.5M / Series B / Dec 17, 2024 | |
Kamereo
|
Purchasing platform and Tech-enable Veggie supply for Restaurants in Vietnam | $7.8M / Series B / Dec 09, 2024 | |
nami
|
nami's ambition is to elevate smart devices and systems to bring intelligence to homes and commercial buildings through adaptive automation linked to human presence, air sensing and machine learning.We build and run a platform that helps to monitor places and care for you, your loved ones and your colleagues. It also makes the planet greenerand a better place to be.Our hardware and software world-class architecture promises high granularity for sensing with smooth onboarding and reliable calibration for scalable deployments. It’s the foundation for a growing array of subscription services to end consumers: security and safety alerts, energy optimization, better breathing, deeper sleep and emergency health notifications. | $10.5M / Series A / Mar 23, 2023 | |
Pocket Marche
|
Pocket Marche is a smartphone app that allows you to buy food while talking with farmers and fishermen across the country. | $92.3M / Series B / Aug 24, 2020 | |
Microwave Chemical
|
Microwave Chemical is a microwave platform technology designed according to product characteristics. | $109.1M / Series G / Nov 08, 2019 | |
imio
|
Imio is a Japan-based company that manufactures and sells sports goods. | $14.2M / Dec 15, 2014 | |
ABEJA
|
ABEJA is a technology firm that specializes in AI-driven digital transformation. Its suite of offerings includes the ABEJA Platform for automating core business processes, retail analytics via ABEJA Insight for Retail, AI ethics consulting, DX workforce training, and Large Language Model implementations (ABEJA LLM Series). | Seed / Jul 11, 2014 | |
| See all 11 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Inspire invest in?
Inspire invests primarily in Manufacturing, AgTech and Software startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Inspire's check size?
Inspire typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$11M at Series A and $7.8M–$92M 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 Inspire participates in.
When did Inspire last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Inspire closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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