# J-POWER

> J-POWER is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/j-power/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jpower_official
- Website: http://www.jpower.co.jp/english/index.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JPOWER.PR/

J-POWER is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.9M–$62M |
| Series B | $7M–$29M |
| Corporate Round | $32M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 31% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |
| Solar | 1 | 6% |
| Water | 1 | 6% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 31% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Series B | 3 | 19% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 11 | 69% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akira Yabumoto | Director of Energy Resources Strategy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-yabumoto |
| Yoshihiko Sakanashi | Executive Vice-President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshihiko-sakanashi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan GX Group | Shibuya Blend Green Energy platform analyzes company processes and resources, recommends and plans improvement initiatives, and addresses corporate ESG challenges, assisting companies in balancing business and environmental protection. |  | Corporate Round | Mar 13, 2026 |  |
| Morgenrot | Morgenrot builds green data centers with distributed processing technology at their core and using renewable energy and surplus power. Their solutions include powerful hardware, the use of vacant land, a service platform, digital research and development, including cloud rendering, GPU cloud, and GPU support. | $7M | Series B | Jan 09, 2026 |  |
| Active Surfaces | Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 24, 2025 |  |
| Towing | Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services. | $13.5M | Series B | May 29, 2025 |  |
| GITAI | GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars. | $28.7M | Series B | May 24, 2023 |  |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $77M | Series C | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Shin Nippon Seni | Shin Nippon Seni is a materials technology company developing high-performance textile and fiber-processing solutions. The company has focused on advanced fabric engineering, including nanofiber production, functional surface treatments, and antimicrobial, water-repellent, and durable performance coatings used across industrial, medical, andconsumer markets. Through its proprietary technologies such as TAGGED functional material integration and TECTAL engineered fiber processing the company delivers customized textile solutions with enhanced durability, safety, and environmental performance. Nippon Fiber Corporation collaborates with manufacturers, research institutions, and global partners to accelerate innovation in next-generation functional materials. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 02, 2023 |  |
| WOTA | WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science. |  | Corporate Round | Dec 08, 2020 |  |
| Vuild | VUILD is an architectural tech startup that performs design and construction using digital fabrication technology. | $3.7M | Corporate Round | Apr 15, 2020 |  |
| Scalar | Scalar is a provider of research and development and provision of distributed ledger software. | $2.9M | Series A | Feb 14, 2020 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [JIC Venture Growth Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jic-venture-growth-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NEC Capital Solutions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nec-capital-solution) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DBJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does J-POWER invest in?

J-POWER invests primarily in Manufacturing, Renewable Energy and Information Technology startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is J-POWER's check size?

J-POWER typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$62M at Series A, $7M–$29M at Series B and $32M–$55M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds J-POWER participates in.

### How do I contact J-POWER?

Public channels for J-POWER include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at J-POWER?

The team at J-POWER includes Akira Yabumoto (Director of Energy Resources Strategy) and Yoshihiko Sakanashi (Executive Vice-President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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