# J&TC Frontier

> J&TC Frontier is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Aerospace, GPU and GreenTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

J&TC Frontier is an investment arm founded by JFE Engineering and Tokyo Century.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 2 | 50% |
| GPU | 1 | 25% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PXP | PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements. | $10M | Series A | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| PXP | PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements. | $10M | Series A | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| ALE | To Create world-first man-made meteor shower with releasing particles from micro-satellite, ALE has been founded in 2011. We have unique marketers, engineers, and scientists driven by curiosity, bold enough to create cutting-edge technologies to sublimate space and entertainment concepts. We basically fuse meteor sciences and space technologies toentertain people on ground and predict climate change. We pioneer space entertainment.We have 2 goals. 1. Entertain people to stimulate people's curiosity and empower them to explore their infinite possibilities. 2. Collect mesosphere data. We will federate a wide community from scientists to decision makers and motivate people to elucidate atmosphere phenomena and play a pivotal role in making Earth more sustainable.We are a curiosity-driven company, so we would like to satisfy our curiosity, grow the people's curiosity towards space and science at the same time. | $22M | Series A | Feb 26, 2021 |  |
| ALI Technologies | Aerial Lab Industries focuses on research and development of UAV (unmanned miniature aircraft). |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 29, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kowa Optronics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kowa-optronics) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SOLABLE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/solable-91d9) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Automotive Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/automotive-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi HC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-lease-and-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SoftBank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-b720) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TARO Ventures(japan)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taro-ventures-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does J&TC Frontier invest in?

J&TC Frontier invests primarily in Aerospace, GPU and GreenTech startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 4 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&TC Frontier's check size?

J&TC Frontier typically joins rounds of $10M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds J&TC Frontier participates in.

### When did J&TC Frontier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for J&TC Frontier closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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