# Japan Asia Group

> Japan Asia Group is a VC fund in Marunouchi backing Aerospace, Logistics and GPU. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Marunouchi, Japan
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2019
- Lead investor: 25%
- Fund size: $18M
- Last fund: Feb 2016
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/japanasiagroup
- Website: https://www.japanasiagroup.jp/

Japan Asia Group is a VC fund in Marunouchi focused on Aerospace and Logistics. Japan Asia Group is engaged in the space information consulting, green energy, financial service business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 2 | 50% |
| Logistics | 2 | 50% |
| GPU | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Drones | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ALI Technologies | Aerial Lab Industries focuses on research and development of UAV (unmanned miniature aircraft). | $21.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 29, 2019 |  |
| Aeronext | Aeronext is a Japanese startup that provides a center of gravity control technology to enhance the basic performance of drone. | $705.9K | Seed | Jun 28, 2018 |  |
| YAMAP | YAMAP is born to make your outdoors, such as hike or ski, more safety, and more enjoyable with your iPhone. YAMAP App can track and log your outdoors, view elevation info, and build an online outdoor journal. 
Love & share the outdoors with YAMAP ! ■■ Three Main Features of YAMAP ■■ 1) Safe ◆YAMAP App makes your iPhone a special GPSdevice for the outdoors. YAMAP App could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your iPhone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions. 2) Convenience ◆ YAMAP Hybrid Maps YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your iPhone, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC). 3) Share ◆You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP Web service. Once you finish your outdoor and save your data, YAMAP App automatically uploads to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' on YAMAP Web service (http://yamap.co.jp) where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history. In addition, YAMAP gives you the ability to easily share your outdoor data with friends and family. | $11.2M | Series B | Apr 19, 2018 |  |
| GMO TownWiFi | TownWiFi is a Japanese mobile app that automates WiFi connectivity. TownWiFi allows users to automatically connect or login to the nearest WiFi spot without having to go through the annoying registration process. | $2.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Drone Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drone-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FFG Venture Business Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffg-venture-business-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [01booster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/01booster) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [aucfan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aucfan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bonds Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonds-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canal-ventures-6d88) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Japan Asia Group invest in?

Japan Asia Group invests primarily in Aerospace, Logistics and GPU startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed 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.

### When did Japan Asia Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Japan Asia Group closed in Nov 2019. 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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