# Japan Finance Corporation

> Japan Finance Corporation is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Information Technology. See 278 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 278
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/japan-finance-corporation
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JFC_information
- Website: https://www.jfc.go.jp/

Japan Finance Corporation is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Information Technology. Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $175k–$16M |
| Debt Financing | $266k–$21M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.3M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 41 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 35 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 33 | 12% |
| Manufacturing | 21 | 8% |
| Internet | 20 | 7% |

256 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 179 | 64% |
| Seed | 26 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 19 | 7% |
| Series B | 10 | 4% |
| Series C | 10 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 246 | 88% |
| Kenya | 1 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peach Cars | Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions. | $3.7M | Debt Financing | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Sinumy | Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Scale Technology | Scale Technology develops AI-based HR assessment and platform services for businesses. The company focuses on tools that analyze characteristics of job candidates and employees to support recruitment decisions and talent development. Its PitA service is designed as an HR diagnostic tool that uses AI agents to support matching, retention, andongoing employee success. Scale Technology also offers management consulting with an emphasis on HR, including support for building personnel systems and education frameworks. Its services target small and medium-sized enterprises seeking to apply technology to people management and organizational development. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| LAMP Japan | Lamp is a Content marketing business | $2.2M | Series A | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| NUJP | 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. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Mozu | MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| KUZEN | KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Spike Studio | Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| BETA | BETA is a media company that provides HRDX support business and video production services. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| EUV Photon | EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 29, 2026 |  |

10 of 278 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 125 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Japan Finance Corporation invest in?

Japan Finance Corporation invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 278 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Japan Finance Corporation's check size?

Japan Finance Corporation typically joins rounds of $175k–$16M at Seed, $266k–$21M at Debt Financing and $1.3M–$15M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Japan Finance Corporation participates in.

### When did Japan Finance Corporation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Japan Finance Corporation closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 278 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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