# Japan Finance Corporation

> Japan Finance Corporation is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Information Technology. See 199 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 199
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 21%
- 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 | $496k–$24M |
| Debt Financing | $536k–$57M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 27 | 14% |
| Internet | 20 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 18 | 9% |
| Health Care | 15 | 8% |

215 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 61 | 31% |
| Funding Round | 34 | 17% |
| Seed | 29 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 17 | 9% |
| Series B | 14 | 7% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 170 | 85% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Haul | Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services. | $1.6M | Debt Financing | May 07, 2025 |  |
| AirKamuy | AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| Sorabito | SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| MUSVI | MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 17, 2025 |  |
| Urth | Urth is an IT company that specializes in architectural design by providing corporations with a metaverse for architects' business models. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Perkup | Perkup is a coworking company that conducts off-site meetings and training camps for organizations. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| CADDi | CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry. | $33.8M | Debt Financing | Mar 27, 2025 |  |
| Live Search | Live Search provides the real estate industry with online room availability management, property photography, and floor plan services. |  | Series B | Mar 03, 2025 |  |
| Hartwell | Hartwell produces fabrics from weaving, dyeing, sewing and finishing. The firm manufactures customized towels and sewn products. | $536.1K | Debt Financing | Feb 21, 2025 |  |
| Japan Agriculture | Exportation of Japanese agricultural products is currently small in volume. While Japanese farmers aspire to export their products to foreign countries for more people to enjoy and local consumers universally share the positive perception of the quality of Japanese agricultural products, issues such as price, communication, and logistics hinder theexpansion of exportation.They aim to solve these issues and satisfy the needs of both Japanese farmers and global consumers which are so clearly evident but devastatingly unmet. | $13M | Debt Financing | Feb 18, 2025 |  |

10 of 199 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation-54d8) — VC Fund, 125 deals together
- [Mizuho Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-bank) — VC Fund, 29 deals together
- [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shoko-chukin-bank) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Resona Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resona-bank) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Nissay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nissay-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Japan Finance Corporation invest in?

Japan Finance Corporation invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 199 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 $496k–$24M at Seed and $536k–$57M at Debt Financing. 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 May 2025. Shizune tracks 199 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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