# Japan Post Capital

> Japan Post Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 85 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 85
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.jp-capital.jp/

Japan Post Capital is an investment and management financial consulting business.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Japan Post Capital. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Japan Post Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/japan-post-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.3M–$128M |
| Series B | $6.5M–$283M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 14% |
| Marketing | 10 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 10 | 12% |
| Software | 9 | 11% |

136 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 18 | 21% |
| Series B | 15 | 18% |
| Series A | 13 | 15% |
| Series C | 11 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 10 | 12% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 67 | 79% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kengo Tanaka | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kengo-tanaka |
| Maruta Toshiya | CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maruta-toshiya |
| Ono Taneki | Founder, President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ono-taneki |
| Shimpei Higuchi | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shimpei-higuchi |
| Shintaro Igata | Senior Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shintaro-igata-fa5a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| X Mile | Corporate Site：https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site：https://x-work.jp/ | $20.1M | Series C | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Sazo | Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI. | $10.2M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Sazo | Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI. | $10.2M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| XID | XID is a GovTech company that offers digital ID application, secure and convenient login, digital signature, and identity verification. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 14, 2026 |  |
| XID | XID is a GovTech company that offers digital ID application, secure and convenient login, digital signature, and identity verification. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Recho | Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent. | $1.3M | Series A | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| Recho | Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent. | $1.3M | Series A | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| X Mile | Corporate Site：https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site：https://x-work.jp/ |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Applied EV | Applied EV has built a modular vehicle system for autonomous transport, based on our Blanc Robot vehicle platform. | $40M | Series B | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Digital Securities Preparatory | Digital Securities Preparatory is a fintech company offering financial products to the real estate industry. | $1.9M | Series A | Dec 26, 2025 |  |

10 of 85 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Japan Post Capital invest in?

Japan Post Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Marketing startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 85 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 Post Capital's check size?

Japan Post Capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$128M at Series A and $6.5M–$283M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Japan Post Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Japan Post Capital?

Public channels for Japan Post Capital include 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 Japan Post Capital?

The team at Japan Post Capital includes Kengo Tanaka (Managing Director), Maruta Toshiya (CEO) and Ono Taneki (Founder, President and CEO), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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