# Japanese venture capital

> Japanese venture capital is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Apps and Consulting. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.jvca.jp

Japanese venture capital is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Apps and Consulting. Japan Venture Capital Association is a trade association that caters to venture capital industry. The association conducts surveys and provides research services. It also prints publications and provides public relation services. Japan Venture Capital Association was founded in 2002 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Japanese venture capital. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Japanese venture capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/japanese-venture-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 3 | 38% |
| Consulting | 2 | 25% |
| SNS | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Beauty | 1 | 13% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 7 | 88% |
| India | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryuji Ichikawa | Senior Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryuji-ichikawa |
| Toshihisa Adachi | Venture Capitalist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toshihisa-adachi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iiba | Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing. | $1M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Tribeau | Tribute is a word-of-mouth app for aesthetic medicine for cosmetic surgeries, cosmetic dermatologists, and orthodontists who are not covered by health insurance. | $3.9M | Series C | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Stayway | Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site. | $1.5M | Series B | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Arsaga Partners | Arsaga Partners, Inc., "develop with the fastest and highest quality" as concept, is a one-stop IT system development company.- All functions necessary for IT system development such as IT strategy consulting, UX/UI consulting, planning, engineering, designing, maintenance and operations are provided through our one-stop solution.- With engineers accounting for over 90% of our company structure we can work directly with our clients. - Our motto is to providing services at a reasonable cost without outsourcing and to bring our Japanese omotenashi spirit to our development services. - We think of Digital transformation (DX) Not as a trendy word, but as IT system development that truly contributes to our clients' business needs.Main Services - One-stop IT System Development Business, Start-up/New IT Business Consulting, Enterprise System/New Business Planning and Development(Digital Transformation/DX), Web System Planning and Development, Application Planning and DevelopmentKey Clients - Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Estate, ShionogiV-CUBE, Mizuho Securities, Sciseed inc. | $4.6M | Series B | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Sprocket | Sprocket is a web-based customer development platform that delivers the latest digital marketing information. | $6.9M | Series C | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| JaQool, Inc. | JaQool is a company that will leverage social innovation and new technologies to create convenient services that are something to get excited about. Three entrepreneurs from different backgrounds have gathered together to utilise these new technologies and techniques to develop services that can help to make the world a better place.JaQool willinitially work on a mobile translation service for tourists coming to Japan from overseas. The number of tourists from overseas has been increasing rapidly in recent years, but many have encountered difficulties due to being unable to understand Japanese. Removing the language barrier is a pressing challenge that needs to be addressed, particularly in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics that will be held in 2020. JaQool can help contribute towards a solution. | $1M | Series A | Sep 01, 2017 |  |
| Cacco | Cacco is a SaaS business and consulting company that extracts data for making business decisions from big data. Cacco analyzes big data and provides this data after changing it into a format that is easy to understand and use. The company was founded in 2011 and based in Tokyo, Japan. | $464K |  | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Elanic | Elanic is a Social C2C Marketplace for lifestyle goods. Elanic enable sindividuals and micro-sellers to sell to millions of buyers on our mobile app |  | Seed | Jul 03, 2015 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UNITED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Benesse Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bennesse-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DBJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbj-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hakuhodo DY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakuodo-dy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Japanese venture capital invest in?

Japanese venture capital invests primarily in Apps, Consulting and SNS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Japanese venture capital?

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### Who are the partners at Japanese venture capital?

The team at Japanese venture capital includes Ryuji Ichikawa (Senior Managing Director) and Toshihisa Adachi (Venture Capitalist). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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