JIC Venture Growth Investments
VC Fund
Marunouchi, Japan
JIC Venture Growth Investments is a VC fund in Marunouchi focused on Information Technology and Software. JIC-VGI helps promote innovation and improve its international competitiveness through growth-investments in startup companies. The firm accelerating innovation and helping to solve industrial and social issues by supporting and seeking innovative technologies and new businesses.JIC Venture Growth Investments was established in July 2020 and isbased in Tokyo, Japan.
- Total investments:
- 105
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries JIC Venture Growth Investments invests in
Stages JIC Venture Growth Investments invests in
Countries JIC Venture Growth Investments invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series B
- $4.7M–$52M
- Series C
- $4.3M–$77M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 10 (10%)
- Software 9 (9%)
- Medical 7 (7%)
- Consulting 6 (6%)
- Health Care 6 (6%)
Stage
- Series B 16 (15%)
- Series C 11 (10%)
- Funding Round 10 (10%)
- Series A 8 (8%)
- Seed 4 (4%)
Country
- Japan 47 (45%)
- Singapore 3 (3%)
- United States 3 (3%)
- Thailand 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hideki Yarimizu
CEO, President & Founder
|
CEO, President & Founder | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications. | $31.8M / Series A / Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| Bitkey is a company provides its own key technology. | $24.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Smooth is a financial services company that provides initial cost installment payment solutions for real estate rental contracts. | $4.3M / Series C / Jun 29, 2026 | ||
| Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance. | $6.5M / Series A / Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| Beren Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that develops innovative therapies to make them accessible to every patient. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Thousand Oaks, CA. | $135M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 10, 2026 | ||
| Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments. | $7.5M / Series B / May 29, 2026 | ||
| Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life. | $18.8M / Seed / May 27, 2026 | ||
| Toregem BioPharma is a startup from Kyoto University that develops a treatment for congenital adentia. Toregem BioPharma is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. | $5.3M / Series C / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals. | $19M / Series C / May 14, 2026 | ||
| Magic Shields develops impact-absorbing flooring solutions designed to reduce injuries from falls in care environments. The company produces cushioning floor materials that use a structured design to balance softness for safety with firmness for everyday mobility, supporting both residents and caregivers. Its products are used in settings such asnursing homes and healthcare facilities, where fall-related injuries are a concern.The flooring system is engineered to absorb shock during a fall while maintaining stability for walking and the use of equipment like wheelchairs or carts. This approach aims to help reduce the severity of injuries without disrupting daily operations.Magic Shields also conducts research and testing to evaluate the effectiveness of its materials, contributing data to support adoption in care settings and inform ongoing product development. | $6.5M / Series B / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| See all 105 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does JIC Venture Growth Investments invest in?
JIC Venture Growth Investments invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Medical startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 105 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is JIC Venture Growth Investments's check size?
JIC Venture Growth Investments typically joins rounds of $4.7M–$52M at Series B and $4.3M–$77M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds JIC Venture Growth Investments participates in.
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Who are the partners at JIC Venture Growth Investments?
The team at JIC Venture Growth Investments includes Hideki Yarimizu (CEO, President & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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