JS Capital
VC Fund
Niigata, Japan
JS Capital is a VC fund in Niigata focused on Apps and Software. JS Capital aims to discover and support human resources businesses in Japan.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries JS Capital invests in
Stages JS Capital invests in
Countries JS Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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James Chang
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Mitsutoshi Sato
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 2 (29%)
- Software 2 (29%)
- Energy 1 (14%)
- Finance 1 (14%)
- Medical 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (43%)
- Series A 2 (29%)
- Series D 1 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 3 (43%)
- Japan 2 (29%)
- Brazil 1 (14%)
- Germany 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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James Chang
Investment Partner
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Investment Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
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Mitsutoshi Sato
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Pickle Robot
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Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain.Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce.Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars. | $26M / Series A / Nov 15, 2022 | |
Merlin Labs
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Merlin Labs is building an autonomous infrastructure for the sky above us, enabling goods and eventually people, to fly without pilots. It specializes in the fields of software, transportation, and information technology. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $105M / Series B / Jul 13, 2022 | |
Facily
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Facily is a social commerce marketplace in Latin America. The platform focuses on low-ticket items, delivering great prices and differentiated logistics to lower income neighbourhoods, leveraging learnings from China. Facily offers a unique experience by bringing the opportunity to buy together with friends directly from producers andmanufacturers, having fun playing with freemium features. Facily also promotes community buying by leveraging local leaders and influencers. | $135M / Series D / Dec 23, 2021 | |
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops fusion energy systems using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to create compact tokamak reactors. It is building SPARC, a demonstration device designed to achieve net energy gain from fusion and laying the groundwork for ARC, a grid-connected fusion power plant targeting early 2030s operation. Thecompany partners with MIT and manufactures its HTS magnets and related components, applying peer-reviewed science in its firewalling of plasma and reactor engineering. It has introduced innovations like the PIT VIPER superconducting cable to support pulsed-power magnet systems and accelerate readiness for commercial fusion. | $1.8B / Series B / Dec 01, 2021 | |
Creapaper
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Creapaper develops an innovative raw material for paper production that is made mostly out of grass fiber. They provide the paper industry with a new raw material for the production of paper and cardboard – grass! Or, to be more precise, it’s actually dried hay. It is prepared using their own patented process according to the requirements of thecorresponding paper mill and is then incorporated into its production cycle as a raw material instead of virgin fibres (wood) or recycled paper. If wood is substituted by grass as a raw material for the production of paper and cardboard, CO2 emissions arising from the manufacturing process are reduced by up to 75%. | $23.2M / Series B / Oct 05, 2021 | |
A*QUANTUM
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A*QUANTUM is an quantum computer software. | $41.5M / Series A / Nov 02, 2020 | |
AGREE
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AGREE is an application developer and operator for medical consultation. Its product is the medical consultation application, LEBER. It allows its users to consult with a doctor on their smartphone 24/7. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. | $3.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 05, 2020 |
Co-Investors
Ranpak
3 deals together
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
2 deals together
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
2 deals together
Soros Capital Management
2 deals together
Soros Capital Management
2 deals together
Abies Ventures
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does JS Capital invest in?
JS Capital invests primarily in Apps, Software and Energy startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at JS Capital includes James Chang (Investment Partner) and Mitsutoshi Sato (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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