# JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL

> JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Mobile, Content and Marketing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2009
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.jvic-vc.co.jp/

JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Mobile and Content. JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL engages in the venture capital investment and consulting business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Content | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Video Games | 1 | 100% |
| Task Management | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HEROZ | HEROZ, Inc. was founded in 2009 and our engineer has developed the most cutting edge artificial intelligence, “Ponanza” programme to play Japanese chess 'Shogi', which defeated an active professional player in a public match for the first time ever, in March 2013. Shogi presents a higher degree of complexity than many other strategygames, and has been of interest to Artificial Intelligence researchers. | $14.2M | Seed | Jun 15, 2009 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BIGLOBE Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biglobe-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mobile Internet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobile-internet-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL invest in?

JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL invests primarily in Mobile, Content and Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for JVIC VENTURE CAPITAL closed in Jun 2009. Shizune tracks 1 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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