# Kanbishi

> Kanbishi is a VC fund in Ono backing Industrial, Electronics and Manufacturing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ono, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.kanbishi.co.jp/

Kanbishi is a manufacturer of automobile bodies, gas regulators, lock parts, engine components, and housing gas functional products.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elephantech | Elephantech makes electric industry more sustainable with metal inkjet printing technology. | $311.8M |  | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Elephantech | Elephantech makes electric industry more sustainable with metal inkjet printing technology. | $14.4M | Corporate Round | Oct 17, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Beyond Next Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-next-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- EIWA — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi Gas Chemical](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-gas-chemical) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- nano bank — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kanbishi invest in?

Kanbishi invests primarily in Industrial, Electronics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kanbishi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kanbishi closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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