# Kansai Electric Power

> Kansai Electric Power is a VC fund backing Software and Manufacturing. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nakanoshima, Japan
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kanden_official
- Website: https://www.kepco.co.jp/english/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kanden.jp/

Kansai Electric Power is an electric utility company that offers electric power, heat supply, telecommunications, and gas supply services. The company was established in May 1, 1995. Kansai Electric Power operates in the area of Kansai region, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 30% |
| Security | 2 | 20% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 7 | 70% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| Ireland | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toru Kuwahara | Executive vice-president | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toru-kuwahara |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SkyDrive | SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members. | $57.5M | Series D | Jul 04, 2025 |  |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $77M | Series C | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Zeroboard | Zeroboard calculates and visualizes greenhouse gas emissions from corporate activities and their supply chains based on the international greenhouse gas protocol. They develop solutions that involve companies, local governments, and consumers. | $17.9M | Series A | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Bummer | Bummer is the owner of an innerwear brand that aims to make millennials feel good, comfortable, and confident. The brand provides a wide choice of new-age essential wear that is sustainable, eco-friendly, quirky in design, and available in vivid colors made from modal fabric. | $450K | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| ALGO ARTIS | ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics. | $4.8M | Series A | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Caulis | Caulis is a cybersecurity startup which is building the open security platform for every single device. It detects fraud and identity theft based on users’ online behavior. The company through its platform develops risk detection engine that can protect users from malicious access. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. | $19.8M |  | Jan 31, 2020 |  |
| Safie | Safie is a smart security cameras and home security of the smartphone. | $155.9M |  | Sep 26, 2019 |  |
| NExT-e Solutions | Next-generation is a development, manufacture and sale of the battery system. | $187K |  | Apr 15, 2019 |  |
| Safie | Safie is a smart security cameras and home security of the smartphone. | $137.5M |  | Sep 29, 2017 |  |
| Simply Blue Group | Simply Blue Group is a marine project developer focused on floating wind initiatives across Ireland and Britain. |  | Corporate Round |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [K4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k4-ventures-8a86) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ORIX Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orix-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Canon Marketing Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canon-marketing-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coral Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coral-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kansai Electric Power invest in?

Kansai Electric Power invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Security startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 10 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 Kansai Electric Power?

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### Who are the partners at Kansai Electric Power?

The team at Kansai Electric Power includes Toru Kuwahara (Executive vice-president). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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