# Kiyo Capital Management

> Kiyo Capital Management is a VC fund in Sakai backing Transportation and Service Industry. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sakai, Japan
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.kiyo-capital.co.jp

Kiyo Capital Management is a VC fund in Sakai focused on Transportation and Service Industry. Kiyo Capital Management provides solutions such as equity financing to help the business succession and revival of local enterprises, as well as the growth and expansion of startups that are taking on the challenge of tackling social concerns.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 3 | 30% |
| Service Industry | 2 | 20% |
| CAD | 1 | 10% |
| Diving | 1 | 10% |
| Energy | 1 | 10% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hacobell | Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 30, 2026 |  |
| Space BD | Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies. | $15.4M | Series C | Jan 23, 2026 |  |
| Olive | Olive is developing a business that uncovers causal relationships between emotions and the background of human behavior and decision-making through the analysis of biometric data. |  | Seed | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| CI Partners | CI Partners mission is to "eliminate the word 'disability' from this country," and with the message "Everyone is a star." | $2.6M | Series B | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Things | Things offer product development and various information such as CAD, drawings, parts configuration, and price information. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 06, 2025 |  |
| Newmo | newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort. | $8.4M | Series A | Jul 02, 2025 |  |
| EX-Fusion | EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation. | $16M | Series A | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| ATOMica | ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments. | $4.3M | Series B | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| T2 | T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service. | $24M | Series A | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Better Place | Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money. | $53.9M | Series B | Aug 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Gogin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gogin-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hiroshima Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshima-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hokuhoku-financial-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KDDI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kiyo Capital Management invest in?

Kiyo Capital Management invests primarily in Transportation, Service Industry and CAD startups, most often at Series A and Series B 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.

### When did Kiyo Capital Management last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kiyo Capital Management closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 10 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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