# LINE Ventures

> LINE Ventures is a VC fund in Shinjuku backing Software and E-Commerce. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shinjuku, Japan
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 22%
- Fund size: $688M
- Last fund: Feb 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/linecorp/
- Website: https://lineventurescorp.com/

LINE Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in games, internet advertising, and flexible investment fields.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.9M–$567M |
| Series B | $5M–$170M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 15% |
| FinTech | 5 | 12% |
| Internet | 4 | 10% |

89 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 13 | 32% |
| Series B | 7 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 17% |
| Seed | 5 | 12% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 7% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 21 | 51% |
| Indonesia | 5 | 12% |
| Thailand | 2 | 5% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Lim | Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-lim-b1e2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stacked | Stacked is developing a web3-based version of Twitch for video game streaming. | $12.9M | Series A | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Mellia | Mellia is a beauty company that provides cosmetics, body care products, and supplements. | $42.5M |  | Oct 16, 2020 |  |
| Sunday | Founded in Thailand in 2017, Sunday is the first full-stack InsurTech group adopting data models and technology to offer multiple insurance products and services across the entire customer journey. The company provides auto insurance, health insurance, and travel insurance.Sunday reinvents the entire insurance offering and experience to ensurethat customers' needs are met anytime, anywhere. | $9M | Series A | Sep 11, 2020 |  |
| Photosynth | Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. | $33M | Private Equity | Aug 07, 2020 |  |
| Let | Let is a mobile app that allows users to buy and sell goods with translation. | $7.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 05, 2020 |  |
| iPrice Group | IPrice was set up to offer shoppers the widest selection of products and brands, provided by hundreds of partners in Southeast Asia. The company is driven by a mission to bring a greater level of transparency, convenience, and trust to the e-commerce market in Southeast Asia by making it easy for shoppers to compare prices, discover products, andget the best deals from thousands of online shops.With the help and funding of the Asia Venture Group—investments include iMoney, Trusted Company, and Happy Fresh—iPrice quickly acquired international know-how, expertise, and talent in fields ranging from technology to online marketing to the business side of things. Focused on execution from its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, the company has quickly expanded across seven markets, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines. | $10M | Series B | Mar 02, 2020 |  |
| Scalar | Scalar is a provider of research and development and provision of distributed ledger software. | $2.9M | Series A | Feb 14, 2020 |  |
| Let | Let is a mobile app that allows users to buy and sell goods with translation. | $439.4M |  | Jan 08, 2020 |  |
| Timebank | Time Bank is an application that allows you to experience a great deal with a little clearance time. | $567M | Series A | Jan 08, 2020 |  |
| Justincase | justInCase, Inc. is the first pure InsurTech insurance company started its business in July 2018 in Japan. justInCase was founded by experienced actuaries and data scientists. justInCase provides AI based smartphone insurance, API based accident insurance, P2P insurance, COVID-19 insurance, as well as AI based healthtech insurance. | $141.7M | Series A | Dec 09, 2019 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [EV Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ev-growth) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SMDV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smdv) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does LINE Ventures invest in?

LINE Ventures invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LINE Ventures's check size?

LINE Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$567M at Series A and $5M–$170M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LINE Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact LINE Ventures?

Public channels for LINE Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at LINE Ventures?

The team at LINE Ventures includes James Lim (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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