# Marubeni

> Marubeni is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Energy and Internet. See 66 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 66
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marubeni-corporation
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/marubenieurope
- Website: https://www.marubeni.com/jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marubeni.jp

Marubeni is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Energy and Internet. Marubeni is involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors. These areas encompass importing and exporting, as well as transactions in the Japanese market, related to food, textiles, materials, pulp and paper, chemicals, energy, metals, and mineral resources, transportation machinery, and includes offshoretrading.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $5M–$83M |
| Series C | $6.9M–$500M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 9 | 14% |
| Internet | 6 | 9% |
| Software | 6 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 9% |
| Renewable Energy | 6 | 9% |

113 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 12 | 18% |
| Series C | 8 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 12% |
| Corporate Round | 8 | 12% |
| Series A | 7 | 11% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 32% |
| Japan | 10 | 15% |
| Singapore | 3 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Israel | 2 | 3% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chubei Itoh | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chubei-itoh |
| Daisuke Tsuchiya | Senior Operating Officer, Metals and Mineral Resources Division | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-tsuchiya-fc87 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AND Global | AND Global is a Financial Technology as a Services company that provides everything that a modern digital bank needs and more. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Central Region, Singapore. | $21.4M | Series B | Aug 18, 2025 |  |
| AND Global | AND Global is a Financial Technology as a Services company that provides everything that a modern digital bank needs and more. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Central Region, Singapore. | $22.8M | Series B | Jul 21, 2025 |  |
| Altilium Clean Technology | Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles. | $5M | Series B | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| Green Rubber | Vinod Sekhar’s team has already resolved the issue.Willis released a announcement and said,Having resolved the issue, I will keep maintain a shareholding place in the company and I wish the company, the directors and my other traders the very best for future decades.The recycle place will take advantage of the procedure that Vinod Sekhar’s dad hasdesigned known as De-Link to make “green rubbers”. The De-Link procedure will devulcanise old and used car tires then revulcanise them and turn them into different new rubberized items such as automobile car tires and shoes bottoms.Datuk Vinod B. Sekhar is the President and Chief Executive of The Petra Group, the Malaysian-based technology conglomerate with interests ranging from rubber recycling, biofuels and biotechnology to financial software. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 06, 2024 |  |
| Kyoto Fusioneering | Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $6.9M | Series C | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| Aircastle | Aircastle is a dynamic and growing company that acquires, leases and sells high-utility commercial jet aircraft to customers throughout the world. The company's portfolio includes modern, operationally efficient jets with a large operator base. | $300M | Private Equity | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Wheels | Established in 1939 as the world’s first automotive fleet management company, Wheels, Inc. is now one of the largest privately-held companies in North America. Managing 320,000 vehicles across North America and possessing capabilities in 54 countries, Wheels retains a client base consisting of some of the best-known businesses in the world.Unmatched in fleet experience and undistracted in focus, Wheels provides personal service and technological advancements that maximize the value of fleet. In addition to vehicle acquisition and leasing, Wheels provides numerous specialized services such as maintenance management, fuel cards, and strategic account-level consultation to drive optimal fleet results. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| AiDASH | AiDASH is making critical infrastructure industries climate resilient and sustainable. Using our satellite-first platform for grid inspection and monitoring, our AI applications enable electric and gas utilities and landowners to transform how they manage and maintain their assets. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment withreduced costs, improved reliability, and advancements in sustainability goals. AiDASH exists to safeguard critical infrastructure and secure the future of humanAIty™. Learn more at www.aidash.com. | $58.5M | Series C | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| D-Orbit | D-Orbit is an Italian New Space company providing solutions for satellite design, development, launch, commissioning and decommissioning. Founded in 2011, D-Orbit currently employs approximately 35 people. The firm is based in Milan, Italy with subsidiaries in Washington, DC, and Lisbon, Portugal. D-Orbit's business model revolves aroundproducts and services that are profitable, create value for the customer, and have a proven social benefit and a positive impact on the environment. To do so, we look for ways to streamline every phase of a satellite mission with components and services that simplify spacecraft design, increase reliability, improve the use of mission resources, reduce operational costs, and extend the revenue-generating phase of a space mission. | $110M | Series C | Nov 08, 2023 |  |
| Skeleton Technologies | Skeleton Technologies is a manufacturer and developer of high-energy and high-power-density ultracapacitors based on patented curved graphene material. The company delivers high-power and high-energy storage solutions across the industry.The company's ultracapacitors deliver twice the energy density and four times the power density offeredby other manufacturers. The company's current customer base includes engineering companies, the European Space Agency, and several Tier 1 automotive manufacturers. | $113.5M | Series E | Oct 13, 2023 |  |

10 of 66 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alpha JWC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-jwc-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Genesis Alternative Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-alternative-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Marubeni invest in?

Marubeni invests primarily in Energy, Internet and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 66 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Marubeni's check size?

Marubeni typically joins rounds of $5M–$83M at Series B and $6.9M–$500M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Marubeni participates in.

### How do I contact Marubeni?

Public channels for Marubeni include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 Marubeni?

The team at Marubeni includes Chubei Itoh (Founder) and Daisuke Tsuchiya (Senior Operating Officer, Metals and Mineral Resources Division). 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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