Mirai Creation Fund
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Mirai Creation Fund is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Robotics and Information Technology. Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models. The Fund began operations in November 2015 with financing from three companies: Toyota Motor Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and SPARX Group Co., Ltd. As the Fund's manager, SPARX targeted three investment areas inintelligent technology, robotics and technologies for a hydrogen-powered society.In the second half of 2018, SPARX launched Mirai Creation Fund II which broaden the investment categories to include electrification and new materials. Since its inception, Fund I and II have accumulated an extensive track record of investing in promising companies in Japan and across the world.
- Total investments:
- 105
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 47%
Last updated:
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Industries Mirai Creation Fund invests in
Stages Mirai Creation Fund invests in
Countries Mirai Creation Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $4M–$90M
- Series B
- $5.4M–$69M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $4.9M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 19 (18%)
- Information Technology 15 (14%)
- Software 13 (12%)
- Manufacturing 13 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 13 (12%)
Stage
- Series B 20 (19%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 18 (17%)
- Series A 17 (16%)
- Series C 12 (11%)
- Seed 10 (10%)
Country
- Japan 54 (51%)
- United States 14 (13%)
- Israel 3 (3%)
- Singapore 3 (3%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ichitaro Akita
SVP
|
SVP | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| Nanofiber Quantum Technologies is a research and manufacturing company that develops hardware for quantum communications. Its technologies provide quantum computers using nanofibers and advanced engineering, specializing in quantum cryptography, quantum communications, and other technologies related to quantum science for social implementation. | $14M / Series A / Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| Ubiden provides Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things mobile network services. The company develops applications for electric vehicle charging services. | $6.6M / Series C / Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| New Innovations company is offering a snuggling service to many people who support Japan's “high quality”. AI and robots do not take away the job, but robots support the work that is accomplished without the involvement of people, and many working people are aiming for the future to create a more humanoid life. With the problem of lack oftalent, it was difficult to reflect technology on OFF Line until now, trying to provide robots in the “food and drink” and “retail” industry, CEKAI's first demand forecast AI unmanned cafeThe robot “√C” was developed. √C is not “looking for coffee that suits me”, but instead realizes “coffee is perfect for me” with demand forecasting AI. Today, people who drink coffee are choosing their favorite cafe, canned coffee, convenience store coffee, etc., according to their taste needs, SPEED needs, and hospitality needs. The company developed the service as a new choice of coffee, and in the future, the perfect coffee according to the taste preferences, busy, physical condition and mood of the day., which aims to provide. In July 2019, the company receives a third party quota increase of 70 million yen from Zashid Capital and DEEPCORE. From August 1, 2019, with the cooperation of Nankai Electric Railway, “√C” will be installed at Namba Station/Namba Skyo, and demonstration experiments will begin. | $8M / Series B / May 27, 2025 | ||
| Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power. | $12.1M / Series B / Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming. | Series A / Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services. | Series A / Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| GiftMall is an e-commerce platform specializing in gift experiences that change society. GiftMall creates irreplaceable moments by solving problems in the gift industry and providing highly innovative services. GiftMall promotes data-driven innovation through big data, AI technology, and collaborative creativity. | $26.5M / Series B / Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions. | $1.7M / Series B / Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature. | $2.5M / Seed / Sep 05, 2024 | ||
| See all 105 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Mirai Creation Fund invest in?
Mirai Creation Fund invests primarily in Robotics, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 105 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Mirai Creation Fund invest in?
Mirai Creation Fund typically joins rounds of $4M–$90M at Series A, $5.4M–$69M at Series B and $4.9M–$15M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Mirai Creation Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Mirai Creation Fund took part in.
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Who are the partners at Mirai Creation Fund?
The team at Mirai Creation Fund includes Ichitaro Akita (SVP). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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