Monex Ventures
VC Fund
Minato, Japan
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
- Total investments:
- 99
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Monex Ventures invests in
Stages Monex Ventures invests in
Countries Monex Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $372k–$2.9M
- Series A
- $1M–$17M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $473k–$2.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 17 (17%)
- Financial Services 16 (16%)
- FinTech 11 (11%)
- Information Technology 11 (11%)
- Finance 8 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 34 (34%)
- Series A 30 (30%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 19 (19%)
- Funding Round 5 (5%)
- Series B 3 (3%)
Country
- Japan 80 (81%)
- United States 2 (2%)
- China 1 (1%)
- Egypt 1 (1%)
- Hong Kong 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Seiichiro Wada
Founder, CEO & Managing Partner
|
Founder, CEO & Managing Partner | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
|
Yo Nakagawa
Executive Officer
|
Executive Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being. | Series A / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power. | Seed / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Pale Blue provides a variety of water propulsion systems with high-performance, affordable price, short-lead time, and reliability. | $17.1M / Series A / Mar 15, 2023 | ||
| Degas is an agri-fintech startup dedicated to transforming the lives of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. By leveraging proprietary technology, it offers services in farmer financing, regenerative agriculture, and carbon markets to boost productivity and income. Their mission is to dramatically change lives through innovative agriculturalsolutions. | $7.8M / Series A / Jan 13, 2023 | ||
| Pickupon is a SaaS product that automatically records and inputs calls. | $1.8M / Seed / Jun 15, 2022 | ||
| HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs. | $1.9M / Series A / Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| A platform that improves access to financial services by directly matching users with financial experts to receive financial advice. | Seed / Nov 29, 2021 | ||
| AGRI SMILE employs technology to create sustainable agriculture, communities, and production areas. It promotes agricultural industry development by combining software as a tool for accumulating and inheriting technology with science, which creates new technology based on accumulated data. They seeks to establish a cultivation system that is inharmony with the environment and the region, allowing agricultural workers to live a rich life both financially and spiritually. | $1.5M / Series A / Sep 27, 2021 | ||
| Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance. | $1M / Seed / Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| We are a multi-faceted platform that provides high-quality solutions on a marketplace, product distribution & localisation support and B2B consulting. Since its founding in 2019, we have built partnerships with international femtech hubs and established a network of over 2,000 companies worldwide with an aim to improve a woman's quality oflife.Our global team's expertise span across public health, community development and various industry fields which has contributed to the growth of the company and our reputation of being a femtech thought leader in Asia. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 19, 2021 | ||
| See all 99 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Monex Ventures invest in?
Monex Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 99 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Monex Ventures's check size?
Monex Ventures typically joins rounds of $372k–$2.9M at Seed, $1M–$17M at Series A and $473k–$2.5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Monex Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Monex Ventures?
Public channels for Monex Ventures include 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 Monex Ventures?
The team at Monex Ventures includes Seiichiro Wada (Founder, CEO & Managing Partner) and Yo Nakagawa (Executive Officer). 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 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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