# Monex Ventures

> Monex Ventures is a VC fund in Minato backing Software and Financial Services. See 92 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Japan
- Total investments: 92
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last fund: Oct 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.monexventures.com

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Monex Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Monex Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/monex-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $458k–$30M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 17 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 15 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 12% |
| FinTech | 10 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 8% |

140 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 33 | 36% |
| Series A | 29 | 32% |
| Funding Round | 18 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 5% |
| Series B | 3 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 78 | 85% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Egypt | 1 | 1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seiichiro Wada | Founder, CEO & Managing Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seiichiro-wada |
| Yo Nakagawa | Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yo-nakagawa-ab45 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HEAL-lll | 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 | Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power. |  | Seed | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Pale Blue | 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 | Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa. | $7.8M | Series A | Jan 13, 2023 |  |
| pickupon | Pickupon is a SaaS product that automatically records and inputs calls. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Hakki Africa | HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs. | $1.9M | Series A | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| MoneyDuck | 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 | 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 | Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance. | $1M | Seed | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| fermata | 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 |  |

10 of 92 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Monex Ventures invest in?

Monex Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 92 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 $458k–$30M at Seed and $1.5M–$30M at Series A. 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 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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