MUFG Innovation Partners
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
MUFG Innovation Partners is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on FinTech and Financial Services. MUFG announced today the establishment of MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. (“MUIP”) that will manage corporate venture capital funds of MUFG to accelerate open innovation and strengthening partnerships with FinTech related startups.
- Total investments:
- 72
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $2.7B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries MUFG Innovation Partners invests in
Stages MUFG Innovation Partners invests in
Countries MUFG Innovation Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
3 more contacts available
Round size
- Series A
- $12M–$65M
- Series B
- $6M–$102M
- Series C
- $18M–$103M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 27 (38%)
- Financial Services 27 (38%)
- Software 11 (15%)
- Finance 9 (13%)
- Information Technology 8 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 16 (22%)
- Series C 14 (19%)
- Series B 8 (11%)
- Funding Round 7 (10%)
- Seed 6 (8%)
Country
- United States 21 (29%)
- Japan 13 (18%)
- Indonesia 5 (7%)
- India 3 (4%)
- Singapore 3 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nobutake Suzuki
President and CEO
|
President and CEO | Total investments: 18 | Find email | |
Mayank Shiromani
Vice President
|
Vice President | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge Work
|
Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies. | $22.2M / Series C / Aug 04, 2026 | |
Fundamental
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Fundamental is an AI research company that focuses on overcoming the fundamental challenges of machine learning in large-scale tabular systems. | Corporate Round / Jul 17, 2026 | |
Vinyl Equity
|
Vinyl Equity offers a cloud-native, API-first transfer agency platform for public companies. The platform supports services such as share registry management, dividend plan administration, proxy voting, and compliance. Vinyl Equity utilizes digital tools, including immutable ledgers, electronic KYC, and e-signatures, to streamline processes likedelegending restricted securities and managing shareholder records. Additional features include automated equity plan integrations, real-time reporting, and proxy lifecycle management. | $20M / Series A / Jun 09, 2026 | |
Pluang
|
Pluang is a financial technology application that opens public access opportunities to financial products easily and affordably. The company offers a gold savings product that allows investments starting from 0.01 grams and provides users with real-time liquidity and peace of mind as the gold is kept in a government-backed institution through theofficial Indonesian commodities exchange.Founded in 2019, Pluang is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. | $10M / Series C / May 18, 2026 | |
Alpaca
|
Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $150M / Series D / Jan 14, 2026 | |
LayerX
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LayerX which promotes the digitization of business processes utilizing technologies such as blockchain technology. | $102M / Series B / Sep 01, 2025 | |
Relcu
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Relcu is an intelligent lead-to-revenue lead management and CRM platform that is transforming the financial services industry. Founded in 2020 and is based in Saratoga, California. | Seed / Aug 21, 2025 | |
Bloomo Securities
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Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps. | $13.5M / Series A / Mar 20, 2025 | |
Auxia
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Auxia is a composable, AI-based platform designed to help businesses accelerate product-led growth. It offers a suite of tools that help drive product growth, activate and engage customers, and monetize customer interactions. These tools also enable the creation and deployment of hyper-personalized campaigns and growth experiments, leveragingmachine learning models that adapt to user actions and preferences. | $23.5M / Series A / Mar 04, 2025 | |
Endowus
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Endowus is a supplier of financial advice and customized investing services designed to help clients develop their money. The company's services enable investors to access institutional share-class funds at institutional-level fees, charging a single access fee that includes advice, investment, rebalancing, transfers, and brokerage. | $17.5M / Series C / Jan 08, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does MUFG Innovation Partners invest in?
MUFG Innovation Partners invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 72 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 MUFG Innovation Partners's check size?
MUFG Innovation Partners typically joins rounds of $12M–$65M at Series A, $6M–$102M at Series B and $18M–$103M 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 MUFG Innovation Partners participates in.
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Who are the partners at MUFG Innovation Partners?
The team at MUFG Innovation Partners includes Nobutake Suzuki (President and CEO) and Mayank Shiromani (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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