# Nagase & Co

> Nagase & Co is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Manufacturing and Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shanghai-nagase
- Website: http://www.nagase.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NagaseCoLtd

Nagase & Co is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Manufacturing and Software. Nagase & Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture, import/export, and sale of chemicals, plastics, electronics materials, cosmetics, and health foods worldwide. It offers colors and imaging products that comprise dyestuffs, dyeing auxiliaries, finishing agents, textile processing resins, adhesives for textiles, pigments, pigment dispersingagents, plastic additives, UV cured and toner resins, silicones, dyes and related chemicals, chemicals for paper manufacturing, and additives for paints and inks; and performance chemicals consisting of plastic materials, plastics and pigments, solvents, urethane materials, flame retardants, plastic additives, plasticizers, and polymer filters. The company also provides specialty chemicals, such as petrochemical products, raw materials for household products, cosmetic ingredients, surfactants and surfactant raw materials, fluorochemicals, materials for silicones, and electronics chemicals; advanced polymers and automotive solutions; and polymer products, including resin materials, film sheet products, and molded plastic and construction products. In addition, Nagase offers electronic chemicals comprising photoresist developer production equipment, chemical management equipment for liquid crystal preprocessing, chemicals for the production of semiconductors and liquid crystals, and formulated epoxy resins. Further, it provides liquid crystal displays (LCDs), manufacturing devices and optical films for LCDs and organic light-emitting diodes, and processed aluminum and glass products; pharmaceuticals, in vitro diagnostics, hard disk related products, medical equipment, agricultural chemicals, household insecticides, animal health products, enzymes, fermentation products, functional food ingredients, nutritional supplements, and feed additives; and cosmetics and health foods. Additionally, Nagase provides logistics, information processing, and professional services. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.4M–$18M |
| Corporate Round | $1.7B–$2.8B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 35% |
| Software | 3 | 15% |
| Cloud Computing | 3 | 15% |
| Content | 2 | 10% |
| Medical | 2 | 10% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 7 | 35% |
| Series A | 4 | 20% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 14 | 70% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kenji Asakura | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenji-asakura |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dodai | Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles. | $8M | Series A | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| A10 Lab | A10 Lab is a company that aims to make people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play with an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that bringsprofits to companies by improving lifetime value sales through the habitation of users that companies have. |  | Corporate Round | Mar 06, 2026 |  |
| Rapidus | Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector. | $1.7B | Corporate Round | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| MetaSensing | MetaSensing specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced attachable Raman sensors, designed to provide precise, real-time chemical and molecular analysis across a wide range of applications, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and industrial process control. | $2.4M | Series A | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Enstem | Enstem is engaged in the biometric data business and the web marketing business. It also analyzes the body data and subjective data acquired from a dedicated smartwatch and quantifies the condition, enabling the team by analyzing the biometric data obtained from the dedicated smartwatch and the subjective data obtained by the app together. | $932.8K |  | Feb 27, 2025 |  |
| HIGHRESO | GPUSOROBAN is a GPU cloud service that enables anyone to perform high-speed calculations on high-end GPUs with ease. Hi-Res, the running business, is the first GPU cloud operator in Japan to be accredited as a "NVIDIA Elite Partner," the program's highest level (CSP Compute field). Furthermore, it received the "Best CSP Partnerof the Year" award at the NVIDIA NPN Partner Award 2022. It is widely used by university research institutes, large corporations, and AI venture firms, with over 100 uses per year. | $8.1M |  | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Morgenrot | Morgenrot builds green data centers with distributed processing technology at their core and using renewable energy and surplus power. Their solutions include powerful hardware, the use of vacant land, a service platform, digital research and development, including cloud rendering, GPU cloud, and GPU support. |  | Corporate Round | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| A1A | A1A offers a cloud-based manufacturing and procurement system for manufacturers. The company is a startup founded in 2018. It develops products for the purchasing department of the manufacturing industry. A1A pursues optimal purchasing at optimal prices using purchasing related data centered on estimates accumulated by companies. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| TENT | camping equipment rental service | $2.2M | Series B | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Zeroboard | Zeroboard calculates and visualizes greenhouse gas emissions from corporate activities and their supply chains based on the international greenhouse gas protocol. They develop solutions that involve companies, local governments, and consumers. | $17.9M | Series A | Feb 27, 2023 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [inclusion japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inclusion-japan) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Energy & Environment Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-environment-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lockheed Martin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lockheed-martin-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mercuria Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercuria-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Nagase & Co invest in?

Nagase & Co invests primarily in Manufacturing, Software and Cloud Computing startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Nagase & Co's check size?

Nagase & Co typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$18M at Series A and $1.7B–$2.8B at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nagase & Co participates in.

### How do I contact Nagase & Co?

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### Who are the partners at Nagase & Co?

The team at Nagase & Co includes Kenji Asakura (President and CEO). 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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