# NCB Venture Capital

> NCB Venture Capital is a VC fund in Fukuoka backing Software, Recycling and Manufacturing. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fukuoka, Japan
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://ncbvc.co.jp

NCB Venture Capital is a VC fund in Fukuoka focused on Software and Recycling. NCB Venture Capital provides investment to companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $90k–$115M |
| Series B | $4.7M–$198M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Recycling | 3 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| AgTech | 2 | 9% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 32% |
| Seed | 6 | 27% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Series C | 3 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KUZEN | KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| KUZEN | KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices. | $10.1M | Series B | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| EUV Photon | EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights. | $5.4M | Seed | Jun 29, 2026 |  |
| JPYC | JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all. | $17.6M | Series B | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Ecommit | Ecommit is a venture company that creates new environmental businesses with reuse and recycling as the main axis | $9.4M | Series B | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| WOTA | WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science. |  | Series C | Apr 17, 2026 |  |
| LINK-US | Link Us is Contract sales of various devices applying ultrasonic combined vibration and powerful ultrasonic technology | $3.9M | Series C | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| xxxxnese | xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses. | $1M | Series A | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Tenchijin | Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data. | $4.7M | Series B | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| ORENDA WORLD | ORENDA focuses on developing high-definition 3D simulation systems that apply gamification and real-time rendering technology. | $4.7M | Debt Financing | Jul 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [QB Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qb-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Sagin Capital & Consulting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sagin-capital-consulting) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SG INCUBATE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sg-incubate) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shinkin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shinkin-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Miraidoa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Higin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higegin-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does NCB Venture Capital invest in?

NCB Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, Recycling and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NCB Venture Capital's check size?

NCB Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $90k–$115M at Seed and $4.7M–$198M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds NCB Venture Capital participates in.

### When did NCB Venture Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for NCB Venture Capital closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 22 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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