NEC X
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
NEC X is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Artificial Intelligence and Farming. NEC X is incubating and developing new businesses rapidly with cutting-edge technologies and capable talents, leveraging partnerships in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. NEC X recently opened applications for its Elev X! Ignite Venture Studio, aiming to assist new founders in developing high-demand products.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 62%
Last updated:
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Industries NEC X invests in
Stages NEC X invests in
Countries NEC X invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $4.7M–$4.7M
- Pre-Seed
- $250k–$490k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (31%)
- Farming 2 (15%)
- Software 2 (15%)
- Legal Tech 2 (15%)
- Health Care 2 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (46%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (31%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 7 (54%)
- Canada 2 (15%)
- United Kingdom 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Naoto Mizuguchi
Chief Financial Officer
|
Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Nobu Morita
Director of Innovations
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Director of Innovations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sanjay Arora
Entrepreneur In Residence
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Entrepreneur In Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Shintaro Matsumoto
President and CEO
|
President and CEO | Total investments: 10 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdi is building the data science platform for hyper-specific farm actions, starting with irrigation. | $4.7M / Seed / May 15, 2025 | ||
| Verdi Expeditions is a scalable platform for agricultural automation and tailored plant health. | $4.7M / Seed / May 15, 2025 | ||
| SeafoodAI utilizes advanced technology to improve seafood sourcing, focusing on sustainability and profitability through real-time data insights. The company is pioneering AI-powered solutions, including biometric scanning, to boost seafood sustainability and enhance digital traceability. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Apr 09, 2025 | ||
| Clikr is a martech all-in-one platform that revolutionizes fashion and beauty marketing by connecting brands with customers who create impactful content. | Seed / Dec 18, 2024 | ||
| AppShip is a platform dedicated to streamlining the development and deployment of native applications on B2B app stores like Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, and Zoom. It significantly reduces app building times and costs, allowing businesses to launch their applications swiftly and economically. AppShip leverages proprietary integration frameworksand advanced automation tools to offer a seamless end-to-end solution, from app creation to listing on app stores. Based in San Francisco, AppShip aims to revolutionize the B2B app development landscape with its innovative approach and expertise. | Pre-Seed / Oct 09, 2024 | ||
| We are on a mission to make intellectual property more accessible. Both patent professionals and inventors need modern AI first tools to make patenting process efficient and intelligent. | Seed / Jul 24, 2024 | ||
| QI helps D2C, and B2B brands increase engagement and conversions, reduce PR risk and improve LTV by offering a unique approach to consumer insights, content marketing, and customer intelligence in only a few clicks, with the power of human creativity plus ai. Our unique approach includes anthropological, human needs-based algorithms that helpbrands bridge market gaps and create customer value. | $490K / Pre-Seed / Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| Verdi Expeditions is a scalable platform for agricultural automation and tailored plant health. | Seed / May 22, 2024 | ||
| Multitude Insights helps law enforcement agencies leverage their unstructured data. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. | Seed / May 08, 2024 | ||
| WeWALK, making the white cane innovative and smart, allows visually impaired people to walk more independently and safely and thanks to its three revolutionary features, it promotes their participation in social life on an equal foot with everyone.Obstacle detection: : WeWALK detects obstacles at head and chest level with its onboard ultrasonicsensor and warns its users with vibration patterns.Pairs with smart phones: : When connected with the WeWALK application via Bluetooth, GPS navigation is easy with WeWALK without the need to take out the phone.It gets better with new integrations: Every integration made possible with software updates brings new features to WeWALK. With its smart city solutions, WeWALK enables visually impaired people to access beneficial information around them such as nearby cafes and shops, while also providing them the info for closest public transport stops and arrival times. WeWALK has been developed so that it can gain new features such as nde hailing in the future with its ability to be integrated with new applications. WeWALK integrations developed so far include "Google Maps" and Alexa virtual assistant service. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| See all 13 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does NEC X invest in?
NEC X invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Farming and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 NEC X's check size?
NEC X typically joins rounds of $4.7M–$4.7M at Seed and $250k–$490k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds NEC X participates in.
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Who are the partners at NEC X?
The team at NEC X includes Naoto Mizuguchi (Chief Financial Officer), Nobu Morita (Director of Innovations) and Sanjay Arora (Entrepreneur In Residence). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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