# NetAge > NetAge is a VC fund in Tokyo backing News, Local and Big Data. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Japan - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Dec 2011 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - Website: http://www.netage.co.jp/ NetAge is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on News and Local. netage, inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in startup and incubation investments. They invests in internet business. netage is located in Tokyo, Japan. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | News | 1 | 50% | | Local | 1 | 50% | | Big Data | 1 | 50% | | Internet | 1 | 50% | | Data Mining | 1 | 50% | 8 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% | | Series A | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oceans | Oceans Inc. was incorporated on September 16th, 2010 as an internet service company with the expressed goal of making the Internet more useful, more local, more here and now. Specialists from the fields of user interface, user experience, creative, programming and monetization gathered to make this possible. Currently, these development and serviceoperations professionals operate Eyeland(http://eyeland.in), a popular local communications platform. | $1M | Series A | Dec 14, 2011 | | | JX Press | The JX PRESS Corporation is Japan’s“virtual news agency.”JX PRESS’s “FASTALERT” service provides breaking news bulletins for urgent information on accidents, natural disasters, and other incidents detected by AI to all six of the major television broadcast stations in Japan, including NHK, and the majority of the 100+ local broadcast stations.FASTALERT works with more companies than any other service that utilizes information gathered from social networking sites for news reporting in Japan.The version offered to ordinary consumers, an app called “NewsDigest,” is the biggest news bulletin app in Japan, boasting over 1 million downloads. It is gaining popularity because of its ability to use AI to automatically detect and deliver news bulletins on information worth reporting. Alongside FASTALERT, it is also gaining more widespread use by news reporters as a standardized service for information.Stakeholders in the JX PRESS Corporation include KYODO NEWS, the leading news agency in Japan, two of the leading commercial broadcast stations (TV Asahi and Fuji TV), and the Nikkei Group. We are a new kind of news agency that provides computerized news reporting to all of the major media groups in Japan.Bloomberg - This Media Startup Is Beating the Competition With a Newsroom Run by Robots https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-27/the-airline-geek-trying-to-build-a-media-giant-with-no-reporters | | Pre-Seed | May 23, 2011 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Adways](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adways) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-financial-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [UNITED](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund - [VentureSouth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/south-carolina-angel-network) — VC Fund - [Double M Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-m-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund - [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Social Media Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-investors-japan) - [Digital Media VC Funds in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/digital-media-vc-funds-japan) - [Local Investors in Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/local-investors-asia) - [Local VC Funds in Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/local-vc-funds-asia) - [Local Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/local-investors-japan) - [Local VC Funds in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/local-vc-funds-japan) ## FAQ ### What does NetAge invest in? NetAge invests primarily in News, Local and Big Data startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did NetAge last invest? The most recent investment recorded for NetAge closed in Dec 2011. Shizune tracks 2 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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