# Nippon Technology Venture Partners

> Nippon Technology Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Blockchain and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Setagaya, Japan
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nippon-technology-venture-partners
- Website: http://www.ntvp.com/english.html

Nippon Technology Venture Partners is a Japanese independent investment firm that invests in technology-driven companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6.2M–$184M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 50% |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |
| Database | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 5 | 83% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kazutaka Muraguchi | General Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazutaka-muraguchi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| warashibe | warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products. |  | Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| COMSA | Comsa is a conduit for future ICOs that want to exist in the COMSA ecosystem. As part of the project, a COMSA team is now already in place to provide companies with consultation, expertise and solutions to support their very own ICOs and implement blockchain technology into their business practices using our Zaif exchange and mijin privateblockchain software, all at the same time, as a one-stop solution. | $74M | Initial Coin Offering | Oct 06, 2017 |  |
| Gruff | Graph Co., Ltd. is a database renovation and AI algorithm development venture established by Harada Hiroe, a data scientist of the year award winner.Artificial intelligence-based business monetization support CRM support application development and operation Database commissioning development AI algorithm development. | $14.2M | Seed | Dec 28, 2016 |  |
| Tech Bureau | Tech Bureau provides cryptographic currency and Blockchain technology using exchange API to handle currency encryption. | $6.2M | Series A | May 11, 2016 |  |
| DeNA | DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide. | $184.3M | Series A | Mar 23, 2000 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FISCO Capitals](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fisco-capitals) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABBALab - Atom to Bit, Bit to Atom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abbalab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asteria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asteria-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Nippon Technology Venture Partners invest in?

Nippon Technology Venture Partners invests primarily in Blockchain, FinTech and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Nippon Technology Venture Partners's check size?

Nippon Technology Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $6.2M–$184M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nippon Technology Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Nippon Technology Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Nippon Technology Venture Partners?

The team at Nippon Technology Venture Partners includes Kazutaka Muraguchi (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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