# NTT DOCOMO Ventures

> NTT DOCOMO Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 165 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Japan
- Total investments: 165
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Fund size: $2.8B
- Last fund: Jul 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nttdocomo-v/
- Website: https://www.nttdocomo-v.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/docomo.official

NTT DOCOMO Ventures is a VC fund in Minato focused on Software and Information Technology. NTT DOCOMO Ventures is the venture capital arm of NTT DOCOMO, Inc. specializing in investments in incubation, early stage, middle stage, and later/pre-IPO stage companies. It prefers to invest in the field of information technology, telecommunications, content platform services, battery power, authentication security, BigData, a solution withdevices, cloud, and communication platforms. The firm invests in and outside of Japan. It seeks to invest up to about USD $2 million to USD $3 million per investment. It prefers to seek minority stakes of around 20% or less per portfolio. The firm seeks to exit its investments through sales of stocks or transfer of shares to DOCOMO and NTT Group companies. It also runs an accelerator program called DOCOMO Incubation Program. Docomo Innovation Ventures, previously known as NTT Investment Partners Inc., was established on February 20, 2008, and is based in Minato, Chiba, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 33 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 31 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 27 | 16% |
| Advertising | 13 | 8% |
| Machine Learning | 13 | 8% |

206 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 39 | 24% |
| Series B | 35 | 21% |
| Series A | 27 | 16% |
| Seed | 15 | 9% |
| Series C | 15 | 9% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 77 | 47% |
| United States | 42 | 25% |
| Israel | 4 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Singapore | 3 | 2% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Hermanowicz | Principal at DOCOMO Innovations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-hermanowicz |
| Christina Ku | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christina-ku |
| Jun Yasumoto | Director and President | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-yasumoto |
| Neil Sadaranganey | Managing Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neil-sadaranganey |
| Ryo Kawamoto | Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryo-kawamoto-02e5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Knowledge Work | Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies. | $22.2M | Series C | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| ElevationSpace | ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $39.7M | Series B | Jun 19, 2026 |  |
| LinQ | LinQ is an IT company providing internet services and user-focused applications designed to maximize digital engagement. | $6.9M | Series A | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Secai Marche | Secai Marche is a platform for restaurants to purchase high-quality products directly from farmers. Its mission is to help build more economically-viable and sustainable small-scale farms around the world through an improved access to quality and delicious food. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Pixie Dust Technologies | Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming. | $20.7M | Series D | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Pixie Dust Technologies | Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming. | $20.7M | Series D | May 19, 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 |  |
| New Space Intelligence | New Space Intelligence is a space research company that provides satellite data pipeline services to optimize user requests. | $2.7M | Series A | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| Paradigm AI | Paradigm AI is an entertainment firm that produces songs and creates virtual human idols using generative AI. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 27, 2026 |  |
| Doppel | Doppel is an AI-native security platform that helps organizations defend against social engineering risks and digital impersonation. It continuously monitors threats across multiple channels, including domains, social media, paid advertising, messaging apps, and the dark web, then maps those threats into a real-time threat graph to identifyattacker infrastructure. Doppel’s platform automates threat takedowns using AI and expert analysis, while its simulation product generates realistic, multi-step phishing scenarios to test and train employees across email, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. Through its tools, Doppel enables proactive defense by disrupting malicious campaigns and building human resilience to modern, AI-driven attacks. | $70M | Series C | Nov 19, 2025 |  |

10 of 165 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does NTT DOCOMO Ventures invest in?

NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 165 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at NTT DOCOMO Ventures?

The team at NTT DOCOMO Ventures includes Chris Hermanowicz (Principal at DOCOMO Innovations), Christina Ku (Director) and Jun Yasumoto (Director and President), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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