SBI Investment
VC Fund
Minato, Japan
SBI Investment is a VC fund in Minato focused on Software and Information Technology. SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator". SBI Investment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
- Total investments:
- 456
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $77M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries SBI Investment invests in
Stages SBI Investment invests in
Countries SBI Investment invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 12 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $1.9M–$28M
- Series B
- $4.5M–$62M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.3M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 56 (12%)
- Information Technology 48 (11%)
- Financial Services 46 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 45 (10%)
- Health Care 42 (9%)
Stage
- Series B 103 (23%)
- Series A 92 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 85 (19%)
- Series C 48 (11%)
- Seed 42 (9%)
Country
- Japan 246 (54%)
- United States 30 (7%)
- South Korea 28 (6%)
- India 9 (2%)
- United Kingdom 9 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Takashi Goto
Executive Vice President and Director
|
Executive Vice President and Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Ahn Jae- gwang
director
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director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Hashidzume Jun
Investment Department
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Investment Department | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
|
Katsuya Kawashima
Director and President
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Director and President | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
|
Koshiro Ashizawa
Assistant Manager
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Assistant Manager | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salience Labs is building a hybrid photonic-electronic chip for AI. We have designed a massively parallel, ultra-high-throughput Photonic Tensor Processing Unit. Photonics allows data to be modulated at up to 100 GHZ, and allows for high levels of parallelization using multiplexing. We integrate this photonic unit into a SoC architecture designedto exploit its high throughput for AI inference. Salience Labs technology is based on decades of research collaboration between Oxford University and the University of Münster, Germany. | $125M / Series B / Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Digitron is a South Korea-based company specializing in radar, guided weapon, and electronic warfare systems. It supports defense and aviation sectors through the design, development, integration, and testing of mission-critical technologies, contributing to national security programs, aerospace projects, and next-generation defense systemdevelopment. | $7.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Apollon develops noninvasive continuous glucose monitoring systems. | $3.7M / Series A / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands. | $63.4M / Series D / Aug 06, 2026 | ||
| NOT A HOTEL develops a vacation-home ownership and hospitality platform that enables customers to purchase usage rights to architect-designed homes and access a network of properties through a shared ownership model. The company offers vacation residences that can be purchased in increments based on annual usage, with ownership providing recurringaccess to the selected property and reciprocal use of other participating NOT A HOTEL properties. Its platform combines real estate ownership, hospitality operations, property management, reservations, concierge services, and digital tools that allow owners to manage stays, check in, and access services through a mobile application. NOT A HOTEL also provides hotel-style accommodation to guests and manages properties on behalf of owners, including maintenance, cleaning, and operational services. The company collaborates with architects, designers, and other creators to develop individually designed residences and is expanding its hospitality offering through additional properties and hotel brands. | $41.2M / Secondary Market / Aug 06, 2026 | ||
| OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology. | $44.4M / Series A / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
| RapidPulse, Inc. is a privately held medical device company that develops minimally invasive vascular products for ischemic stroke. The company is advancing the development of the RapidPulse™ Cyclic Aspiration System, which includes a novel aspiration pump to allow rapid and consistent removal of blood clots from the brain. RapidPulse is a spinoutof Syntheon LLC., a medical device incubator dedicated to developing innovative products in the medical device industry | $48M / Series B / Jul 16, 2026 | ||
Linq
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We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning. | $22M / Series A / Jul 02, 2026 | |
| ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $39.7M / Series B / Jun 19, 2026 | ||
| Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| See all 456 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does SBI Investment invest in?
SBI Investment invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 456 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does SBI Investment invest in?
SBI Investment typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$28M at Series A, $4.5M–$62M at Series B and $1.3M–$20M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not SBI Investment's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds SBI Investment took part in.
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Who are the partners at SBI Investment?
The team at SBI Investment includes Takashi Goto (Executive Vice President and Director), Ahn Jae- gwang (director) and Hashidzume Jun (Investment Department), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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