SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
SMBC Venture Capital is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Information Technology and Software. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
- Total investments:
- 667
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries SMBC Venture Capital invests in
Stages SMBC Venture Capital invests in
Countries SMBC Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 11 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $1.1M–$32M
- Series B
- $2.3M–$34M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $800k–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 71 (11%)
- Software 69 (10%)
- Health Care 56 (8%)
- Artificial Intelligence 52 (8%)
- Manufacturing 47 (7%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 153 (23%)
- Series A 133 (20%)
- Series B 125 (19%)
- Seed 95 (14%)
- Funding Round 42 (6%)
Country
- Japan 479 (72%)
- United States 7 (1%)
- Singapore 4 (1%)
- India 2 (0%)
- Mexico 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Akira Ochiai
President & Chief Executive Officer
|
President & Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
|
Furuta Daiji
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Ishibashi Tatsushi
President and CEO
|
President and CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Keita Kawato
Deputy General Manager
|
Deputy General Manager | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
|
Makoto Nakamura
Executive Officer
|
Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power Laser is a startup company that offers a range of power laser technologies and applications. The company develops high-power laser systems, related components, and software for advanced industrial and scientific applications. Its mission, “Power lasers open the future,” reflects its focus on next-generation photonics and precision laserinnovation for manufacturing and research sectors. | $7.5M / Series A / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors. | $105.3M / Series D / Aug 24, 2026 | ||
| Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology. | $16.4M / Seed / Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Corporate Site：https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site：https://x-work.jp/ | $20.1M / Series C / Aug 04, 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 | ||
| RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications. | $31.8M / Series A / Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients. | $2.2M / Series A / Jul 10, 2026 | ||
| JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution. | $2.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses. | $32.8M / Series B / Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $39.7M / Series B / Jun 19, 2026 | ||
| See all 667 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar stage
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does SMBC Venture Capital invest in?
SMBC Venture Capital invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 667 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is SMBC Venture Capital's check size?
SMBC Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$32M at Series A, $2.3M–$34M at Series B and $800k–$12M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SMBC Venture Capital participates in.
How do I contact SMBC Venture Capital?
Public channels for SMBC Venture Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at SMBC Venture Capital?
The team at SMBC Venture Capital includes Akira Ochiai (President & Chief Executive Officer), Furuta Daiji (Managing Director) and Ishibashi Tatsushi (President and CEO), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
