# SMBC Venture Capital

> SMBC Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 590 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 590
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last fund: Jul 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smbc-venture-capital/
- Website: https://www.smbc-vc.co.jp

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.5M–$106M |
| Series B | $3.1M–$184M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 64 | 11% |
| Software | 54 | 9% |
| Health Care | 53 | 9% |
| Medical | 39 | 7% |
| Manufacturing | 38 | 6% |

320 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 136 | 23% |
| Series A | 111 | 19% |
| Series B | 101 | 17% |
| Seed | 84 | 14% |
| Series C | 21 | 4% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 404 | 68% |
| United States | 7 | 1% |
| Singapore | 4 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0% |
| Germany | 1 | 0% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akira Ochiai | President & Chief Executive Officer | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akira-ochiai |
| Furuta Daiji | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/furuta-daiji |
| Ishibashi Tatsushi | President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ishibashi-tatsushi |
| Keita Kawato | Deputy General Manager | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keita-kawato |
| Makoto Nakamura | Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nakamura-makoto |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| X Mile | Corporate Site：https://www.xmile.co.jp/ Service Site：https://x-work.jp/ | $20.1M | Series C | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| RoboTruck | RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications. | $31.8M | Series A | Jul 30, 2026 |  |
| AlgaleX | 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 | 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 | Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses. | $32.8M | Series B | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| ElevationSpace | ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $39.7M | Series B | Jun 19, 2026 |  |
| Nekonome | Nekonome creates a game platform with global character designs, in-game updates, and regular events, providing a personalized gaming experience based on data. | $687.5K | Series A | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| KLD | KLD is an online store that sells and purchases used clothing and accessories, as well as reuse system development services. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 29, 2026 |  |
| Atom | Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life. | $18.8M | Seed | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Qubitcore | Qubitcore is a pioneering startup founded with the mission of commercializing and advancing the research outcomes of the Quantum Information Physics Experimental Unit, focusing on the practical implementation of quantum technologies in computing, communication, and information processing. | $9.6M | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |

10 of 590 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 160 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does SMBC Venture Capital invest in?

SMBC Venture Capital invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 590 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 $1.5M–$106M at Series A and $3.1M–$184M at Series B. 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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