# Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance

> Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sompo-japan-nipponkoa-insurance-inc
- Website: https://www.sompo-japan.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sompojapan

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Financial Services and Internet. Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. provides property and casualty insurance products in Japan and internationally. The company was formerly known as Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. and changed its name to Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. in September 2014.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 23% |
| Internet | 2 | 15% |
| Analytics | 2 | 15% |
| Health Care | 2 | 15% |
| Document Management | 2 | 15% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 15% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 9 | 69% |
| United States | 2 | 15% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Masachika Nakao | General Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masachika-nakao |
| Shigeki Nakamura | Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shigeki-nakamura-60b1 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iYell | iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient. | $12.4M | Series E | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Mellow | Mellow is a food and beverage company that offers a food truck platform and event management support services. | $7.4M | Series B | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Synspective | Synspective provides SAR data and remote monitoring services to government agencies. Its satellite data technology utilizes and integrates data from satellite constellations, big data, and machine learning. It provides various satellite services, including remote sensing and satellite imagery using small-sized SAR satellites that can measure humanactivity over a wide area on earth, regardless of time or weather. | $96.3M | Series B | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| TradeWaltz | TradeWaltz is an information platform that maintains the integrity of electronic trade documents. | $155.9M |  | Oct 27, 2020 |  |
| Nexar | Nexar's mission is to reduce the chance of collisions and to make the road safer for everyone. Like a school of fish or a flock of birds, we want to get every car on the road moving safely and smoothly together. Using a Nexar-powered dash cam, AI and inter-vehicle networking, Nexar makes every car a smart car and is building the world’sfirst safe driving network. | $52M | Series C | Apr 30, 2020 |  |
| iYell | iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient. | $241M |  | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Rhelixa | Rhelixa is a leader in epigenome analysis.We analyze genomes, epigenomes, and transcriptomes using our proprietary technologies to dramatically improve the efficiency and accuracy of R & D. | $35.4M | Corporate Round | Nov 26, 2018 |  |
| MONEY DESIGN | MONEY DESIGN offers automated investment management and advisory services. | $7M |  | Oct 01, 2018 |  |
| Slice Labs | Slice Labs is the insurance engine behind tomorrow’s cloud-based, on-demand digital services ecosystems for the new economy. Through Slice’s Insurance Cloud Services (ICS) platform, Slice is enabling insurers, technology companies, and other service providers to build truly intelligent and intuitive, pay-as-you-go digital insurance productsprotecting the insured anytime and anywhere. Slice is licensed in the US and the UK, and recently launched in Asia Pacific. | $20M | Series A | Sep 26, 2018 |  |
| Blue Planet-works | Blue Planet-works is a recognizes the importance of personal information | $1.6B |  | Jul 01, 2018 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mitsubishi Estate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-estate) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ANA Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ana-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chibagin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chibagin-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Credit Saison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-saison) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dentsu](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Catalyst Partners Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-catalyst-partners-japan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance invest in?

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance invests primarily in Financial Services, Internet and Analytics startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance?

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### Who are the partners at Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance?

The team at Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance includes Masachika Nakao (General Manager) and Shigeki Nakamura (Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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