# SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund

> SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund is a VC fund backing Finance, Task Management and Hotel. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund is a vehicle jointly established by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and SBI Investment.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6.9M–$79M |
| Series D | $35M–$57M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 29% |
| Task Management | 2 | 29% |
| Hotel | 1 | 14% |
| Beauty | 1 | 14% |
| Drones | 1 | 14% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Series D | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NOT A HOTEL | 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. | $17M | Series C | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| SkyDrive | SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members. | $57.5M | Series D | Jul 04, 2025 |  |
| Upsider | We enable people to trust upsiders by organizing the world's B2B transactions. | $35.4M | Series D | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Loglass | Loglass efficiently systematizes the flow of budget formation, budget management, forecast updating, and management accounting, while also providing the mobility to make the next move in a flexible manner. The company seeks to facilitate high-quality conversations at management meetings by centrally managing all information required fordecision-making and increasing the amount of information that can be retrieved at management meetings while enhancing accessibility. | $46.7M | Series B | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| LayerX | LayerX which promotes the digitization of business processes utilizing technologies such as blockchain technology. | $79.3M | Series A | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Fivot | Fivot is a financial company that provides venture capital, financing, credit, money lending, and prepaid payment services. | $6.9M | Series A | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Integriculture | Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $7M | Series A | Jan 19, 2022 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smbc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [All Star SAAS Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-star-saas-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-bridge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MUFG Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mufg-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund invest in?

SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund invests primarily in Finance, Task Management and Hotel startups, most often at Series A and Series D stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund's check size?

SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund typically joins rounds of $6.9M–$79M at Series A and $35M–$57M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund participates in.

### When did SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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