Sumitomo
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Sumitomo is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Software and Information Technology. Sumitomo Corporation is a business services company that works with import, export, trilateral trade, and business investment in Japan.
- Total investments:
- 136
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
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Industries Sumitomo invests in
Stages Sumitomo invests in
Countries Sumitomo invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 50 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $4.6M–$55M
- Series B
- $3M–$47M
- Corporate Round
- $1.8M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 25 (18%)
- Information Technology 21 (15%)
- E-Commerce 16 (12%)
- Internet 14 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 14 (10%)
Stage
- Series B 27 (20%)
- Corporate Round 25 (18%)
- Series A 19 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 16 (12%)
- Series C 15 (11%)
Country
- Japan 44 (32%)
- United States 35 (26%)
- Israel 5 (4%)
- Australia 4 (3%)
- Singapore 4 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Akio Harada
Outside Director
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Outside Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Akira Satake
Managing Executive Officer
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Managing Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Akira Takeuchi
Executive Officer
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Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Fumihiro Koba
Assistant General Manager for East Asia
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Assistant General Manager for East Asia | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Hideki Iwasawa
Managing Executive Officer
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Managing Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 50 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharos incorporates effective blockchain technology into real-world asset verticals and decentralized finance. Pharos Network is promoting trustless innovations that benefit asset markets and underprivileged communities, bolstering the global economy of the future and facilitating the widespread use of Web3 technologies. | $44M / Series A / Apr 08, 2026 | ||
| Monoxer is a Information Technology. | $12.2M / Series C / Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Loop's unique capabilities enable us to handle the decarbonization solution from beginning to end. | $2M / Corporate Round / Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| DPH Biologicals specializes in biological plant nutrition, crop protection, and precision agronomy. | Corporate Round / Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Airato specializes in the development of radiation therapy using artificial intelligence technology. | $3.2M / Seed / Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| Dexterity offers robots as a service solution for logistics, warehousing, and supply chain operations. The company provides a 'robots as a service' model, which allows businesses to efficiently integrate robotics into their supply chain operations. Dexterity's flagship product, DexR, is a two-armed robot designed for tasks like truckloading, equipped with machine vision and force sensing technologies. | $95M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 11, 2025 | ||
| Evertrak manufactures glass fiber reinforced composite railroad ties made of recycled plastic and fiberglass. | Corporate Round / Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| Zension is a subscription-based e-commerce company focused on making consumer technology more accessible, flexible, and affordable. The company is redefining how people access and use technology by offering subscribers continuous access to the latest devices without the high upfront costs associated with traditional ownership.Built aroundevolving consumer behavior and the growing demand for flexibility, Zension enables users to subscribe to premium tech products with the option to upgrade devices, switch brands, or return products as their needs change. This model allows customers to stay current with the latest technology while paying a lower monthly cost compared to purchasing devices outright.Operating at the intersection of fintech, e-commerce, and consumer electronics, Zension’s platform is designed to simplify access to technology and create a more sustainable, circular approach to device usage. By prioritizing convenience, affordability, and adaptability, the company aims to establish a new standard for connectivity and modern consumer tech ownership. | $30M / Series A / Jan 07, 2025 | ||
| Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $43M / Series B / Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Bolttech is an InsurTech company developing an AI-based point of sale insurance platform to offer a technology-enabled ecosystem for protection and insurance. Its platform also offers device protection, travel, motor, property and life insurance, and digital insurance to consumers. | $147M / Series C / Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| See all 136 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Sumitomo invest in?
Sumitomo invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 136 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 Sumitomo invest in?
Sumitomo typically joins rounds of $4.6M–$55M at Series A, $3M–$47M at Series B and $1.8M–$17M at Corporate Round. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Sumitomo's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Sumitomo took part in.
How do I contact Sumitomo?
Public channels for Sumitomo 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 Sumitomo?
The team at Sumitomo includes Akio Harada (Outside Director), Akira Satake (Managing Executive Officer) and Akira Takeuchi (Executive Officer), among 50 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.
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