# Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

> Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 324 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 324
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smbc/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/smbc_midosuke
- Website: https://www.smbc.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smbc.jp

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Financial Services and Energy. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital, and other credit-related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries, and affiliates in the various businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | $107M–$3B |
| Debt Financing | $6.1M–$1.2B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 28 | 9% |
| Energy | 25 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 23 | 7% |
| Finance | 22 | 7% |
| Renewable Energy | 18 | 6% |

193 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 91 | 28% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 23 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 6% |
| Series A | 15 | 5% |
| Series B | 7 | 2% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 83 | 26% |
| United States | 23 | 7% |
| India | 15 | 5% |
| Singapore | 7 | 2% |
| Australia | 6 | 2% |

24 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Sherman | Group Head - Public and Infrastructure Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-sherman |
| Ellen Gentile | Vice President, Data Quality Manager, Director, Enterprise Data Quality | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ellen-gentile |
| Jun Miyagawa | General Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-miyagawa-5e82 |
| Kentaro Saito | Deputy General Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kentaro-saito-d6be |
| Sieh Wai Yap | Chief Compliance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sieh-wai-yap |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Triorb | Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| SoftBank | SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet telecommunications, and digital television products. It is a multinational telecommunications and internet corporation focused on broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, the internet, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. The company operatesthrough four segments.The mobile communications segment provides mobile communications services, produces and distributes online games for smartphones and other devices, offers mobile broadband services, provides supply chain solutions, handset protection, and insurance, buy-back and trade-in services, omnichannel solutions, and financial services, and sells mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and SoftBank smartphones. The Sprint segment offers mobile and fixed-line voice and data transmission services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and sells mobile devices and accessories. The fixed-line telecommunications segment offers telecom services such as fixed-line telephone and data communications services to corporate customers and broadband services to individual customers. The internet segment is engaged in the operation of the Yahoo! Japan portal, the sale of internet advertising, the operation of e-commerce sites, the provision of membership services, the sale and marketing of data centers, the provision of online automobile-related information, and the operation of the internet affiliate system.SoftBank also generates and sells electricity from renewable energy sources; provides payment processing, invoice collections, and computation services for businesses; distributes video, voice, and data content via media; operates the IT information site ITmedia; provides solutions and services for online businesses; and operates online games and software downloads. Additionally, it is involved in the ownership of professional baseball teams, the operation of baseball games, the management and maintenance of baseball stadiums and other sports facilities, and the procurement of funds by issuing preferred securities. | $10B | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Knowledge Work | Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies. | $22.2M | Series C | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Sinumy | Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| ASUENE | Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc. | $18.4M | Debt Financing | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Sazo | Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI. | $9.6M | Debt Financing | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Grenergy Renovables | GRENERGY RENOVABLES produce energy independently through the development, financial structuring, building, operation, and maintenance of large-scale renewable energy plants. Grenergy has a strong international presence in Latin America, through a regional strategy that counts with various offices in countries like Mexico, Chile or Peru. In thesemarkets, Grenergy has developed a significant portfolio of wind and solar photovoltaic energy projects, consolidating a diversified and flexible business model that can adapt to the particular circumstances of each market. | $114.1M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Canal Road Group | Canal Road Group is an alternative asset manager that focuses on sourcing, underwriting, and managing investments primarily in senior secured credit. The company operates within the financial services industry and has a team of 15 employees. Canal Road Group specializes in providing investment management services, aiming to deliver structuredcredit solutions to its clients. | $225M | Private Equity | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Frontier Energy | Frontier Energy's Power supply and demand are impacted by the clean energy transition, which calls for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources and electrifying everything. Even though the majority of the coal-fired supply is expected to be decommissioned by 2029, Frontier Energy has seen seven of the greatest demand days since theestablishment of the Wholesale Electricity Market1 within the last 12 months. In addition to being perfectly situated to support Australia's clean energy transition, Frontier's Waroona Renewable Energy Project will also help address a projected power deficit in Western Australia, as predicted by the Australian Energy Market Operator. The project is situated close to the town of Waroona in the region's southwest. | $196M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Round-the-Clock renewable energy project | Round-the-Clock renewable energy project is a hybrid power system to deliver uninterrupted electricity 24/7. | $5.1B | Debt Financing | Jul 13, 2026 |  |

10 of 324 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation invest in?

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation invests primarily in Financial Services, Energy and Information Technology startups, most often at Debt Financing and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 324 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's check size?

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation typically joins rounds of $107M–$3B at Post-IPO Debt and $6.1M–$1.2B at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation participates in.

### How do I contact Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation?

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### Who are the partners at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation?

The team at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation includes Adam Sherman (Group Head - Public and Infrastructure Finance), Ellen Gentile (Vice President, Data Quality Manager, Director, Enterprise Data Quality) and Jun Miyagawa (General Manager), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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