# SX Capital Japan

> SX Capital Japan is a VC fund in Toranomon backing Marketing and Task Management. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toranomon, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://sxcapital.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sxcapital/

SX Capital Japan is a VC fund in Toranomon focused on Marketing and Task Management. SX Capital is an asset management firm targeting private IT-related venture companies. It aims to provide all kinds of support for growth, not just investment. The firm was founded in 2000 and is based in Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.3M–$44M |
| Series B | $10M–$170M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 2 | 25% |
| Task Management | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Art | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fermenstation | Fermen Station provides consulting services on the utilization of local resources, adding value, and creating new products. In addition, develop product development business by utilizing fermentation technology. We also provide education and information on brewing and fermentation technology. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Startbahn | Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies. | $10.2M | Series B | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Fermenstation | Fermen Station provides consulting services on the utilization of local resources, adding value, and creating new products. In addition, develop product development business by utilizing fermentation technology. We also provide education and information on brewing and fermentation technology. | $1.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 15, 2021 |  |
| Welmo | WELMO has currently been working on R&D to launch Japan's largest welfare AI service platform called "CPA(Care Plan Assistant)" which supports care coordinator (caregiver), who helps a daily activities of the elderly people, to create a care plan for them, with using ICT and advanced technology, especially NLP(Natural LanguageProcessing), in terms of knowledge support. It has mainly two fundamental technologies; data warehouse includes all fast date and big date about care, explainable AI that describes a reason why the care is provided for the users. It also reduces time and cost to create the care plan, which enables anyone to be able to use easily and get enough information that the users want to know and use. | $170.1M | Series B | Aug 22, 2019 |  |
| Startbahn | Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies. | $43.9M | Series A | Mar 19, 2019 |  |
| Housmart | Housmart is a real estate media company | $42.5M | Series A | Sep 25, 2018 |  |
| BlueMeme | BlueMeme provides localization and technical support for OutSystems products and services. Its services consist of four parts which include consulting, system development, operation or maintenance, and engineer training related to business application development specialized in automatic programming technology and agile development methods. Thecompany has been the first in Japan to introduce the ultra-high-speed development platform “OutSystems” in 2012 and provide the accompanying development to its customers. It also, provide business system development and technical support specializing in development needed. BlueMeme was founded in 2009. | $25.5M |  | Jun 05, 2017 |  |
| Metaps | Metaps is engaged in three core business areas. Its finance business provides comprehensive services within the fintech domain, including cashless payment services, its marketing business provides one-stop digital marketing solutions, and its DX support business provides SaaS (software as a service) platforms such as data analysis tools. | $1.3M | Series A | Feb 21, 2012 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utec) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TBS Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tbs-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accord Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accord-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aioi-nissay-dowa-insurance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CAC CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cac-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SX Capital Japan invest in?

SX Capital Japan invests primarily in Marketing, Task Management and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SX Capital Japan's check size?

SX Capital Japan typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$44M at Series A and $10M–$170M 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 SX Capital Japan participates in.

### When did SX Capital Japan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for SX Capital Japan closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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