# Toshiba Corporation

> Toshiba Corporation is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Software and Energy. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/toshiba-corporation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ToshibaUSA
- Website: http://www.toshiba.com/tai/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToshibaUSA

Toshiba Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products such as information and communications systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances.Toshiba Corporation was founded in1939 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1M–$105M |
| Series B | $17M–$219M |
| Series C | $4M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 25% |
| Energy | 4 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 20% |
| SaaS | 3 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 15% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 3 | 15% |
| Series C | 3 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 15% |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 15% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 7 | 35% |
| United States | 5 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allen Wuescher | Vice President and CIO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-wuescher |
| Hidehito Murato | Executive Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hidehito-murato |
| Hideo Kitamura | Corporate Senior Executive Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hideo-kitamura |
| Masaaki Osumi | Executive Officer Senior Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masaaki-osumi |
| Masahiko Fukakushi | Board of Directors, Corporate Executive VP, President and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masahiko-fukakushi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Multiverse Computing | Multiverse Computing creates quantum computing software that uses probabilistic or nondeterministic technology to solve complicated real-world challenges. The company provides software tailored to the needs of portfolio optimization challenges, risk analysis, and market simulation, giving companies in a variety of industries, including banking,energy, manufacturing, and logistics, the opportunity to benefit from the second quantum revolution. | $219.4M | Series B | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| Crisp | Crisp leverages the power of the cloud to connect and analyze disparate retail data sources, providing the supply chain with real-time insights and trends. Food suppliers, retailers, distributors and brokers use Crisp's open-data platform to manage supply more efficiently, reduce waste and skyrocket profitability. | $17M | Series B | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| SmartPulse Technology Inc. | The platform includes automated process management as well as integrated algorithmic trading and optimization. Generators and consumers can monitor operations, manage forecasts, employ autotrader functions, participate in a virtual and/or real balancing pools. The platform also acts as a marketplace for forecasting service providers and powerretail operations. SmartPulse also has a self-developed IoT platform. | $1M | Corporate Round | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| SmartPulse Technology Inc. | The platform includes automated process management as well as integrated algorithmic trading and optimization. Generators and consumers can monitor operations, manage forecasts, employ autotrader functions, participate in a virtual and/or real balancing pools. The platform also acts as a marketplace for forecasting service providers and powerretail operations. SmartPulse also has a self-developed IoT platform. | $1M | Series A | May 12, 2023 |  |
| LQUOM | QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology. |  | Series A | May 09, 2023 |  |
| LQUOM | QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology. |  | Series A | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Rexev | REXEV is a company that combines next-generation technologies such as AI, IoT, and autonomous driving with energy management technology. | $104.9M | Series A | Dec 21, 2020 |  |
| Epigeneron | Implementation of drug discovery and drug discovery support services and sales of drug discovery related information Manufacture, sale and import / export of research reagents, diagnostic agents, and chemical industrial chemicals Manufacture, sale and import / export of research equipment Intellectual property transfer business Allbusiness incidental or related to the preceding items | $3.1M | Series B | Sep 17, 2020 |  |
| Ubiregi | Ubiregi was founded in March 2010 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. It was, at the beginning, a company to develop a web service to look for apartments. In June 2010, iPad got available in Japan. They bought it, and found it can be more than a book reader or game console. |  | Corporate Round | Jun 01, 2020 |  |
| IDDK | IDDK specializes in semiconductor technology and optical technology. |  | Seed | Apr 17, 2020 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Socium Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/socium-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3i Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3i-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ABN AMRO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abn-amro) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [aSTART](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/%EF%BD%81start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bullhound Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullhound-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GESTIÓN DE CAPITAL RIESGO DEL PAÍS VASCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-riesgo-de-euskadi-grupo-spri) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Toshiba Corporation invest in?

Toshiba Corporation invests primarily in Software, Energy and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Toshiba Corporation's check size?

Toshiba Corporation typically joins rounds of $1M–$105M at Series A, $17M–$219M at Series B and $4M–$15M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Toshiba Corporation participates in.

### How do I contact Toshiba Corporation?

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### Who are the partners at Toshiba Corporation?

The team at Toshiba Corporation includes Allen Wuescher (Vice President and CIO), Hidehito Murato (Executive Vice President) and Hideo Kitamura (Corporate Senior Executive Vice President), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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