# Yamaguchi Financial Group

> Yamaguchi Financial Group is a VC fund in Shimonoseki backing Finance and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shimonoseki, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/%EF%BC%88%E6%A0%AA%EF%BC%89%E5%B1%B1%E5%8F%A3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97/about/
- Website: http://www.ymfg.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ymfg.official

Yamaguchi Financial Group is a VC fund in Shimonoseki focused on Finance and Financial Services. Yamaguchi Financial Group Bank and other business management of the company that can be made a subsidiary by the banking law, as well as business incidental to it.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation | Japan Platform of Industrial Transformation is providing equity investment and business management services for affiliated group companies. |  | Seed | Dec 24, 2020 |  |
| Money Tap | Money Tap is a planning, development, operation and consulting for various Fintech solutions using blockchain / distributed ledger technology (DLT). |  | Seed | Jan 31, 2020 |  |
| Money Forward | Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter. | $212.6M | Series C | Oct 22, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gunma Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumma-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Iyo Bank Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iyo-bank-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Japan Post Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-post-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KDDI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kddi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-trust-banking) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsui & Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Yamaguchi Financial Group invest in?

Yamaguchi Financial Group invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yamaguchi Financial Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yamaguchi Financial Group closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 3 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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