# Z Holdings

> Z Holdings is a VC fund in Tokyo backing FinTech and Marketing. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/z-holding
- Website: https://www.z-holdings.co.jp/

Z Holdings is a consolidated subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that handles the control of group companies and related operations. Z Holdings operates Yahoo Japan Corp.'s search engine and e-commerce services.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| Marketing | 2 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 17% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 25% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 17% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 10 | 83% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gen Miyazawa | EVP, Managing Corporate Officer (Supervising Media) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gen-miyazawa |
| Hide Makoto | Executive Officer, Head of Business Promotion Office of Commerce Company | 0 | — |
| Hiromi Onizuka | Outside Director | 0 | — |
| Ichiro Nakayama | Executive Officer & General Manager | 0 | — |
| Kentaro Kawamata | Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Driver Technologies | Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands. | $660.7K | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Endowus | Endowus is a supplier of financial advice and customized investing services designed to help clients develop their money. The company's services enable investors to access institutional share-class funds at institutional-level fees, charging a single access fee that includes advice, investment, rebalancing, transfers, and brokerage. | $25.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 29, 2021 |  |
| OpenStreet | OpenStreet is a service that allows to use shared cycling nationwide. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Zeals | ZEALS is the leading conversational commerce company in Japan serving over 400 large domestic and multi-national enterprises. Our vision is to revolutionize how we do commerce and the overall engagement experience. We offer ZEALS Chatbot Commerce, a fully automated conversational engagement on messaging applications that services end customer likea human sales representative. | $255.1M |  | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Zeals | ZEALS is the leading conversational commerce company in Japan serving over 400 large domestic and multi-national enterprises. Our vision is to revolutionize how we do commerce and the overall engagement experience. We offer ZEALS Chatbot Commerce, a fully automated conversational engagement on messaging applications that services end customer likea human sales representative. | $9M | Series D | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| Mybest | mybest is a recommended information service |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 30, 2020 |  |
| OYO LIFE | OYO LIFE is a rental housing type service that allows you to complete the occupancy procedure with just one smartphone. | $3B |  | Oct 30, 2018 |  |
| PayPay | PayPay is an online payment application. This benefit is not applicable when paying with PayPay online payment service. For PayPay, per person, the granting limit for one payment is equivalent to 15,000 yen, and the total granting limit for one month is equivalent to 30,000 yen. | $28.3M |  | Nov 15, 2017 |  |
| One Tap BUY | One Tap BUY provides my banker, the financial smartphone application. The application allows its users to select the stocks they want to buy and sell, helps them to decide amounts, and buy stocks by spending a lesser amount of money. Stocks can be traded throughout the day and it also allows its users to buy and sell only profits and keep thestocks with them. | $28.3M |  | Nov 15, 2017 |  |
| SRE Holdings | SRE Group engages in real estate business, AI cloud, and consulting business.AI (artificial intelligence) developed by Sony calculates all kinds of information such as the estimated price of condominiums in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, as well as the price transition matrix for each prefecture and age. By utilizing the latest IT, SREReal Estate allows sales agents to consult online for sales without visiting their homes, enabling highly accurate assessment of sales prices. Please feel free to contact us. | $255.1M | Corporate Round | Jul 10, 2015 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dentsu Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dentsu-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hakuhodo DY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakuodo-dy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAFCO Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mizuho Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-securities) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mobile Internet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobile-internet-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Z Holdings invest in?

Z Holdings invests primarily in FinTech, Marketing and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Z Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Z Holdings?

The team at Z Holdings includes Gen Miyazawa (EVP, Managing Corporate Officer (Supervising Media)), Hide Makoto (Executive Officer, Head of Business Promotion Office of Commerce Company) and Hiromi Onizuka (Outside Director), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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