Top 50 Real Estate VC Funds & Investors in Japan (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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13 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $314k–$91M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $774k–$50M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $1.2M–$269M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $2.3M–$269M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $1.8M–$340M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $610k–$71M |
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $382k–$99M |
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, India, Hong Kong | Debt Financing, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $697k–$113M |
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.4M–$184M |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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6 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $497k–$115M |
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.1M–$198M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $560k–$38M |
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DNX Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $875k–$85M |
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PKSHA SPARX Algorithm Fund
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, China, United States | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources | $953k–$142M |
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $3.9M–$369M |
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Primal Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $862k–$18M |
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STRIVE
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $800k–$142M |
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, China, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $661k–$103M |
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First Light Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Advertising | $553k–$255M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.3M–$170M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $933k–$58M |
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Gaiax
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Italy | Seed, Angel | Real Estate, Travel, Content | $171k–$7.9M |
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OPT Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Content | $253k–$89M |
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Internet, Information Technology, Apps | $229k–$44M |
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $892k–$64M |
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Mint
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Marketing | $283k–$20M |
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $900k–$184M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $3.1M–$78M |
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Canada | Series A, Series B | Energy, Internet of Things, Software | $2M–$553M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$64M |
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Accord Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Malaysia, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $775k–$45M |
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $429k–$312M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Consulting | $792k–$62M |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $2.7M–$354M |
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Coral Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1M–$184M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $4M–$213M |
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JA Mitsui Leasing
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Debt Financing, Series B | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet of Things | $403k–$510M |
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Mitsubishi HC Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Debt Financing, Seed, Series B | Energy, Renewable Energy, Medical | $3.5M–$921M |
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CAC CAPITAL
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Malaysia, India | Series A, Seed | Internet, Recruiting, Logistics | $1.3M–$43M |
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JR East Start Up
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Internet, Task Management | $140k–$283M |
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All About Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Medical, Software, Health Care | $1M–$9.4M |
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $895k–$369M |
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Mitsubishi Estate
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Series B, Series A | Real Estate, Information Technology, Internet | $7.4M–$142M |
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UNITED
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Apps, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment | $645k–$43M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Series B, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2M–$227M |
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Seibu Shinkin Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $349k–$255M |
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Saison Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Switzerland | Seed, Series B | Software, Internet, Consulting | $113k–$425M |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, France | Series A, Seed | Software, Task Management, Internet | $4.3M–$71M |
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The Seed Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture | $187k–$24M |
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Health Care, Internet | $37k–$340M |
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Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 293
- Round size: Seed $314k–$18M; Series A $2.7M–$91M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
- Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 220
- Round size: Seed $774k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- AI Mage —
- Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
- Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 547
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$86M; Series B $4.2M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
- Diggle — DIGGLE is a service that provides fundamental management accounting management on the cloud called fraud management. It is possible to reduce the mistakes and man-hours of the fraud management task and easily carry out the fraud management task even if it is not an expert in finance or accounting.DIGGLE covers budget creation work and budgetrecord comparison work, especially in the foreman management work. In the budget creation work, the KPI and the budget are automatically created by inputting the target numerical value to the preset parameters utilizing the budget generator function, while the forecast contrasting work is made up of the financial information, non-financial information It is easy to calculate by simply entering the numerical value, and it is possible to carry out calculation of the forecast contrast.
- Instalimb — Instalimb is the world's first 3D printing prosthesis business.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 551
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$128M; Series B $3.2M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 459
- Round size: Series A $1.8M–$115M; Series B $2.4M–$340M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- CaTe —
- FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
- Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 254
- Round size: Seed $610k–$43M; Series A $2.5M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
- Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
- Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 161
- Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
- AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.
- AVIATE —
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Japan, India, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Seed $697k–$24M; Debt Financing $1.5M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
- Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
- Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 587
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$99M; Series B $4.3M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Base Food — Base Food produces high-quality, flavorful staple food products that are nutritionally-balanced and convenient.
- Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
- Wonderplanet — Wonderplanet designs and develops native language applications and games for smart phones and tablets. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 258
- Round size: Seed $497k–$41M; Series A $2.4M–$115M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
- Any Style —
- Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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Browse database — It's Free!MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 224
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$33M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
- KiteRa — KiteRa is a cloud service that allows you to create and operate work rules and company rules.
- Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 464
- Round size: Seed $560k–$17M; Series A $2.2M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
- FitHappy — FitHappy is a behavioral & medical-based wellness app to solve diet problems for good.
- Bioma — Media Desa Terkini
DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 326
- Round size: Seed $875k–$21M; Series A $3.2M–$85M; Series B $4.7M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MomentFeed — MomentFeed is a unified platform that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity search in order to connect customers with brands at the local level. The company's marketing and customer experience management platform enables multi-location brands to influence consumers on mobile. It manages and automates each and all of thelocal-mobile search triggers via its Unified Platform, and helps multi-location brands influence their Proximity Search Optimization to make them more visible across all local discovery channels, ultimately leading to more customers and foot traffic, and increased revenue.
- Uncover Truth — UNCOVER TRUTH is an analytics company that offers data visualization services through the web and mobile.
- Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
PKSHA SPARX Algorithm Fund focuses on start-ups and projects that have machine intelligence, AI-related and robotics technology.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $953k–$43M; Series A $3.9M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Knowns — Knowns offers consumer data analysis services.
- Palplat — Palplat specializes in IT consulting and DX promotion utilizing as well as offers beauty counseling platform.
- RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 187
- Round size: Series A $3.9M–$170M; Series B $7.5M–$369M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $534M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Kikuvi — Kikuvi develops an AI-driven interview agent that automates question design, execution, and analysis. It eliminates the effort of listening, allowing users to focus their time on decision-making and creativity.
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.
Primal Capital, an independent venture capital " incubator bait fund at ", served as the Associate than July 2012 Hiroshi was Sasaki is the venture capital fund that serves as the representative partner. Representative of Sasaki, the seed acceleration program "Incubate Camp" operated by Incubate bait fund is carried out a totalof four times of planning and management than in 2012, They have also engaged in support operations of portfolio companies. - See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/primal-capital#sthash.m2z1DCbt.dpuf
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $862k–$18M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $42M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Gatebox — It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension.
- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
- Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.
STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
- Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
- Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 142
- Round size: Seed $661k–$13M; Series A $1.8M–$42M; Series B $1.8M–$103M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Rimowa — Rimowa designs characters not as mere “content,” but as immersive character operating systems that integrate naturally into everyday life, creating emotionally resonant experiences that seamlessly connect digital interaction, storytelling, and real-world consumer engagement.
- Tokenz — Tokenz is your all-in-one platform for global digital payments, cross-border tax compliance, and seamless payouts.
- AI Mage —
First Light Capital is venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $553k–$24M; Series A $2M–$64M; Series B $3.2M–$255M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Monogusa — Monoxer is a Information Technology.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
- Japan Legal System Institute — Japan Legal System Institute (JLSI), our primary value is to provide products that exceed user expectations.
An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $1.5M–$41M; Series B $5.2M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
- Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
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Browse database — It's Free!Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $933k–$30M; Series A $1.2M–$58M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
Gaiax is a startup studio that focuses on social media and the sharing economy to connect people in order to solve social issues. The company is also actively investing in sharing economy services both inside and outside the company, as a result of social media penetration, and 60% of new graduates are growing as startup studios that produceentrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Travel, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $171k–$7.9M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Xtraveler — Xtraveler is a travel company that provides hotel searches, accommodations, and lodging facilities.
- Piece — Piece is a digital real estate platform offering the easiest and most transparent way to participate in income-producing real estate in Europe. Our mission is to make real estate ownership inclusive and more accessible.
OPT Ventures is an investment and incubation firm that offers startups with venture capital, investments, IPO advice, management information services, and more. The company was established on February 27, 2015, and operates as an investment subsidiary of Opt Holding Corporation, an e-marketing company based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Content
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$68M; Series A $253k–$89M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- CirclePe — Backed by India's Top Investors, connect us with your new Landlord & get a Zero Deposit move-in for the 1st time ever.
- Receptionist — Delighted develops an application for reception services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Zeelab Pharmacy — Zeelab Pharmacy brings to you a high quality affordable generic medicines delivered to your doorstep with ecommerce & network of over 200+ stores in India.
B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $804k–$35M; Series A $229k–$44M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
- Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
- Interstellar Technologies — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$64M; Series A $892k–$41M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $419M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
- WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
- LIGHT-RIGHT — LIGHT-RIGHT focused on developing services that help local communities adapt to the challenges of a declining population.
Mint operates as an independent venture capital firm specializing in the early stage of startups. It focuses on bridging the boundaries between finance and business, investors and entrepreneurs, creating a foundation for startup growth, and supporting entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $283k–$20M; Series A $1.4M–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- xCARE — xCARE specializes in the development and commercialization phases of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
- Yellow Blue — Yellow Blue develops and operates "Blue One," a next-generation AI translation service designed for professionals.
Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Series A $900k–$99M; Series B $3.9M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
- WAKA —
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$48M; Series A $3.6M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
- Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.
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- Industry: Energy, Internet of Things, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series A $2M–$105M; Series B $3.7M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- Hacobell — Hacobell is a logistics company that offers services in freight servicing, dispatch, and delivery.
- Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$57M; Series A $2.3M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
- Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
- Orbital Lasers — Orbital is a space tech company that provides space debris business to remove debris and a satellite LiDAR business to provide surface data.
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Browse database — It's Free!Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $775k–$31M; Series A $3M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Thinkfree — Thinkfree Office is an On-Premise Office suite with extra security. It offers seamless MS Office Compatibility and swift support to enhance your workflow. Users can edit documents, sheets, and presentations in real time using the Co-edit feature's collaborative tools. The web browser-based document editor integrates smoothly with existingplatforms, supporting 14 languages including English and Korean, and making it accessible to a diverse user base. Additionally, Thinkfree Office is compatible with Microsoft Office and other major word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, ensuring versatile application across different platforms.
Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $610k–$28M; Series A $3.3M–$156M; Series B $429k–$312M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
- CraftBank — CraftBank, Inc. is the start-up that operates online matching platform between constructors with having relations with 22k specialty constructors (10% coverage in the market). The company was succeeded in Management BuyOut in April 2021.
- Josh Collaboration — Josh Collaboration is a software company that provides mailing, fax transmission, and partner management services.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $792k–$62M; Series A $2.8M–$25M; Series B $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 155
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$113M; Series B $6.9M–$354M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ginco — Ginco's goal is to Change the relationship between individuals and assets by making full use of block chain technology. The primary focus of Ginco, its cryptocurrency wallet app, is centered around dApp and the On-Chain function, and the company plans to expand its business in a multifaceted manner while watching trends in the ecosystemdevelopment. In the future, they were told that they have the possibility of developing with DEXs (decentralized exchanges).
- Shonai — Shonai is a real estate company that focuses on the development of residential and commercial properties.
- Scohia Pharma — Scohia Pharma is a biotech venture that will have both substantial research and development resources and be nimble enough to make decisions quickly, will strive to improve patient quality of life by providing patients and healthcare professionals with new therapeutic medications for renal, metabolic.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $1M–$30M; Series A $2.7M–$99M; Series B $3.3M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Ruten — Ruten is a brain-machine interface company that specializes in reconstructive treatments for infeasible and ineffective conditions.
- Tokenz — Tokenz is your all-in-one platform for global digital payments, cross-border tax compliance, and seamless payouts.
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Series A $4M–$128M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
- Simplex Quantum — Simplex Quantum conducts research and development of AI-based solutions in the healthcare field and operates the SQ-bar service.It also offers the Shinden-kun, a portable device that can analyze the measured electrocardiographic information with AI and detect heartbeat turbulence.It was established on October 3, 2014 and headquartered inTakanawa, Minato-ku.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
JA Mitsui Leasing is a leasing company combining the features of an organization linked to an affiliate.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet of Things
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Series B $403k–$127M; Debt Financing $3.7M–$510M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance prove worthy of the trust of customers, shareholders and employees as contribute to realize a more prosperous society.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Medical
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$81M; Series B $12M–$62M; Debt Financing $85M–$921M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
- SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
- Prediction — Prediction is an advertising company that provides video advertising media and AI-powered potential customer estimation services.
CAC Capital is a multi-strategy corporate venture capital. It pursues absolute fund returns through diversified investments and flexible allocations to venture companies with high growth potential.Supporting the Group's open innovation through means such as support for growth and collaboration of investee venture companies through hands-onin management, marketing, finance, and operations.In addition, aiming to realize high performance as a fund, we will operate a “multi-strategy” type fund that aims to achieve absolute profits by utilizing advanced management strategies and managing and managing portfolios.
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- Industry: Internet, Recruiting, Logistics
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.3M; Series A $1.5M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $442M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- ClaimBuddy — ClaimBuddy acts as one-stop solutions for Health Insurance Claim assistance for Patients and Hospitals. ClaimBuddy are building an ecosystem to ensure Hassle-free insurance claims by leveraging technology, and a set of simple yet powerful processes and operations.
- LiveIn — LiveIn is a hospitality company that offers long term room rental. Enjoy quality assured room, cleaning services, maintenance and community activities. Find out more!
- LetsTransport — Lets transport is a “Last mile” logistics solution provider. Their solutions are reliable, professional, economical and structured to serve businesses as well as consumers. They currently provide Tata Ace on demand as well as on attachment basis.
JR East Startup Program is a program operated by East Japan Railway that provides incubator and accelerator services to startups in Japan. The firm was founded in February 2018 and is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Task Management
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $140k–$43M; Series B $1.2M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ARK — ARK is a manufacturer of special wards that designs and delivers a sustainable aquaculture solution.
- MODE — With offices in both San Mateo, California, and Tokyo, Japan. The company is rapidly growing with now over fifty employees and is in business to provide end-to-end semi-custom IoT and AI solutions for organizations to improve their operations by connecting them to their data, giving them “real-time” insights, so they can turn innovative ideas intosustainable solutions that address a wide range of challenges.Simple, yet powerful, our latest "next generation" BizStack IoT and BizStack AI solutions are comprised of a continuous improvement technology stack that collects real-time data from any sensor, device, product, equipment, or legacy system. The data is then sanitized, uniquely structured, and provided to highly customizable, intuitive dashboards with powerful insights, along with proper security in the cloud for ongoing IoT and AI applications.BizStack can be deployed 4X faster and 75% less expensively than in-house developers or outside consultants.
- Lineside Marugoto — Lineside Marugoto is a lineside rehabilitation company that entails converting derelict houses along railway lines into hotel rooms and treating the entire lineside neighborhood as a hotel.
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Browse database — It's Free!All About Japan provides media and digital marketing, recommendation media, global marketing, trial marketing and commerce, and lifelong learning services. They also provide internet, advertising, and media services.
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- Industry: Medical, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $1M–$9.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Torihada — Torihada is a creative firm specializing in influencer marketing, creating content, and digital marketing.
- xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
- ZIRITZ — StockFormer is a real estate investment platform that connects investors with property opportunities. Users can calculate their asset score and gain a better understanding of their position and status as an investor, as well as their creditworthiness to financial institutions, among other things. Investors can exchange information on purchased andsold properties, as well as loan terms. The log provides investors with an understanding of the current real estate market conditions, investment conditions, and loan conditions that correspond to their asset formation level, allowing them to make appropriate investment decisions.
Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$26M; Series A $2M–$89M; Series B $895k–$369M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $342M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Yuimedi — Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions.
- Solafune — Solafune is a data science competition platform that leverage satellite and geospatial data.
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
A comprehensive real estate developer, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. boasts the leading position in the Japanese market, operating a spectrum of businesses in diverse fields related to real estate, including an office building business centered on the Marunouchi district in central Tokyo, a retail property business, a residential business, and hotelbusiness. The Company's area of operations is not confined to Japan; it includes the United States and the United Kingdom and extends to such Asian countries as China and Singapore.The strength of the Mitsubishi Estate Group lies in its comprehensive business structure, which encompasses Group members that seamlessly cover businesses ranging from development to leasing and property management. Looking at the real estate industry in countries overseas, in most places, the industry is divided into two main groups: developers and property managers. In contrast, the Mitsubishi Estate Group operates under a policy of maintaining ownership of the majority of the properties that it has developed. This enables the Group to pursue urban development with an eye to the future-a future of not only a decade or 50 years but as much as a hundred years from now.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Series A $8.6M–$142M; Series B $7.4M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iYell — iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
- T2 — T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service.
- Free Standard —
UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
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- Industry: Apps, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $645k–$11M; Series A $868k–$43M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WAKA —
- Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
- Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 374
- Round size: Series A $2M–$156M; Series B $4.9M–$227M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Direava —
- Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
Seibu Shinkin Capital is an investment, M & A, and incubation office that contributes to the promotion of the local economy.
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- Industry: Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $349k–$56M; Series A $963k–$255M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- ReEir — ReEir is a research firm that develops global regenerative medicine and cell therapy products for ulcer patients.
- Rehas — Rehas is a healthcare solution provider that specializes in home medical care and employment support services.
- Piazza — PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA.
Saison Ventures is investment arm of Credit Saison.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $113k–$85M; Series B $1.2M–$425M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
- Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
- Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.
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- Industry: Software, Task Management, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $4.3M–$14M; Series A $4.5M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
- Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $187k–$17M; Series A $4.1M–$24M; Series B $2.6M–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Cactuz — Cactuz operates in the Edutainment field with the mission of overcoming environmental differences and creating equal opportunities for learning and personal growth, empowering individuals from all backgrounds to reach their full potential through engaging, innovative, and inclusive educational experiences
- Kessaku — Kessaku is an architectural company that provides building renovation, preserving craftsmanship, and sustainable system services.
- DJ Insight — DJ Insight develops and provides Kagami AI, an AI system that visualizes nonverbal information in real-world spaces. The platform analyzes video and audio data from face-to-face settings to extract facial expressions, tone of voice, pauses, reaction changes, concentration levels, excitement, and agreement levels. It generates analysis reports andconsulting that provide actionable insights for improving operations in beauty salons, education, corporate training, and events. The company supports improvements in face-to-face interactions by generating data from real-world spaces that previously relied on intuition and experience.
They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in KyushuMost companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company
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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $37k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$340M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZIFISH — ZIFISH promotes digital transformation in the fishing business by leveraging AI and IoT technology. Its main focus is to develop and operate smart weighing systems and distribution platforms for fish captures.
- Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
- 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.
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