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Top 50 Renewable Energy VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in February 2025

A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Renewable energy startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Renewable energy companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Renewable Energy VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in February 2025

Investor Renewable Energy Japan investments
Energy & Environment Investment 4
Global Brain Corporation 3
Incubate Fund 3
OPT Ventures 2
Genesia Ventures 2
Spiral Capital 2
Fundinno 1
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital 1
Zhuhai Huafa Group 1
STRIVE 1
EPCO 1
ProCapital 1
Hitachi 1
DBJ Capital 1
Guangdong Technology Financial Group 1
CCBT Private Equity 1
Yokohama Capital 1
SoftBank 1
Mirai Creation Fund 1
SBI Investment 1
IDG Capital 1
DNX Ventures 1
Shenzhen Investment Holdings 1
iSGS Investment Works 1
Hulic 1
Midea Capital 1
Huimei Capital 1
Mitsui Mining & Smelting 1
Dentsu 1
China Science and Technology Innovation 1
FFG Venture Business Partners 1
Senshu Ikeda Capital 1
Real Tech Japan 1
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority 1
KDDI Green Partners Fund 1
NAC 1
Mistletoe 1
Glocalink 1
Japan Strategic Capital 1
Nippon TV 1
K4 Ventures 1
Kyogin Lease & Capital 1
UntroD Capital 1
Toyota Tsusho 1
TARO Ventures(japan) 1
SOLABLE 1
Mitsubishi HC Capital 1
Kowa Optronics 1
J&TC Frontier 1
Automotive Fund 1
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Energy & Environment Investment VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 16 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Internet of Things
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • YourTrade — ONE KEY TO GLOBAL TRADE
  • Advance Composite — Advance Composite is a manufacturing company that develops composite materials and molten metal forging-based products.
  • Impact Circle — Impact Circle social investment platform that focuses on providing impact finance and visualization services by creating job opportunities.
Global Brain Corporation VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 59 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
  • MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
  • Smart Education — Smart Education, Ltd. (located in Tokyo, Japan, President Daigo Ikeya) launched it’s kid’s music app “Rhythm Book” for smartphones and tablets. It’s in the App Store as an universal app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch. With Rhythm book, kids can learn and feel the rhythm by tapping instruments along with their favorite songs. There are more than 100kid’s songs from TV, cartoons, to choose from and nursery rhymes in English and in Japanese. Stimulate the young mind with genuine and real studio recorded music and sounds. This app is designed to co-play between parents and child. You can purchase more songs via internet and the songs you’ve purchased can be co-owned by the same Apple ID through iCloud.
Incubate Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 30 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Kaguoku — Kaguoku develops and provides the AI-based home staging services. It offers a service that uses AI to process interior photos of real estate properties to increase the property's ability to attract customers.
  • Time Prediction — Time Prediction focuses on development of diagnostic pharmaceuticals, drugs and medical devices for the treatment of neurological diseases.
  • Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
OPT Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Task Management
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States, India
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.
Genesia Ventures VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 22 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Content
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • PartnerProp — PartnerProp is a PRM tool with outstanding potential and a wide variety of capabilities that resolves all partner business difficulties.
  • Conoris Technologies — Conoris Technologies is a staffing agency that offers security check support services for companies.
Spiral Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Zevero — Carbon Accounting Software and Services. With Zevero optimise your carbon footprint management effortlessly. Take charge of sustainability today!
  • HQ — HQ offers next-generation employee benefits platform.
  • Actelligent — Actelligent is a platform where investors, corporates, brokers, stock exchanges and industry experts can interact and share knowledge. Actelligent aims to provide an innovative and intelligent investment experience. Their service makes innovative investment easy for everyone in the new era of digital world.
Fundinno VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Content, Health Care
  • Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding, Funding Round
  • Japan, France
Portfolio highlights
  • EBRU — EBRU is a manufacturer and seller of earphones and ear monitor audio products that include custom artwork on the products.
  • Meiten Kan — Meiten Kan engages in the food delivery service industry.
  • Human Potential Lab — Human Potential Lab is a company that supports individual skills development and corporate organizational change. Focusing on mental health and well-being, the company's programs are based on brain science, bioscience, psychology, and technology.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 66 investments in the past 12 months
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
  • Tensegrity Pharma — Tensegrity Pharma is the developer of a novel drug designed to minimize bottlenecks and provide innovative value to patients.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Zhuhai Huafa Group VC Fund · Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Zhuhai Huafa Group has actively implemented national strategies, connecting the vision of Zhuhai city with its own corporate strategy.
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Energy, Medical
  • Series A, Series B
  • China, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Medefa — Medefa is a startup that uses cutting-edge synthetic biology engineering technologies to mass-produce novel biomaterials PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) and downstream derivatives using cell factories.
  • Vital Thin Film Materials — Pioneer Thin Film Materials Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Pioneer Group, dedicated to R&D, production, sales and recycling of sputtering targets and evaporation materials for vacuum coating. The product series includes targets, ingots, granules and powders made of high-purity metals, alloys, precious metals and ceramic materials, which arewidely used in display, photovoltaic, semiconductor, precision optics, data storage and glass and other fields.
  • Gokin Solar — Guangdong Gaojing Solar Energy Technology is a solar energy technology.
STRIVE VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, India, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
  • Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
EPCO VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
EPCO is an architectural design company that supports the homes and livelihoods of people around the world.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Smart Home, Renewable Energy
  • Seed
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Enechange — Tokyo-based Enechange, the company offering an energy price comparison site under the same name .They are disseminating information on electricity and energy, useful electricity savings and savings right now, in order to liberalize the electricity in 2016.Enechange.Jp/try/detail Let's now begin the power company to choose in! Themiddle person is a graduate student intern! I am studying every day.
ProCapital VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China
ProCapital is a specialized investment company with deep policy and global macroeconomic insight.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Fuel, Solar
  • Series A, Series B
  • China, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • SemiDrive — Semidrive is a car smart driving chip developer specializing in automotive applications, providing users with products such as ADAS and autonomous driving. It is dedicated to helping users solve the problem of smart driving chips. It also provides research and development services for intelligent core processors. The company's main researchand development of car processor chip products, providing smart car core chips and high-performance industrial microprocessors and other semiconductor products and system-level turnkey solutions. Its chip's main application areas include: intelligent cabin and in-car entertainment systems, ADAS and L2.5 and below, and automatic controllers
  • Qingwei Intelligent Technology — Qingwei Intelligent Technology is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip maker
  • Gokin Solar — Guangdong Gaojing Solar Energy Technology is a solar energy technology.
Hitachi VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hitachi is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electronic and electrical products worldwide. The company operates eleven business segments: information and telecommunication systems, social infrastructure, high functional materials and components, financial services, power systems, electronic systems and equipment, automotive systems, railwayand urban systems, digital media and consumer products, construction machinery, and other components and systems.The company’s Information and Telecommunication System segment offers system integration services and automated teller machines (ATM); Electricity System segment offers nuclear, hydraulic, and wind power generation systems; Social and Industrial System segment offers industrial machinery and plants; Electronic Device and System segment offer liquid crystal displays (LCD) and others; Construction segment offers hydraulic shovels and wheel loaders; High Functional Material segment offers electric wires, cables, and others; Automotive System segment offers engine management and in-car information systems; Component and Device segment offers hard disk drives; Digital Media and Consumer Product segment offer optical disk drives and refrigerators; Financial Service segment offers leasing and loan services, and Others segment manages real estate.Hitachi was founded in 1910 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series B, Seed
  • United States, Japan, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • 8sense — Hey, I'm your 8th sense. Your sensor-based posture coach for better back health, well-being, and productivity. Half fitness coach, half physiotherapist.
  • Captura — Captura mission is globally scalable carbon capture to support a sustainable future for the climate.
  • Soracom — The world's leading companies trust Soracom to connect and manage IoT devices and M2M sensors deployed at scale all over the world.
DBJ Capital VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 14 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Precal — Precal is an information technology company that develops applications that are common with pharmacies, pharmacists, and dispensing clerks.
  • Linqmed — Linqmed is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
  • MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
Guangdong Technology Financial Group VC Fund · Guangzhou, Guangdong, China · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Guangdong Province, Guangdong Branch Financial Group Limited (Guangdong Branch of finance) is a wholly state-owned enterprises in Guangdong Provincial People's Government authorized to operate, formerly established in 2000 in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Technology Venture Capital Group Co., Ltd. September 2011, the provincial governmentauthorized the provincial Science and Technology Department of Guangdong Branch of financial perform the function. In June 2013, the provincial government decided to "Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Branch of Venture Capital Group Co., Ltd." was renamed "Guangdong Province, Guangdong Branch Financial Group Limited."Guangdong Branch of micro finance to address high-tech small and medium enterprise financing difficult for the mission to "create 100 billion Technology Financial Group" as the goal, to play an active policy of Technology Financial Group's strategic platform, fundamental role, build a "3 + 1 "business system (ie equity investment, science and technology financial services, science and technology parks and company financial industry platform listed), and strive to build in Guangdong Province to promote science and technology, finance, industry, the depth of integration of the main channel, the main platform and the main force, around the high-tech small and medium micro enterprises financing needs, to carry out systematic investment, Tam, loan, lease and other business, science and technology to create a versatile type of financial service network to form an overall competitive advantage.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Angel, Series A, Series B
  • China, Japan, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • AutoXing — AutoXing is an intelligent robotics company that specializes in the development of automatic unmanned commercial robots with autonomous driving technology.
  • Kaihong Digital — Kaihong Digital is an IoT operating system developer which focuses on developing IoT operating systems. The company's business model combines AloT operating system consultancy, R&D, customisation, delivery, and after-sales services to provide users with pan-intelligent terminal operating system technology and products.
  • Zhilong New Materials — Zhilong New Materials is a Sino-foreign joint venture semiconductor material innovation enterprise that researches, produces, and sells semiconductor display sputtering targets and semiconductor photovoltaic targets.
CCBT Private Equity VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China
CCBT Private Equity is a corporate venture capital firm of CCB Trust.
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Gokin Solar — Guangdong Gaojing Solar Energy Technology is a solar energy technology.
Yokohama Capital VC Fund · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Any — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
  • KOMPEITO — Office de Yasai is an online platform that enables users to order and get vegetables delivered to their offices. The platform’s operations are based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
SoftBank VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan
SoftBank Corp., under the umbrella of the SOFTBANK Group, a telecommunications operator providing wireless communication services and long-distance and international communications, such as mobile phones in Japan. 2006, Softbank group that was planning the mobile phone business entry by BB Mobile, acquisition of Vodafone, a Japanese corporationfrom Vodafone (United Kingdom corporation). Its name to when this was Softbank Mobile, the company's predecessor. Expanded and then to Softbank Softbank Group on July 1, 2015, when the company name change, the industry fixed-line telecommunications business not only mobile, Internet and. And it changed its name to the current name in a manner that succeeds in the trade name. 2019 of May, but has a subsidiary in excess of 1000, announced that consolidated subsidiary of Yahoo in May 2019. It took a third-party allocation of new shares of about 456.5 billion yen. SOFTBANK Group is the two companies of the parent company at the same time also to zero the contribution ratio to Yahoo. Expected to in October 2019 and the transition to a holding company structure, to change its name to Z Holdings. So far inherit the Yahoo business \ outlook to establish an intermediate holding company to oversee "Yahoo Japan Corporation \" and the financial business. In addition, a consolidated subsidiary of the current company Askul, ValueCommerce will be under the umbrella of Z Holdings.
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Investment focus
  • Automotive, Battery, Electronics
  • Grant, Series E, Secondary Market
  • Japan, Norway, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
  • AutoStore — AutoStore is an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) that harnesses the power of warehouse robots for 24/7 order fulfillment within a cubic layout.
  • Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
Mirai Creation Fund VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.
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Investment focus
  • Robotics, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • MUSVI — MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services.
  • Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
  • elleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
SBI Investment VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 20 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Series B, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
  • Lazuli — Lazuli is a SaaS platform that enables companies to utilize data for analysis, search, recommendation, marketing & supply chain management.
  • AI model — AI model specializes in the development and transformation of real-like virtual models for modeling on E-commerce platforms.
IDG Capital VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 21 investments in the past 12 months
IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • China, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Xunlu AI — Xunlu AI is an innovative startup that focuses on the development of AI-powered customer service technologies. Xunlu AI provides AI intelligent customer service and sales robots to businesses in a variety of industries via highly tailored AI solutions, assisting businesses in achieving their goals of cost reduction and increased productivity.
  • Galaxy Bot — Galaxy Bot is an innovative robotics company that provides intelligent universal service robotic products.
  • Party Icons — Party Icons is a web3 mobile gaming platform. Its mission is to blend the social glue of party games with the intensity of extraction shooters.
DNX Ventures VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 21 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Cofactr — Whether managing shortages today or planning for next year, Cofactr is the place to get all the parts you need, when you need them.
  • Hubble — Cloud-based software specialized for contracts and other legal documents
  • Upsider — - Vue - Nuxt.js - TypeScript - SCSS
Shenzhen Investment Holdings VC Fund · Futian, Guangdong, China · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Shenzhen Investment Holdings is a state-owned capital investment company.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Electronics, Semiconductor
  • Funding Round, Angel, Series A
  • China, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Shenzhen Luye — Shenzhen Luye is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the manufacturing, production, and sales of innovative drugs. It is a subsidiary of Luye Pharma.
  • Yundao Zhizao — Yundao Zhizao provides R&D simulation technology and the localization of simulation software.
  • Kalman Navigation — Kalman Navigation develops navigation technology for agricultural and logistics enterprises. Its technology creates detailed, up-to-date maps of areas such as farm plots and shipping ports.
iSGS Investment Works VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Inter — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
  • Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
Hulic VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Hulic operates a real estate and marketable securities investment business.
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Investment focus
  • Robotics, Aerospace, Space Travel
  • Series E
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Grand Green — GRA&GREEN is a research and development agribio venture based in Japan
  • Astroscale — Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company solely dedicated to on-orbit servicing across all orbits.
  • elleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
Midea Capital VC Fund · Guangdong, Jilin, China · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Midea Capital is a market-oriented private equity investment institution focusing on industrial investment.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Solar, Energy
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • China, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Qixin Mold — Qixin Mold is a mold manufacturing service provider committed to die-casting and mold technology research and development, providing a series of products such as molds and hardware.
  • Aici Technology — Aici Technology is a cutting-edge technological business that focuses on precision reducers. Aici Technology is a self elimnating high precision and high rigidity reducer.
  • Qiaotian Intelligent — Qiaotian Intelligent produces domestic flexible production equipment. They are engaged in the execution system research and development and the application of robot end execution systems. Their products include quick-change discs, industrial connectors, and zero-point positioning.
Huimei Capital VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Huimei Capital primarily seeks investment in the medical and healthcare ecosystem in a multi-dimensional and three-dimensional manner. It is committed to building a professional investment platform with international vision and local execution, helping early and growing medical and health companies to grow rapidly.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • China, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Sensview — Sensview specializes in the development and production of solid-state imaging chips and detector modules.
  • Xushui Internet — Xushui Internet provides image equipment monitoring, operation, and maintenance cloud services, large-scale equipment IoT management system, digital integration services for hospital-wide equipment, and remote collaborative image inspection system.
  • Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology Co. — Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology Co., Ltd specializes in the development, production, and supply of high-purity single molecular PEG series derivatives, polypeptide long-acting drug side chains, and their intermediates. The company focuses on serving the pharmaceutical industry with a range of chemical supplies that are crucial for drug development andmanufacturing processes. With a professional R&D team, Chengdu Pukang Biotechnology is dedicated to advancing pharmaceutical intermediates technology and providing solutions that meet the evolving needs of the healthcare sector. The company's commitment to research and development is evident in its continuous efforts to innovate and improve its product offerings to support the pharmaceutical industry.
Mitsui Mining & Smelting VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd. mainly produces non-ferrous metal such as lead and copper alloys.
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Investment focus
  • Life Science, Renewable Energy
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Atomis — Atomis provides global solutions for precisely controlling gases. Its core technology, porous coordination polymers (PCPs; also known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)), is based on research developed by Distinguished Professor Susumu Kitagawa at the Institute for Advanced Study at Kyoto University. It aims not only to provide solutions such asthe optimization for manufacturing processes of PCPs but to also develop applications that provide innovative value using these materials.It was founded by Masakazu Higuchi in 2015 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
  • Alpha Fusion — Alpha Fusion Inc. is a clinical-stage startup committed to transforming cancer treatment through the design and development of powerful and precise radiopharmaceuticals.
Dentsu VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
At dentsu, innovation is our strength, and your growth is our mission. We help you keep up with technological changes in the digital economy.
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Investment focus
  • Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Advertising
  • Funding Round, Corporate Round, Series B
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • TBM — TBM is a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as “LIMEX”.
  • FIREBUG — FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.
  • IDN Media — IDN Media is the leading media platform company for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia.
China Science and Technology Innovation VC Fund
China Science and Technology Innovation operates as an investment firm.
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Seed, Angel
  • China, Japan
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  • LePure Biotech — Lechun Biology is an enterprise engaged in disposable products and leak detection equipment in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. The company develops and produces disposable biopharmaceutical process equipment and consumables. The products are used for the storage, transportation, filling and leak detection of various samples inbiosimilars, vaccines and other biopharmaceutical processes. The core product is a disposable storage bag. Recently completed B+ round of financing. This round of financing will be mainly used for the development of a number of innovative new products, the establishment of a US R&D center, the integration of the upstream industrial chain, the securing of the supply chain, and the expansion of the R&D market operation team at home and abroad.
  • Yanming Biology — Pyrotech pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses om development for drugs for the treatment of inflammation and tumors.
  • Zhaohuang New Energy — Zhaohuang New Energy manufactures metal lithium anode products that are used in the used in the fields of next-generation solid-state lithium batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, and lithium-air batteries.
FFG Venture Business Partners VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 15 investments in the past 12 months
FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.
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  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • ACCEL Stars — ACCEL Stars is a fitness and wellness firm that offers sleep diagnosis and examinations like sleep health, hygiene and medical devices.
  • KOALA Tech — Koala Tech Inc. is an innovative high-tech startup company, whose goal is to pioneer practical applications of the world's first organic semiconductor laser diode that has been realized in the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
Senshu Ikeda Capital VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • iYell — iYell Mortgage Platform consists of three pillars, Media that can be used for marketing, Technology to make the procedure more efficient.
  • Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
  • Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
Real Tech Japan VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Seed
  • Japan, Singapore, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
  • Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
  • MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority VC Fund
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Investment focus
  • Energy, Retail, Renewable Energy
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Trende — TRENDE is an online renewable energy retailer selling electricity to residential customers in Japan via its Ashita Denki (https://ashita-denki.jp/) and Hot Denki (https://hotdenki.jp) service websites. TRENDE expects its Ashita Denki and Hot Denki services to accelerate the widespread adoption of solar power in Japan. Atwhich point, the company aims to leverage blockchain technology to create a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace for producers and consumers of renewable energy. Investors include Tokyo Electric Power, Itochu, Idemitsu Showa Shell and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). The company is led by serial entrepreneurs, Jeffrey Char and Tadatoshi Senoo and takes an environmentally responsible approach to provide consumers with clean and affordable energy. For more information, please visit http://trende.jp/.
KDDI Green Partners Fund VC Fund · 2 investments in the past 12 months
KDDI corporate information introduction, "KDDI Green Partners Fund"
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Investment focus
  • Sensor, Internet, Clean Energy
  • Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Nature — Nature offers a product that enables its users to save money by controlling the use of their air conditioners.The product that the company offers is an air conditioner controller that transforms any window-mounted or through-wall AC into a smart one, equipped with infrared, power control, and sensors that, along with a mobile app for voicesensors, enabling users to operate household appliances with just one smartphone to control their ACs. It transforms the operation of room air conditioners (ACs) to improve comfort and efficiency for consumers while reducing energy demand peaks for utilities with simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-install device.The Boston, Massachusetts-based company was incorporated by Mash Ohtsuka and Haruumi Shiode in 2014.
  • elleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
NAC VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
NAC engages in delivery-related businesses such as home delivery and Duskin, and residential-related businesses.Since the company's founding, it has been engaged in various businesses. Starting with Duskin, NAC entered the environmental hygiene business for restaurants, architectural consulting utilizing the customer base, and in 2002, andthen home sales and home water distribution business. Furthermore, in 2013, JIMOS Co., Ltd., which handles the mail-order business, was grouped, and NAC's business is developing as a "useful company for living" centered on the two axes of living and living.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Legal, Medical
  • Series A, Series C
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • INNOPHYS — INNOPHYS is developing, designing, manufacturing, consulting and distributing robotics equipment for various industries. Their flagship product, Muscle Suit® is a wearable robot supported by artificial muscle technology, well known for its high quality and reasonable price compared with the same kind of support exoskeletons. The company is planningto expand its business to Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.
  • wakuwaku — WAKUWAKU is a Japanese real estate tech company that focuses on developing a platform that helps users to search for and renovate used housing. In addition, the company offers platforms for building materials e-commerce and marketing automation for the real estate and construction industries.
  • Robot Consulting Co., Ltd — [Metaverse, Intellectual Property, Legal Tech, SaaS] Robot Consulting Introduction Video>>> https://youtu.be/URCrcZ45lbY , Youtube Channel>>> https://www.youtube.com/@robotconsulting , Press Releases>>> https://robotconsulting.net/en-news/
Mistletoe VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mistletoe is a hub for startups and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. It specifically provides learning opportunities for entrepreneurs, facilitates startup communities, invests in and supports startup companies and venture capitals.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Mobile
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
  • ULUU — ULUU is an ocean material that replaces plastic and actively benefits the world.
  • Aquaria — Discover how you can secure access to safe, clean water from air using Aquaria's atmospheric water generators.
  • Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
Japan Strategic Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Health Care, Advertising Platforms
  • Funding Round, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, Nigeria, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
  • Hiip — Hiip has helped +1,000 brands collaborate with 1,000,000 vetted influencers across Southeast Asia via our offices in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore
  • yasaikobo — yasaikobo is astart-up to operate a fully artificial light plant plant factory.
  • ChekkitApp — Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.
Nippon TV VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Official Site of Nippon Television Network Corporation. Introduction to Corporate Information, Press Releases, Investor Relations, Program Catalog.
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Investment focus
  • Video, Content, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series B
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • TBM — TBM is a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as “LIMEX”.
  • Allm — Allm is a medical ICT company dedicated to shaping healthcare. The company seeks to benefit society by launching next-generation technologies and medical communications platforms for the healthcare industry. The solutions are installed more than 18 countries across US, South America, EU, Japan, Middle East and Africa.
  • Gokko Club — Gokko Club operates in the digital entertainment industry, focusing on content creation, public relations, and video production. The company is known for its short drama productions, which are characterized by their condensed content and fast-paced development. Gokko Club handles all aspects of these productions in-house, including scriptwriting,directing, production, and editing. The company also has a strong presence on social media platforms like TikTok, where it has amassed a significant following. In addition to its entertainment offerings, Gokko Club also provides music streaming services.
K4 Ventures VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
K4 Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm of Kansai Electric Power based in Osaka, Japan. The firm prefers to invest in seed, early, middle, and later-stage companies. The firm focuses on the storage battery, mobility, artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data, robotics, and new technology sectors.K4 Ventures was established inSeptember 1998.
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Investment focus
  • Medical, Internet, Biotechnology
  • Series B, Seed, Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Girasol Energy — Girasol Energy is an IoT Platform provides innovative PLC technologies that enable wiser PV Plants.
  • Aakel Technologies — Aakel Technologies provides optimization services for energy use and mobility operations with the aim of realizing a decarbonized society.
  • Space Power Technologies — Space Power Technologies (SPT) was founded in 2019 as Japan's first start-up for “Spatial Transmission Wireless Power Transmission (WPT)”. We will harmonize elemental technologies cultivated through academics with people and society, and solve social issues related to power supply.
Kyogin Lease & Capital VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Kyogin Lease & Capital is an investment firm that specializes in the leasing, stock and bond investment and public offering consulting.
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  • Manufacturing, Task Management, Medical
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan
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  • Thinca — Thinca is an IT system planning, development, and operations company that provides a cloud-based CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) hospitality & communication solution for corporate offices.
  • Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
  • Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.
UntroD Capital VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in the past 12 months
UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
  • Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
  • Optieum Biotechnologies — Optieum Biotechnologies Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company committed to developing innovative scFv antibody-based therapies for the treatment of patients with cancers. Their proprietary platform technology, Eumbody System™, enables to develop and detect a scFv-based product candidates that specifically bind to, and modulate tooptimize the immune-cell function for oncology targets.We are committed to helping patients with severe diseases by bringing life-changing therapies to the patients in need.
Toyota Tsusho VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Toyota Tsusho is the trading arm of the Toyota Group. It enriches society by creating value by the company as Metals; Global Production Parts; Logistics; Automotive; Machinery; Energy; Project; Chemicals; Electronics; Food and Agribusiness; Consumer Products and Services;.
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Investment focus
  • Automotive, Software, Manufacturing
  • Funding Round, Series A, Corporate Round
  • Japan, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • LIGHTz — LIGHTz delivers a technology transfer and information exchange platform leveraging AI.
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
  • Bureo Skateboards — Bureo Skateboards Online Store // Recycled Fishing Net Skateboard Decks
TARO Ventures(japan) VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
TARO Ventures is a venture capital firm aiming to support Japanese startups.
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Investment focus
  • Education, Employment, Health Care
  • Funding Round
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • SEAOS — SEAOS operates as a smart digital logistics company.
  • mediVR — mediVR is a Medical equipment which applies the video technology of Virtual Reality, etc. In Co., Ltd. mediVR, planning of the health care system, has been developing and sales.
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
SOLABLE VC Fund · Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan
SOLABLE create a green community in responding to the needs of the times by changing the core of business.
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Investment focus
  • GreenTech, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
Mitsubishi HC Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Energy, Medical, Internet
  • Seed, Series B, Debt Financing
  • Japan, United States, India
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.
  • Clean Energy Connect — Clean Energy Connect is into offering green energy solutions. It invests in its own generation capacity for a stable electricity supply by not harming nature.
Kowa Optronics VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Kowa Optronics produces and sales of lighting fixtures.
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Investment focus
  • GreenTech, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
J&TC Frontier VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J&TC Frontier is an investment arm founded by JFE Engineering and Tokyo Century.
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Investment focus
  • GreenTech, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
Automotive Fund VC Fund · Nagatacho, Tokyo, Japan
Automotive Fund is a wholly owned subsidiary of MarkLines.
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Investment focus
  • GreenTech, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
  • Series A
  • Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
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