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

Last updated: Jul 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 July 2025

Investor	Renewable Energy Japan investments
Energy & Environment Investment	5
K4 Ventures	3
Global Brain Corporation	3
Incubate Fund	3
Genesia Ventures	2
ANRI	2
OPT Ventures	2
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	2
Spiral Capital	2
China Science and Technology Innovation	1
FFG Venture Business Partners	1
Senshu Ikeda Capital	1
Real Tech Japan	1
KDDI Green Partners Fund	1
Kyogin Lease & Capital	1
TARO Ventures(japan)	1
Mitsubishi HC Capital	1
Automotive Fund	1
Delight Ventures	1
Mizuho Capital	1
Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology	1
STRIVE	1
Hitachi	1
Guangdong Technology Financial Group	1
DNX Ventures	1
Fuyo General Lease	1
Kowa Optronics	1
J&TC Frontier	1
Yokohama Capital	1
Shenzhen Investment Holdings	1
iSGS Investment Works	1
Mitsui Mining & Smelting	1
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority	1
Mistletoe	1
Glocalink	1
Japan Strategic Capital	1
UntroD Capital	1
Toyota Tsusho	1
SOLABLE	1
Keio Innovation Initiative	1
ProCapital	1
Miyako Capital	1
Fundinno	1
DBJ Capital	1
Zhuhai Huafa Group	1
B Dash Ventures	1
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital	1
Mirai Creation Fund	1
NAC	1
GK-Plug and Play Indonesia	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Internet of Things
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Asusola — Asusola engaged in the renewable energy power generation business
Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization

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.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
Ms.Engineer — Ms.Engineer is an education platform that helps to study coding and get placed in companies for women.
Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Wiom — Provides affordable and unlimited Internet to Middle and lower middle income households
HIVED — Looking for a greener, cheaper and better way to send your parcels? All parcels tracked and insured. Same-day, next-day and other options. Contact us today.
Things — Things offer product development and various information such as CAD, drawings, parts configuration, and price information.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Tokyo Epic — Tokyo Epic provides planning and development of webtoon, and animation services.
Nominal — Nominal empowers the next-generation economy.Nominal modernizes and automates accounting and financial management, providing robust reporting, multi-entity consolidation, workflow automation (including accruals and revenue), lease compliance (ASC 842/IFRS 16), period-end close collaboration, and much more.Nominal's generativesubledgers transform business logic into actions and insights using Generative AI - without the need for costly engineering or lengthy IT projects. Our shadow-ledger is implemented in days, not months, and seamlessly integrates with existing general ledgers and ERPs.
Rocket Link Technology — Rocket Link Technology is a product development company that specializes in designing LTP rockets for space travel.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Content
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Amoibe — Amoibe is a company providing engineer training services for the AI era called “amoibe OJT".
Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Handpickd — Sorted operates as an omnichannel platform for fruits and vegetables. Sorted provides fruits and vegetables that come straight from the farms.

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
Asusola — Asusola engaged in the renewable energy power generation business
Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.

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.

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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Bloomo Securities — Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps.
BACKSEAT — BACKSEAT provides embedded crypto exchange and Web3 Services.
Acompany — Acompany provides products and consulting development related to secret computing.

China Science and Technology Innovation operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

Energy, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Angel
China, Japan

Portfolio highlights

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 is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

FELIQS — FELIQS is a preclinical-stage start-up company established based on the robust science from molecular pathobiology, department of pharmaceutical science, Kyushu university.
ATOMica — ATOMica is a co-working space and business management company for conference rooms, event venues, circles, and schools. The company uses coworking spaces as HUBs to provide services that maximize individuals' power. It can be used for a variety of purposes, including coworking space, shared office space, meetings, events, and web seminars. Itis also possible to use it only once. They plan and run local communities that bring together a diverse range of people, including students, workers, businesses, universities, and governments.
OPTEMO — OPTEMO develops and supplies sales technology that allows businesses and customers to connect through a website.

Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

HOLO BIO — HOLO BIO is a research and technology firm that employs biological breeding techniques to address the food challenges faced by humanity.
EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.

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.

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.

KDDI corporate information introduction, "KDDI Green Partners Fund"

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.

Kyogin Lease & Capital is an investment firm that specializes in the leasing, stock and bond investment and public offering consulting.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Task Management, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.
Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.

TARO Ventures is a venture capital firm aiming to support Japanese startups.

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.

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance prove worthy of the trust of customers, shareholders and employees as contribute to realize a more prosperous society.

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.

Automotive Fund is a wholly owned subsidiary of MarkLines.

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
OSHIAI — OSHIAI is an AI chat software that lets you communicate with your favorite idol's "Ai" avatar, which represents their hobbies, preferences, and speaking style.
NaLaLys — NaLaLys is a business consulting firm that provides management, distribution, research, and consulting services.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Miletos — Miletos is the provider of AI expense scrutiny SaaS services.
Helical Fusion — Helical Fusion is a startup company that aims to commercialize fusion energy using magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas.

Aikosolar engages in the research, manufacturing, and sales of crystalline silicon solar cells. Aiko solar specializes in producing high-quality and high-efficiency solar cells and has been awarded ISO9001: 2008 certification of the quality management system. Aiko solar receives a reputation in the PV industry, for stable performance, highconversion efficiency, low breakage rate, and light-induced degradation.Aiko solar has a professional R&D team, which is comprised of key personnel with master's degrees or above, and experienced in production and equipment. Relying on independent creation and innovation, Aiko solar gradually masters the world-leading core technology in the PV industry and has obtained lots of national patents.Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is located at No. 69 Area C Sanshui Industrial Park, Foshan City Guangdong Province. With total investment of over RMB1.8 billion, Aiko solar is dedicated to the research, manufacturing, and sales of crystalline silicon solar cells. With an annual capacity of 600MW Aiko solar becomes the leading silicon cell manufacturer in Guangdong province and among the first three professional manufacturers in China.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Gokin Solar — Guangdong Gaojing Solar Energy Technology is a solar energy technology.

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.

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!

Official website of Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society with data and technology. We will solve customers' and society's challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products.

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 is harnessing the power of the ocean to heal the climate through Direct Ocean Capture technology.
DeCurret — DeCurret is into Cryptocurrency Business.

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.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Angel, Series B
China, Japan, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Baroy New Materials — Baroy New Materials engaged in the research and development, production and sales of 3D printing electronic functional materials.
Shenghuabo Electric — Shenghuabo Electric is an auto parts supplier that integrates product design, mold design and production, production and sales. Its main products include electric wiper assemblies for automobiles and motorcycles, automotive seat motors and various automotive electrical appliances, and it can provide technical support for related products.
Accurate International — Accurate International is engaged in the research and development of regenerative medicines based on the four centers of organoid tissue and disease models. clinical medicine transformation, big data sharing, and smart device development.

DNX Ventues is an early stage VC firm focusing on B2B Startups that are shaping industries and transforming the way we live and work.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

OPERe — OPERe is an IT company that specializes in the development of semi autonomous hospitalization guidance solutions.
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.
NaLaLys — NaLaLys is a business consulting firm that provides management, distribution, research, and consulting services.

Fuyo General Lease focuses in the leasing and installment sales trading of equipment and fixtures, and financial transaction. The company provides leasing services of information-related equipment, office equipment, and industrial equipment, installment sales of commercial facilities, production facilities, and hospital facilities. It also providessecurities management services and anonymous association composition.Fuyo General Lease was founded on 1969 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Sales
Series A, Funding Round, Corporate Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

avatarin — avatarin develops next-generation mobility and human augmentation platforms.
ALI Technologies — Aerial Lab Industries focuses on research and development of UAV (unmanned miniature aircraft).
3D Printing Corporation — 3D Printing Corporation provides 3D printing technology solutions.

Kowa Optronics produces and sales of lighting fixtures.

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 is an investment arm founded by JFE Engineering and Tokyo Century.

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.

Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

GooPass — GooPass is a subscription-based camera equipment rental platform that offers users cameras, interchangeable lenses, and drones. It also allows users to buy or rent photography equipment by reserving it online.
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
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.

Shenzhen Investment Holdings is a state-owned capital investment company.

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 is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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.

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd. mainly produces non-ferrous metal such as lead and copper alloys.

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.
Chitose Group — CHITOSE GROUP is a family of biotechnology companies operating mainly in Southeast Asia and Japan with an aim of leaving mankind with an environment where they can live in abundance for over a thousand years. CHITOSE GROUP is creating new values in the fields of agriculture, medical, food, energy, chemistry and others through “Technologicaldevelopment capabilities in the biotechnology field by constantly promoting economic rationality” and “Business development capabilities for drawing a path towards commercialization by understanding the essence and limitations of biotechnology”.

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/.

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.

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 — Aquaria provides solutions to secure access to clean water. The organization adapts its approaches based on the needs of these communities. It addresses water-related challenges through various methods.
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.

Glocalink provides seed funding and comprehensive support for emerging science & technology entrepreneurs. Members of Glocalink have extensive experiences of bringing laboratory technologies to the market. On top of seed funding, we will provide comprehensive supports for overcoming all the hurdles that science / technology entrepreneursface.

Investment focus

Health Care, Robotics, Task Management
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

MOVeLOT — MOVeLOT is an AI company that provides skeletal platform and robot planning, development, and production services.
ExtraBold — ExtraBold specializes in the development of 3D printers.
ProfilePrint — Helping agribusinesses buy and sell better, ProfilePrint is powered by a patented digital food identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) technology. ProfilePrint synthesises complex molecular data of ingredient samples into digital fingerprints, rapidly predicting its identity and quality.

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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.

UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Robotics
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Japan, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Alternō — Alternō was founded with a vision to create Asia's first low-cost thermal energy storage solution for renewable energy, to be deployed widely across the region by 2050. Alternō received early stage funding from Antler VC in Jan 2023 to kick off the research & development.
Q5D Technology — Additive manufacturing with conductors. Eliminate traditional wiring, saving space and weight. Unique 5-axis robots add power and data functions to products. Simplify supply chains and manufacturing. Transform productivity with our hardware, software, and support.
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 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;.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Automotive
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Kenya

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PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
PowerX — PowerX strives to build a sustainable energy ecosystem to drive the world's transition to a decarbonized future.
Electra — Electra is decarbonizing ironmaking for green steel production using intermittent renewable energy and low-grade iron ores.

SOLABLE create a green community in responding to the needs of the times by changing the core of business.

Investment focus

GreenTech, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
Series A
Japan

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PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan

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Linqmed — Linqmed is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.

ProCapital is a specialized investment company with deep policy and global macroeconomic insight.

Investment focus

Energy, Fuel, Solar
Series A, Series B
China, Japan

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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.

Miyako Capital is the venture capital that manages Kyoto University 2nd Venture Fund (KUVF). The company was founded in 2013 and based in Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan. Investment fields are: 1) Life Science, Biotechnology: Drug creation, regenerative medicine, medical beauty equipment, medical services.2) Agri-Food: Industrialization,agricultural and fishery products growth-promoting technology, specified health food, health food.3) Environment, Energy: Alternative energy, and related technologies.4) IT, Electronics: Web, mobile related devices and application, telecommunication technology, security, consumer and business oriented application, mechatronic, robot.5) New services utilizing state-of-art technology.Investment stages: Primary investment stages are initial-growth stages of seed and early. However, we aim at all growth stages and make investment in post-IPO portfolio companies as well as public companies that are related with Kyoto University.

Investment focus

Medical, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

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Peds3 — Peds3 is a digital healthcare platform that specializes in the research and development of pediatric medicine and maternal and child health fields.
Oishii — Oishii Farm provides indoor vertical farming technology. Oishii sells via supermarkets, offering a container of between eight and 11 strawberries for $50 per package. Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville started the company in 2017.
Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.

Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Content, Health Care
Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding, Funding Round
Japan, France

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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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Medical
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Australia

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Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.

Zhuhai Huafa Group has actively implemented national strategies, connecting the vision of Zhuhai city with its own corporate strategy.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Medical
Series A, Series B
China, Japan

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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.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Taiwan, United States

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Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
Qlay — Qlay is an AI-automated global engineer hiring platform

Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital is a venture fund of Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank

Investment focus

Health Care, Sales, Food Processing
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Japan

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Thyas — Thyas Co. Ltd. provides preparations of regenerative immunocell therapy for cancer and infection.
Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Robotics, Information Technology, Software
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, Israel

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MUSVI — MUSVI is an informartion technology company that provides spatial connectivity solutions, and community platform services.
SPACECOOL — Spacecool offers zero-energy cooling materials that radiate heat to space, reducing temperatures and mitigating global warming.
Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.

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.

Investment focus

SaaS, Legal, Medical
Series A, Series C
Japan

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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/

GK-Plug and Play Indonesia is an innovation platform that connects startups and corporations. Its goal is to create an ecosystem of change-makers, where all parties involved which include corporations, startups, investors, government entities, regulators, and universities are able to thrive and grow.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Indonesia, Singapore, United States

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Biorce — Biorce is an innovating HealthAI startup committed to transforming drug development through the use of artificial intelligence.
JOBO Interim — JOBO Interim is a staffing agency that recruits employees and provides employment through digital access.
Tensor Energy — Creating the operating system of our zero-carbon, distributed energy future

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