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Top 40 Renewable Energy VC Funds in Japan

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 40 VC 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 40 Renewable Energy VC Funds in Japan

Investor	Renewable Energy Japan investments
Incubate Fund	3
Global Brain Corporation	3
Energy & Environment Investment	3
Spiral Capital	2
OPT Ventures	2
Genesia Ventures	2
EPCO	1
NAC	1
CCBT Private Equity	1
Midea Capital	1
Dentsu	1
Fuyo General Lease	1
DBJ Capital	1
Guangdong Aiko Solar Energy Technology	1
China Science and Technology Innovation	1
SBI Investment	1
Japan Strategic Capital	1
B Dash Ventures	1
Chuo Shinkin Venture Capital	1
DNX Ventures	1
Huimei Capital	1
ANRI	1
IDG Capital	1
Fundinno	1
Shenzhen Investment Holdings	1
Mistletoe	1
Glocalink	1
Delight Ventures	1
Senshu Ikeda Capital	1
K4 Ventures	1
Hitachi	1
Zhuhai Huafa Group	1
Real Tech Japan	1
STRIVE	1
iSGS Investment Works	1
FFG Venture Business Partners	1
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority	1
Guangdong Technology Financial Group	1
Lifull	1
Kyogin Lease & Capital	1

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Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mycel — Mycel is a decentralized cross-chain asset management platform with an intent-based token transfer layer.
MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
Mechano Cross — Mechano Cross is a mechanical company that offers mechanochemical organic synthesis technology for solution reactions.

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

Groq — Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
Healx — At Healx we use AI drug discovery to develop new treatments for rare diseases. We bring treatments from prediction to patient.
Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs

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

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.
Kisui Tech — Kisui Tech is an agricultural AI robotics company that help farmers for farming.
DeepForest Technologies — DeepForest Technologies is an IT firm that offers drone photography, forest information analysis, DF Scanner, and data processing services.

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.

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, Content, Task Management
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

CirclePe — Search through huge inventory of 1, 2 & 3 Bhk for rent in Delhi-NCR. Pay Zero Deposit and Zero Brokerage with CirclePe. Hassle free immediate move in.
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.
Receptionist — Delighted develops an application for reception services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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

Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
Oyraa Inc. — Oyraa provides online meetings and conference apps. Their interpreters will help you communicate not only in business but also in personal situations, such as in hospitals and real estate agencies.
Rara — Rara offers carbon-free and organic mushroom culture production equipment.

EPCO is an architectural design company that supports the homes and livelihoods of people around the world.

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.

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

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.
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CCBT Private Equity is a corporate venture capital firm of CCB Trust.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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

Midea Capital is a market-oriented private equity investment institution focusing on industrial investment.

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.

At dentsu, innovation is our strength, and your growth is our mission. We help you keep up with technological changes in the digital economy.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Advertising
Funding Round, Corporate Round, Series B
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

TBM Japan — 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 is an entertainment startup.
IDN Media — IDN Media is the leading media platform company for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia.

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.
A.L.I. Technologies Japan — Aerial Lab Industries focuses on research and development of UAV (unmanned miniature aircraft).
3D Printing Corporation — 3D Printing Corporation provides 3D printing technology solutions.

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, Internet, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Japan, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Cellusion — Cellular technology breakthrough for clear vision of the future.
Hedgehog MedTech — Hedgehog Medtech is a medical firm focused on digital therapeutics (DTx). DTx is a pharmaceutically approved programmable medical device that assists patients' medical operations via smartphone apps.
Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.

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.

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.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Software
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Asuene — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
NIHON AGRI — Exportation of Japanese agricultural products is currently small in volume. While Japanese farmers aspire to export their products to foreign countries for more people to enjoy and local consumers universally share the positive perception of the quality of Japanese agricultural products, issues such as price, communication, and logistics hinder theexpansion of exportation.They aim to solve these issues and satisfy the needs of both Japanese farmers and global consumers which are so clearly evident but devastatingly unmet.
Orange — Orange is a developer of a variety of deep-learning models with a focus on computer vision and natural language processing for comics.

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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.

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, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Taiwan, India

Portfolio highlights

G.U. Group — G.U. Labs provides cloud tools and solutions, security technologies, and R&D capabilities to respond to the various social changes caused by blockchain. G.U.Labs provides cloud tools and solutions, security technologies, and research and development capabilities to respond to the various social changes caused by blockchain.
Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
Ascend — Ascend is a logistics company.

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

Portfolio highlights

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.

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, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Immedio — Instanto is a consulting firm providing an automated service for acquiring business negotiations that completes negotiations with clients.
Mirai no Genba — Mirai no Genba is an IT company that offers AI form creation, input assist, data analytics,and visualization services.
Quollio Technologies — Quollio Technologies is an IT company that specializes in corporate data governance, SaaS, metadata management, and software solutions.

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.

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.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
3DC — 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices.
Mirai no Genba — Mirai no Genba is an IT company that offers AI form creation, input assist, data analytics,and visualization services.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Galaxy Bot — Galaxy Bot is an innovative robotics company that provides intelligent universal service robotic products.
Sentient — Community-built open AGI
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.

Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.

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.

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

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Electronics, Semiconductor
Funding Round, Angel, Series A
China, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Time Speed — Time Speed is a radio frequency integrated circuit developer, which can provide monolithic microwave integrated circuits, radio frequency integrated circuits, gallium arsenide gallium nitride power amplifier chips, low noise amplifier chips, and radio frequency front-end module chips for users in the 4G/5G communications market. And otherproducts.
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.

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, Education
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.
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.
Craft Health — Craft Health aims to combine all your daily medicines and supplements into a single daily pill, through 3D printing of personalized medicines and supplements. Our technology allows controlled release of each active ingredient as selected by the user.

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.

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, Service Industry, Human Resources
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
Mirai no Genba — Mirai no Genba is an IT company that offers AI form creation, input assist, data analytics,and visualization services.
Woodstock — Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks.

Senshu Ikeda Capital offers financial consultancy services.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sagri — Sagri is developing agriculture software for experienced farmers.
BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
On The Slope — On the way to Sakano deliver vegetables grown without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, aiming to spread agriculture with low environmental impact. We want to make agriculture sustainable and reach a sustainable society.

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

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.

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.

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 — SORACOM is a company that provides IoT (Internet of Things) platform of data communication by delivering scalable and elastic cloud technologies running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which makes IoT solution providers/developers to efficiently deliver and extend their services, and also allow the flexibility and customization to fit thevarious needs of IoT services.With SORACOM, the data communication of IoT / M2M device become more secure and ensure reliable data transfer by supporting many devices and custom protocols. It also provides reduced time-to-market for M2M/IoT services, while significantly reducing the cost of delivering such services, and extend the business by paying as you grow cost structures. SORACOM Air is a service that provides data communication for IoT devices SIM "Air SIM". Users can change the settings from Web console (user console) or by API control, and monitor the data traffic, as well as manage the configuration of data communication of IoT devices centrally. Air SIM provides connectivity for LTE/3G mobile data communication as MVNO, and supports wide coverage area required for IoT and secure communication achieved through a closed network using LTE/3G.SORACOM Beam is a service that offloaded data from IoT devices to cloud with a high encryption load and connection destination setting without directly setting to large devices onsite, that can be controlled from a remote location on cloud. It also has a benefit to manage the data securely without going through the Internet, if the cloud data storage of IoT devices is located in AWS.SORACOM officially launched its service on the 30th of September 2015, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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

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.

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.
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.
Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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!

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 — VIRUTUOUS CYCLE OF ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY
Gojo & Company — Gojo was founded to extend financial inclusion to everyone in the world beginning with the developing countries. Gojo encourages the formalization and growth of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Its long-term goal is to enable the provision of high-quality affordable financial services for 100+ million unserved and underserved people in50+ countries by 2030. Five and half years since their establishment, they work in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India with 3,400+ employees, serving more than 570,000 women who are also mothers.

FFG Venture Business Partners is a large-scale enterprise that offers in traditional regional bank venture capital.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

F.MED — F.MED is a manufacturing company that designs and develops robotic microsurgical devices for the healthcare industry.
Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
Pathos Logos — Pathos Logos is an HR co-creation platform that specializes in sales of SaaS and supply of human resources for corporations.

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/.

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
Angel, Series A, Series B
China, Japan, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Skysys — Skysys is a company that focuses on data acquisition and analysis services for drones. It provides customers with complete solutions for automatic charging, automatic scheduling, automatic acquisition and automatic analysis. It is committed to becoming the leading enterprise in data collection and analysis of Chinese civil rotary aircraft. From thedata and services to gold mining, the development of mature rotorcraft drone automatic driving artificial intelligence.
AutoXing — AutoXing is an intelligent robotics company that specializes in the development of automatic unmanned commercial robots with autonomous driving technology.
EurekaBio — EurekaBio is a leading upstream core vendor in the field of Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT), focusing on innovative research and development of cutting-edge technologies and key equipment essential for advancing CGT.

LIFULL Co., Ltd. is the most extensive housing and real estate information listing service. LIFULL Co., Ltd. provides LIFULL Move that provides reviews and rankings of the moving companies; LIFULL Storage, a storage space searching Web service; LIFULL Interior, a furniture and interior decoration EC site; and LIFULL Nursing Care, a special carefacility searching Web service.

Investment focus

Content, Social Media, Apps
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Cozre — Cozre the outing and the lessons of the babies and children, to solve the problem of child-rearing.
Aldagram — Aldagram is a provider of construction management app for the construction and construction industry.
Inter Local Partners — Inter Local Partners is a Reconstruction and Agricultural Training Center Project” started in 2013 and creating agricultural projects and building regional networks focusing on “people” who will lead the future of Japanese agriculture

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

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.
Rege Nephro — Rege Nephro is a biotech company that specialized in R&D, production and marketing of renal disease therapeutics.
Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.

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