Top 10 Social Impact VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in January 2026
A list of 10 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social impact startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social impact companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Impact VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in January 2026
| Investor | Social Impact Japan investments |
|---|---|
| ANRI | 2 |
| Z Venture Capital | 2 |
| Mint | 1 |
| Japan Finance Corporation | 1 |
| F Ventures | 1 |
| SIIF | 1 |
| Kiraboshi Bank | 1 |
| Money Forward Venture Partners | 1 |
| Taliki | 1 |
| Daiichi Kogyo Credit Union | 1 |
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Chorakuchoju — Chorakuchoju is a healthcare organization that tries to avoid isolation by implementing AI technologies and medical services.
- Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.
- Strand Therapeutics — Strand Therapeutics is developing the first platform for creating programmable mRNA drugs to deliver precise, multi-functional, potentially curative treatments.
Z Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Z Holdings that invests in companies that focuses on the insurance and finance industry.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Content
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, South Korea, United States
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- mahocast — Mahocast operates a comprehensive business platform that supports every stage of an artist’s journey—from initial planning and content production to ongoing management and promotion.
- Cinch Tech — Cinch Tech is a subscription service that offers technology products like computers, phones, tablets, and gaming equipment. Users can choose from different payment plans. The service includes damage cover for the devices. It is intended to help users access and maintain technology without paying full price upfront. The service provides analternative way to obtain and use tech devices.
- Commune — Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people.
Mint operates as an independent venture capital firm specializing in the early stage of startups. It focuses on bridging the boundaries between finance and business, investors and entrepreneurs, creating a foundation for startup growth, and supporting entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
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- MoonJapan — MoonJapan is an educational impact startup that offers a variety of programs and thorough assistance.
- Respo — Respo is a service that enables people to save money by buying things at a discount.
- Prefab — Prefab offers cutting-edge AI SaaS solutions tailored for the construction industry, enhancing efficiency, safety, and decision-making through data-driven insights.
Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
- Japan, India, Hong Kong
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- AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
- Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
- Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Japan, Hong Kong
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- Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Blankr — Blankr inc has developed an application called Raidli. Using the app, Vtubers can hold a virtual handshake event.
- Tripi — Tripi provides travel media and digital marketing services, as well as the accommodation gift service.
SIIF aims to identify and support projects that contribute to the solution of social issues.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Content, SNS
- Funding Round, Series A, Series D
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
- CureApp — CureApp is a digital health startup.The firm is one of the leading players in the medical app vertical under the theme of “app exhibits therapeutic effects against diseases” and launched a nicotine addiction treatment app in February 2015, which was jointly developed with Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Keio University’s School of Medicine. It iscurrently conducting clinical trials in many locations.
- kokohore Japan — kokohore Japan offers advertising services intended to help companies sell their products. They provide custom-made promotion planning, provide the content to the media to plan and manage owned media, and assist in product development, providing businesses with the assistance they need to survive.
Kiraboshi Bank starts by merging Tokyo Tomin Bank, Yachiyo Bank, and ShinGinko Tokyo on May 1, 2018.
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Investment focus
- Education, Recruiting, Health Care
- Debt Financing, Seed, Series B
- Japan, India
Portfolio highlights
- Sanu — SANU is a subscription service that offers a home in nature.
- Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
- Tokyo Artisan Intelligence — Tokyo Artisan Intelligence develops od purely domestic AI high-speed code generation tools as part of deep learning and hardware research. Their objectives are to contribute to the development of new computational technology and its application in society, particularly by providing experts through the training of doctoral students.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, Hong Kong
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- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
- ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
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Investment focus
- Cooking, Retail, Children
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
- CoCooking — CoCooking uses food and cooking to create ample opportunity for dialogue and thought, fostering creativity, diversity, and well-being of individuals and communities.
Daiichi Kogyo Credit Union is provides financial services.
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Investment focus
- B2C, Rental, Wellness
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
- Mediclo — Mediclo is a real estate company that provides renting, property management, and B2C services.
- Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
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