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Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Japan (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
6 Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $196k–$13M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Information Technology $455k–$11M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
6 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $480k–$11M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Israel Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $482k–$19M
East Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $165k–$27M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
W ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $382k–$37M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $581k–$47M
Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $644k–$33M
Venture United
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Travel, Apps $200k–$14M
STRIVE
VC Fund
3 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Internet $500k–$25M
Akatsuki Games Inc.
VC Fund
3 Japan, India, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Media and Entertainment, Content, Gaming $296k–$16M
ANRI
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Information Technology $253k–$34M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $665k–$30M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $177k–$40M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
2 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Content $29k–$36M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $222k–$12M
Dai Tamesue
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Sports, Health Care
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $289k–$20M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment $63k–$36M
Kevin Lin
Angel
2 United States, India, Taiwan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Software, Information Technology $228k–$25M
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Medical, Health Care, Fitness $2.7M–$7.1M
Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
2 United States, China, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $2M–$55M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, South Korea Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $516k–$48M
Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $613k–$52M
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Recruiting $90k–$7.1M
Seiji Kurokoshi
Angel
2 Japan, Myanmar Angel, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Soccer, Sports, Travel $200k–$11M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Information Technology, Content $255k–$30M
BITKRAFT Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, India Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain $2M–$58M
Kevin Chou
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Israel Seed, Series A, Angel Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain $800k–$14M
Makoto Takano
Angel
2 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Apps, Sports, Content $134k–$13M
D2 Garage Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Farming, Medical
Siqi Chen
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming $300k–$23M
NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Manufacturing, Agriculture, Content $276k–$16M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, France Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $310k–$9.2M
Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Music, Sales $134k–$4.7M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $482k–$16M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Content, Software, Marketing $13k–$5M
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B Financial Services, Energy, Finance $7M–$5.6B
Saison Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Switzerland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Software, Finance, Internet $181k–$28M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Yuto Nagatomo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, SNS, Sales $457k–$26M
Tomohito Ebine
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $493k–$4.9M
JAFCO
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.4M–$36M
Kentaro Uryu
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Beauty, Soccer, Sports $49k–$4.3M
The Seed Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture $160k–$8.1M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
2 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Food and Beverage, Internet $28k–$6.2M
STATION AI
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Sustainability $428k–$15M
Ishikawa Ryo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Soccer, Sports, Internet
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $382k–$99M
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Sports startups, 73 in the past 12 months

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 402
  • Round size: Seed $282k–$1.8M; Debt Financing $196k–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $635k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gecipe — Gecipe provides educational content in the virtual world of esports and is a metaverse education company. Their services include esports english, esports english conversation, and esports gym. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
  • iCUREX — iCUREX is a medical-device startup and develops and commercializes medical devices using chitosan hydrogel technology.
  • HEARTBEATS — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Sports startups

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 349
  • Round size: Seed $455k–$4.5M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Indent — Indent creates products that help writers create original works such as novels, manga, screenplays, and game scenarios. They will work to create an environment in which artists can focus on their creations and enjoy sharing their work.
  • Spectronix — Spectronics is a development of new technologies and new applications to bring about innovation, focusing on the future of laser technology.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Sports startups

XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 711
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$16M; Series A $1.2M–$19M; Venture - Series Unknown $525k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • Luxna Biotech — Luxana Biotech is a biotechnology firm dedicated to promoting the practical use of safe and effective nucleic acid therapies. Utilizing nucleic acid chemistry technology, the company strives to provide nucleic acid medicines to patients suffering from diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Sports startups

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 722
  • Round size: Seed $173k–$5M; Series A $1.9M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $165k–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • Tokoshie — Building infrastructure that inspires everyone to create.
  • EveryWill — Every WiLL will hasten the creation of a new logistical infrastructure that addresses social problems, beginning with the "way we receive" our products.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Sports startups

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance, RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 241
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • THE PHAGE — The phage is a medical device company that focuses on developing AI technology to predict postprandial blood glucose levels.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Sports startups

W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M in 2019

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.
  • Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
  • Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Sports startups

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 the fifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan. Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 564
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $581k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • Crosssector — Crosssector provides sensor DX solutions for various kinds of construction and maintenance applications.
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups

Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $644k–$12M; Series A $892k–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
  • WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
  • Mourning Clothes Rescue — Mourning Clothes Rescue operates a specialized clothing rental model utilizing automated, 24-hour unmanned storefronts. Users complete reservations and payments through smartphones to instantly access physical retail outlets via smart locks. This continuous availability solves the immediate challenge of acquiring formal attire on short noticeduring unexpected bereavement. By removing traditional staff overhead, the system passes cost efficiencies to consumers while providing private, on-site fitting options and long-term rental periods.
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Venture United
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups

Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Travel, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$14M; Series A $354k–$1.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $440k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Zest — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
  • FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
  • Meetcareer — Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups

STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged, hands-on role.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Series A $1.2M–$14M; Series B $3.2M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • Recompound — Nasihat investasi dari Budi Ryan, Penasihat Investasi berizin dan diawasi OJK. Dana tetap di rekening sekuritas atas nama kamu sendiri; fee saat porto menembus titik tertinggi baru.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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Akatsuki Games Inc.
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups

Akatsuki offers MobileSocialGame services. They utilize cutting edge technology and ideas to realize and deliver their ambitions to their users. They provide new value to society through the services we manage daily. Providing services throughout the world that brighten up everyone's daily lives.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Content, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $943k–$9M; Corporate Round $296k–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Hitcard — Hitcard is a trendy card culture brand that uses technology to upgrade card-like consumer products.
  • Stems Labs — community and platform for collaborative creativity
  • MetaverseGo — MetaverseGo is a web 3.0 app that offers easy access to Play-and-Earn Games, Guilds, NFTs, and Decentralized Applications allowing users to own assets, connect with industry players, and use their earnings across multiple payment platforms.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 324
  • Round size: Seed $253k–$9.4M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $619k–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Green Growth Co. — Green Growth Co. is a startup company engaged in next-generation infrastructure projects centered on renewable energy. The company develops grid-scale battery storage facilities and solar power plants, as well as revitalizes and trades secondary solar assets, thereby creating power sources for both local communities and corporations. It also supports the enhancement of power source value through initiatives such as the digitalization of existing generation facilities, repowering, conversion to the Feed-in Premium scheme, and the co-location of battery storage systems. Furthermore, by aggregating distributed renewable energy resources—via services such as aggregation, Power Purchase Agreements and retail supply—the company implements mechanisms to optimize supply and demand while fostering a circular flow of electricity within local regions. Green Growth also provides hands-on support to companies, assisting them with their Green Transformation initiatives as well as the formulation of power business strategies and the design of operational schemes.
  • Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups, 7 in the past 12 months

An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $665k–$9.4M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $2.7M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
  • Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$8.2M; Angel $177k–$626k; Series A $1.4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · , , Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and started investing in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $151k–$1.8M; Angel $29k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN is a fantasy sports developer that introduces a new type of game where the players can earn prize money by predicting the players who will play an active role in soccer and baseball.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $222k–$12M; Angel $457k–$716k; Series A $880k–$6.6M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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Dai Tamesue
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Dai Tamesue is the Chief Marketing Officer of Miekuru.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Health Care
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
  • SAMURAI Security — SAMURAI Security is a best support tech company.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 414
  • Round size: Seed $289k–$7M; Series A $1.5M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$8.1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Tell us about anything development-related. Our founder, who launched Niconico Live, SUGAR and GANMA! from scratch, helps with planning, design, development and operations.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $63k–$2.6M; Angel $64k–$457k; Venture - Series Unknown $537k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Kevin Lin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Origin Lab — Licensed game worlds for AI: ground truth captures, 3D world packs, source projects and verifier-graded environments, from the studios that built them.
  • Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
  • Asterix — Hybrid is the future
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Senior Executive Vice President and CTO at Sony Group Corporation and President & CEO at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
  • SBX Corporation — AI R&D: Deep learning, Machine learning, Automation, Text mining. Development, customization and maintenance of software platforms for drug discovery and life science research.
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund · Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Discover Susquehanna, a global quantitative trading firm built on a rigorous, analytical foundation in financial markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, China, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$20M; Series A $3M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pine Labs — Pine Labs offers a merchant platform that includes technology and financial solutions for merchants. These solutions are aimed at helping merchants in increasing their revenue and reducing cost, complexity, and risk.The company connects financial institutions and consumer brands to enable merchants to deliver value to their retail customers. Itpowers offline and online last-mile retail transactions, provides customer insights for targeted sales, and offers financial solutions. The company’s cloud-based platform powers 3,50,000+ POS terminals across 3700 cities and towns in India and Malaysia.Over 1,00,000 merchants across sectors - electronics, food and beverage, fashion, airlines, and more, use Pine Labs’ solutions. 15 major banks, 7 financial institutions, and 100+ brands are part of Pine Labs’ platform.
  • Quintessent — Quintessent is developing optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
  • Hyperlayer — Build and launch modular financial products in weeks, not years. The programmable orchestration fabric for finance and loyalty.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

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 has managed a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 858
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $516k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 20 in the past 12 months

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

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $190M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
  • QueryLift — QueryLift develops software for analyzing how generative AI systems represent brands and products. Its marketing intelligence service provides prompt analysis, competitor comparison, brand visibility monitoring, and source tracking. Its security service monitors misinformation, brand damage, data leakage, and other reputation risks associated with generative AI. The company provides these capabilities through SaaS products and positions them within generative engine optimization and AI security.
  • Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Yasuyuki Kin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
  • Strainer — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
  • LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
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Seiji Kurokoshi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Seiji Kurokoshi (黒越誠治) is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, Travel
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Myanmar

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$11M; Angel $200k–$457k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ezay — Ezay provides a mobile platform that connects rural 'mom-and-pop' shops with B2B market place and provide financial and logistics services.
  • CURBON — CURBON is a Japan's largest photo learning site for C2C,Provides learning content such as video lectures and photography classes, Lightroom presets, etc.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship and startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $255k–$5.7M; Angel $493k–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $461k–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
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BITKRAFT Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Venture capital for extraordinary founders building how humanity plays, heals, grows, and connects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 250
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $4.2M–$28M; Series B $8M–$58M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • StockGro — StockGro is a stock market advisory & research app trusted by 35M+ users. Get daily trade ideas with entry, exit & stop-loss from 150+ SEBI-registered analysts.
  • Matrix — Matrix is a high-performance, calldata-optimized layer-2 rollup framework engineered to scale next-generation applications within the BNB Chain ecosystem. By compressing execution data and using the BNB Chain L1 as a secure settlement layer, the protocol achieves ultra-low gas costs, predictable fees, and fast block confirmations for data-heavy workloads.
  • welevel — Building games with attitude
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Kevin Chou
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Kevin Chou is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SuperLayer. He previously worked at Kabam as a Co-Founder and CEO. Kevin Chou attended UC Berkeley, Haas Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $12M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Forge — Playtest, market and sell great Steam Games
  • Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
  • YieldClub — Grow your savings faster by earning 30x the National Average with YieldClub's easy to use mobile app. You don't have to be a finance expert.
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3.3M; Angel $137k–$735k; Series B $1.9M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
  • Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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D2 Garage Japan
VC Fund · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

D2 Garage is an Internet company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Farming, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fant — Fant is a social platform connecting hunters and facilitating community building that focuses on inclusivity and shared passion.
  • nanoFreaks — nanoFreaks builds a rescue system on the sea, creating an environment where everyone can live with peace of mind.
  • RAINBOW — With the goals of high quality, efficacy, safety, and economic efficiency, RAINBOW is developing HUNS001, a proprietary autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell product that is administered directly to the peri-stroke area. RAINBOW is focused on HUNS001's efficacy, safety, and highly novel cell culture, transport, and administrationmethods.
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Siqi Chen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Siqi Chen is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the CEO of Runway Financial. Siqi previously worked at Postmates as a VP of Growth. Siqi Chen attended the University of California San Diego.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Pre-Seed $300k–$5M; Series A $7M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ego AI — ego is an applied AI research lab focused on blurring the line between AI agents and humans.
  • Hyperspell — A detailed real-time model of your company. Designed with your security, privacy, and control in mind.
  • Sentra — Sentra is the company brain for teams and AI agents: the managed organization memory that records what your teams know, resolves it into one queryable memory, and gives every person and AI agent the same context.
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NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund · Gifu, Gifu, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 10 in the past 12 months

NOBUNAGA Capital Village is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in early-stage and later-stage companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Agriculture, Content
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$2.2M; Series A $1.3M–$16M; Series B $2.1M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
  • Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
  • Blue Farm — Blue Farm is a agricultural company that provides optimal tea cultivation environments for companies.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stock exchange listings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $310k–$1.3M; Series A $1.1M–$6.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $910k–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
  • AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
  • Sonire Therapeutics — SONIRE Therapeutics Inc. (SONIRE) is working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy system that will employ acoustic engineering (ultrasound) technologies developed through cutting-edge academic research. SONIRE has been working on a next-generation high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment system as a noveltherapeutic modality with the goal of giving cancer patients and their families a new future.
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Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund · Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Zeroichi Capital is an independent venture capital firm that invest/R&D startups. Zeroichi Capital assists in a variety of areas, including pre-startup consultation, ideation, business plan planning, establishment procedures, teaming up, and financing, with the goal of reaching the Series A round as soon as possible and putting you on agrowth trajectory beyond that.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Music, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $881k–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $134k–$220k
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Vitom — Vitom is a FoodTech startup that addresses the issues of sustainability and reliability in the food industry.
  • CrossVision — CrossVision offers solutions and services specific to the VTuber market.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 346
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$6.2M; Series A $1.2M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $957k–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 9lione — 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Smart Craft —
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Next One for the World.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$4.3M; Series A $880k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $13k–$2.8M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • Zero Industries — Zero Industries creates the energy, machinery, and infrastructure that will enable intelligence to influence the planet.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 23 in the past 12 months

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is an asset management firm and bank in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Series B $12M–$48M; Post-IPO Debt $106M–$5.6B; Debt Financing $7M–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Terra Charge — Terra Charge offers EV charging infrastructure business, EV charger installation proposals, installation work, operation, and maintenance.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
  • One Planet Partners — One Planet Partners is an investment manager that focuses on India’s mid-market private equity opportunities. The firm invests in established businesses that benefit from industrial growth, infrastructure buildout, rising consumption, and the transition to a more sustainable economy. Its strategy targets sectors such as energy, mobility, and manufacturing, using climate insight as an underwriting lens. One Planet Partners takes active ownership stakes and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, operational expertise, governance, and climate-integrated reporting. The firm applies a structured value creation framework to sharpen strategy, enhance capital efficiency, elevate talent, and develop exit readiness.
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Saison Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Saison Ventures is investment arm of Credit Saison.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Finance, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $831k–$14M; Series B $332k–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $181k–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $1.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Yuto Nagatomo
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, SNS, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$4.3M; Angel $457k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • Saurus Japan — SAURUS JAPAN is an online store that sells sports supplements. They provide athletes with protein and amino acids. They provide quality raw materials and formulations with a focus on safety and security. Their nutrients serve the purpose that professionals need.
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $493k–$4.9M; Series A $1.6M–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to the creations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 391
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$33M; Series B $4.2M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
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Kentaro Uryu
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Kentaro Uryu - Legal advisor @ Adot

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Soccer, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$4.3M; Angel $49k–$457k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Adot — Adot specializes in product development, service growth, branding, and PR. Its services include Branding business and sales promotion business. It also supports the challenges and reforms of companies. It is not only in the field of advertising but also in a professional team in business development and development. It aims to promote"Aesthetic-conscious management" and focus on "social significance," such as "whether the whole society will be enriched," rather than the conventional business of "just do it."It was founded on July 26, 2012, and is headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • SISI — SISI company provides beauty products made from natural ingredients. They also offer a skin analysis program led by a skin expert, allowing customers to take care of their body and skin after a thorough examination. They also sell beauty products online and provide delivery.
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The Seed Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

The Seed Capital is a Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $160k–$8.1M; Series A $1.5M–$4.1M; Series B $2.6M–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Cactuz — Bridging the social Gap through our services and contents.
  • Kessaku — Own a piece of heritage, reimagined as your hospitality asset.
  • TrueCamera — TrueCamera develops a blockchain-based platform designed to verify the authenticity of digital photographs and prevent image tampering. The system anchors cryptographic metadata directly into the image files at the moment of capture to ensure data integrity for legal and professional documentation.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $302k–$4.3M; Angel $28k–$474k; Venture - Series Unknown $538k–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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STATION AI
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

STATION AI provides a support program at "PRE-STATION Ai".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Sustainability
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $428k–$700k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ARK — ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming.
  • Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
  • Factory X — Factory X is an information technology company that helps to increase value manufacturers with the inventory strategy model.
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Ishikawa Ryo
Angel · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

Ishikawa Ryo

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 162
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CFOne — CFOne is an AI-driven accounting platform engineered by an accounting firm.
  • Kakutoku — Nitlon Inc. provides crowdsourcing management services. The company was founded by Seiya Mitsuda on February 02, and is headquartered in Beppu, Japan.
  • AlarmBox — AlarmBox develops services that make use of professional knowledge of technology and corporate screening, and changes common sense of risk management of enterprise.
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Sports Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 125 deals from 232 investors.

232
investors
in Japan Sports startups
125
deals
in Japan Sports startups
$847k
median round
in Japan Sports startups
25%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Venture - Series Unknown
most common funding stage
68/32
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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