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Top 50 Sports VC Funds & Investors in Japan (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds 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 Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $610k–$71M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $661k–$85M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $1.5M–$340M
W ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $696k–$64M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $774k–$50M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $952k–$269M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software $1.3M–$170M
Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $892k–$64M
ANRI
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $497k–$78M
Venture United
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Travel, Content $39k–$30M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
3 Japan, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $48k–$28M
Akatsuki Games Inc.
VC Fund
3 Japan, India, United States Seed, Corporate Round Media and Entertainment, Gaming, Content $1.5M–$255M
F Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.1M–$198M
STRIVE
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Internet, E-Commerce $800k–$142M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $314k–$91M
Saison Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Switzerland Seed, Series B Software, Internet, Consulting $113k–$425M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Content, Marketing, Software $771k–$30M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $382k–$99M
D4V
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Apps $992k–$89M
BITKRAFT Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain $2M–$38M
Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Music, Sales $134k–$4.7M
The Seed Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Consulting, Architecture $187k–$24M
Shinhan-GB Futureflow Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown CAD, Pet, Sports $624k–$6.3M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, France Series A, Seed Software, Task Management, Internet $4.3M–$71M
Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, China Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency $2.5M–$55M
NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Manufacturing, Content, Robotics $276k–$340M
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, United Arab Emirates Debt Financing, Series B Financial Services, Finance, Health Care $6.4M–$1.1B
STATION AI
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Drones $428k–$15M
Meinan M&A
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Task Management, AgTech, Health Care
Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Toho Acetylene
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Diving, Transportation
AG Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Seed Finance, Software, Internet $1M–$71M
East Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $560k–$38M
D2 Garage Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Apps, Water, Hunting
MTG Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Marketing $531k–$142M
Gazelle Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, China, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Apps, SaaS $264k–$7M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Myanmar Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $933k–$58M
OLM Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series A, Seed Content, Virtual Reality, Apps $497k–$43M
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Media and Entertainment, Video, Content $497k–$55M
START POINT
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Food Processing, EdTech, Fitness
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $1M–$52M
GLOBIS
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series B Manufacturing, Pet, Apps $2.3M–$31M
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Content, Media and Entertainment, Sports $39M–$101M
Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Content $678k–$73M
Vector
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Corporate Round Software, Internet, Marketing $790k–$33M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $2M–$227M
VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
1 Japan, China, Germany Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Content $200k–$77M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $875k–$92M
Deportare Partners
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Apps, Fitness, Health Care
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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, Information Technology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 256
  • Round size: Seed $610k–$43M; Series A $2.5M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cake.jp — Cake.jp operates "Cake.jp", a comprehensive cake delivery site.
  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 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
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$17M; Series A $2M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
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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 thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 460
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$115M; Series B $2.4M–$340M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe
  • FunPep — FunPep is an Industry-university collaboration bioventure company.
  • NEXT NEW WORLD — NEXT NEW WORLD develops and manufactures natural products with low impact on the environment. It uses sustainable Japanese silk to manufacture apparel and cosmetic products.
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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 $696k–$23M; Series A $1.3M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M 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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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, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 220
  • Round size: Seed $774k–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • AI Mage
  • 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.
  • Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 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: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 550
  • Round size: Series A $952k–$86M; Series B $4.2M–$269M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • Diggle — DIGGLE is a service that provides fundamental management accounting management on the cloud called fraud management. It is possible to reduce the mistakes and man-hours of the fraud management task and easily carry out the fraud management task even if it is not an expert in finance or accounting.DIGGLE covers budget creation work and budgetrecord comparison work, especially in the foreman management work. In the budget creation work, the KPI and the budget are automatically created by inputting the target numerical value to the preset parameters utilizing the budget generator function, while the forecast contrasting work is made up of the financial information, non-financial information It is easy to calculate by simply entering the numerical value, and it is possible to carry out calculation of the forecast contrast.
  • Instalimb — Instalimb is the world's first 3D printing prosthesis business.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 163
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$71M; Series A $1.5M–$41M; Series B $5.2M–$170M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
  • Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
  • 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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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: 49
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$64M; Series A $892k–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $419M 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.
  • LIGHT-RIGHT — LIGHT-RIGHT focused on developing services that help local communities adapt to the challenges of a declining population.
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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
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 260
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$41M; Series A $2.4M–$78M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Tacoms — CAMEL is a service that allows you to easily manage orders from multiple food delivery / takeout services on a single tablet.
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  • Smile Robotics — Smile Robotics provides Service Robots in Japan.
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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, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $39k–$21M; Series A $500k–$30M
  • 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 provides online counseling services for career planning.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Sports startups, 57 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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 236
  • Round size: Seed $48k–$16M; Debt Financing $266k–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trifa — Trifa is a telecommunications service provider that provides eSIM internet access when traveling internationally.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
  • Epsilon Molecular Engineering — Epsilon Molecular Engineering is a Biotechnology research and development company.
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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, Gaming, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$48M; Corporate Round $1.5M–$255M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $824M 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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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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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, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 224
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$33M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Balus — Balus provides motion capture, Unity systems, and AR live permanent venues.The company provides character content infrastructure using real-time animation, we also support the production of original content. Balus provides the necessary technology for event planning, casting, VR events, recording and creation of production images, real-timemotion capture during live events, real-time transmission, event management, and systems that allow users to participate in the production.
  • KiteRa — KiteRa is a cloud service that allows you to create and operate work rules and company rules.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 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, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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 — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
  • 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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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, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 295
  • Round size: Seed $314k–$18M; Series A $2.7M–$91M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2021

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 — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
  • 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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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, Internet, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $113k–$85M; Series B $1.2M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% 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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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, Marketing, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $771k–$18M; Series A $1.8M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% 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.
  • LUC — LUC is a provider of the AI ​​x experience analysis platform "TERUS," .
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
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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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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $992k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Yuimedi — Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions.
  • Free Standard
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BITKRAFT Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Series A $5M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • StockGro — Get expert stock market insights from SEBI-Registered Analysts on StockGro. Make informed investments with trusted advice. Join Today!
  • welevel — Building games with attitude
  • Immutable Systems — Immutable develops blockchain-based eSport games designed to familiarize users with blockchain technology in a fun and user-friendly environment. Its eSports games use ethereum blockchain to transform digital asset ownership in the video-gaming industry. Immutable provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games, enabling organizationsto bring transparency in the opaque world of in-game economies.
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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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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: 22
  • Round size: Seed $187k–$17M; Series A $4.1M–$24M; Series B $2.6M–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Cactuz — Cactuz operates in the Edutainment field with the mission of overcoming environmental differences and creating equal opportunities for learning and personal growth, empowering individuals from all backgrounds to reach their full potential through engaging, innovative, and inclusive educational experiences
  • Kessaku — Kessaku is an architectural company that provides building renovation, preserving craftsmanship, and sustainable system services.
  • DJ Insight — DJ Insight develops and provides Kagami AI, an AI system that visualizes nonverbal information in real-world spaces. The platform analyzes video and audio data from face-to-face settings to extract facial expressions, tone of voice, pauses, reaction changes, concentration levels, excitement, and agreement levels. It generates analysis reports andconsulting that provide actionable insights for improving operations in beauty salons, education, corporate training, and events. The company supports improvements in face-to-face interactions by generating data from real-world spaces that previously relied on intuition and experience.
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Shinhan-GB Futureflow Investment
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 9 in the past 12 months

Shinhan-GB Futureflow Investment is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CAD, Pet, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $624k–$2.2M; Series A $1.4M–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • be-FULL — be-FULL specializes in AI-driven management support tools designed to enhance organizational performance. Their flagship product assists in meetings and one-on-one sessions by analyzing audio data to recommend effective actions and provide feedback for skill development. It aims to create workplaces where individual strengths contribute tocollective success by integrating coaching principles with technology.
  • Pan For You — Pan For You is a Food & Beverage Company. We deliver delicious bread from all over the world with our unique freezing technology and propose a lifestyle where you can enjoy freshly baked bread anytime.
  • Tokenz — Tokenz is your all-in-one platform for global digital payments, cross-border tax compliance, and seamless payouts.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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 stockexchange listings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Task Management, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 133
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$14M; Series A $4.5M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B 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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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund · Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$20M; Series A $3.5M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lentra — Lentra provides a secure technology platform for banking services.
  • Deccan AI — Deccan AI specializes in providing high-quality, human-labeled data for AI model training and evaluation.
  • Wind Talker Innovations — Wind Talker Innovations is transcending communication barriers so we may instantly and securely connect anywhere.
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NOBUNAGA Capital Village
VC Fund · Gifu, Gifu, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 9 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, Content, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $276k–$2.2M; Series A $1.3M–$340M; Series B $2.1M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cykinso — Cykinso is a developer of a home-testing kit designed to tell people the state of their intestinal bacteria. The company provides a testing service to clarify the state of the intestinal environment by using a sequencer that reads a large number of DNA sequences at high speed, enabling users to investigate the relationship with lifestyle-relateddiseases and digestive diseases based on changes in intestinal bacteria.
  • Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
  • 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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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Sports startups, 22 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, Finance, Health Care
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Series B $16M–$184M; Debt Financing $6.4M–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ACCIONA — At ACCIONA we offer sustainable solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the planet, such as global warming, energy needs and water shortages
  • Vena Energy — Vena Group delivers renewable energy, battery, and hydrogen solutions across Asia-Pacific. Explore our green innovations driving the low-carbon transition today
  • Hunter Point Capital — Hunter Point Capital is an independent investment firm seeking to provide innovative capital solutions to alternative asset managers across the globe.
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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, Drones
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $428k–$700k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
  • Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
  • Factory X
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Meinan M&A
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Meinan M & A is a M & A company in the Tokai area. It is committed to the local community, and M & A rooted in the region through partnerships with financial institutions in the Tokai area.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, AgTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • KAERU — KAERU offers financial and payment services to make shopping more convenient.
  • Tokuiten — Tokuiten is a company that develops systems for the production of organic vegetables and automates their cultivation.
  • Spacewasp — Spacewasp provides plant-derived interior spaces made from all kinds of plants.
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • K Pharma — K Pharma Is the development Of the Treatment Of the Spinal Cord injury
  • Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
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Toho Acetylene
VC Fund · Taga, Shiga, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Toho Acetylene is a manufacturer of dissolved acetylene gas, welding materials, and welding and cutting instruments. Their products include liquefied petroleum gas, life-related equipment, and medical gas. They serve the transport, medical, industrial, and chemical sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Diving, Transportation
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • T2 Co — T2 Co offers services like automatic driving of huge trucks to provide a trunk transportation service.
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AG Capital
VC Fund · Shiba, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

AG Capital is an investment firm that provides investment and property management solutions for middle-size businesses. The company was founded on December 12, 1985 and its headquarters are located in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$71M; Series A $14M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mento — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
  • KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a social commerce app. They provide services for online and mail-order retail shops. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
  • Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 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, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 464
  • Round size: Seed $560k–$17M; Series A $2.2M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eko — Turning workplaces into places where all employees can thrive.
  • FitHappy — FitHappy is a behavioral & medical-based wellness app to solve diet problems for good.
  • Bioma — Media Desa Terkini
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D2 Garage Japan
VC Fund · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

D2 Garage is an Internet company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Water, Hunting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fant — Fant is a platform to share the information and skills beyond the regional for hunters.
  • 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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MTG Ventures
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

MTG Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of MTG that invests in beauty and wellness tech, food tech, and sports tech sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $531k–$16M; Series A $2.6M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dwilar — Dwilar is a proptech company that provides AI-powered leasing solutions tailored for international buyers seeking property. Their platform enables users to design flexible lease agreements with the option to own, allowing for property customization and renovation during the lease period. By avoiding dollar-denominated loans, it minimizes currencyexchange risks and offers a streamlined and personalized path to property acquisition.
  • Synflux — Synflux is a fashion lab comprising of fashion designers, software engineers & architects focused on fashion industry.
  • EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
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Gazelle Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Gazelle Capital is a venture capital and investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, China, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $264k–$7M; Series A $483k–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lingble
  • Any — any. develops and offers knowledge sharing tool Qast.
  • Vlightup — Vlightup is a technology company dedicated to enhancing security and trust in the Web3 ecosystem. Vlightup develops innovative solutions that integrate blockchain technology to create transparent and fair digital economic infrastructures. Vlightup continues to develop cutting-edge technologies that reinforce digital security, empowering users toengage in blockchain transactions.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$30M; Series A $1.2M–$58M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
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OLM Ventures
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

OLM Ventures is an animated movies production company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Virtual Reality, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$43M; Series A $7.8M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Minto — Minto develops and establishes a creator economy for manga and anime creators to deliver their content to the world. Minto provides whatever is required, from planning to the direction and result analysis.
  • Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
  • MyDearest — MyDearest is a Full dive product planning and development company
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Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

The SEGA SAMMY Group is involved in a wide range of business operations, encompassing Sammy’s pachislot and pachinko machine business; entertainment contents business which focuses on SEGA Group’s digital game business, includes amusement machine development and facility operation, development of video contents and toys; and resort business, whichis represented by the development and operation of hotels. Our mission as a comprehensive entertainment company working to provide new means of entertainment is to maximize group-wide synergy and offer entertainment products at a quality level only the SEGA SAMMY Group is capable of providing.Not only domestically but in all entertainment markets around the world - Europe, the U.S., Asia and beyond - they are striving to firmly establish our presence as the world’s leading entertainment company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Video, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $497k–$15M; Series A $5.7M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
  • Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
  • Openrec — Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business.
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START POINT
VC Fund · Minami, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

START POINT is an event management company that provides support for loading and unloading equipment, setting up stages, and managing venues at live events. The company was founded in 2010 and based in Minami, Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Processing, EdTech, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Co-nect — Co-nect is a Body maintenance is a Body maintenance service platform.
  • CO-NECT — CO-NECT is a cloud-based online ordering system designed to let users place and receive orders anytime.
  • HIDEOUT CLUB — HIDEOUT CLUB is a food and beverage company.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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GLOBIS
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

In 1992, GLOBIS started out with one marketing course in a small, rented classroom in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Since then, the management environment surrounding Japanese companies has reached an unparalleled turning point requiring dynamic change and creativity. The history of GLOBIS is the continual pursuit of creative change and innovationdrawing upon our own experience in starting and growing businesses. In "People" infrastructures, we have turned out a large number of business leaders and supported corporate clients in enhancing their management capabilities. In "Capital," we have supported the creative efforts of venture businesses, and in "Knowledge," we have published numerous books on management. With each new day, GLOBIS takes another step toward becoming the No. 1 business school in Asia as well as Asia's No. 1 venture capital firm. Yoshito Hori Chairman and CEO of GLOBIS Corporation

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Pet, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anipos — Anipos is an application that allows you to easily claim pet insurance.
  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Blossom Energy — Developed advanced nuclear reactors that are able to produce clean energy, Blossom Energy manufactures nuclear reactors for the nuclear energy industry. The focus of the company is on providing affordable, stable, and sustainable energy for the world. The company utilizes HTGR, which is a fourth-generation nuclear reactor.
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Sony Music Entertainment Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Sony Music is a management and management of the entire Sony Music Group by holding shares. As the headquarters of the Sony Music Group, each division efficiently supports and promotes the business of the entire group and each group company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Series A $39M–$101M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Thecoo — THECOO is a developer of an entertainment application designed to support a fan community. The company's application offers fanicon is a member-based fan community that encourages the activities of icons together with their core fans, enabling clients to access live app streaming of entertainment contents they are interested in.
  • ANYCOLOR — ANYCOLOR is an entertainment start-up that provides creator support and licensing business, mainly for the support and operation of virtual rivers participating in the “Nijisanji Project”. Using the latest technology, we will shape our thoughts on society as a new era of cutting-edge, and provide a magical experience to the everyday lives of peoplearound the world.
  • ventus Japan — 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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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups, 24 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, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $678k–$15M; Series A $2M–$63M; Series B $1.6M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Clouted — Clout Kitchen is THE Virality Engine for brands and creators, designing data-driven viral campaigns with distribution marketing.
  • ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
  • Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $790k–$33M; Corporate Round $2.1M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
  • 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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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 375
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$156M; Series B $4.9M–$227M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Direava
  • Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, China, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$34M; Series A $1.4M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
  • ventus Japan — 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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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Archetype Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in B2B Tech seed and early stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$23M; Series A $1.9M–$92M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Autoro — Autoro is a customer business automation company with web auto robot. Autoro combines browser automation, application programming interface linkage, and machine learning, and Autoro automatically completes tasks. They automate office tasks for businesses, including report preparation, accounting, document preparation, and more.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
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Deportare Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Sports startups

Sports x Technology

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sportip — Sportip provides motion analysis and posture analysis applications for trainers and therapists.
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Sports VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 74 deals from 115 investors.

115
investors
in Japan Sports startups
74
deals
in Japan Sports startups
$13M
median round
in Japan Sports startups
30%
lead investors
lead at least one round
30%
Seed
most common funding stage

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