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Top 50 VC Funds & Investors in Japan (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
192 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Software $5M–$425M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
183 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $2M–$397M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
168 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $2.7M–$850M
ANRI
VC Fund
162 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1M–$624M
East Ventures
VC Fund
147 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $649k–$38M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
134 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $362k–$113M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
123 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $3M–$369M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
115 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Health Care $788k–$68M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
111 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $522k–$99M
JAFCO
VC Fund
106 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$425M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
101 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $709k–$77M
DNX Ventures
VC Fund
94 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $1.5M–$255M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
79 Japan, United States, South Korea Series B, Series A Information Technology, Software, Financial Services $4.8M–$283M
Archetype Ventures
VC Fund
65 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$142M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
62 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.6M–$198M
Coral Capital
VC Fund
59 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $384k–$928M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
58 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $6.7M–$652M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
56 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Information Technology $1M–$64M
UntroD Capital
VC Fund
54 Japan, Singapore, Austria Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical $2M–$241M
DBJ Capital
VC Fund
53 Japan, United States, Australia Series A, Series B Software, Medical, Health Care $4M–$510M
Delight Ventures
VC Fund
52 Japan, United States, South Korea Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $429k–$500M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
52 Japan, United States, Myanmar Seed, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology $933k–$125M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
51 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment $1.4M–$142M
STRIVE
VC Fund
51 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, Internet, E-Commerce $800k–$142M
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
49 Japan, United States Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Medical $3M–$425M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
49 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $3.1M–$85M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
46 Japan, India, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $2.1M–$142M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
45 Japan, France, Singapore Series A, Seed Software, Task Management, Internet $3.1M–$99M
W ventures
VC Fund
44 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $1.6M–$413M
UNITED
VC Fund
42 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment $980k–$89M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
41 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$369M
Vector
VC Fund
41 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Corporate Round Software, Internet, Marketing $1.5M–$43M
Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
41 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.5M–$400M
Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund
40 Japan, United States, Sweden Series A, Series B Energy, Internet of Things, Software $2.4M–$553M
D4V
VC Fund
40 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Apps $995k–$89M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
39 Japan, Taiwan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Information Technology, Apps $229k–$928M
Angel Bridge
VC Fund
39 Japan Series A, Seed Information Technology, Software, Consulting $746k–$198M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
37 Japan Seed, Series A Content, Marketing, Information Technology $933k–$35M
Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
37 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $1.1M–$184M
Spiral Capital
VC Fund
36 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet $746k–$928M
Venture United
VC Fund
36 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Travel, Content $39k–$30M
YJ Capital
VC Fund
36 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet $150k–$101M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
36 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$326M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
34 Japan, China, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Financial Services, FinTech $696k–$213M
F Ventures
VC Fund
33 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund
33 Japan Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing $7.1M–$142M
Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund
32 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, Internet $1.1M–$89M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
32 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $440k–$14M
Real Tech Japan
VC Fund
32 Japan, Singapore, Austria Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical $5M–$241M
Drone Fund
VC Fund
31 Japan, United States, Canada Seed, Series A Drones, Robotics, Aerospace $2M–$213M
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 192 investments in Japan startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 485
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$170M; Series B $7.4M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
  • Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Ookuma Diamond Device Co., Ltd. | Creating a next-generation semiconductor industry from Japan, driven by the mission to support the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 183 investments in Japan 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: 461
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$113M; Series B $6.4M–$397M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

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.
  • M&A Cloud — M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies
  • Hydro Powtech Japan — Nippon Hydropowtech uses proprietary technology and experience in hydrolysate production to investigate new food applications.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 168 investments in Japan 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, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 418
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $3.8M–$850M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • AI Silk — AI Silk are innovative conductive fibers produced with a dyeing technique. By using natural silk and giving conductivity to the fiber itself, They have succeeded in producing electrodes that reduce some of the risks and challenges of conventional medical electrodes, which can cause discomfort,skin and in vivo inflammation, and measurement failuredue to sweat or other elements. Their brand, AI Silk, is a new material that has strong and diverse application potential, even beyond the health / medical field.
  • Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 162 investments in Japan 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: 235
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$94M; Series A $6.1M–$624M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Fondi — fondi is a completely new English conversation communication service that allows you to live a virtual communal life with the world.
  • 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.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 147 investments in Japan 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: 443
  • Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sabu — Sabu is an online work agency that offers back-office operations, web production, and outsourcing services for the dental care industry.
  • Lanturn — Register your business in Singapore globally. From incorporation services Singapore to business registration for foreigners & locals, we handle it all.
  • Rekosistem — Rekosistem is a Clean- & Climate-Tech Company that enables circular economy implementation in the waste supply chain by leveraging proprietary waste management operation systems to transform waste into recycled materials and renewable resources.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 134 investments in Japan 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: 269
  • Round size: Seed $362k–$46M; Series A $5.2M–$113M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Letara — Letara operates a space technology platform with the intention to serve a logistics network covering the solar system. The company produces hybrid propulsion engines for small spacecraft, promoting groundbreaking advances in space propulsion with high thrust, safe, and inexpensive propulsion system technology.
  • 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.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 123 investments in Japan 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 hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 508
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $4M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • CADDi — CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry.
  • Healx — At Healx we use AI drug discovery to develop new treatments for rare diseases. We bring treatments from prediction to patient.
  • Mojo Vision — Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today'smobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree.Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 115 investments in Japan 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: 192
  • Round size: Seed $788k–$31M; Series A $1.5M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $589M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Eitoss — Eitoss is a technology company which has developed and provided the proposal improvement cloud "Cayzen".
  • Recerqa — Recerqa is a supply chain management SaaS that utilizes advanced development technology and AI to improve the purchasing, inventory, and sales management experiences.
  • Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 111 investments in Japan 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: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 151
  • Round size: Seed $522k–$23M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
  • Autify — AI software testing company aimed at solving the challenges associated with automation testing. We are passionate about making software testing faster and easier, empowering companies to release faster and keep their applications stable.
  • Rara — Rara offers carbon-free and organic mushroom culture production equipment.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 106 investments in Japan 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 thecreations 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
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 252
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $8.3M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • QREATION — QREATION is a digital intellectual property studio specializing in producing a wide range of popular content that originates primarily from social media platforms. The company focuses on creating high-quality short-form entertainment, including short dramas, comedy sketches, and variety shows.
  • ARCS — ARCS specializes in developing assisted reproductive medical devices using robotics and artificial intelligence technology.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 101 investments in Japan 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: 223
  • Round size: Seed $709k–$43M; Series A $2.7M–$77M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
  • CREO Bioscience — Cleo Bioscience is a Biotechnology company.
  • 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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DNX Ventures
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 94 investments in Japan startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 278
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$25M; Series A $6.3M–$128M; Series B $6M–$255M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Banzai — Leverage Banzai's event solutions to transform your bored registrants into paying customers. Learn more about Reach and Demio today.
  • Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
  • SecureNavi — SecureNavi offers automation tools for the information security management system. It reduces conventional analogue operations using excel and word. For inquiries, telephone numbers and physical addresses are available on their website.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 79 investments in Japan 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: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 327
  • Round size: Series A $4.8M–$170M; Series B $5.9M–$283M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Recho — Recho’s voice AI solutions must offer some unique features. Recho has a mission to "create the future of communication" and provides the VoiceAI platform and its application, Voice Agent.
  • Pliant — Pliant makes the latest generation of corporate credit cards that adapt perfectly to business processes and needs.
  • Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
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Archetype Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 65 investments in Japan 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: 101
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$31M; Series A $1.9M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Hokan — hokan is developing an InsurTech service called "hokan"​ which is CRM/SFA SaaS service for insurance agents.
  • 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.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 62 investments in Japan 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: 202
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$56M; Series B $1.8M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.4B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • SPACER — SPACER is a 24-hour handover IoT locker that can open and close doors with a smartphone.
  • Gaudi Clinical — Gaudi Clinical is a health care firm that engages in regenerative medicine outsourcing and cell processing contract establishments.
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Coral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 59 investments in Japan startups

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 94
  • Round size: Seed $384k–$92M; Series A $535k–$928M; Series B $3.3M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $128M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
  • SmartHR — SmartHR helps Japanese companies bring HR activities into the digital age. SmartHR makes HR simpler for Japanese companies by replacing spreadsheets and paperwork with a user-friendly online solution. When SmartHR was founded in Japan in 2013, on-boarding and off-boarding employees was a tedious process, especially since employers had to apply forsocial insurance and healthcare on behalf of employees using a process that had not yet been digitized. Today, SmartHR delivers massive savings for companies across diverse segments from high tech to retail by decreasing the time to complete HR processes like employment contracts down from one month to just 1-2 days. After catering to its initial offering to startups and small businesses, SmartHR is expanding its business to serve more enterprise customers.
  • PartnerSuccess — PartnerSuccess develops and provides SaaS tools that automate the collaboration between manufacturers and distributors.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 58 investments in Japan startups

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a venture capital firm in Japan. With its combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Series A $7.1M–$282M; Series B $6.7M–$652M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $534M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Orange — Orange is a developer of a variety of deep-learning models with a focus on computer vision and natural language processing for comics.
  • Teller Novel — Teller Novel is an online platform that publishes stories based on terror novels in the form of comics.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 56 investments in Japan 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, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$34M; Series A $4.3M–$64M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
  • pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 54 investments in Japan startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$43M; Series A $2.1M–$241M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • CastBio — Castbio specializes in antibody-drug conjugate-based drug discovery research and development. Along with medications, it also creates research reagents, medical equipment, in vitro diagnostic items, and offers drug discovery consulting.
  • Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
  • Reborna Biosciences — Reborna Biosciences provides research and development in the field of genetic diseases. The company develops therapeutic options for area of unmet medical needs in genetic rare disease. The company's technology enables low-molecular compounds to target ribonucleic acid. The company provides new disease-modifying drugs for patients sufferingfrom rare genetic diseases including spinal muscular atrophy.
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund · Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan · 53 investments in Japan startups

DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$283M; Series B $6.9M–$510M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reject — Reject is an esports firm that focuses on management of its team REJECT, players, apparel business, and event management services.
  • Linqmed — Linqmed is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of radiopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.
  • Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 52 investments in Japan startups

Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $697k–$64M; Series A $6M–$500M; Series B $429k–$312M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CUSTA
  • Dishwill
  • PartnerProp — PartnerProp is a PRM tool with outstanding potential and a wide variety of capabilities that resolves all partner business difficulties.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 52 investments in Japan 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: 140
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$33M; Series A $2.5M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $36M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Tear Exo — Tear Exo is a biotechnology research company that produces and sells liquid biopsy using materials for molecular recognition.
  • TelaAxon — TelaAxon develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable operations, enhancing human-AI coexistence, safety, and wellness.
  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 51 investments in Japan 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, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$47M; Series A $5.1M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Creator's X — Creator's X is an anime production firm that focuses on developing animation production assistance tools using AI.
  • Infobox — Infobox is a sales data platform that includes every detail from market research to creating a list of companies and contacting decision-makers.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 51 investments in Japan 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: 137
  • 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.
  • YOUTRUST — YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 49 investments in Japan startups

Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 156
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$85M; Series B $8.2M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $278M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Surv Biopharma — Surv Biopharma develops a drug discovery platform that facilitates research and development of veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical products.
  • Metagen Therapeutics — Metagen Therapeutics is a Drug discovery and medical business company which utilizes microbiome science.
  • Restore Vision — Restore Vision is a startup based in Japan aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 49 investments in Japan startups

UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$54M; Series A $5.2M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ALGO ARTIS — ALGO ARTIS is a software company that offers optimization in plant operations, tanking, ship allocation plan, and logistics.
  • SUN METALON — SUN METALON aims to create a world where metal products can be produced from local ores. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California.
  • BUGWORKS Research — Bugworks, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Harnessing the power of science to develop affordable, accessible, novel therapies against infectious disea
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 46 investments in Japan startups

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, Internet
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$24M; Debt Financing $2.1M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AirKamuy — AirKamuy is an aviation company that designs and manufactures fixed-wing VTOL aircraft and drones with the help of modern technology.
  • Haul — Haul is a human resources company that provides recruitment consulting and marketing SaaS development services.
  • Sorabito — SORABITO is an eCommerce marketplace for used construction equipment and machinery.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 45 investments in Japan 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 stockexchange listings.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 124
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$14M; Series A $3.1M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% 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.
  • Trustart — Trustart engages in real estate research business and real estate big data provision. The company offers real estate big data and big data subscriptions.
  • Tech Doctor — Tech Doctor is a health monitoring service which provides analysis and insights for self care reducing the need for health care workers.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 44 investments in Japan 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: 72
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$28M; Series A $28M–$413M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $688M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Matilda — Matilda, which runs a home-cooked takeout service. Orders and payments are processed online at Matilda, and customers can pick up their daily home-cooked meals from a nearby takeout station.
  • Nagisa — Nagisa develops smartphone applications to facilitate free group chats, calls, and photo and movie sharing services. It was launched in 2010 by Yoshiyuki Yokoyama and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • ECloud — E-Cloud is combines the experience and know-how cultivated in finance, IT and venture capital to provide information and opportunities related to venture investment, which has been limited until now, through the equity investment type cloud founding platform e-cloud. It provides to the general investor, and provides entrepreneurs with new means ofraising funds in addition to traditional banks and venture capital.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 42 investments in Japan startups

UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $980k–$57M; Series A $3.8M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
  • Kiwami — Kiwami offers sales promotion assistance and labor-saving solutions through the virtual store clerk.
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 41 investments in Japan startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$152M; Series B $5M–$369M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ThinkCyte — ThinkCyte provides single-cell analysis for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics with an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
  • NodeX — We build open-source embedded software and cloud tools to help developers build secure IoT products, simply. By leveraging decentralized identity and h/w root of trust technology, IoT security platform "UNiD" enables developers to automate device management and easily build secure data pipeline between every devices and the cloud.
  • CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 41 investments in Japan 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: 97
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$43M; Corporate Round $2.1M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 41 investments in Japan 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:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$213M; Series A $2.3M–$400M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
  • Aeterlink — Aeterlink is a wireless device maker and developer. They applied their technology to fields such as FA, robots, smart houses, and medicine and developed practical level technologies such as elemental technology that can wirelessly supply power.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Discover how NanoQT builds the foundation for scalable quantum computing with nanofiber cavity-QED technology and high-fidelity quantum connectivity.
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Energy & Environment Investment
VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 40 investments in Japan startups

Energy & Environment Investment, Inc. (EEI) is Japan’s first venture capital specialized in the clean technology sector. With core members who have rich hands on experience in founding and managing venture companies, we aim to provide risk money and various strategic values to promising venture companies and businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Internet of Things, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$156M; Series B $8M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $147M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Fager — Fager is an agriculture firm specializing in promoting decarbonization projects, agricultural carbon production, and sales.
  • Shippio — Shippio is a service that enables a wide range of collective international logistics arrangements and management solutions via web.The platform features full-service export and import solutions for various international transportation needs; a special dashboard designated for import and export business, shipment, cost analysis, and invoicemanagement; and documentation support.
  • Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 40 investments in Japan startups

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: 74
  • Round size: Seed $995k–$41M; Series A $5.7M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $687M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
  • Shinsekai Technologies — SHINSEKAI Technologies focuses on supporting companies, enabling them to advance their services to Web3 and NFT technologies.
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 39 investments in Japan startups

B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Taiwan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $840k–$92M; Series A $229k–$928M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
  • Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
  • Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 39 investments in Japan startups

Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consulting
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$113M; Series A $746k–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $152M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
  • Loglass — Loglass offers corporate intelligence to enhance business management.
  • GenerativeX — GenerativeX provides AI app development, consulting, and generative model development.
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 37 investments in Japan startups

Next One for the World.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Marketing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $933k–$18M; Series A $3.5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Ageless — Ageless is a staffing agency that provides human resources-related services primarily to middle-aged and senior citizens.
  • Wunderbar — Wunderbar provides intellectual property along with branding and marketing services.
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund · Hongo, Tokyo, Japan · 37 investments in Japan startups

Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$117M; Series A $1.1M–$142M; Series B $7.7M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
  • Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 36 investments in Japan startups

Spiral Capital is a venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Series A $746k–$928M; Series B $5.7M–$652M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Mozu — MOZU operates a construction materials procurement platform.
  • MUSE — MUSE is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions for retail stores to support in-store operations.
  • PowerX — PowerX strives to build a sustainable energy ecosystem to drive the world's transition to a decarbonized future.
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Venture United
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 36 investments in Japan 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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YJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 36 investments in Japan startups

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $992k–$71M; Series A $150k–$101M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.9B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
  • Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 36 investments in Japan startups

Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$326M; Series A $2.1M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $342M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Emole — Emole is a platform that connects content creators with viewers through short drama content, offering a variety of engaging stories.
  • Utoniq — Utoniq service allows them to collect the works of the artists they support digitally in the form of trading cards. Trading cards will be collected as proof of support for the creators. It is a brand-new trading card service that is both enjoyable to collect and enjoyable to exchange. They provide a service lineup in order to continually increasefan engagement. They can make flexible proposals based on the needs of artists, creators, influencers, anime characters, and so on.
  • Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 34 investments in Japan startups

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Seed $696k–$28M; Series A $1.8M–$85M; Series B $1.8M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Ryulog — Ryulog is a recruiting company that helps job seekers find international work opportunities and migrate abroad.
  • STRACT — STRACT is a web platform that provides online platform, dating app, knowledge sharing cloud platform, and casual entertainment services.
  • Tradom — Tradom is a company that offers the "Tradam Foreign Exchange Solution," an AI solution for managing foreign exchange risk.
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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 33 investments in Japan 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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Osaka University Venture Capital
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 33 investments in Japan startups

Osaka University Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage ventures in the fields of life innovation, green innovation, and platform technology. The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Osaka, Japan.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $7.1M–$99M; Series A $18M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • QunaSys — Quantum physics is a relatively new field built since the beginning of the 20th century, but we have used MRI (nuclear magnetic resonance equipment) and lasers used for close examinations in hospitals, and semiconductors mounted on computers. Supports the technology that supports the daily life of people.QunaSys was established to bring out thequantum physics that has been active behind the scenes to the front stage, and to make use of quantum properties to realize technologies that could not be achieved with existing technologies.
  • Thinker — Thinker provides sales of proximity sensors and proposed solutions using these products.
  • Orbital Lasers — Orbital is a space tech company that provides space debris business to remove debris and a satellite LiDAR business to provide surface data.
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Mobile Internet Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 32 investments in Japan startups

Mobile Internet Capital (MIC) keeps up on the latest developments of Mobile Internet technologies and services at a high level, and continues to be a venture capital with both technical expertise and execution capability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 115
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$47M; Series A $3M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Grafenary — Graphenary creates unique graphene optical devices using graphene materials with a variety of remarkable features.
  • NanoFrontier — NanoFrontier continues to market technologies that are widely available and incredibly inexpensive.
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 32 investments in Japan startups

We are engineers investing in engineers. With experienced mentors, MIRAISE supports you hands-if basis, for business model, financial planning and presentation. All founders of our potfolio automatically join MIRAISE online community that gives you the peer-learning opportunities with other founders. Join us updating the normal!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $440k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
  • JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
  • SUSHI TOP MARKETING — SUSHI TOP MARKETING is an IT company that offers marketing, NFT utilization, and consulting services.
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Real Tech Japan
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 32 investments in Japan startups

Real Tech Japan is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in innovative R&D technology companies. Realtech Fund is a joint venture between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). The firm was founded in 2014 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Seed $5M–$43M; Series A $6M–$241M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Ashirase — Ashirase is a developer of a walking navigation system for the visually challenged. The company assists visually impaired people in walking independently. This also allows the user to have more attention to spare for audible warnings in their environment. It includes voice input and guidance via a smartphone app. A vibration interface is attachedto their shoes.
  • Ken Robotec — Ken Robotec is a construction company that provides labor-saving solutions.
  • MaterialGate — MaterialGate focuses on single-molecule dielectrics, developing technologies for devices with better electronic characteristics.
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Drone Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 31 investments in Japan startups

Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$18M; Series A $2M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Metro Weather — Metroweather is a venture from Kyoto University that develops a high-performance Doppler lidar that measures the direction and speed of wind several tens of kilometers away from minute movements of fine particles in the atmosphere. We aim to contribute to the safety of the sky by completing a three-dimensional wind map, which has never beenrealized,based on years of research at the Kyoto University Research Institute for Sustainable Areas.
  • SORA Technology — SORA Technology builds and operates health care and public health infrastructure utilizing drones and their operational management systems.
  • Japan Wind Tunnel Manufacturing — JAPAN FUDO is a company that develops and manufactures new products related to wind, such as the world's most compact wind tunnel "Aero Optim" series and double propeller wind turbines.
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VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 8.2k deals from 3.6k investors.

3.6k
investors
in Japan startups
8.2k
deals
in Japan startups
$20M
median round
in Japan startups
31%
lead investors
lead at least one round
26%
Seed
most common funding stage

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