# Top 10 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Japan in June 2026

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

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.

## Seibu Shinkin Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shioya, Kumamoto, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Apps

Seibu Shinkin Capital is an investment, M & A, and incubation office that contributes to the promotion of the local economy.

## Canal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Apps, Internet

Canal Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm of the Nihon Unisys Group that invests in seed early phase startups.

## Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, Energy, Information Technology

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation offers a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital, and other credit-related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries, and affiliates in the various businesssegments.It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. As of the year 2009, SMBC was the second largest bank in Japan in terms of assets.

## SMBC Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Software

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.

## Kakao Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software

Incorporated in 2015, Kakao Investment is a 100% subsidiary of Kakao which specializes in venture capital investments.Based on Kakao’s philosophy of “Connect Everything”, Kakao Investment seeks to invest and support innovative start-ups that can realize interpersonal connection and the connection of all of us to the things around us. Also KakaoInvestment strives to foster a virtuous circle with in the venture environment by facilitating M&As and IPOs.

## SBI Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services

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.

## Sony Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.

## SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series D, Series B
- Focus: Finance, Manufacturing, Task Management

SuMi TRUST Innovation Fund is a vehicle jointly established by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and SBI Investment.

## Shinsei Corporate Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Software

Shinsei Corporate Investment supports the creation and development of the business.

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