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Top 50 Web3 VC Funds & Investors in Japan (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Web3 startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Web3 startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Ceres
VC Fund
7 Japan Seed, Corporate Round Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet $1.4M–$50M
East Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Internet $649k–$38M
JAFCO
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $2.7M–$298M
MIRAISE
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting $383k–$14M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Health Care, Software $4.5M–$425M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
3 Japan, China, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Financial Services, FinTech $758k–$213M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $414k–$99M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, China Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Internet $2.7M–$553M
Mask Network
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $900k–$12M
KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, SaaS $1M–$100M
DIMENSION
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Romania Series A, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing $895k–$1.1B
Money Forward
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, India Seed, Series A Software, Accounting, Financial Services $1.6M–$92M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $1M–$64M
MT Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Apps, Beauty, Energy
SBI Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Information Technology, Software, Financial Services $4M–$283M
F Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Service Industry
Venture Labo Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, Indonesia, South Korea Series B, Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $953k–$553M
Shima Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.2M–$11M
Gmjp
VC Fund
2 United States, Japan, Singapore Seed Blockchain, Software, Web Apps $1M–$6M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Content, Marketing, Software $771k–$35M
Nippon Technology Venture Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Series B Blockchain, FinTech, Mobile $6.2M–$184M
Yokohama Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Series D Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $38k–$780M
PE&HR
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $1.4M–$50M
Sora Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Taiwan, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin $500k–$7.6M
Triatomic Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Japan, Spain Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $7M–$500M
SBI Group
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $3M–$213M
MZ Web3 Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $500k–$198M
B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Taiwan, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Information Technology, Apps $229k–$928M
D4V
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, Apps $1.4M–$89M
FreakOut Holdings
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Internet, Information Technology $102k–$59M
Presto
VC Fund
2 Singapore, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 $1.5M–$225M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $3.1M–$85M
DeNA
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Content, Internet $1.2M–$142M
GSR
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
aucfan Co.,Ltd.
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia, France Series A, Corporate Round E-Commerce, Marketing, Internet
Old Fashion Research
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Blockchain
Evolution Equity Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Cyber Security, Software, Network Security
Orient Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series D Apps, Logistics, Information Services
Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund
1 United States, Finland, India Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
NAC
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series C SaaS, Legal, Medical
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan, France, Singapore Series A, Seed Task Management, Software, Internet
Stratified Capital
VC Fund
1 Malaysia Seed Blockchain, Apps, Fitness
Find Satoshi Lab
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Web3, Gaming, Blockchain
Spiral Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Internet
TIS
VC Fund
1 Japan Series C Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
Brand New Retail Initiative Fund
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology
Sky9 Capital
VC Fund
1 China, United States, Singapore Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Blockchain, Information Technology
Square Enix
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Taiwan Seed, Series B Blockchain, Gaming, Computer
Giftee
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Content, Blockchain, Web Design
Monday Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Gibraltar, India Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$39M; Corporate Round $7.1M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
  • AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Web3 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: 448
  • Round size: Seed $649k–$18M; Series A $2.1M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FR8Labs — FR8Labs offers a practical freight forwarder solution that includes all of the modules required, without the extraneous trappings of overly sophisticated features that may not use but wind up paying for.
  • Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
  • Fresh Factory — Fresh Factory runs a web of hyperlocal cold-chain fulfilment centers in Indonesia.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Web3 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: 271
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$255M; Series B $6.4M–$298M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
  • The Chain Museum — The Chain Museum creates a platform for connecting individuals .
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MIRAISE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Web3 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: 51
  • Round size: Seed $383k–$14M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% 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!
  • Yozboshi — Yozboshi is a software firm that develops accounting software along with legal compliance consulting services.
  • Colega AI — Create engaging social media content every day with AI. Colega AI is your AI social media manager that helps your business grow and reach new customers.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Web3 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: 513
  • Round size: Series A $4.5M–$170M; Series B $5.7M–$425M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

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.
  • Pragtech — Pragtech develops and operates parking lot service software that helps to eliminate payment congestion and reduce operating costs.
  • 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.
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Web3 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: 132
  • Round size: Seed $758k–$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

  • Tradom — Tradom is a company that offers the "Tradam Foreign Exchange Solution," an AI solution for managing foreign exchange risk.
  • AI Mage
  • Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Web3 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: 157
  • Round size: Seed $414k–$23M; Series A $4.9M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Nekonome — Nekonome creates a game platform with global character designs, in-game updates, and regular events, providing a personalized gaming experience based on data.
  • AVA Intelligence — AVA Intelligence is a Internet service development company.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Web3 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: 439
  • Round size: Series A $2.7M–$156M; Series B $5.2M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.4B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • LUC — LUC is a provider of the AI ​​x experience analysis platform "TERUS," .
  • Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
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Mask Network
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Your Portal To The New, Open Internet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Pre-Seed $900k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Texts — The ultimate messaging app
  • AlchemyNFT — AlchemyNFT is a non-fungible token (NFT) service.
  • Splinterlands — Splinterlands is a decentralized, digital collectible trading card game built on blockchain technology. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Media, Pennsylvania.
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KSK Angel Fund
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

KSK Angel Fund is a venture capital firm that offers data about the technology for services sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$48M; Series A $2.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
  • manebi — manebi is an Career development support platform business to support human transformation.
  • Terra Motors — Terra Motors is an electric car manufacturing company that utilizes IoT and digitally connecting EV mobility. They develop the global enterprise for global warming. SEED48 is the first electronic motorcycles that have brilliant functionality such as the highest speed(40km/h)and practicality(40km/1charge) Their products are provided at thefamous electronic retail stores, do-it-yourself stores, bicycle stores, car stores, and gas stations. They achieve a dominant share of the electronic motorcycles market.In 2011, They would mainly focus on the south east Asian market.
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DIMENSION
VC Fund · Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

DIMENSION is an investment fund management company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Content, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Romania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Series A $4.2M–$928M; Series B $895k–$1.1B
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aracan — Aracan is an e-commerce business that provides online and offline car-sharing services for vehicles.
  • Biophilia — Biophilia is a company specializing in pet-related, consulting business, internet service business, and consignment development business. The company was established in August 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Pacific Meta — Pacific Meta is a tech startup that creates a web3 platform with the goal of offering guidance to businesses using blockchain technology. The firm platform aids in the product's localization for the Japanese market and offers community management services, enabling businesses to promote themselves on social media platforms and work withinfluencers in the cryptocurrency space.
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Money Forward
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Accounting, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$85M; Series A $1.6M–$92M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lisse — Lisse offers legal business innovation through the use of AI.
  • Chatwork — Chatwork is a communication platform designed for companies and teams, also comes with fully integrated task and file management feature.
  • Stock — Stock develops products that relieve the stress of sharing information from teams around the world.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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: 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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MT Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

MT Partners provides real estate management and financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • aboon — Aboon develops is a coupon application that introduces shops that attract customers. Aboon was founded on 2018 and is based in Yokohama, Japan.
  • Updater — Minna Electric Power is an Electricity retail service for corporations and individuals company.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 349
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$170M; Series B $6.5M–$283M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Pliant — Pliant makes the latest generation of corporate credit cards that adapt perfectly to business processes and needs.
  • Sonire Therapeutics — Sonire Therapeutics provides High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment for cancer.
  • Oxford Quantum Circuits — Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies.
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F Ventures
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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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Venture Labo Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Venture Labo Investment is venture capital firm that provides financial supports to invested companies at each growth stage.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $953k–$75M; Series B $7.1M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $415M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • XDeli — XDeli is a digital application that offers food delivery and meal subsidy service for corporate employees.
  • Castee — Castee provides social collaboration services and also helps with a tool for job requests and overseas projects for creators.
  • SImount — SImount is a database management system platform that connects all data such as Excel, CSV, PDF. Moreover, It can utilize all the data related to business, leading to higher business efficiency and higher sales.
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Shima Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 242
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 3RM — Verified contact at any decentralized organization. Manage new business, partnerships, and engagement across organizations like never before.
  • BullPerks — BullPerks is a community of like-minded individuals who want to leverage their power and invest together in the best projects on equal terms with VCs.
  • Faith Tribe — Faith Tribe is a open- source fashion design platform that focuses on NFT minting, P2P transactions.
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Gmjp
VC Fund · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

gmjp is a web3 fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Web Apps
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dora — Dora is a block explorer that is building a cross chain search engine. Dora is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York and was founded in 2022.
  • Toonsutra — TOONSUTRA is home to award-winning comics & graphic novels across action, romance, fantasy, comedy & more. Read online or download the app.
  • Asymmetry Finance — The Home of The High-Yield Customized Stablecoins
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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 $3.5M–$35M
  • 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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Nippon Technology Venture Partners
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Nippon Technology Venture Partners is a Japanese independent investment firm that invests in technology-driven companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series A $6.2M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
  • COMSA — Comsa is a conduit for future ICOs that want to exist in the COMSA ecosystem. As part of the project, a COMSA team is now already in place to provide companies with consultation, expertise and solutions to support their very own ICOs and implement blockchain technology into their business practices using our Zaif exchange and mijin privateblockchain software, all at the same time, as a one-stop solution.
  • warashibe — warashibe engages in the development and operation of blockchain-related products.
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Yokohama Capital
VC Fund · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Yokohama Capital as a venture capital firm conducts investment and rehabilitation support for small and medium-sized companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series D
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Series A $38k–$241M; Series D $7.4M–$780M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JPYC — JPYC is a financial institution that issues the community stablecoin JPYC, which is pegged to the yen of Japanese. They want to create a society where everyone can develop by fusing the real world with the world of cryptocurrencies and increasing the liquidity of capital to achieve their goal of overcoming the social conundrum. It will promotecapital's liquidity and create an environment that helps in development for all.
  • Varinos — Varinos is a clinical laboratory contract analysis company that is a partner of medical institutions. Varinos provides genomic testing development and contract analysis services using the latest technology, the next-generation sequencer.
  • 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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PE&HR
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$28M; Series A $9.2M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
  • Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
  • Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that focuses on producing and publishing interactive games.
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Sora Ventures
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Sora Ventures acquires and operates publicly traded companies across Asia, integrating disciplined Bitcoin treasury strategies on the balance sheet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Taiwan, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Satscreener — Satscreener is a developer of a data aggregation platform that provides extensive analytical tools for Bitcoin-native assets.
  • Best in Slot — Best in Slot offers an open-source indexing client for efficient blockchain data management in application development.
  • Swell — Swell Network is a permissionless, non-custodial, and liquid ETH staking protocol that is built for stakers, node operators, and the Ethereum ecosystem. A community-driven and open-source protocol backed by the industry’s leading funds and angels.
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Triatomic Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Founder-driven venture capital firm helping great entrepreneurs build 'century-defining' businesses & technologies. Focused on deep tech, health tech, new economy, and AI.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Series A $7M–$200M; Series B $35M–$500M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Elegen — Skip cloning with the only entirely cell-free DNA synthesis provider. Sequences up to 7 kb. Error rates as low as 1:70,000/bp. Manufactured in USA, NGS-verified and shipped globally in as few business days.
  • Betteromics — The Precision Biomarker and Digital Health Platform
  • Manifold Bio — Our innovative technology combines protein barcoding and high-throughput in vivo capabilities to design drugs with more precise molecular testing.
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SBI Group
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

SBI Group aims to become a corporate entity that provides a variety of one-stop financial services over the Internet now that two major events, the Financial Big Bang resulting from deregulation, and the Internet Revolution resulting from IT innovation, have radically transformed the financial industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$142M; Series B $7M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DriveWealth — DriveWealth, the global fintech investment rail and pioneer of fractional equities trading, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hands. We believe the future is fractional, transactional, and mobile. Every mobile device should bea gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth’s consultative support and cloud based, modern technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth.
  • Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
  • My Zoi Financial Inclusion Technologies — MyZoi, a Standard Chartered subsidiary, aims for global Digital financial inclusion of the underbanked. Based in the UAE
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MZ Web3 Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Accredited Venture Capital backing Japan Market Entry for All Web3 projects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lolli — Lolli is a rewards application that allows users to earn bitcoin when shopping online.The company has partnered with 1,000+ top brands to give people the ability to easily earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. When users shop on one of the partner sites, Lolli gets a percentage of each sale. The company then splits that percent with users, sendingbitcoin to users' Lolli wallet.Lolli was founded in 2018 by Alex Adelman and Matt Senter and is headquartered in New York, NY.
  • KEKKAI — KEKKAI is a wallet Security product create an environment where all users can enjoy Web3 with ease and secure.
  • Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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: 89
  • 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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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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: 78
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$41M; Series A $5.7M–$89M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% 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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FreakOut Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

We are spread out into global with our mission "Give people work that requires a person" through our freak'in technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $747k–$14M; Series A $102k–$47M; Series B $10M–$59M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Progate — Progate is an online platform to learn programming. Learn to build your own apps and services.
  • Coco — Coco is a communication tool. They develop software that will help the service sector become more customer-oriented. They improve customer satisfaction by digitizing customer surveys and converting telephone interactions with customers to text chat.
  • 91springboard — Explore 91Springboard, the best co-working company offering premium co-working spaces and shared office solutions. Whether you're a startup, freelancer, or team, enjoy flexible workspaces, modern amenities, and prime locations tailored to your needs.
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Presto
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Presto is an algorithmic trading firm where researchers and engineers solve challenging problems in global financial markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $10M–$225M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Telos — Telos (TLOS) is the mass adoption, open finance network led by a community of visionary trailblazers. Telos is fast, scalable, accessible and fully decentralized, making it the ideal blockchain for real world use. Powered by its native asset, TLOS, the Telos network is home to a growing ecosystem of over 100 apps and integrations.
  • WOO Network — Discover WOO's ecosystem of centralized and decentralized apps to seize every opportunity in crypto.
  • Bloomingbit
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 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: 175
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$54M; Series A $5.2M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ImmunoScape — ImmuniScape discovers and develops novel TCR-based therapeutics against solid tumors
  • Metcela — Cells hold endless possibilities. Through science, we will unlock these potentials and harness them to improve the lives of patients worldwide.
  • Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
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DeNA
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Web3 startups

DeNA provides a social game platform, social games, e-commerce, and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. Its current flagship business is its mobile social games platform Mobage which offers first, second, and third-party games on multiple localized player networks worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$14M; Series A $2.5M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tane — Dubai/NYC/Tokyo-based crypto-focused investment research firm. Investing in the Future of Decentralization.
  • Buzzreach — Buzzreach is a Tokyo-based MedTech Company.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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GSR
VC Fund · Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups, 25 in the past 12 months

GSR is the global leader in crypto trading and market-making. We specialize in providing liquidity, trading and risk management solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 170
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Memes Lab — Memes Lab is a multi-level meme infrastructure on TON, integrated with Telegram Stars, which allows users to purchase meme coins without a wallet.
  • DoubleZero — DoubleZero is developing a global fiber network intended for high-performance distributed systems and blockchains. It seeks to enhance blockchain performance by establishing a dedicated physical infrastructure layer for communication.
  • Canopy — Canopy is a DeFi platform built on Movement that leverages a dynamically balanced dual-token ecosystem of $LEAF and $OAK, as well as the ability for users to offer liquidity with single asset deposits.
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aucfan Co.,Ltd.
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Aucfan is the only company in Japan that provides all the eCommerce price data across the big three market, America, China and Japan. The data Aucfan aggregates has reached more than 800millions with last 8 years coverage and Aucfan provides these data through its website Aucfan.com. (www.aucfan.com).The data Aucfan provides both to theconsumers and the retailers include the the price across the major global EC and Auction sites such as Rakuten, the No1 shopping site in Japan, Yahoo! Auction, the No1 Auction site in Japan, and Amazon Japan as well as eBay.com, the No1 EC site in US, and Taobao, the No1 Auction site in China.By visiting the Aucfan.com, buyers and sellers can easily find the price and the value of the product globally.Aucfan currently focuses on the consumer buesinss but Aucfan's next strategy is to expand its business to the BtoB by providing the price data to the EC and retail markets and helping them make the critical judgement for the price setting and purchsing just like the Bloomberg providing the financial informationto the financial brokers and helping them make the business judgement.Aucfan's next ambition is to expand its business globally and as the part of that strategy, Aucfan has already launched the Chinese website in JULY/2010 and plans to open the US site in SEP/2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Marketing, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ginkan — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
  • Yuwaeru — Yuwaeru is a Direct-to-Consumer company
  • nextProtein — nextProtein is developing a large scale and sustainable insect based source of protein. The bioconversion of fly larvae fed with organic waste generates valuable feed components for fish, livestock and pets.
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Old Fashion Research
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Old Fashion Research

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Playbux — At Playbux, we believe that the Metaverse is more than just another world; it is indeed a way for us to connect other platforms into our world.
  • Xverse — Xverse is the most advanced and user-friendly Bitcoin wallet. Earn BTC, trade Ordinals, and connect to Web3 apps powered by Stacks. Download for iOS, Android and Chrome.
  • Amnis Finance — Stake APT on the best liquid staking protocol on Aptos to receive daily rewards with an attractive APR of 9%.
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Evolution Equity Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital investor leveraging deep sector expertise to help exceptional entrepreneurs develop market-leading companies. The firm has a focus on cyber-security, enterprise software and consumer related opportunities and brings significant resources to portfolio companies seeking to expand ininternational markets. Evolution Equity Partners has invested in well-known companies including AVG Technologies, OpenDNS, Carbon Black, Onapsis, Security Scorecard, Cognitive Security, DF Labs, 60K Group and others. The firm purchases both primary and secondary shares investing in high growth businesses across multiple stages, primarily in North America, Europe and Israel. Visit us at www.evolutionequity.com or follow us on Twitter at @EvolutionEquity

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cyber Security, Software, Network Security
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Oleria — Meet Oleria, a new security approach that adapts to your organization and enables you to achieve business outcomes without compromising innovation.
  • Metomic — Metomic detects, classifies and controls sensitive data in cloud applications to simplify compliance and offer security peace-of-mind.
  • Toposware — From pioneering cryptographic research to engineering global-scale distributed systems technologies, Toposware is committed to solving the hardest problems to advance open internet standards.
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Orient Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Orient Corporation is a consumer credit company that provides auto loans, credit cards, and direct cash loan services. The company was founded in 1954 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Logistics, Information Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series D
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • GINKAN — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
  • New Revo — New Revo is a logistics start-up company that provides "strategic logistics".
  • Baseconnect Japan — Baseconnect Co., Ltd. connects people from all over the world and spends one-tenth the time it takes for people to “know”.
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Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Play the Future. Galaxy Interactive is a leading sector-focused VC investing in interactive entertainment, at the intersection of content, social, finance and technology.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DM2C Studio — This is a web3 project by DM2C Studio,a group company of DMM. The project will be propelling New Entertainment Frontiers in the Digital Realm using proprietary tokens.
  • HyperSpace — We invent, build, and operate next-gen attractions connected to digital lifestyles.
  • Galactic Holdings — Galactic Holdings offers a series of digital finance products.
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NAC
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

NAC engages in delivery-related businesses such as home delivery and Duskin, and residential-related businesses.Since the company's founding, it has been engaged in various businesses. Starting with Duskin, NAC entered the environmental hygiene business for restaurants, architectural consulting utilizing the customer base, and in 2002, andthen home sales and home water distribution business. Furthermore, in 2013, JIMOS Co., Ltd., which handles the mail-order business, was grouped, and NAC's business is developing as a "useful company for living" centered on the two axes of living and living.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Legal, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • INNOPHYS — INNOPHYS is developing, designing, manufacturing, consulting and distributing robotics equipment for various industries. Their flagship product, Muscle Suit® is a wearable robot supported by artificial muscle technology, well known for its high quality and reasonable price compared with the same kind of support exoskeletons. The company is planningto expand its business to Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.
  • wakuwaku — WAKUWAKU is a Japanese real estate tech company that focuses on developing a platform that helps users to search for and renovate used housing. In addition, the company offers platforms for building materials e-commerce and marketing automation for the real estate and construction industries.
  • Robot Consulting Co., Ltd — [Metaverse, Intellectual Property, Legal Tech, SaaS] Robot Consulting Introduction Video>>> https://youtu.be/URCrcZ45lbY , Youtube Channel>>> https://www.youtube.com/@robotconsulting , Press Releases>>> https://robotconsulting.net/en-news/
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 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: Task Management, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, France, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
  • DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
  • COUNTERWORKS — Counter works is an Information technology company.
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Stratified Capital
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Stratified Capital is a blockchain venture capital with its headquarter in Singapore. The fund aims to provide seed investment and incubation to early-stage blockchain related projects to get higher alpha and bring new vehicle to investors into adiversified & institutional-quality portfolio of digital assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Apps, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Soul Land — SoulLand is a gamified social subscription platform designed to tackle Web3's sinking information and social demands through the use of gaming.
  • CrystalFun — Crystal Fun is a decentralized game ecosystem and studio. It seeks to effortlessly combine high-quality games into a sustainable economic ecology, ushering in a new gaming experience to Web3.
  • Merlin Chain — Merlin Chain offers a native scaling solution.
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Find Satoshi Lab
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Building enjoyable web3 products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web3, Gaming, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Matr1x — Matr1x is the first-ever mobile shooting game in the Web3 industry.
  • Dill — Dill is a scalable data availability network. The modular network is fully compatible with the Danksharding roadmap
  • HackQuest — HackQuest is a Multichain Web3 developer and founder platform, with education, community events, hackathons, and accelerators at its core. HackQuest helps over 20 leading ecosystems such as Mantle, Solana, Arbitrum, and Linea onboard quality developers and supports developers to jumpstart their careers in Web3.
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Spiral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 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: 86
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MUSE — MUSE is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions for retail stores to support in-store operations.
  • Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.
  • BACKSEAT — BACKSEAT provides embedded crypto exchange and Web3 Services.
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TIS
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

TIS has a basic framework of solutions that enables us to approach from all angles.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Stage:Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Questry — Questry is an industry-focused financial startup, revolutionizing the traditional funding model that supports content creation.
  • Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.
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Brand New Retail Initiative Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Brand New Retail Initiative Fund is an investment fund. It is operated by INNO Associates Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Questry — Questry is an industry-focused financial startup, revolutionizing the traditional funding model that supports content creation.
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Sky9 Capital
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Sky9 Capital is a leading venture capital fund dedicated to supporting disruptive technologies and outstanding innovators to drive change and create positive impact for the society, environment and individual lives.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mint BioTech — Mint BioTech is a biotechnology company that provides develops eco-friendly biomolecules and materials to improve sustainability.
  • CrytocoinMiner — CrytocoinMiner presents a seamless and easy-to-use cloud mining solution that allows you to easily discover the world of cryptocurrency mining, whether you're interested in Bitcoin or Ethereum.
  • Final Round AI — Final Round AI is an AI-driven platform designed to fundamentally change the job search process.
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Square Enix
VC Fund · Shinjuku, Yamanashi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Square Enix develops, publishes, and markets interactive entertainment titles worldwide. It publishes online games, mobile entertainment, music, and DVDs. The company’s products include Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Tomb Raider, Heroes & Generals, Deus Ex Human Revolution Director’s cut, Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack, SaGa Frontier OriginalSoundtrack, Xenogears Original Soundtrack, Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack, and Space Invaders.The company also provides PlayOnline, a cross-platform online community; and multiplayer online role-playing games for PC, Mac, and Linux. Square Enix was founded in 1989 and is based in El Segundo, California.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • HyperPlay — HyperPlay is a web3-native game launcher that enables players to carry their wallet, NFTs, tokens, and achievements into every game.
  • MANTRA — MANTRA is a developer of machine translation technology.
  • Elixir Games — Elixir Games is a game company that develops next-generation games for power players.
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Giftee
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Giftee is a service that makes it simple to give gifts via the internet. They offer simple presents that may be sent right away along with sentiments like thank you, congrats, and excellent job. via line, twitter, email, etc., It is a method for creating redeemable eGifts that can be used in stores as well as for selling the created eGifts on thewebsite of your business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Blockchain, Web Design
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Microverse — Microverse offers NFT-related services such as content creation, distribution, and customer service.
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Monday Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Web3 startups

Venture Capital with a focus on Blockchain, AI and VR

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Gibraltar, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AINN Layer2 — A Bitcoin Layer2 Solution Built On AI-Driven Modular Architecture
  • Hera Biotech — Hera Biotech is a biotechnology company that is mainly developed for women's health and reproductive medicines. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
  • Dandelion Science — The central nervous system is one of the most complex biological pathways. At Dandelion, we are working to target the data pathways of the brain with the potential to reimagine the paradigm.
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Web3 VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 218 deals from 403 investors.

403
investors
in Japan Web3 startups
218
deals
in Japan Web3 startups
$17M
median round
in Japan Web3 startups
26%
lead investors
lead at least one round
25%
Seed
most common funding stage

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