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Top 50 Wellness VC Funds & Investors in Japan (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Japan Wellness startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Wellness startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
ANRI
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Health Care $275k–$34M
Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $345k–$117M
Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.4M–$50M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
Dual Bridge Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Service Industry, Wellness, Apps $670k–$20M
Monozukuri Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Japan Seed, Series A Hardware, Software, Manufacturing $465k–$16M
Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Japan, South Korea, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Content $613k–$52M
EpiST Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Consulting, Manufacturing, Wellness $628k–$6.1M
Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $644k–$64M
All About Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Medical, Software, Health Care $1M–$9.4M
STATION AI
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Drones $428k–$15M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
2 Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $212k–$13M
Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Internet $1.7M–$99M
Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Music, Sales $134k–$4.7M
D4V
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce $443k–$18M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $712k–$85M
90s
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A SaaS, Consulting, Information Technology $417k–$3.6M
Iceblue Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Consulting, Financial Services $417k–$4.5M
Coconala Skill Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Food and Beverage, Apps, Mobile Apps $655k–$8.9M
Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, France Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed Software, Manufacturing, Task Management $310k–$43M
Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative
VC Fund
2 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round Content, Task Management, Wellness $147k–$4.9M
Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
2 United States, China, Singapore Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Financial Services, Blockchain $2M–$55M
SBI Investment
VC Fund
2 Japan, South Korea, United States Series B, Series A Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $1.9M–$62M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $457k–$28M
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
VC Fund
2 Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Wellness, Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care $3M–$24M
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
2 Japan, China, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Internet $661k–$41M
GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $665k–$49M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Myanmar Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology $96k–$16M
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$68M
JP Life Next Fund
VC Fund
2 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device $665k–$52M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
2 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $480k–$11M
UNITED
VC Fund
2 Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Software, Information Technology $645k–$43M
Kiraboshi Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan, India Debt Financing, Seed Education, Health Care, Task Management
Asuka Holding
VC Fund
1 India, Japan Seed, Series A Sports, Banking, FinTech
Kyowa
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Series C Beauty, Finance, Computer
Sun Asterisk
VC Fund
1 Japan, Thailand Series A, Seed, Corporate Round Apps, Beauty, Security $1.2M–$99M
LiB Consulting
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B Beauty, Wellness, Health Care
Segue Group
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Beauty, Wellness, Health Care $1M–$99M
MS JAPAN
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Beauty, Content, Wellness
IMAGE WORKS
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Beauty, Wellness, Health Care
Scrum Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, China Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.1M–$31M
Miraca Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series C Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology $3.9M–$13M
Cyberdyne
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing $1.4M–$50M
CEJ Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Medical, Health Care, Medical Device $4.6M–$170M
MTG Co., Ltd.
VC Fund
1 Japan, China, United States Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Software, Medical $932k–$33M
Globe Advisors
VC Fund
1 Japan, Switzerland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A SNS, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $583k–$156M
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking
VC Fund
1 Japan, China, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Internet of Things, Information Technology $1.5M–$213M
MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Medical, Manufacturing, Software $95k–$4.8M
TLM
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series B Information Technology, Content, SNS $123k–$5.7M
Direct Marketing MiX
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed Wellness, Child Care, Health Care
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Wellness 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, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 306
  • Round size: Seed $275k–$10M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $731k–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • HANAMII — HANAMII is a creative and marketing company that offers digital marketing, branding, business support services, and social media marketing.
  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund · Hongo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $345k–$117M; Series A $3M–$51M; Series B $4.7M–$83M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $124M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
  • Storm Therapeutics — Targeting pathways that modify RNA to deliver novel cancer therapeutics.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 183
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$50M; Series B $3.3M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
  • KUZEN — KUZEN provides enterprise-grade chatbot technologies, especially the bot framework and NLP, via a visual UI without coding. The company is utilizing technology to develop a system that broadens the scope of dialogue. They use technology to provide their customers with next-generation standard procedures that broaden the possibilities ofconversation, resulting in unprecedented business practices.
  • Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 238
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$4.8M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
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Dual Bridge Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Dual Bridge Capital is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Service Industry, Wellness, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $670k–$9.6M; Series A $2.5M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $9.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TricoLogic — TricoLogic is a consultancy that offers technical code coaching, language skills training, and digital marketing services.
  • Hinoki — Hinoki is a business succession company that acquires small and mid-sized businesses for long-term ownership and supports their continued growth through management, technology, and talent investments.
  • Global Trust Networks — GTN is a Japanese real estate brokerage firm. Foreigners can use the company's rent guarantee and real estate rental brokerage services to acquire brokerage services at a low cost.
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Monozukuri Ventures
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Startup First. A global VC focused on IoT small lot manufacturing and startup investment. Support to hardware growth from business model to supply chain

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hardware, Software, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $465k–$3.8M; Series A $949k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • REVORN — REVORN is a fragrance AI and DX research and development company. They develop products such as odor sensors that can respond to odor issues and needs. They provide consultation at a range of levels, from identifying issues to developing solutions.
  • Rutilea — RUTILEA is an IT company that aims to solve social issues through open-source. By advancing revolutionary 'AI teaching AI' concept, edefine automation, data-driven decision-making, and operational efficiency.
  • LENZO — They are system architects and builders, committed to engineering high-performance, energy-efficient hardware for a new generation of workloads. They hold great expectations that Japan-based LENZO will drive a game-changing breakthrough with its innovative semiconductors and establish a strong presence on the global stage. Their proprietary CGLAarchitecture delivers breakthrough performance per watt in a compact, cost-effective form.
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 20 in the past 12 months

Z Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Z Holdings that invests in companies that focuses on the insurance and finance industry.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $190M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • But Beautiful — A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
  • Melife — Melife offers training programs, web services,computer education and system development.
  • Cosmobloom — Cosmobloom Co. is a manufacturing company that analyses, designs, and develops space solar power generation systems and solar power sails.
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EpiST Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Wellness startups

epiST is an advanced technology internalization consulting company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Manufacturing, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $628k–$1.8M; Series A $1.5M–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.2M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Factory X — Factory X is an information technology company that helps to increase value manufacturers with the inventory strategy model.
  • Quastella — Quastella develops quality control technologies for cell-based manufacturing and life science applications. The company provides systems for analyzing, recording, and managing cellular data using image-based evaluation methods. Its technology supports the construction and utilization of cell-related datasets, monitoring of cell states, comparisonof historical records, and quantitative assessment of cell quality. The company serves organizations engaged in biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and related research and industrial activities.
  • New Space Intelligence — We provide Satellite data pipeline services and Remote sensing Satellite Solutions with AI, machine learning and Big data such as Change detection through optical and SAR time series data, crop pattern classification, Infrastructure monitoring.
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $644k–$64M; Series A $892k–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • bellFace — bellFace is an InsideSales System specialized targetted for Business to business sales customer support.No log in, no installation required. No matter where you are, it connects in 5 seconds becacuse it operates in the browser (patented). The audio system is connected through the telephone lines, there is no interruption like with Web meetingsystems. bellFace which is specific to sales, comes with document sharing and script function, so your experience is just like face to face communication . It is also suited for inside sales.
  • WineBank — "WineBank" is a real-time online wine management and investment solution that we offer. In addition to operating a restaurant, it runs a sales company for food, drink, and other items.
  • Mourning Clothes Rescue — Mourning Clothes Rescue operates a specialized clothing rental model utilizing automated, 24-hour unmanned storefronts. Users complete reservations and payments through smartphones to instantly access physical retail outlets via smart locks. This continuous availability solves the immediate challenge of acquiring formal attire on short noticeduring unexpected bereavement. By removing traditional staff overhead, the system passes cost efficiencies to consumers while providing private, on-site fitting options and long-term rental periods.
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All About Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

All About Japan provides media and digital marketing, recommendation media, global marketing, trial marketing and commerce, and lifelong learning services. They also provide internet, advertising, and media services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$9.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Torihada — Torihada is a creative firm specializing in influencer marketing, creating content, and digital marketing.
  • xxxxnese — xxxxnese is a logistics company that focuses on import, export, domestic sales, influencer marketing, and software development businesses.
  • ZIRITZ — StockFormer is a real estate investment platform that connects investors with property opportunities. Users can calculate their asset score and gain a better understanding of their position and status as an investor, as well as their creditworthiness to financial institutions, among other things. Investors can exchange information on purchased andsold properties, as well as loan terms. The log provides investors with an understanding of the current real estate market conditions, investment conditions, and loan conditions that correspond to their asset formation level, allowing them to make appropriate investment decisions.
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STATION AI
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
  • Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
  • Factory X — Factory X is an information technology company that helps to increase value manufacturers with the inventory strategy model.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 64 in the past 12 months

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

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 363
  • Round size: Seed $281k–$1.6M; Debt Financing $212k–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $635k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.
  • Craif — Icaria's mission is to create a new society in which people will not lose their lives by using urine tests to provide "early, painless and accurate early diagnosis of cancer."It is known that detecting cancer early increases the survival rate 5 to 10 times and greatly improves the prognosis. However, it is not unusual for manycancers to have no subjective symptoms, and when they become aware they have progressed to a stage where treatment is impossible. The most effective way to detect cancer at an early stage that can be treated is to have regular and high-precision cancer diagnosis, but existing cancer diagnosis is painful and However, many of them are not accurate enough and are not suitable for regular diagnosis and early stage diagnosis.
  • Sincecore — Sincecore is a regtech and corporate governance company. It develops and operates a dialogue governance platform designed to standardize and support corporate compliance operations.
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 17 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 199
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$47M; Series B $4.4M–$99M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $51M in 2026

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.
  • RoboTruck — RoboTruck develops autonomous driving technologies for huge trucks, as well as practical applications.
  • Knowledge Work — Knowledge Work specializes in the development and sales of software for companies.
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Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund · Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Vitom — Vitom is a FoodTech startup that addresses the issues of sustainability and reliability in the food industry.
  • CrossVision — CrossVision offers solutions and services specific to the VTuber market.
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D4V
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $443k–$7M; Series A $1.2M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $823k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $46M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sazo — Sazo specializes in constructing a global e-commerce and logistics network with AI.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
  • Genba Hub — Genba Hub specializes in providing business management systems for construction and maintenance enterprises.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness 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, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 526
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$52M; Series B $2.4M–$85M; Venture - Series Unknown $712k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • bestat — bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services.
  • 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.
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90s
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

90s aims for mutual growth of each business by returning the high-quality knowledge and networks cultivated within the community to the entrepreneurs who belong to them .

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Consulting, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $417k–$3.6M; Series A $483k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Porty — Porty is a real estate platform company that provides property search tools, urban housing services, and data-driven solutions.
  • PG Labs — PG Labs is a Web3 studio that upholds the philosophy of "Public Goods".
  • Pheasant Network — AI-Powered DeFi Super App for Cross-chain Intent.
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Iceblue Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Iceblue Fund is the #Global #Founder's #Hands-on Fund for Global Entrepreneurs seeking for a whole new world Established in 2022 by two women.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $417k–$3.6M; Series A $483k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Takadao — Takadao builds technology that enables communities to pool money together to mutually insure one another without the need for an insurance company.
  • Meme — MEME is a money app for parents and children to make money more familiar and simplifies the flow of money.
  • EduCare — EduCare provides affordable solutions to financial assistance for giving education to students.
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Coconala Skill Partners
VC Fund · Japan, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

coconala Skill Partners is a matching platform venture capital firm that creates encounters between seed / early-stage entrepreneurs and skill partners who want to support their aspirations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Apps, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$2.3M; Series A $1.9M–$8.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $655k–$5.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Comvey — Comvey provides a shopping experience that is friendly to people and the earth. It primarily offers a foldable share bag online.
  • SoVa — SoVa operates an accounting firm that combines technology and experts.
  • Irori — Irori blends online and offline spaces, supporting creators and new projects with platform models and sustainable growth.
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness 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, Manufacturing, Task Management
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $310k–$2.8M; Series A $1.1M–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $710k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

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

Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative is the company research and investing information.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Task Management, Wellness
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $583k–$904k; Corporate Round $147k–$194k; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nehan — Nehan is a software firm that offers AI bidding information and a media outlet that delivers to local government businesses.
  • Insight Core — Insight Core is a store promotion specialized application platform service. With no upfront costs, InsightCore creates customer-attracting apps tailored to various business categories such as apparel, restaurants, and retail. InsightCore develops the functions required for the store application and prepares a mechanism that allows the functions tobe implemented with the least amount of effort.
  • Omatsuri Japan — Omatsuri is Japan's first festival company specializing in Japan.We provide planning, management, promotion, and customer support for festival organizers from local governments to store associations.
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund · Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 164
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$20M; Series A $3M–$35M; Series B $6M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Meesho — Meesho operates as an online reselling platform that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Meesho is a business platform trusted by more than 2.6 million resellers across India. The company was founded in 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwa and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
  • Quintessent — Quintessent is developing optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
  • One97 Communications — One97 delivers mobile content and commerce services to millions of mobile consumers through India’s most widely deployed telecom applications cloud platform. It has more than 4,500 employees with its headquarters in New Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata with global presence in Africa, Europe, Middle East,and Southeast Asia. Marquee investors like Alibaba Group, Ant Financial (AliPay), SAIF Partners, Mediatek, Sapphire Venture, and Silicon Valley Bank back it.
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SBI Investment
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 448
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$44M; Series B $4.5M–$62M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
  • Zerodoor HD — Zerodoor HD specializes in digital transformation in constructing industry.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness 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: 296
  • Round size: Seed $457k–$21M; Series A $1.3M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
  • 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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Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
VC Fund · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

This is the website of SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$7.3M; Series B $7.5M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
  • Terass — TERASS is a High-end real estate information site.
  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness 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, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 151
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$10M; Series A $2M–$41M; Series B $2.2M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $145M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
  • 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.
  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 168
  • Round size: Seed $665k–$43M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $3M–$49M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Aperza — Aperza's mission is to contribute to redesigning the manufacturing industry by eliminating three barriers in the industry which are the barrier of information, transaction and communication which most of companies and people often face in this industry.Manufacturing industry is Japanese core industry. We would like to contribute to therebirth of this industry by those activities such as supporting those companies who challenges the global market and supporting those start-ups who tries brand-new industry trend such as Industry 4.0, smart factory or IoT. We believe that this lead to the increase of the people in this industry, and the growth of the industry eventually.
  • Sharing Energy — Sharing Energy is providing energy supply and energy management services.
  • Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 10 in the past 12 months

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 165
  • Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness 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: 656
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$29M; Series B $3.5M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • ADiXi — Adixi is a tech-driven business that supports the idea that people and technology may work together. It strives to open doors by utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as artificial intelligence, to promote long-term, sustainable corporate and societal progress.
  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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JP Life Next Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 8 in the past 12 months

JP Life Next Fund is an investment fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Series B $665k–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $843k–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Space BD — Space BD aims to become a one-stop shop to respond to all issues related to industrialization of space, and alleviate the work of businesses that are developing new technologies.
  • Hinoki — Hinoki is a business succession company that acquires small and mid-sized businesses for long-term ownership and supports their continued growth through management, technology, and talent investments.
  • RECOTECH — RECOTECH is a ClimateTech firm that collects and shares data to maximize resource value throughout its life cycle, offering circular solutions to organizations and municipalities in Japan and beyond.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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UNITED
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wellness startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $645k–$4.4M; Series A $868k–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WAKA — WAKA is a studio that produces metaverse games and specializes in contract development for domestic businesses.
  • Rehabilitation 3.0 — Rehabilitation 3.0 focuses on a preventive medical system that provides AI assessment and tracking on health, exercise, mood, and wellness.
  • Movus Technologies — Movus Technologies Indonesia is automotive company that provides car ownership rental services.
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Kiraboshi Bank
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Kiraboshi Bank starts by merging Tokyo Tomin Bank, Yachiyo Bank, and ShinGinko Tokyo on May 1, 2018.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Health Care, Task Management
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • M&A Cloud — M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies
  • TrustHub — TrustHub operates an e-commerce marketplace "Clove" that specializes in trading collectibles.
  • Tokyo Artisan Intelligence — Tokyo Artisan Intelligence develops od purely domestic AI high-speed code generation tools as part of deep learning and hardware research. Their objectives are to contribute to the development of new computational technology and its application in society, particularly by providing experts through the training of doctoral students.
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Asuka Holding
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Asuka Holding is a principal investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
  • WorkIndia — With WorkIndia.in a Job seeker can search the best jobs throughout India and schedule the Interview at their convenience. And an employer can post the vacancy and get calls directly from the prospective candidate.
  • Cube — Cube is enabling everyone to invest in the simplest manner possible along with guidance from the world’s top performing investment managers - the same that guide the world’s richest families. The service is already live in India, and soon to be available across USA and multiple Asian countries. Cube has an experienced team that comes from theworld of fintech, entrepreneurship, design, systems, banking, and global sales. It is founded by Satyen Kothari, a battle scarred entrepreneur who is on his 5th adventure. He has previously founded Citrus Pay in India and three companies in the Silicon Valley. Citrus was sold in 2016 in India’s largest fintech cash deal at the time and was processing $2 bn at its peak and servicing 20 mn users.
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Kyowa
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Kyowa provides health and beauty care products to customers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Finance, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Hmcomm — Hmcomm is a provider of AI technology-based voice recognition and abnormal sound detection services for business applications. The company offers speech recognition / natural language processing solutions such as cloud-based voice recognition, text recognization in voice calls, bone conduction, automatic answering machine and meeting minutescreation, thereby enabling businesses to improve efficiency through technology.
  • lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
  • Perpetuals.com (Formerly Earlyworks) — Earlyworks Co., Ltd. provides blockchain technology solutions. The Company develops hybrid blockchain product that is fast and secure. Earlyworks offers software and system development, consulting, and security solution services.
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Sun Asterisk
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Sun Asterisk provides digital creative studio business promoting industrial digitalization.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Security
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Thailand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Justiceye — Justiceye provides AI-controlled security and surveillance camera solutions.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Flare — Flare is an application for drivers to increase revenue. It is a network system for automobile advertisement.They can offer automobile advertisement in the most appropriate form with the latest technology.
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LiB Consulting
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

LiB Consulting is a management consulting firm focused on marketing and sales strategies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
  • Chikaku — Chikaku is a service that automatically sends photos and videos taken with smartphones to your home TV without any hassle.
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Segue Group
VC Fund · Chuo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Segue Group provides information technology solutions and services. It engages in the design of the IT infrastructure and network security products in the IT system, sales, construction, operation, maintenance services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$99M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EAGLYS — EAGLYS provides a platform for secure computing and AI.
  • lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
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MS JAPAN
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

MS JAPAN operates as a recruitment service for business administration positions and professionals.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Content, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
  • Plantio — Plantio is a provider of plantation services in Japan. The company offers AI and IoT based plantation services, enabling customers to get sustainably harvested food.
  • KIYO Learning — KIYO Learning offers a commuting course, an online course to acquire qualifications for business people.
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IMAGE WORKS
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

IMAGE WORKS provides sales promotion for telecommunication products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • lafool — lafool is a mental health tech company that provides an organizational diagnostic tool "Laful Survey" to realize health management.
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Scrum Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Scrum Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that has invested in over 80 startups across a range of industries in the U.S. and Japan. Based in San Francisco with extensive experience and networks in both Silicon Valley and Japan, Scrum Ventures accelerates portfolio companies with global opportunities. Scrum Studios is reinventing the traditional accelerator -- taking a stage-agnostic approach in connecting best-in-class startups with leading Japanese corporations.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 150
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6M; Series A $6.6M–$31M; Series B $10M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $68M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • BiPSEE — BiPSEE is a medical XR company that provides treatment support for children for the purpose of nurturing a sense of self-efficacy. They also deploy AR and VR animation with one button dentistry and medicine, whether outpatient or hospitalized in various situations your child's anxiety and pain relieve. It aims to reduce anxiety and pain inchildren in a wide range of medical fields such as dentistry, pediatrics, and dermatology.BiPSEE is abs ed in Tokyo, Japan.
  • SEQUENTIAL — 5,971 Followers, 1,054 Following, 268 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Sequential Skin (@sequential.skin)
  • ALT Sports Data — Real Time Alternative Sports Betting Data.
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Miraca Holdings
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Miraca Holdings Inc. is a Japan-based holding company engaged in manufacture and sale of clinical test drugs, entrusted clinical examination and healthcare related business

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $3.9M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AGREE — AGREE is an application developer and operator for medical consultation. Its product is the medical consultation application, LEBER. It allows its users to consult with a doctor on their smartphone 24/7. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
  • Catalyna — Catalyna is a Japan-based company that provides its users with system development and handing solutions. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kringle Pharma — Kringle Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops pharmaceutical products based on its research on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and NK4. Its HGF has the regenerative healing ability in regard to liver cells, as well as various cells and organs; and NK4 is a bi-functional molecule, which inhibits the invasion and metastasis of tumorcells as an HGF-antagonist, as well as possesses antiangiogenic activity. The company’s pipeline includes recombinant human HGF for the treatment of acute renal failure, skin ulcers, and CNS diseases; and recombinant human NK4 and NK4 gene drugs for cancer therapy. Kringle Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Toyonaka, Japan.
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Cyberdyne
VC Fund · Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

CYBERDYNE Inc. is a venture firm which is established by Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai, University of Tsukuba, Japan, in order to materialize his idea to utilize Robot Suit HAL® for the benefits of humankind in the field of medicine, caregiving, welfare, labor, heavy works, entertainment and so on. Robot Suit HAL® was developed with the technologies createdin Sankai Laboratory of Tsukuba University as an application of “Cybernics*” advocated by Prof. Sankai.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$50M; Series B $6.4M–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.1M–$9.4M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
  • Metcela — Cells hold endless possibilities. Through science, we will unlock these potentials and harness them to improve the lives of patients worldwide.
  • Hirosaki Lifescience Innovation — Hirosaki Lifescience Innovation is engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of regenerative medicine products.
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CEJ Capital
VC Fund · Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

CEJ Capital is a venture capital arm of CYBERDYNE. It engages in the creation of cybernics industry, management, and management of growth promotion investment business association property.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$170M; Series B $8.5M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.6M–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $82M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • KanonCure — KanonCure is a research and development company that engages in the discovery and development of regenerative medicine products and pharmaceuticals for liver diseases. The company conducts research in cell therapy and related therapeutic approaches for the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of severe liver disorders. Its work includes methodsintended to reduce fibrosis associated with cirrhosis and support liver tissue regeneration.
  • GAIA BioMedicine — GAIA BioMedicine is Based on the intellectual property and technology.
  • Jiksak Bioengineering — Jiksak Bioengineering is a biotechnology company. Jiksak Bioengineering provide an efficient screening service using a three-dimensional cell tissue "Nerve Organoid". We will mainly develop screening technologies specifically for neurodegenerative diseases and search for drugs that are effective for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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MTG Co., Ltd.
VC Fund · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

MTG is a development and sales of beauty equipment, cosmetics and fitness equipment.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$23M; Series B $8.7M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $932k–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

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.
  • HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
  • QD Laser — QD Laser offers semiconductor lasers such as quantum dot lasers for silicon photonics, and retinal projectors as well. From Japan to the world.
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Globe Advisors
VC Fund · Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Globe Advisors is an independent investor that finds companies that are expected to grow significantly in the future. A growing company is one that a good manager and his team can put in a good product in a good market. Such companies are properly valued, funds for growth are raised and a better future is created. Globe Advisors wants to be acompany that can contribute to the creation of such a society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $583k–$107M; Series A $9.8M–$156M; Venture - Series Unknown $793k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Iwaya Giken — Iwaya Giken manufactures and sells gas balloons, airtight cabins, and other space-travel equipment.
  • Galapagos — Galapagos is a manufacturing company that focuses on results.They trying to create an application that produces results in the application market where only good things are evaluated.
  • Galapagos — Galapagos offers a service that uses artificial intelligence to create and refine advertising visuals, under a product called AIR Design. The company also provides development and management for smartphone applications.
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Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups, 6 in the past 12 months

MUFG manages the affairs of its subsidiaries within the group and the business of the group as a whole along with all relevant ancillary business.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$80M; Series B $13M–$26M; Series C $36M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WOTA — WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science.
  • Gaxi — Gaxie is an IT firm that provides a cloud management system and manages scholarship sites for business.
  • EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
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MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

MAKOTO Capital engages in VC business, venture studio business, and management consulting business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Manufacturing, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$4.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $95k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.8M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Wakaze — Wakaze is a supplier of craft sake beer. They provide products that include beer, other alcoholic beverages, food products, snacks, and drinks. They provide products that are available for online shopping. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
  • Cogsmart — Cogsmart provides services for brain function research and development. In hopes of helping prevent dementia and maintain and improve other cognitive functions, they manufacture and sell software for medical and healthcare devices.
  • ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
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TLM
VC Fund · Portland, Oregon, United States · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

TLM is a venture capital that invests basically in seed rounds, including some Series A startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, SNS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $229k–$5.7M; Angel $123k–$374k; Series B $723k–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $418k in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
  • Nanameue — Nanameue creating a new future that makes people smile and has a fun experience. Create your own place by connecting people to people in “nanameue” way.
  • Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
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Direct Marketing MiX
VC Fund · Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wellness startups

Direct Marketing MiX is a staffing, recruiting, consulting, and marketing company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Child Care, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • BABY JOB — BABY JOB offers nursery support and child care support businesses.
  • GoFood — GoFood operates an online food delivery service providing healthy and sugar-restricted frozen foods for a healthy lifestyle. The company aims to make daily home meals easier, more delicious, and healthier. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Wellness VC funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 110 deals from 233 investors.

233
investors
in Japan Wellness startups
110
deals
in Japan Wellness startups
$1.4M
median round
in Japan Wellness startups
20%
lead investors
lead at least one round
30%
Seed
most common funding stage

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