Top 50 Wellness VC Funds & Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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8 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $268k–$41M |
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Fast Track Initiative, Inc.
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $345k–$117M |
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Nippon Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Medical | $457k–$45M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $404k–$11M |
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Dual Bridge Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Service Industry, Artificial Intelligence, Wellness | $670k–$20M |
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Monozukuri Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Hardware, Software, Manufacturing | $465k–$16M |
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EpiST Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Consulting, Manufacturing, Wellness | $628k–$6.1M |
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $644k–$33M |
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $212k–$13M |
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $613k–$52M |
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D4V
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $292k–$14M |
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90s
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Consulting, Information Technology | $417k–$3.6M |
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Coconala Skill Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, Apps, Mobile Apps | $655k–$8.9M |
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Daiwa Corporate Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, France | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Health Care | $310k–$9.2M |
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Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Corporate Round | Content, Task Management, Wellness | $147k–$4.9M |
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Susquehanna International Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $2M–$55M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $1.3M–$60M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Medical | $455k–$12M |
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Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, China, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Internet | $408k–$29M |
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GMO VenturePartners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $665k–$30M |
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Miraidoa
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology | $96k–$11M |
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JP Life Next Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device | $665k–$52M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $470k–$21M |
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $480k–$11M |
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UNITED
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Nigeria, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Apps, Software, Information Technology | $645k–$43M |
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Iceblue Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Consulting, Financial Services | $417k–$4.5M |
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Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Wellness, Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care | $3M–$24M |
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $661k–$47M |
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All About Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Series A, Seed, Series B | Medical, Software, Health Care | $1M–$9.4M |
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STATION AI
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Sustainability | $428k–$15M |
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Israel | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $1.7M–$69M |
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Zeroichi Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Music, Sales | $134k–$4.7M |
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Kiraboshi Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India | Debt Financing, Seed | Education, Health Care, Task Management | |
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Asuka Holding
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan | Seed, Series A | Sports, Banking, FinTech | |
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Kyowa
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Series C | Beauty, Finance, Computer | |
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Sun Asterisk
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Thailand | Series A, Seed, Corporate Round | Apps, Beauty, Security | $1.2M–$99M |
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LiB Consulting
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Beauty, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Segue Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Beauty, Wellness, Health Care | $1M–$99M |
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MS JAPAN
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Beauty, Content, Wellness | |
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IMAGE WORKS
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Beauty, Wellness, Health Care | |
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MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Medical, Manufacturing, Software | $95k–$4.8M |
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Sony
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Switzerland | Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Video | $100k–$282M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $250k–$30M |
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Daiichi Kogyo Credit Union
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, Rental, Wellness | |
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OKB Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, AgTech | |
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Coral Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $740k–$184M |
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Scrum Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, China | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.1M–$31M |
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Miraca Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series C | Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology | $3.9M–$13M |
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Cyberdyne
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series B, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing | $1.4M–$14M |
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CEJ Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Medical, Health Care, Medical Device | $4.6M–$170M |
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ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 315
- Round size: Seed $268k–$9.9M; Series A $967k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $616k–$9.1M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
Fast Track Initiative is a venture capital firm with an exclusive focus on life sciences and healthcare services.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- 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
- RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .
- NovAccel — NovAccel operates as a deep tech company, ensure a stable supply of medical radioisotopes.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$45M; Series B $3.3M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $457k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- AOI Biosciences — AOI Biosciences is a biotechnology company that creates testing and drug discovery businesses.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; 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
- 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.
- Gravity Design — Gravity Design is a full-stack platform consolidating supply chains for home interior materials.
Dual Bridge Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Service Industry, Artificial Intelligence, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $670k–$9.6M; Series A $2.5M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $9.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
- TricoLogic — TricoLogic is a consultancy that offers technical code coaching, language skills training, and digital marketing services.
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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- 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.
epiST is an advanced technology internalization consulting company.
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- 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.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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- 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–$12M; 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.
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: 389
- Round size: Seed $282k–$1.8M; Debt Financing $212k–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $635k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- ARK — ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming.
- Intentia — Intentia is a technology startupspecializes in developing and implementing AI-driven workflow support tools and operational systems.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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.
- QueryLift — QueryLift provides software that analyzes AI-generated brand visibility and monitors generative AI security risks.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
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Browse database — It's Free!D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer, and enterprise technology startups. Partnering with the global design company IDEO, D4V provides both hands-on assistance and coaching to help startups create value via human-centered customer experiences and interactions.
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- 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–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $292k–$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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $310k–$1.3M; Series A $1.1M–$6.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $910k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% 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.
Dai-ichi Kangyo Credit Cooperative is the company research and investing information.
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- 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.
Discover Susquehanna, a global quantitative trading firm built on a rigorous, analytical foundation in financial markets.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- 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.
- Pine Labs — Pine Labs offers a merchant platform that includes technology and financial solutions for merchants. These solutions are aimed at helping merchants in increasing their revenue and reducing cost, complexity, and risk.The company connects financial institutions and consumer brands to enable merchants to deliver value to their retail customers. Itpowers offline and online last-mile retail transactions, provides customer insights for targeted sales, and offers financial solutions. The company’s cloud-based platform powers 3,50,000+ POS terminals across 3700 cities and towns in India and Malaysia.Over 1,00,000 merchants across sectors - electronics, food and beverage, fashion, airlines, and more, use Pine Labs’ solutions. 15 major banks, 7 financial institutions, and 100+ brands are part of Pine Labs’ platform.
- Quintessent — Quintessent is developing optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 454
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $4.5M–$60M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- 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.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Seed $455k–$9.6M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% 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.
- Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $408k–$10M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $2.2M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 169
- Round size: Seed $665k–$9.4M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $2.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 171
- Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020
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- 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.
JP Life Next Fund is an investment fund.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Series A $3.3M–$52M; Series B $665k–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $843k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% 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.
- Bridgesmile Corporation — Bridgesmile operates an on-site installation and replacement service platform.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 685
- Round size: Seed $470k–$16M; Series A $1.2M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $525k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
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- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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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- 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.
UNITED, Inc. is developing the smart phone app and the advertising technology business.
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- 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–$2.8M; 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.
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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- 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.
This is the website of SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 545
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$10M
- 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.
- AIONA — AIONA uses AI to produce high-quality products and provides everyone with access to knowledge.
- Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.
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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- 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.
STATION AI provides a support program at "PRE-STATION Ai".
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $600k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $428k–$700k; Series A $1.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ARK — ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 208
- Round size: Series A $2M–$35M; Series B $4.4M–$69M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $51M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- CADDi — CADDi analyzes and connects manufacturing data fragmented across departments, locations, and systems, turning it into an enterprise asset. It uses AI to transform how manufacturers make decisions and execute work.
- Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
- kikitori — kikitori engages in the development and operation of applications and web systems in the fruit and vegetable distribution field.
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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- 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.
Kiraboshi Bank starts by merging Tokyo Tomin Bank, Yachiyo Bank, and ShinGinko Tokyo on May 1, 2018.
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- Industry: Education, Health Care, Task Management
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Japan, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
Asuka Holding is a principal investment firm.
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- 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.
Kyowa provides health and beauty care products to customers.
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- Industry: Beauty, Finance, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
Sun Asterisk provides digital creative studio business promoting industrial digitalization.
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- 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.
LiB Consulting is a management consulting firm focused on marketing and sales strategies.
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- Industry: Beauty, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
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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- 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.
MS JAPAN operates as a recruitment service for business administration positions and professionals.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Wellness
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
IMAGE WORKS provides sales promotion for telecommunication products.
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- 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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- 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 .
This is Sony Corporation's official website, featuring Sony Group's Entertainment, Technology & Services (ET&S) business' product and service, announcements and press releases, sustainability, recruitment information, and more.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Video
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $100k–$30M; Series A $2.4M–$282M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $10M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Bravia — Bravia is a planned joint-venture company for Sony and TCL home entertainment products.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
- Kadokawa Corporation — Kadokawa Corporation is a comprehensive entertainment company that includes publishing, video, games, Web services, education, MD, and business for inbound customers, as well as products and services through the promotion of digital transformation, including activity-based working and global intellectual property expansion.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 692
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Series A $1.9M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $366k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
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.
- BASE — BASE provides web-based services that develop and build e-commerce platforms. The company provides its services across Japan, such as net shop creation, development of shopping applications, development of online payment, and other services.
- Tokoshie — Building infrastructure that inspires everyone to create.
Daiichi Kogyo Credit Union is provides financial services.
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- Industry: B2C, Rental, Wellness
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
- Mediclo — Mediclo is a real estate company that provides renting, property management, and B2C services.
- Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
OKB Capital seeks to invest in companies aiming to go public and gives advice on capital policy. OKB Capital supports the growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises and venture companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, AgTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Argos — Argos provides the online insurance medical treatment service.
- Brainbuddy — Brainbuddy specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services.
- Illumi Medical — Illumi Medical is a manufacturing company that produces medical equipment and devices for the healthcare sector.
Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $740k–$27M; Series A $3.5M–$99M; Series B $7.6M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $128M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Henry — Henry develops and provides a cloud-based electronic medical record and receipt system for small and medium-sized hospitals.
- Ruten — Ruten is a brain-machine interface company that specializes in reconstructive treatments for infeasible and ineffective conditions.
- Tokenz — Tokenz is a global payment platform designed to help digital content creators and businesses scale their revenue seamlessly. Supporting payment methods worldwide, Tokenz enables brands to build customizable web stores, optimize conversions, and expand direct-to-consumer sales. As a Merchant of Record (MoR), Tokenz ensures global tax compliance,fraud protection, and multi-currency transactions—allowing businesses to sell with confidence across international markets.
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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- 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 $6M–$31M; Series B $4M–$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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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–$5.3M; 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.
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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- 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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