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Top 25 Wine and Spirits Startup Investors in Japan (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Wine And Spirits startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Seed, Series A Health Care, Information Technology, Medical $457k–$28M
Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $644k–$64M
Ningxia State Investment
VC Fund
1 Japan Series A Manufacturing, Wine and Spirits
Nobuyuki Nakagawa
Angel
1 Japan Angel Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
North Pacific Bank
VC Fund
1 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consulting $90k–$1.7B
Nakashimato
VC Fund
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Series A Brewing, Blockchain, Craft Beer
Hiroshi Miyagawa
Angel
1 Japan Angel Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
Kazumi Fukagawa
Angel
1 Japan Angel Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
Kenji Miyako
Angel
1 Japan Angel Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
Suntory Holdings
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Thailand Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Farming, Agriculture $673k–$34M
CITIC Agriculture
VC Fund
1 China, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Manufacturing, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage $2.9M–$148M
Takashi Mitachi
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A SNS, Brewing, Database
MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Medical, Manufacturing, Software $95k–$4.8M
Ken Takayama
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Reservations, Travel, Apps $416k–$2.6M
Seio Nagami
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Task Management, Information Technology, SaaS $934k–$4.6M
Challenjers Capital
VC Fund
1 China, United States, Japan Series A, Angel, Seed Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce $425k–$15M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.2M–$52M
Toru Shimada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Task Management $37k–$4.3M
Vector
VC Fund
1 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Software, Apps, Internet $179k–$15M
Hideto Fujino
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Travel, Reservations, Real Estate $233k–$8.4M
JAFCO Group
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Series B, Series C Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $3.1M–$283M
Takashi Nagao
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A SNS, Apps, Video
DOGAN beta
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Software, Information Technology $273k–$21M
Spiral Ventures
VC Fund
1 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet $500k–$30M
Makuake
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage $5k–$5.1M
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits 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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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits 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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Ningxia State Investment
VC Fund · Ningxiang, Hunan, China · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Ningxia State Investment is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Wine and Spirits
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Xige Guanlan Group — Xige Guanlan Group is a manufacturer of Chinese vine bottles.
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Nobuyuki Nakagawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Nobuyuki Nakagawa - President and CEO @ Mynavi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
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North Pacific Bank
VC Fund · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups, 6 in the past 12 months

North Pacific Bank provides various banking products and services for individuals and corporations in Japan. It offers deposits, and negotiable certificates of deposit, as well as loans. North Pacific Bank also offers ATM, foreign exchange, and investment trust services. It operates 171 branches and 3 overseas representative offices. HokuyoSogo Bank that began operation in 1917 became North Pacific Bank in 1989. It has its headquarters in 1917, with its headquarters in Sapporo in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $186k–$3.7M; Corporate Round $90k–$1.7B; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.6M in 2022

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.
  • 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.
  • JIZAIE — JIZAIE is an artificial intelligence firm that wants to combine VR, robots, and wearable computing to create solution.
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Nakashimato
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Nakashimato is a food company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Brewing, Blockchain, Craft Beer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

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

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.
  • WithGreen — WithGreen is a store of domestic vegetables and meat.
  • Penguin Securities — Penguin Securities offers institutional-grade digital asset investment products with innovative structures using cutting edge and the traditional finance.
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Hiroshi Miyagawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Chairman ,Chief Executive Officer and President @ IID

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
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Kazumi Fukagawa
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Kazumi Fukagawa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
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Kenji Miyako
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Auditor @ Trenders Directors (Outside) @ Team Spirit Corporate Auditor (outside) @ toBe Marketing

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
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Suntory Holdings
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Suntory is a world leading consumer product company. Find information about our company, business, performance and CSR activities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Farming, Agriculture
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Thailand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $986k–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $673k–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mokable — MOKABLE is a startup introducing a new concept called "eating coffee," aiming to let consumers fully enjoy the flavor of carefully grown coffee beans. Their product uses finely ground whole coffee beans to enhance and maximize the rich aroma and taste of the coffee.
  • Nourished — At Nourished we create innovative. personalised nutrition stacks that are truly unique to you. Vegan, waste-free and always made to order.
  • EF Polymer — EF Polymer Private Limited providing 100% Organic and fully Biodegradable Super Absorbent Polymer cum Fertilizer to reduce Water and Fertilizer requirement for your plant. Let's grow organically.
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CITIC Agriculture
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

CITIC Agriculture serves as the only platform to plan and execute CITIC Limited’s agriculture investment strategy. CITIC Agriculture focuses on agricultural biotechnology with a mission of upgrading China’s agricultural industry. Leveraging CITIC Limited's advantages in capital, branding and internationalisation, CITIC Agriculture today isbuilding and shaping globally competitive agricultural companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: China, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $15M–$148M; Series B $2.9M–$122M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qihe Biotech — Qihe Biotech develops novel genome editing technologies with an emphasis on making them autonomous and programmable.
  • Xige Guanlan Group — Xige Guanlan Group is a manufacturer of Chinese vine bottles.
  • Shihang Intelligent — Shihang Intelligent is a company that creates water robots and intelligent unmanned equipment. It requires "the ability to fight in wartime and respond in emergencies, with a focus on independent research and development, production, and sales of water robots and intelligent unmanned equipment. The company focuses on surface/underwaterspecial operation robots and takes "being able to fight in wartime, respond in emergencies, and provide peacetime services"
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Takashi Mitachi
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Takashi Mitachi joined BCG in 1993 and is the head of BCG’s Japan operations. He leads the Strategy practice in Japan and is also a core member of the Financial Institutions, Marketing and Sales, and Organization practice areas.Takashi has led projects for Japanese and multinational clients in a wide range of financial and consumer industries.He has also written a book, The BCG Way – the Art of Strategic Insight, which focuses on how to develop capabilities to generate strategic insight.Before joining BCG, Takashi worked for 14 years at Japan Airlines, where his positions included manager of the corporate planning department at the head office in Tokyo. He holds an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School and a BA in American literature from the University of Kyoto.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Brewing, Database
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • POL — Make academia open & cool.
  • 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.
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MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits 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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Ken Takayama
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Ken Takayama - External Audit & Supervisory @ Media Do

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Reservations, Travel, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $2.6M–$2.6M; Angel $416k–$2.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
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Seio Nagami
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Seio Nagami

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Task Management, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $934k–$944k; Series A $1.4M–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Stock — Stock develops solutions to eliminate the stress of information sharing for non-IT companies.
  • Overflow — OVERFLOW provides consulting and recruitment services.
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Challenjers Capital
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Challenjers Capital invests in China, and help build iconic brands of tomorrow. They determined to invest in the start-ups, which create authentic products and services, instead of companies, which inflate their margins with marketing fees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
  • Geography: China, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $4M–$10M; Angel $425k–$1.5M; Series A $1.4M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Outopia — Outopia was established in China by a team of trail running champions and seasoned professionals from international luxury and sports brands. We create products that are engineered for performance and thoughtfully designed. Our goal: to enable meaningful experiences that transcend the gear itself.
  • ANYCUBIC — For Freedom To Make
  • Shangbai Global — Shop Bedsure blankets, bamboo and organic cotton sheets, duvet covers, comforters and heated throws. Cozy bedding chosen by over 100 million families.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 641
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$52M; Series B $2.3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
  • Josan-shes — Josan shes is web start up that offers nursing service to women and babies.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $72k–$4.3M; Angel $37k–$735k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
  • Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $541k–$15M; Corporate Round $268k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $179k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
  • Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
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Hideto Fujino
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Reservations, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$2.6M; Series A $1.3M–$8M; Venture - Series Unknown $887k–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
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JAFCO Group
VC Fund · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

JAFCO Group is a venture capital firm that primarily invests in domestic and foreign private companies.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Series B $3.7M–$283M; Series C $3.1M–$198M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
  • Blue Laser Fusion — Blue Laser Fusion is a commercial fusion company. Blue Laser Fusion is a laser startup to commercialize laser fusion by inventing its own laser and fusion reactor.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Discover how NanoQT builds the foundation for scalable quantum computing with nanofiber cavity-QED technology and high-fidelity quantum connectivity.
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Takashi Nagao
Angel · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Takashi Nagao

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Apps, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FromTo — FromToA is a digital platform for creating partnerships between local governments and startups
  • 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.
  • FLATBOYS — FLATBOYS specializes in planning, development and operation of internet business.
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

They believe that the fundamental challenge facing the local economy is the lack of employment diversity. Although it is a simple example, it is easier to understand if you compare the Tokyo metropolitan area with Kyushu and list the companies that can achieve annual income of 10 million yen at the age of 30 (probably with a head office in KyushuMost companies with the highest annual income will be infrastructure company

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $273k–$5.4M; Series A $1.3M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $279k–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Foodcam — Foodcam aims to build a comprehensive overseas distribution infrastructure for Japanese food products, enabling manufacturers and suppliers to efficiently expand into international markets through streamlined logistics, supply chain management, and global distribution solutions.
  • EUV Photon — EUV Photon is an irradiation services company that conducts processing, evaluation, and measurement of materials for EUV lights.
  • 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.
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Spiral Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Series A $1.4M–$9.3M; Series B $2.9M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Fragaria — Discover innovative farming practices and high-quality, year-round fruits in India with Fragaria's advanced agricultural technology.
  • SPUN — The most reliable online visa platform in Indonesia with 24/7 dedicated assistance and money-back guarantee.
  • Pruv Finance — The foundational layer for institutional-grade tokenization, bridging multichain ecosystems with DeFi-ready assets.
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Makuake
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Japan Wine And Spirits startups

Makuake is a operation of various support services centered on the cloud funding platform "Makuake".It is a product production support project utilizing R & D technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $170k–$5.1M; Equity Crowdfunding $5k–$274k; Product Crowdfunding $20k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • 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.
  • Kitasanriku Factory — Kitasanriku Factory is a company that operates within the seafood and aquaculture industry. It specializes in the comprehensive production, processing, and distribution of a wide range of marine products. The company places a strong emphasis on the cultivation and handling of premium sea urchins, ensuring high-quality offerings for its customers.Through its commitment to excellence, Kitasanriku Factory aims to deliver the finest seafood products while promoting sustainable aquaculture practices.
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Wine and Spirits Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 27 deals from 49 investors.

49
investors
in Japan Wine And Spirits startups
27
deals
in Japan Wine And Spirits startups
$1.4M
median round
in Japan Wine And Spirits startups
33%
lead investors
lead at least one round
30%
Venture - Series Unknown
most common funding stage
71/29
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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