Top 20 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Japan in April 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Wine and spirits startups based in Japan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wine and spirits companies from Japan. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in Japan in April 2025
Investor | Wine And Spirits Japan investments |
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Nissay Capital | 2 |
Toru Shimada | 1 |
Suntory Holdings | 1 |
Challenjers Capital | 1 |
CITIC Agriculture | 1 |
DOGAN beta | 1 |
Spiral Ventures | 1 |
MAKOTO Capital | 1 |
Ningxia State Investment | 1 |
SMBC Venture Capital | 1 |
Money Forward Venture Partners | 1 |
Nobuyuki Nakagawa | 1 |
Takashi Mitachi | 1 |
JAFCO Group | 1 |
Ken Takayama | 1 |
Hideto Fujino | 1 |
Takashi Nagao | 1 |
Makuake | 1 |
Vector | 1 |
Seio Nagami | 1 |
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
- Health Care, Internet, Medical
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Portfolio highlights
- AirX — AirX is a management service company specializing in air transportation agency business and travel arrangement business. The company leverages technology to transform the notion of mobility into an unprecedented experience. It also provides services such as CodeShare, AIROS Skyview, and AIROS Air Loss. AirX will create the movement of the futuresociety, sightseeing and the way of life of helicopter, Empty MaaS, Flying taxi, eVTOL, and Next-generation traffic.AirX was established on February 23, 2015, and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
- HQ — HQ offers next-generation employee benefits platform.
- Doctor's Prime — Doctor's Prime is a technology company that provides is a part-time job information service for optimizing the working style of doctors.
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
- Internet, Task Management, Marketing
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
Suntory is a world leading consumer product company. Find information about our company, business, performance and CSR activities.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Japan
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- Avita — Avita is a software development company that develops and creates role-playing support avatars using generative AI.
- The Ethical Spirits & Co. — The Ethical Spirits & Co. is an online store for spirits and alcohol.
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
- Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China, United States, Japan
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- Menusifu — MenuSifu powers over 15,000 restaurants across the U.S. with advanced POS solutions. From seamless ordering to efficient payment processing, our technology helps restaurant owners streamline operations and drive growth.
- Sun Food — Sun Food is a manufacturer of food seasonings with two major brands, "Taiyang" and "Axiangpo."
- Tiaohai Tavern — Tiaohai Tavern is a community tavern service provider.
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
- Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage, Drones
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, Japan
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- EAVISION — EAVision is a smart agricultural robotics company that uses computer vision for autonomous crop protection. Its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) combine AI visual recognition and precision spraying to allow farmers to protect their produce even in challenging geographical environments.
- Xige Estate — Xige Estate operates a wine estate that has more than 30,000 acres of its own vineyards. It has advanced production equipment, including fermentation tanks, intelligent temperature-controlled brewing systems, pre-processing equipment, filling lines, and vineyard intelligent agricultural control systems.The company was founded in 2017 and isheadquartered in Qingtongxia, Ningxia, China.
- Xige Guanlan Group — Xige Guanlan Group is a manufacturer of Chinese vine bottles.
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
- Internet, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan
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- Wewill — Wewill is a consulting company that provides accounting, SaaS, business development, and business consulting services.
- Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
- Find — Find is a software company that provides cloud development and operation services.
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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- E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, India, Indonesia
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- Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
- Inflow — Looking for reliable suppliers and efficient supply chain management for your fashion brand? Look no further than Inflow! Our online platform offers an end-to-end solution for all your production needs, from design to delivery. Simplify and optimize your production process with Inflow's high-quality sourcing and expert supply chain management. Try us out today!
- Secai Marche — SECAI MARCHE is Farm-Fresh Platform to link farmers and enthusiasm chefs and consumer in all over the world.
MAKOTO Capital engages in VC business, venture studio business, and management consulting business.
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- Medical, Manufacturing, Software
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan
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- Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
- 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 .
Ningxia State Investment is an investment firm.
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- Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits
- Series A
- Japan
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- Xige Guanlan Group — Xige Guanlan Group is a manufacturer of Chinese vine bottles.
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
- Information Technology, Health Care, Software
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
- SALOWIN — SALOWIN is a shared salon where freelance hairdressers can freely provide customer service and service.
- Penetrator — Penetrator transforms the real estate market with space technology, tackling transaction issues and forming landslide observation systems.
Money Forward Venture Partners operates HIRAC FUND, a seed fund specializing in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Wellness, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
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- SALOWIN — SALOWIN is a shared salon where freelance hairdressers can freely provide customer service and service.
- Find — Find is a software company that provides cloud development and operation services.
- Crowd Chem — Crowd Chem is an IT company that specializes in software development, data services, and consulting services.
Nobuyuki Nakagawa - President and CEO @ Mynavi
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Investment focus
- Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
- Angel
- Japan
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- SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
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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- SNS, Brewing, Employment
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
JAFCO Group is a venture capital firm that primarily invests in domestic and foreign private companies.
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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series B, Series C
- Japan, United States
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- 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 — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
Ken Takayama - External Audit & Supervisory @ Media Do
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- Reservations, Travel, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos
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Investment focus
- Reservations, Travel, Real Estate
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Japan, United States
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- HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
- Address Japan — ADDress is a provider of co-living spaces in both urban and rural areas, enabling people to live in a range of luxurious residences at fixed prices.
- Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
Takashi Nagao
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- SNS, Video, Brewing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan
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
- E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage
- Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
- Japan, United States
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- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
- Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate — Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate is a Chocolate startup
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
- Software, Marketing, Media and Entertainment
- Funding Round, Seed, Corporate Round
- Japan
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- bythen — bythen enables the production of autonomous 3D avatar bots powered by AI.
- Wewill — Wewill is a consulting company that provides accounting, SaaS, business development, and business consulting services.
- Aplaca.Lab — Aplaca.Lab is a driver substitution platform that provides an unprecedented new driving experience. They released a driving agency application for providing comfortable driving experiences. It enables driving agencies to optimize their resources and clients' safety, prevent accidents, and receive assistance in areas with limited transportationoptions.
Seio Nagami
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- Task Management, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Japan
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