Top 10 Wine and Spirits VC Funds & Investors in Japan (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Money Forward Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $892k–$64M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Information Technology, Medical | $610k–$71M |
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MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Medical, Manufacturing, Software | $13M–$283M |
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Challenjers Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Japan | Series A, Angel, Seed | Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce | $425k–$14M |
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Makuake
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Product Crowdfunding, Equity Crowdfunding, Seed | E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage | $79k–$68M |
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Health Care, Internet | $37k–$340M |
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JAFCO Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $7.7M–$1.7B |
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Ningxia State Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Manufacturing, Wine and Spirits | |
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CITIC Agriculture
VC Fund
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1 | China, Japan | Series A, Series B, Series C | Manufacturing, Wine and Spirits, Food and Beverage | $2.9M–$148M |
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Spiral Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology | $500k–$103M |
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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: 49
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$64M; Series A $892k–$41M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $419M 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.
- LIGHT-RIGHT — LIGHT-RIGHT focused on developing services that help local communities adapt to the challenges of a declining population.
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, Information Technology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 256
- Round size: Seed $610k–$43M; Series A $2.5M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cake.jp — Cake.jp operates "Cake.jp", a comprehensive cake delivery site.
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- 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.
MAKOTO Capital engages in VC business, venture studio business, and management consulting business.
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- Industry: Medical, Manufacturing, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $47M–$75M; Series B $13M–$283M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $110M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- 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 .
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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- Industry: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $4M–$10M; Angel $425k–$1.5M; Series A $1.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Outopia — Outopia focuses on trail running, positioning itself in the next generation of professional outdoor sports market by developing innovative, high-performance gear, apparel, and accessories that combine cutting-edge materials, ergonomic design, and advanced technology to enhance endurance, safety, and overall experience for athletes and outdoorenthusiasts.
- ANYCUBIC — ANYCUBIC manufactures, supplies, and sells, electrical, and electronics appliances and products.
- Shangbai Global — Shangbai Global specializes in cross-border e-commerce for products like bed sheets, duvet covers, pillowcases, blankets, and cushions.
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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- 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–$68M; Equity Crowdfunding $79k–$3.3M; Product Crowdfunding $312k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $37k–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$340M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZIFISH — ZIFISH promotes digital transformation in the fishing business by leveraging AI and IoT technology. Its main focus is to develop and operate smart weighing systems and distribution platforms for fish captures.
- Digireha — Digireha is an IT company that provides a tool for rehabilitation by combining digital art and sensors.
- 12 Pharmacy — 12 Pharmacy is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in manufacturing and providing medicines and services for veterinary hospitals.
JAFCO Group is a venture capital firm that primarily invests in domestic and foreign private companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Series B $7.7M–$1.7B; Series C $7.9M–$857M
- 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.
Ningxia State Investment is an investment firm.
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- 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.
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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- 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–$113M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Qihe Biotech — Qihe Biotech develops novel genome editing technologies with an emphasis on making them autonomous and programmable.
- 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"
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Series A $1.5M–$62M; Series B $10M–$103M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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 —
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