Top 50 Mobile Apps Startup Investors in Japan (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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UB Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Task Management | $515k–$247M |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $640k–$42M |
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Content | $1.5M–$55M |
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $500k–$165M |
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $1M–$62M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Internet, Medical | $925k–$69M |
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
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3 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, Information Technology | $412k–$23M |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Drones, Software | $700k–$206M |
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F Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed | Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources | $687k–$23M |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, China | Series B, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $11M–$330M |
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Komura Fujio
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, Ethereum, Marketing | |
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Takashi Shibayama
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed | Music, EBooks, Gaming | |
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YJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $961k–$137M |
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Future Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Myanmar | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care | $6.9M–$64M |
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet | $961k–$30M |
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Beenos Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile | $492k–$51M |
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Ceres
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet | $3.2M–$48M |
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Masahiko Inada
Angel
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2 | Japan | Angel, Seed | SNS, Content, Finance | |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Mexico | Series A, Series B | Health Care, Information Technology, Software | $18M–$357M |
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Venture United
VC Fund
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, Information Technology | $492k–$23M |
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DBJ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Australia | Series A, Seed | Software, Internet, Biotechnology | $1.5M–$151M |
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Yusuke Tanaka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed | Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce | $16M–$18M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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2 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Content, Food and Beverage | $2.1M–$41M |
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MUFG Bank
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, United States | Debt Financing, Series A | Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy | $15M–$2.6B |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $4.1M–$275M |
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Toru Shimada
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Task Management, Manufacturing, Content | $549k–$66M |
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Investo
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $120k–$4M |
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KLab Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Video, UX Design | $480k–$16M |
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CJ ENM
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Series B, Corporate Round | Software, 3D Technology, Digital Media | |
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Shoji Kodama
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series B | Real Estate, Internet, Construction | $14M–$14M |
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giftee
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Debt Financing | Marketing, Internet, CRM | $2.6M–$37M |
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Angel Bridge
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Medical, Nursing and Residential Care, Consulting | $9.9M–$110M |
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Masaru Tange
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS | |
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DD Holdings Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Content, Ethereum, Education | $2.6M–$37M |
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Belgium | Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $4.2M–$206M |
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MTG Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage | |
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Singapore Angel Network
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, Health Care | $100k–$4M |
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, Finance, Information Technology | |
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Nobuyuki Nakagawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps | |
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Line Games
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Series A | Gaming, PC Games, Mobile Apps | $5.4M–$9.9M |
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Mirai Creation Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series B, Series A | Robotics, Information Technology, Software | $2.1M–$357M |
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Masao Ito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Content, Social Media, Information Technology | $640k–$16M |
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NOW Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Content, Marketing, Information Technology | $380k–$34M |
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Sansei Capital Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Belgium | Series A, Series B | Content, Software, Medical | $2.6M–$82M |
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Naver Webtoon
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea | Seed | Comics, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment | |
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Globis Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Series B | Internet, Information Technology, Software | $12M–$357M |
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JA Mitsui Leasing
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Agriculture, Robotics | $21M–$80M |
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Shinsegae
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A | Apps, Mobile, Messaging | |
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SoftBank Group
VC Fund
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1 | China, Brazil, South Korea | Series A, Series D | E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile | $9.9M–$25M |
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YG PLUS
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, Japan | Series B, Series A, Series C | Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment | $13M–$16M |
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UB Ventures is venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Task Management
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $515k–$23M; Series B $18M–$247M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Monoxer — Monoxer is a Information Technology.
- Commune — Commmune is a co-creation marketing tool that enables the acquisition and use of user insights around the user community. The company's service "commmune" provides a community environment to improve user engagement for companies that provide services using SaaS and subscription models with the goal of reducing churn rates. By usingthe service, companies can centrally communicate their information and interact with users. In addition, companies that issue member accounts can also implement single sign-on (SSO) by linking the service with their member database. Set incentives according to conditions, such as giving a certain point when a core user posts useful information to other users, or giving a certain point when a light user shares information It is possible to create an environment in which PDCA can be rotated at a high speed by activating communication between companies and users and analyzing them alone or in conjunction with MA tools and CRM tools.
- Imaginostics — Our technology, QUTE-CE MRI (pronounced “cute-see”), quantifies vascular structure, function, and leakage anywhere in the body. This breakthrough heralds a new understanding of the vascular pathophysiology of disease while providing clinical scientists new tools for drug development and evaluation of therapeutics. After raising an initial $1M seedround and validating its technology in pre-clinical trials, Imaginostics now seeks to raise $3M to conduct clinical trials at Massachusetts General Hospital and begin commercialization. Despite more than 40M MRI scans performed each year in the US, 70% of cancers are detected late and no neurodegenerative disease is detected early. Conventional gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) MRI scans lack the quantitative precision necessary for measuring biomarkers that can predict future onset of Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other forms of cognitive impairment. In preclinical studies, our patented biomarkers were able to map blood-brain barrier leakage due to mild head impact using less than half the number of subjects required by conventional DCE-MRI, with a significant improvement in the clustering of the control and experimental groups into non-overlapping segments seen in the results.
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
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 334
- Round size: Seed $640k–$16M; Series A $2.1M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
- Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
- Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.
Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early-stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Content
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$21M; Series A $1.5M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
- 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.
- Friend Microbe — Friend Mike Robe is Developing new market with microbe-related technology
Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 180
- Round size: Seed $500k–$45M; Series A $11M–$165M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.3B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cerby — Collaborate without chaos. Cerby helps your team be productive while protecting your brand. Secure unmanageable applications. Only with Cerby.
- CYBO — CYBO provides products and services to understand cells deeply and to harness them widely.
- Bondy — Bondy is an HR Tech automation platform that specializes in connecting different HR processes.
Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $1M–$30M; Series A $11M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
- pickupon株式会社 — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
- MoneyDuck — MoneyDuck - Making Smart Financial Decision
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, Internet, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $925k–$55M; Series A $14M–$69M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
- LUCA Science — LUCA Science develops innovative treatments intended for mitochondrial and related diseases.
- Beer and Tech — Beer and Tech operates a website for the Phalaenopsis or foliage plant HitoHana. Norihisa Morita and Yoshiaki Ito founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Saitama in Japan.
2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$23M; Angel $412k–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
- Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Internet, Drones, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $700k–$41M; Series A $13M–$206M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
F Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $687k–$23M; Pre-Seed $687k–$8.3M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- LABOT — LABOT is a Japanese company that combines the power of finance and technology to create future education possibilities.
- DENDOH — DENDOH specializes in branding and promotion business using AR technology and 3D design.
- microverse — Microverse offers NFT-related services such as content creation, distribution, and customer service.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 259
- Round size: Series A $11M–$96M; Series B $12M–$330M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
- CADDi — CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry.
- EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
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- Industry: Content, Ethereum, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GINKAN — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
Takashi Shibayama
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
- AtHearth — AtHearth is a real estate agency offering specialized services for expats in Tokyo. Find Out More.
- Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $961k–$69M; Series A $2.4M–$137M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.7B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
- Stacked — Watch videos with your people on Stacked.
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: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $6.9M–$17M; Series A $16M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Torana — Torana provides "Toysub!" well known as educational toy subscription service in Japan market. We plan to go global and will be more bigger market share holder in East Asia. We collect month-age base toy feedback data and children's development status information. We plan best combination of toys and deliver. Customer returns and getsnew toys which fit children's growth and it is eco friendly service. We plan to build our own brand toys based on massive customer feedback and growth data and enter D2C market.
- LIFESCAPES — LIFESCAPES is a research and manufacturer of brain-computer interface equipment.
- IGNITE IMPULSE, INC. — As a digital agricultural enhancing service, Ignite impulse offers a variety of services, some of which include the following: agricultural software and equipment rentals, sales, maintenance, and leasing solutions; self-regulated farm shells with pre-installed vertical farming solutions; machined irrigation consulting and installations; artificialintelligence (AI) powered farming solutions; hydroponics farming consultation- partnership and installations; supply chain and logistics partnership; and more.Ignite Impulse also offers hydroponics solutions, as well as controlled farming assistance and consulting, to corporate, government, and educational organizations as part of our cooperation with these entities.
Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $961k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
- HarvestX — HarvestX manufactures fully automatic robots which contributes to the shortage of agricultural human resources and stable food production
- SPeak Corporation — SPeak Corporation operates JPort Match that is involved in direct recruiting service. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
Beenos is a platform for startups. Our in-house team of entrepreneurs-in-residence and specialists help you get your ideas off the ground. We’re (the) experts in engineering, design, data science, and business management. We know how to launch a company in this ever changing IT industry, and we’d like to help establish and expand your present andfuture business.The company was founded in 1999 as NetPrice.com, a provider of eCommerce services. NetPrice.com established Beenos as an incubation program before
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $492k–$6.9M; Series A $1.4M–$16M; Series B $10M–$51M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
- Ralali — Ralali.com, Pusat toko grosir online pertama di Indonesia, sebagai b2b wholesale marketplace platform yang menghubungkan supplier, distributor dengan retail.
- Delivered Korea — Buy KPOP, Korean skincare, any products from Korean shopping sites. Use our free Korean address, consolidation, forwarding, personal shopper!
Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $3.2M–$38M; Corporate Round $6.9M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CotoLab. — CotoLab is an Internet company.
- DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
Masahiko Inada is the Venture Advisor at DNX Ventures. He was Founder and Chairman at Kabuku Inc. He attended The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: SNS, Content, Finance
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Theoria — Theoria is a marketing team that brings together practical knowledge.
- Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
- Theoria Japan — Theoria Japan is a specialized Q & A service.
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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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 309
- Round size: Series A $18M–$165M; Series B $21M–$357M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Heartseed — Heartseed has set a mission to “open the door to heart disease treatment with regenerative medicine” and is working toward the day-to-day clinical application of myocardial regenerative medicine.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $492k–$21M; Series A $1.2M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZEST — ZEST is an IT firm that offers consulting and management support services to its clients. It is based in Tokyo.
- FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
- Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.
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Browse database — It's Free!DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in June 2010 through the integration of two venture capital firms of the DBJ Group, New Business Investment Co., Ltd. and Intellectual Properties Development & Investment, Inc. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc.At DBJ Capital, we focus on venture firms which use newtechnologies and business models to grow and compete on the global market, regardless of their industry or scale. To meet the particular needs of each client, we mobilize the entire DBJ Group to arrange the best investment solutions, ranging from growth-spurring equity investment to financing schemes drawing on DBJ's vast networks.We also assist in venture start-ups. Our value enhancement team provides the kind of comprehensive, hands-on support needed to commercialize outstanding intellectual property and technologies developed by firms, research labs, and universities, and to carve out a place for them in the market.DBJ Capital will continue to play in a part in Japan's economic revival - by helping the firms we invest in to grow, and by encouraging the creation of new industries in Japan.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$41M; Series A $16M–$151M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LexxPluss — LexxPluss develops an automatic transfer software system and robot hardware.
- Cellusion — Cellular technology breakthrough for clear vision of the future.
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
"Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He has served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015. Prior to Yahoo! Japan, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at DreamIncubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University.
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- Industry: Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $16M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TakeMe Co., Ltd. — TakeMe aims to provide an “One-stop Inbound destination service” by enabling tourist to easily find, communicate with, and pay with smartphones via QR code at In-Travel destinations. TakeMe, is the country’s largest inbound service platform in Japan, which lets tourists find, communicate with, and pay with QR code at our affiliated shops,restaurants and tourist attractions. Since our launch in 2015 as JapanFoodie, we have expanded our merchant base to tens of thousands beyond food and restaurants, to include travel, lodging, shopping and events, providing every tourist with the best experience as your best local guide and friend.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder at Pulit.
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- Industry: Internet, Content, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$41M; Angel $3.8M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
MUFG Bank is Japan's largest bank. ; MUFG
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: Japan, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Series A $21M–$920M; Debt Financing $15M–$2.6B
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Invenergy — Invenergy is a leading independent, global developer and operator of clean energy solutions.
- AdaniConneX — AdaniConneX is the largest Hyperscale Data Center provider. Avail the maximum uptime, highest energy efficiency, full scalability and security to your business and customers.
- Varo Energy — VARO Energy is an integrated oil refiner and supplier serving North West Europe, safely and efficiently. Varo Energy is investing in this market by building a network of refineries, storage tanks and distribution channels to secure the reliable supply of oil products for heating, transportation, construction and the petrochemical industry in NorthWest Europe.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $4.1M–$47M; Series A $12M–$275M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
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.
- EX-Fusion — EX-Fusion develops the first commercial laser based nuclear fusion reactor for power generation.
- YourTrade — YourTrade helps cross-border e-commerce companies to resale rejected goods and backlogged inventory from overseas sales through local sales channels.It also provides services such as collection and inspection of returned items, as well as resale through local sales channels.
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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- Industry: Task Management, Manufacturing, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$66M; Angel $549k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- Abentry — Abentry is engaged in the SNS business and media advertising business.
Investo is a seed capital firm that invests both financial and intellectual capital in technology startups. The firm offers founders 24/7 access to advice and helps scale businesses, as well as provide key talent that may be needed. Inveseto provides guidance, talent and capital so game-changing companies can scale.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4M; Pre-Seed $120k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Cuéntame — Cuéntame develops tools designed for employees' emotional wellbeing.
- Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
- Konta — Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with itsheadquarters in Monterrey, México.
Since 2009, with the rapid spread of social media, smartphones, and cloud computing, new internet services and software technologies are appearing faster than ever. In addition to this, we believe the current economic environment is more and more supportive of venture capital firms investing in the creation of new businesses. This is where KLabVentures Inc. comes in, bearing a proud lineage from two premier firms at the forefront of the modern world--KLab Inc. and SBI Investment Co., Ltd.KLab Inc., founded in 2000, is a firm commanding an impressive wealth of technical expertise, amassed from years of successful research and development. This innovation, used in tandem with proven business-building strategies, has allowed KLab Inc. to rise to the vanguard in its specialty fields of social media, cloud computing, licensing, and systems integration--all areas possessing a natural synergy. Together with SBI Investment Co., Ltd.--which since its founding in 1996 has overseen investment in about 700 domestic and foreign companies, and IPO and M&A exits of about 120 companies--KLab Ventures Inc. was founded.We are here to support venture enterprises seeking to become global leaders in cutting-edge internet fields, as well as other venture firms with expectations of significant growth, helping them to realize their potential to mature, succeed, and pioneer. Such is our mission at KLab Ventures.
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- Industry: Internet, Video, UX Design
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $480k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- IMCF — We are the Fashion Incubator for excellent designers
- Zypsy — A design collective building for web3. We invest creative expertise in exchange for equity/token.
- TANOsim — TANOsim is a developer of platforms for 3DCG creators, including CG Crowd which connects companies to professionals in video, VFX, games, pachinko, VR, AR, MR, 3D printing and more.
CJ ENM is a Korean entertainment and mass media company.
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- Industry: Software, 3D Technology, Digital Media
- Stage:Series B, Corporate Round
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HYPERREAL — Hyperreal empowers brands with digital assets that enable their value in the virtual world.
- AFUN Interactive — AFUN Interactive is a 3D graphics company that creates 3D content with real-time rendering technology.
- Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
Shoji Kodama - President @ Laxus Technologies
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- Industry: Real Estate, Internet, Construction
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $14M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
- Parame — Parame provides human resources, staffing and recruiting services.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!giftee is an online service where you can send a small 'thank you' through small gifts by twitter and email. Supported by Open Network Lab.
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- Industry: Marketing, Internet, CRM
- Stage:Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SIRU+ — SIRU+ is a startup that enables you to convert consumer purchasing data into nutrients and visualize and quantify consumer shopping trends. Through the app developed by the company, consumers can know their nutrition status. The service “SIRU+ (SIRU+)” is an app that lets you know the nutrition of what you bought by simply registering a super pointcard.
- XMart — Xmart is a Costs can be reduced by simply sending invoices for one month.
- WAmazing — WAmazing provides free subscriber identification module (SIM) cards that allow foreign travelers to register before their arrival in Japan. Through an app, WAmazing also provides tourists with free internet services of up to 500MB. The service aims to prevent visitors from being locked out of free wifi because of sign-up pages in Japanese thatdemand a local phone number.WAmazing was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Angel Bridge is a angel investor groups in Japan and provide high quality and abundant funds to excellent companies.
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- Industry: Medical, Nursing and Residential Care, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $9.9M–$110M; Series A $24M–$69M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- SmartRyde — October 5, 2021 Bloomberg featured CEO Sota Kimura's thoughts on the company's founding and future business development. March 19, 2021 What We Do to Protect Our Customer All staff are required to wear masks. Provision of alcohol-based disinfectants in
- Locus Blue — Locus Blue is a geospatial data analytics company providing an online point cloud processing platform to support industries. Locus Blue creates tools that use 3D data to improve efficiency and address societal issues, making people's lives easier by delivering cutting-edge technology in an easy-to-use format. ScanX, the company's product,is designed for productivity and makes point cloud data analysis easier through automation and the use of machine learning algorithms.
- Logomix Inc. — Logomix Inc is a mammalian cellular genome architect startup. Logomix proprietary platform, Geno-Writing™, technology integrates large-scale (Mb) human genome-writing technologies and providing genetically architected versatile human cells and/or downsized cells and microbes for drug development and cell & gene therapy area.Majority ofthe cell engineering companies are currently focused on optimization of gene clusters by automatic high throughput system however, Logomix’s Geno-Writing™ provides the required tools for dealing with mammalian or complex genomes. Logomix works with partners by providing new biology-based solutions to co-create business and social values on Geno-Writing™ platform Current Focus Area includes: 1. Human Health & Therapeutics 2. Biomaterials & Chemicals 3. Agriculture & EnvironmentLogomix has 11 ongoing collaborative research partnerships. Currently Logomix is specifically looking for industry partners to address unmet needs in neurodegenerative disease areas.
Masaru Tange graduated from Kyoto University and joined Incs Inc. in 2000 where he started their IT business and strategy consulting group with only 2 members and developed it into the company's main business with a team of 140 consultants with annual revenue of $50M in 5 years. He then founded SHIFT Inc in 2005 in his studio apartment. He wasthe only employee. The business world wasn't very kind to him - he made no revenue for a while but he kept experimenting with the business model listening to the needs of customers. In 2009, he finally found traction in the "software testing industry." In 2014, Masaru successfully IPO'ed the company. Shift now has 500 employees.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Timee — Timee is a Planning, development and management of Internet media company.
- Smart Shopping — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
- Launchable — Engineering teams ship 5x faster by using machine learning from Launchable
DD Holdings Venture Capital is the investment arm of DD Holdings, a restaurant and amusement brand.
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- Industry: Content, Ethereum, Education
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GINKAN — GINKAN is the managing company of SynchroLife, the world's first restaurant recommendation platform where users and can earn cryptocurrency token rewards for dining out and posting restaurant reviews. GINKAN was selected for Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in the fintech category and we won for best domestic fintech company and won the audienceaward at the Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 EXPO (Demo Day) in September 2018.GINKAN was also selected for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s MUFG Digital Accelerator’s Batch 4 and won the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and AWS Award in a triple win on their demo day on July 26, 2019.
- Knowledge Merchants Works — Knowledge Merchant Works Co., Ltd. is offering the next-generation leader “Juku” series, which provides business and organizational transformation projects to the next generation of store service leaders, and the application series, “Hata,” which helps improve store productivity. Luck® Platform ”.
ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Series A $12M–$151M; Series B $4.2M–$206M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Funds — Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.
- K Pharma — K Pharma Is the development Of the Treatment Of the Spinal Cord injury
- OriCiro Genomics — DNA amplification | OriCiro Cloning Kit - OriCiro Genomics, Inc.
MTG Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of MTG that invests in beauty and wellness tech, food tech, and sports tech sectors.
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- Industry: Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- DINETTE — DINETTE is a cosmetics manufacturing company.
- HitoBito — HitoBito is a LINE advertising and account management agency.
- 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.
SGAN is an early stage VC anchored by the multi billion dollar Thakral Group of Companies and has investments across India, Singapore and the USA.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $150k–$3M; Angel $100k–$650k; Series A $1.4M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MyCaptain — MyCaptain is an Edtech platform that helps people transform passion into a career, with guidance from 200 plus professionals who have made a mark in their respective fields.. MyCaptain aims to enable every human to pursue careers they truly love, right from Content creation, Writing, Design, to name a few, and facilitate their growth in the field.The platform aims to train more than a Million learners in new age professions in the year 2025.
- Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.
- The Ayurveda Experience — The Most Trusted and Recognized Ayurveda Platform in North America and Australia, Your One-Stop Shop for All Things Ayurveda! Customized to your Dosha or Body Type, enabling the most personalized Ayurveda Experience. Free Shipping to most parts in the world for orders over 30 USD!
During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.
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- Industry: Internet, Finance, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Autify — Autify - Revolutionizing Software Testing with the most advanced AI-powered Software Testing Tool
- Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
- AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
Nobuyuki Nakagawa - President and CEO @ Mynavi
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
Only Fun, LINE Games
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- Industry: Gaming, PC Games, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Series A $5.4M–$9.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 5minlab — 'A game development company with superior techniques leading to business growth' 5minlab is a PC/mobile game development company based in Seoul, South Korea. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve brought 5 PC/mobile games, 3 VR games, and 24 hyper-casual games to the global market. In addition, our technical skills have developed overthe years while performing various outsourcing tasks and projects.Since 2018, based on our years' worth of know-how, a PvP game 'Smash Legends' has started developing, which allowed users to participate and gather worldwide. In 2020, 5minlab successfully attracted Series A investment from 4 investors due to the success of the game in 2019.Currently, 5minLab has 70 experts from various backgrounds, from a brilliant developer born in 00 to the art director of ‘Dragon Nest' and ‘Phantom Chaser'. The senior development leader of ‘Dungeon & Fighter'.Starting with 'Smash Legends', which is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2021, 5minlab aims to release the next game in 2024 to become a developer that can create global IP in a chain.
- Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
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Browse database — It's Free!The Mirai Creation Fund invests in companies and projects that use the latest technologies and business models, supporting the growth of value in these companies and projects, wherever they are found around the world.
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- Industry: Robotics, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$91M; Series B $7.7M–$357M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- H3 Dynamics — Hydrogen Propulsion from Drones to Passenger Aircraft | Solutions for Digitized Maintenance, Emergency Services & Parcel Delivery
- May Mobility — May Mobility is a leader in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. With more than 275,000 autonomous rides to date, May Mobility is committed to delivering safe, efficient and sustainable shuttle solutions designed to complement today's public transportation options. The company's ultimate goal is to realize a worldwhere self-driving systems make transportation more accessible and reliable, the roads safer, and encourage better land use in order to foster more green, vibrant, and livable spaces.
- EneCoat Technologies — EneCoat Technologies is working on materials development for perovskite solar cells and the commercialization of modules.EneCoat Technologies will create the future of energy through thin-film solar cells with the aims of protecting the environment and effectively utilizing natural energy sources.
Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.
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- Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $640k–$16M; Series A $12M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- mikai — mikai is a virtual YouTuber management, VR / AR content development.
- Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
- Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.
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- Industry: Content, Marketing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $380k–$18M; Series A $5M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RATEL — Since its establishment in 2018, the company has been operating and broadcasting esports tournaments with the mission of making esports the best entertainment in the universe. We mainly run official tournaments and large-scale tournaments for various titles such as CoD Mobile, CoDBOCW, ApexLegends, VALORANT, and Knives out. We are also developing avoice chat application called “VOLBOX” to solve the issues raised by many esports players.
- Bé-A Japan — Bé-A Japan producer and distributor of fashion accessories. They provide products that include underwear, sanitary napkins, interior goods, fashion accessories, health foods, and cosmetic products. They offer products that are available for shopping online. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.
- Sixty Percent — Sixty Percent is an overseas fashion mail order site that collects street brands from various countries and transmits asian fashion.
Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.
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- Industry: Content, Software, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $2.6M–$82M; Series B $23M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
- MICOLY — MICOLY is a operator of a website aimed at publishing and selling creative video lessons. The company hosts lectures that are presented by the creators of all categories who are keen on sharing their techniques and philosophies in areas of nail art, Japanese calligraphy, flower arrangement, knitting and many more, as well as interacting with theirpassionate fans, enabling users to take creative lessons and start a new hobby.
- ASOVIEW Inc. — ASOVIEW Inc. is an online booking website that provides booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving and rafting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.
Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is one of Japan's leading venture capital firms. With its unique 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: Internet, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series A $12M–$275M; Series B $33M–$357M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $522M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Smart Bank — Smart Bank is a softawre firm that has developed an application for money spending management.
- Orange — About Us With a mission of Creating a world where everyone enjoys manga since our founding in 2021 Orange has been developing various manga specialized deep l
- SUN METALON — We localize metal part manufacturing, anywhere.
JA Mitsui Leasing is a leasing company combining the features of an organization linked to an affiliate.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Agriculture, Robotics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $21M–$71M; Series A $69M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- NearMe — NearMe's mission is to solve any inefficiencies in society by providing a platform that utilizes technology, and realize a sustainable and enjoyable society and community. NearMe. is a car sharing service where you can find people who want to go in the same direction by taxi.
- DIGITAL GRID — Digital Grid is a retail supply contract or a power supply contract with a service provider using the digital grid platform.
- B dot Medical — B dot Medical is creating an ultra-compact proton cancer therapy device to improve care for all and add to society through radiotherapy.
In 1930, Shinsegae, the first department store of Korea, brought light to the history of distribution industry in Korea. With a dream toward the new world and passion for customers, the Main Store has been the symbol and confidence of Shinsegae pursuing to create a better world. Since then, Shinsegae has been continuously creating values in theireveryday life as a leader to modernize the distribution industry of Korea. Throught these efforts, Shinsegae is continuouly developing the new world of distribution.From Shinsegae and E-mart, the first department store and discount store of Korea, to premium outlets… Over the past 80 years, Shinsegae has been leading the affluent living culture of Korea by ceaselessly striving to advance in the distribution industry. The path Shinsegae has been pursuing is indeed the history and traditional of distribution indistry in Korea. Now, Shinsegae is creating a happy world through continuous value creation for customers and new attempts that take the world by surprise.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Messaging
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
SoftBank Group Corp. (Chairman & CEO: Masayoshi Son) Corporate and IR site provides company information such as our company profile, an overview of the company and Group companies, as well as IR and CSR.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series D
- Geography: China, Brazil, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $9.9M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shift — Shift.com of San Francisco CA serving Oakland is one of the best pre-owned dealerships in CA. Call Sales <span class='callNowClass'>855-744-3873</span>
- Line — LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in Japan and internationally. It offers LINE, a smartphone application that allows users to make free calls and messaging with other users regardless of which mobile network provider they are using.The company also offers NAVER, a search communication service; NAVER Matome, auser-participatory curation platform; Livedoor, a portal site; livedoor Blog, a blogging service; and livedoor News that provides information gathered from various news sources, as well as a range of advertising products. In addition, it operates LINE GAME, a platform that lets LINE users to play games.
- Telexistence — TELEXISTENCE Inc. aims to be the systematic innovator of scale in robotics. Innovator means new stuff. And scale means big, systematic ways of looking things done in a way that’s reproducible.
YG PLUS is an investment platform that develops YG's capabilities into the concept of entertainment content and lifestyle to create a valuable business for the people around the world. Making valuable changes in life is the ultimate goal of the YG family.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Korea, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series B $13M–$14M; Series C $15M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Webling — Weebling is concentrating on infrastructure investment for service differentiation in addition to introducing high-end DTG (Direct to Garment) printing technology from Cornit, Israel for the first time in the domestic POD sector to increase the printing quality of its key product, apparel.
- I-Aurora — I-Aurora is a fintech startup that operates the Namane Card
- WizSchool — We employ real-time user code analysis algorithm based on compiler technology to diagnose learners’ levels and status of the software education. And our AI tutor for coding education using deep learning technology offers learner-centered customized learning contents to the users. Aiming for the global market, we are developing and growing ourbusiness to solve the shortage problem of software education instructors and also provide the market with the best quality software education service.
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