Top 5 Wine and Spirits VC Funds & Investors in Japan (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Internet, Medical | $925k–$69M |
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JAFCO Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series B, Series C | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | |
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DOGAN beta
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Internet, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$330M |
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MAKOTO Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series B | Medical, Manufacturing, Software | |
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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 | $76k–$66M |
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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.
JAFCO Group is a venture capital firm that primarily invests in domestic and foreign private companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wakaze — Wakaze is a Japanese sake brewing startup.
- 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.
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: Internet, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $3.4M–$14M; Series A $1.5M–$330M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LiLz — LiLz is an IT technology network for businesses looking to use AI and IoT to offer new services and value.
- Tsukulink — Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry.
- Medmain — To create a world where medical services can be accessed with technology anywhere,anytime-As a supporting partner to medical practitioners throughout the world, Medmain develops and operates PidPort, an analytical system for pathological image diagnosis that makes use of Deep Learning, as well as Medteria, a specialized cloud-based service for medical students.
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
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise 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 .
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: 41
- Round size: Seed $165k–$66M; Equity Crowdfunding $76k–$3.2M; Product Crowdfunding $302k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
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