Investors in Japan

Japan Post (Nippon郵便株式会社) is a major Japanese postal, logistics, and financial services provider that also engages in real estate development and logistics solutions.

Japan Private Equity Co., Ltd. is a private equity firm which specializes in buyouts, middle market, turnarounds, business successions, spin-offs, and reorganization investments. The firm primarily invests in energy, chemicals, papers, metals, non-metals, machinery, information system and communication, logitics, loans and rentals, helathcare, household goods, and education sectors. It primarily invests in Japan. The firm seeks to invests between JPY 300 million to JPY 2 billion in its portfolio companies. It seeks to invests in portfolio companies with an enterprise value between JPY ¥1 billion to JPY ¥5 billion and an annual turnover between JPY ¥1 billion to JPY ¥10 billion. The firm targets an IRR of 10% to 30% in its portfolio companies. It has an investment period of three to five years. The firm prefers to exit its investment through IPO and M&A. It was established on October 24, 2000, and is based in Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in Takamatsu, Japan.

Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd. (JAIC) was founded in 1981 by the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai). Since its inception, JAIC has contributed to the expansion of direct investment in Asia from Japan. Meanwhile, in Japan, as a leading venture capital firm the Company has focused on cultivating, fostering and supporting venture companies and small and medium-sized enterprises, thereby contributing to the revitalization of the Japanese economy.

Japan Post Investment Corporation is a private equity arm of Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. specializing in startup companies. It seeks to invest in technology companies in Japan. The fund typically invests between JPY2 billion (USD18.69 million) and JPY15 billion (USD140.20 million). It prefers to take 15 per cent in companies. Japan Post Investment Corporation was founded in February 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

500 Startups Japan Fund is a venture capital fund jointly managed by Coral Capital and 500 Global. Based in Tokyo, the fund focuses on investing within Japan, primarily targeting the software, life sciences, and SaaS sectors. It typically backs between 100 to 150 companies, with investment amounts ranging from USD 100,000 to 500,000 per deal.

Vertex Ventures Japan is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Japanese startups. Vertex Ventures Japan is based in Tokyo, Japan.

We invest in Japan market entry by high-tech and pharma ventures, and selected local projects here in Japan, most driven by us in cooperation with partners.

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Medical Incubator Japan K.K. is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, early stage to growth investments. The firm primarily invest in healthcare and life sciences companies across a broad range of innovations including drug discovery, digital health and medical devices. It seeks to invest in Japan and overseas, focusing on United Kingdom. Medical Incubator Japan K.K. was founded in May 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

UntroD Capital Japan Co.,Ltd. formerly known as Real Tech Holdings Co.,Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in startup investments. It prefers investments in Southeast Asia. UntroD Capital Japan Co.,Ltd. was founded in February 3, 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in Singapore, and Selangor, Malaysia.

D4V LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in all stages from seed to exit but primarily focuses on seed and early stage investments. The firm is industry agnostic. D4V LLC is based in Tokyo, Japan and operates as a joint venture between Genuine Startups Ltd. and IDEO.

KSP Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, and early stage companies. It prefers to invests in the IT, biotechnology, healthcare, semiconductor and other high-technology sectors. The firm primarily invests in small and medium scale industries. It prefers listing in the stock market as its exit strategy. KSP Inc. was established on December 19, 1986 and is based in Kawasaki City, Japan.

ANRI is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage and growth investments. It seek to invests in art & culture, research & development, uncharted territory and social impact. ANRI was founded on May 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

The CDTI is governed by private law in its relations with third parties. This allows it to offer companies agility and flexibility in their services to support the development of R&D business projects, the international exploitation of technologies developed by the company and the realization of offers for technological-industrial supplies to scientific and technological organizations. Consequently, the CDTI grants the company its own financial aid and facilitates access to that of third parties (Grants from the EU R&D Framework Programme, for example) for the implementation of both national and international research and development projects. It also provides support to the company to develop in international cooperation, for which it offers aid to innovation and technology transfer projects, its external network and multilateral cooperation projects (Eureka and Iberoeka) and bilateral with Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, India and South Africa. Additionally, the CDTI has been empowered as the competent body to issue binding reasoned reports on the projects to which it has granted aid in any of its lines (Royal Decree 2/2007). These documents will provide Spanish companies that have an approved project and with public aid granted by the CDTI greater legal certainty when obtaining tax relief for the expenses incurred in the R&D activities of these projects. Finally, the CDTI manages and supports the achievement, by Spanish companies, of industrial contracts of high technological content generated by different national and European organizations, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), the European Synchrotron (ESRF), Hispasat and Eumetsat.

gmjp is a venture capital firm specializing in an early-stage web3 fund. The company primarily invests in fintech and blockchain technoloy sectors. The firm seeks to invest globally in the web3 sector with a focus on Japan. gmjp is was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Mint is a venture capital firm specializing in startup (pre-seed to seed stage) investments. The firm is based in Tokyo, Japan.

aStart Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed to later stage company investments. The firm seeks to invest in services, contents, products and technology sector such as home service, big data, on-demand network. aStart Co., Ltd. was established on January, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Aucfan is a Japanese online platform providing e-commerce price analysis. Comprehensive analysis is achieved by a wide variety of data acquired from various marketplaces around the world such as Amazon, ebay, Yahoo! auction, Yahoo! shopping, Rakuten, Mercari etc.

Beenos Partners is a venture capital arm of BEENOS Inc, specializing in incubation, startup, and early stage to late stage investments. The firm primarily invests in the United States of America, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Turkey. Beenos Partners was previously known as Netprice Partners Co., Ltd. It was founded on May 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

ABBALab is a venture capital firm specializing in startup investments. It primarily invests in the field of hardware. ABBALab is based in Japan.

ANOBAKA Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm primarily invests in internet related businesses. It primarily invests in Japan but also seeks to invest in the United States and Southeast Asia. Its venture capital investments range from 10 million yen to 50 million yen. The firm is formerly known as KVP Co., Ltd. ANOBAKA was founded on October 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

IT-Farm Corporation is a venture capital firm which specializing in incubation, seed, start-up, and early-growth companies. It primarily invests in semiconductor, network, mobility, IT, healthcare, manufacturing, sustainability, FinTech, and media related industries. The firm typically invests in companies based in Japan and in Asia, as well as in U.S. corporations if business and technology seeds are originally created in Japan or by Japanese nationals based in the U.S. IT Farm Corporation was founded on 1999 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Palo Alto, California.

Weclikd, operating under the brand Knockout Capital, is a boutique hedge fund and accelerator based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2019, the firm specializes in consumer sectors, leveraging research from leading financial institutions to inform its investment decisions. Utilizing event-driven signals and systematic algorithms, Weclikd invests alongside top venture capital firms to fund private markets that influence public sentiment. The firm is part of over 50 syndicates, with partnerships spanning global corporate conglomerates. Weclikd focuses on industries such as energy, aerospace, robotics, biotechnology, water purification, and food and beverage. The firm operates in Palo Alto, California, and has a global reach, including investments in the United States and Japan.