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Startup accelerators in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

38
Startup accelerators in Japan
38
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
7
Other types here
38 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 CyberAgent Capital Shibuya, Japan 297 98 52 3
2 NTT DOCOMO Ventures Minato, Japan 182 54 46 0
3 Beyond Next Ventures Tokyo, Japan 126 49 4 14
4 UTokyo Innovation Platform Tokyo, Japan 78 28 10 9
5 G-STARTUP Tokyo, Japan 55 0 1 0
6 KSP Kawasaki, Japan 46 3 7 0
7 The Norinchukin Bank Tokyo, Japan 40 13 5 0
8 Open Network Lab Tokyo, Japan 39 21 3 1
9 Asahi Media Lab Ventures Tokyo, Japan 36 2 0 0
10 01booster Tokyo, Japan 30 9 0 3
11 ABBALab Tokyo, Japan 27 6 1 0
12 EMURGO Tokyo, Japan 26 3 0 6
13 Japan startup support Association Ikeda, Japan 22 3 2 0
14 ENEOS Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 19 2 2 0
15 REALITY ACCELERATOR Tokyo, Japan 17 6 0 1
16 Kusabi Kayabacho, Japan 14 7 0 1
17 Japan Energy Fund Tokyo, Japan 14 2 1 3
18 SunBridge Shibuya, Japan 13 2 3 0
19 Nikkei Tokyo, Japan 12 5 3 3
20 Yanmar Ventures Osaka, Japan 12 2 0 1
21 AS-accelerator Asaka, Japan 10 0 0 0
22 MAKOTO Sendai, Japan 8 5 0 0
23 Shochiku Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 3 1 0
24 Mainichi Future Creation Laboratory Tokyo, Japan 6 2 0 0
25 MOVIDA JAPAN Tokyo, Japan 6 2 2 0
26 StartupGoGo Fukuoka, Japan 5 0 1 0
27 Next Innovation Shibuya, Japan 4 2 0 0
28 NodeRise Capital Hamamatsucho, Japan 4 1 0 0
29 XVC Tokyo, Japan 4 1 0 3
30 INDEE Japan Tokyo, Japan 4 0 0 0
31 Prime Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 0
32 ReGACY Innovation Group Tokyo, Japan 3 0 0 1
33 Sanyuan Capital Higashi-shinagawa, Japan 2 1 0 0
34 Beyondge Shibuya, Japan 2 0 0 0
35 fermata Roppongi, Japan 1 0 0 0
36 RiskTaker Minato, Japan 1 0 0 0
37 Shinshu Acceleration Program Nagano, Japan 1 0 0 0
38 SUMIDA INNOVATION CORE Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0

Table 1. Startup accelerators in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 38.

Investment stages

Among these 38
Seed investors29 Early stage investors25 Venture investors16 Late stage investors11 Private equity investors5 Debt investors2 Convertible note investors1 Post IPO investors1

Other investors in Japan

Venture capital firms422 Angel investors128 Corporate venture capital93 Private equity firms72 Investment partners64 Startup incubators31 Micro VC funds22

Startup accelerators elsewhere

United States1,021 United Kingdom206 India140 South Korea125 Canada99 Germany90 France87 Spain77 Singapore73 Brazil61 Australia58 Italy58 Switzerland49 United Arab Emirates44 The Netherlands43 Israel37 Hong Kong25 Turkey25 Poland24 Russian Federation24 Belgium23 Portugal23 China21 Mexico21
Cite: FundingWatcher, 38 startup accelerators in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/accelerators/japan/