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Corporate venture capital in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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Corporate venture capital in Japan
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# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Tokyo, Japan 721 76 112 0
2 SMBC Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 666 31 98 0
3 Nippon Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 224 44 45 0
4 Sony Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 196 31 22 0
5 NTT DOCOMO Ventures Minato, Japan 182 54 46 0
6 DG VENTURES Tokyo, Japan 165 39 35 0
7 YJ Capital Tokyo, Japan 124 27 32 0
8 Colopl Next Tokyo, Japan 114 13 17 0
9 KDDI Open Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 95 21 25 0
10 Z Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 95 18 2 0
11 MUFG Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 64 11 6 0
12 Hakuhodo DY Ventures Minato, Japan 64 4 4 0
13 Aozora Corporate Investment Tokyo, Japan 62 13 5 0
14 Rakuten Capital Setagaya, Japan 60 23 9 0
15 Dentsu Ventures Tokyo, Japan 59 6 13 0
16 LINE Ventures Shinjuku, Japan 39 9 9 0
17 Canal Ventures Toyosu, Japan 38 2 2 0
18 MTG Ventures Nagoya, Japan 37 6 2 0
19 Asahi Media Lab Ventures Tokyo, Japan 36 2 0 0
20 NOBUNAGA Capital Village Gifu, Japan 31 2 1 0
21 ABC Dream Ventures Osaka, Japan 27 3 3 0
22 K4 Ventures Osaka, Japan 25 9 1 0
23 SG INCUBATE Fukuoka, Japan 24 3 1 0
24 Omron Ventures Minato, Japan 23 7 3 0
25 Bricks Fund Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 23 4 2 0
26 MOL PLUS Tokyo, Japan 22 2 0 0
27 Sumisho Venture Partners Tokyo, Japan 21 4 0 0
28 Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Tokyo, Japan 21 1 3 0
29 ASICS Ventures Corporation Kobe, Japan 20 5 0 0
30 aSTART Tokyo, Japan 19 3 2 0
31 ENEOS Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 19 2 2 0
32 CAC CAPITAL Tokyo, Japan 17 3 2 0
33 Kintetsu Venture Partners Osaka, Japan 14 7 3 0
34 SPARX Innovation for the Future Tokyo, Japan 13 5 5 0
35 Kuroneko Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 12 6 1 0
36 Obunsha Ventures Tokyo, Japan 12 3 3 0
37 Innovation Growth Ventures Tokyo, Japan 12 1 0 0
38 Future Creation Capital Minato, Japan 12 0 0 0
39 Oriental Land Innovations Urayasu, Japan 11 4 1 0
40 JGC Mirai Innovation Fund Nishiku, Japan 10 1 0 0
41 Monex Group Tokyo, Japan 10 1 4 0
42 Persol Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 10 0 2 0
43 Takeda Digital Ventures Tokyo, Japan 9 4 0 0
44 CEJ Capital Tsukuba, Japan 9 1 2 0
45 JFR MIRAI CREATORS Fund Tokyo, Japan 9 0 0 0
46 Hamamatsu Ventures Hamamatsu, Japan 8 3 0 0
47 Shochiku Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 3 1 0
48 Japan Airlines Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 8 2 0 0
49 Double Sharp Partners Akasaka, Japan 8 1 1 0
50 EPSON X Investment Tokyo, Japan 8 1 1 0
51 Adways Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 0 0 0
52 Fujitsu Ventures Toranomon, Japan 8 0 1 0
53 Hachijuni Investment Nagano, Japan 8 0 1 0
54 Aflac Ventures Japan Tokyo, Japan 7 2 0 0
55 Shimadzu FIF Kyoto, Japan 7 2 0 0
56 Paramount Bed Healthcare Fund Koto, Japan 7 0 0 0
57 DMM Ventures Tokyo, Japan 6 5 0 0
58 Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership Tokyo, Japan 6 3 0 0
59 DENSO Ventures Kariya, Japan 6 2 3 0
60 DD Holdings Venture Capital Minato, Japan 6 1 0 0
61 Heart Driven Fund Tokyo, Japan 6 0 0 0
62 Tb Innovations Tokyo, Japan 6 0 2 0
63 DAN Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 0
64 Life Design Fund Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
65 Mizuho Securities Principal Investment Tokyo, Japan 5 1 3 0
66 Ono Digital Health Investment Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
67 POLA ORBIS CAPITAL Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
68 TNP Threads Of Light Yokohama, Japan 5 0 1 0
69 GENIEE Tokyo, Japan 4 3 0 0
70 LOGLY INVESTMENT Akasaka, Japan 4 1 0 0
71 Marubeni Ventures Tokyo, Japan 4 1 0 0
72 Aristotle Partners Tokyo, Japan 4 0 0 0
73 Fujita Innovation Capital Toyoake, Japan 4 0 0 0
74 BG Ventures Setagaya, Japan 3 2 0 0
75 AN0 Capital Akasaka, Japan 3 0 0 0
76 Safie Ventures Higashi-shinagawa, Japan 3 0 0 0
77 EP-GB Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
78 Anicom Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
79 Good Smile Partners Shiki, Japan 2 0 0 0
80 Kulture Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
81 Maxell Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
82 Ryobi AlgoTech Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
83 Takeuchi Construcion Inc. Hiroshima, Japan 2 0 0 0
84 Hoya Corporate Venture Capital Group Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
85 iCube Ventures Fukuoka, Japan 1 1 0 0
86 Shinkukan Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
87 AIX Tech Ventures Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
88 Ask Capital Nagano, Japan 1 0 0 0
89 fermata Roppongi, Japan 1 0 0 0
90 Nanto CVC Nara, Japan 1 0 0 0
91 Shoei Chemical Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
92 TOKAI Venture Capital & Incubation Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
93 ME Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 93.

Investment stages

Among these 93
Early stage investors70 Late stage investors39 Seed investors37 Venture investors31 Convertible note investors4 Debt investors2 Private equity investors1 Secondary market investors1

Other investors in Japan

Venture capital firms422 Angel investors128 Private equity firms72 Investment partners64 Startup accelerators38 Startup incubators31 Micro VC funds22

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

United States562 Germany87 United Kingdom85 China75 Singapore66 Brazil51 France49 South Korea42 India40 Spain36 The Netherlands34 Australia33 United Arab Emirates32 Switzerland30 Canada29 Turkey22 Hong Kong20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 93 corporate venture capital in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/japan/