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Corporate venture capital in Tokyo

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

56
Corporate venture capital in Tokyo
56
Rows shown
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Stages recorded
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Other types here
56 rows
# 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 DG VENTURES Tokyo, Japan 165 39 35 0
6 YJ Capital Tokyo, Japan 124 27 32 0
7 Colopl Next Tokyo, Japan 114 13 17 0
8 KDDI Open Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 95 21 25 0
9 Z Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 95 18 2 0
10 MUFG Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 64 11 6 0
11 Aozora Corporate Investment Tokyo, Japan 62 13 5 0
12 Dentsu Ventures Tokyo, Japan 59 6 13 0
13 Asahi Media Lab Ventures Tokyo, Japan 36 2 0 0
14 Bricks Fund Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 23 4 2 0
15 MOL PLUS Tokyo, Japan 22 2 0 0
16 Sumisho Venture Partners Tokyo, Japan 21 4 0 0
17 Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Tokyo, Japan 21 1 3 0
18 aSTART Tokyo, Japan 19 3 2 0
19 ENEOS Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 19 2 2 0
20 CAC CAPITAL Tokyo, Japan 17 3 2 0
21 SPARX Innovation for the Future Tokyo, Japan 13 5 5 0
22 Kuroneko Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 12 6 1 0
23 Obunsha Ventures Tokyo, Japan 12 3 3 0
24 Innovation Growth Ventures Tokyo, Japan 12 1 0 0
25 Monex Group Tokyo, Japan 10 1 4 0
26 Persol Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 10 0 2 0
27 Takeda Digital Ventures Tokyo, Japan 9 4 0 0
28 JFR MIRAI CREATORS Fund Tokyo, Japan 9 0 0 0
29 Shochiku Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 3 1 0
30 Japan Airlines Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 8 2 0 0
31 EPSON X Investment Tokyo, Japan 8 1 1 0
32 Adways Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 0 0 0
33 Aflac Ventures Japan Tokyo, Japan 7 2 0 0
34 DMM Ventures Tokyo, Japan 6 5 0 0
35 Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership Tokyo, Japan 6 3 0 0
36 Heart Driven Fund Tokyo, Japan 6 0 0 0
37 Tb Innovations Tokyo, Japan 6 0 2 0
38 DAN Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 0
39 Life Design Fund Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
40 Mizuho Securities Principal Investment Tokyo, Japan 5 1 3 0
41 Ono Digital Health Investment Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
42 POLA ORBIS CAPITAL Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
43 GENIEE Tokyo, Japan 4 3 0 0
44 Marubeni Ventures Tokyo, Japan 4 1 0 0
45 Aristotle Partners Tokyo, Japan 4 0 0 0
46 EP-GB Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
47 Anicom Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
48 Kulture Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
49 Maxell Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
50 Ryobi AlgoTech Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
51 Hoya Corporate Venture Capital Group Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
52 Shinkukan Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
53 AIX Tech Ventures Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
54 Shoei Chemical Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
55 TOKAI Venture Capital & Incubation Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
56 ME Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in Tokyo, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 56.

Investment stages

Among these 56
Early stage investors42 Late stage investors27 Seed investors23 Venture investors17 Convertible note investors4 Debt investors2 Secondary market investors1

Other investors in Tokyo

Venture capital firms255 Angel investors99 Investment partners51 Private equity firms49 Startup accelerators21 Startup incubators21

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

New York81 London69 Singapore66 San Francisco53 Seoul30 Paris27 Beijing23 Dubai23 Los Angeles21
Cite: FundingWatcher, 56 corporate venture capital in Tokyo, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/tokyo-tokyo/