FundingWatcher
Figures Research
Home / Investors / Private equity firms / Japan

Private equity firms in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

72
Private equity firms in Japan
72
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
7
Other types here
72 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 JAFCO Tokyo, Japan 387 145 86 14
2 SoftBank Group Tokyo, Japan 319 121 133 45
3 Mistletoe Tokyo, Japan 93 28 7 6
4 Asian Capital Alliance Nagatacho, Japan 54 6 11 1
5 PAG Tokyo, Japan 40 25 16 132
6 Japan Post Bank Asset Management Tokyo, Japan 40 10 6 0
7 Unison Capital Tokyo, Japan 37 4 15 12
8 J-STAR Tokyo, Japan 36 5 4 14
9 Kyogin Lease & Capital Kyoto, Japan 36 3 4 0
10 Tokyo Century Tokyo, Japan 34 7 9 4
11 Gogin Capital Matsue-shi, Japan 33 0 1 0
12 Ant Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 29 13 10 0
13 Daiwa Securities Group Tokyo, Japan 28 14 7 2
14 Integral Corporation Tokyo, Japan 28 3 14 17
15 WM Partners Tokyo, Japan 21 9 3 0
16 Mercuria Investment Tokyo, Japan 21 2 3 0
17 Japan Green Investment Corporation for Carbon Neutrality Tokyo, Japan 20 7 0 0
18 Nanto Capital Partners Nara, Japan 19 0 0 0
19 Norinchukin Capital Tokyo, Japan 18 2 1 0
20 Daiwa PI Partners Tokyo, Japan 16 6 3 0
21 SX Capital Japan Toranomon, Japan 16 3 3 0
22 Minerva Growth Partners Akasaka, Japan 14 7 0 0
23 Japan Energy Fund Tokyo, Japan 14 2 1 3
24 OKB Capital Gifu, Japan 14 0 0 0
25 Tsuneishi Capital Partners Hiroshima, Japan 12 1 0 0
26 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Japan Tokyo, Japan 9 6 1 776
27 SBI Asset Management Tokyo, Japan 8 1 3 0
28 Hirogin Capital Partners Hiroshima-shi, Japan 7 2 0 0
29 AZ-Star Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 7 1 1 0
30 Sapphire Capital Tokyo, Japan 7 1 2 4
31 Advantage Partners Tokyo, Japan 6 2 1 23
32 HiJoJo Partners Nishi, Japan 6 0 1 2
33 Monoful Venture Partners Tokyo, Japan 5 3 0 0
34 Midas Capital Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 0
35 MBK Tokyo, Japan 4 4 1 0
36 Team Cool Japan Kyoto, Japan 4 4 0 0
37 Nomura Capital Partners Otemachi, Japan 4 1 2 1,891
38 Aizawa Asset Management Shimbashi, Japan 4 0 1 0
39 Fund Creation Tokyo, Japan 4 0 1 0
40 De Capital Tokyo, Japan 3 1 0 0
41 T Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 1 1 4
42 Trust Capital Chuo, Japan 3 1 0 0
43 Japan Industrial Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 0 1 2
44 Ridgeway Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 0 1 0
45 Shikoku Alliance Capital Matsuyama, Japan 3 0 0 0
46 FE Invest Tokyo, Japan 2 1 1 0
47 Polaris Capital Group Tokyo, Japan 2 1 1 0
48 Quantum Leaps Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
49 Sedona Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
50 SMBC Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
51 Wealth Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
52 brightlink partners Tokyo, Japan 2 0 2 0
53 Join Tokyo, Japan 2 0 2 0
54 Nippon Angels Investment Shinjuku, Japan 2 0 1 0
55 NSSK Japan Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
56 Aviondor Group Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
57 CAS Capital Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
58 D&Growth Capital Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
59 Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Marunouchi, Japan 1 0 0 0
60 DBS Securities Limited Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
61 Genkai Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
62 Gordon Brothers Japan Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
63 KEN Investments Nagoya, Japan 1 0 1 0
64 Owl Fudosan Real Estate Investment Sapporo, Japan 1 0 0 0
65 Panopticon Investment Shinjuku, Japan 1 0 0 0
66 PLUGA Capital Nagatacho, Japan 1 0 0 0
67 T. Rowe Price Japan Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 940
68 Yixing Environment Science & Technology Fund China, Japan 1 0 0 0
69 Asia Capital Holdings Ltd Ashiya, Japan 0 0 0 0
70 Endeavour United Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
71 Nippon Investment Company Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
72 Phoenix Capital Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 72.

Investment stages

Among these 72
Private equity investors35 Early stage investors27 Late stage investors26 Seed investors21 Venture investors17 Debt investors3 Post IPO investors2 Secondary market investors2

Other investors in Japan

Venture capital firms422 Angel investors128 Corporate venture capital93 Investment partners64 Startup accelerators38 Startup incubators31 Micro VC funds22

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 Canada286 France277 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 South Korea150 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44 Mexico42
Cite: FundingWatcher, 72 private equity firms in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/japan/