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Private equity firms in Tokyo

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

57
Private equity firms in Tokyo
57
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8
Stages recorded
6
Other types here
57 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 Tokyo Century Tokyo, Japan 34 7 9 4
10 Ant Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 29 13 10 0
11 Daiwa Securities Group Tokyo, Japan 28 14 7 2
12 Integral Corporation Tokyo, Japan 28 3 14 17
13 WM Partners Tokyo, Japan 21 9 3 0
14 Mercuria Investment Tokyo, Japan 21 2 3 0
15 Japan Green Investment Corporation for Carbon Neutrality Tokyo, Japan 20 7 0 0
16 Norinchukin Capital Tokyo, Japan 18 2 1 0
17 Daiwa PI Partners Tokyo, Japan 16 6 3 0
18 SX Capital Japan Toranomon, Japan 16 3 3 0
19 Minerva Growth Partners Akasaka, Japan 14 7 0 0
20 Japan Energy Fund Tokyo, Japan 14 2 1 3
21 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Japan Tokyo, Japan 9 6 1 776
22 SBI Asset Management Tokyo, Japan 8 1 3 0
23 AZ-Star Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 7 1 1 0
24 Sapphire Capital Tokyo, Japan 7 1 2 4
25 Advantage Partners Tokyo, Japan 6 2 1 23
26 HiJoJo Partners Nishi, Japan 6 0 1 2
27 Monoful Venture Partners Tokyo, Japan 5 3 0 0
28 Midas Capital Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 0
29 MBK Tokyo, Japan 4 4 1 0
30 Nomura Capital Partners Otemachi, Japan 4 1 2 1,891
31 Aizawa Asset Management Shimbashi, Japan 4 0 1 0
32 Fund Creation Tokyo, Japan 4 0 1 0
33 De Capital Tokyo, Japan 3 1 0 0
34 T Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 1 1 4
35 Japan Industrial Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 0 1 2
36 Ridgeway Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 0 1 0
37 FE Invest Tokyo, Japan 2 1 1 0
38 Polaris Capital Group Tokyo, Japan 2 1 1 0
39 Quantum Leaps Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
40 Sedona Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
41 SMBC Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
42 Wealth Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
43 brightlink partners Tokyo, Japan 2 0 2 0
44 Join Tokyo, Japan 2 0 2 0
45 NSSK Japan Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
46 Aviondor Group Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
47 CAS Capital Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
48 D&Growth Capital Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
49 Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Marunouchi, Japan 1 0 0 0
50 DBS Securities Limited Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
51 Genkai Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
52 Gordon Brothers Japan Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
53 PLUGA Capital Nagatacho, Japan 1 0 0 0
54 T. Rowe Price Japan Tokyo, Japan 1 0 1 940
55 Endeavour United Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
56 Nippon Investment Company Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
57 Phoenix Capital Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in Tokyo, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 57.

Investment stages

Among these 57
Private equity investors27 Late stage investors22 Early stage investors19 Seed investors15 Venture investors13 Debt investors3 Post IPO investors2 Secondary market investors2

Other investors in Tokyo

Venture capital firms299 Angel investors107 Corporate venture capital66 Investment partners54 Startup accelerators25 Startup incubators23

Private equity firms elsewhere

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Cite: FundingWatcher, 57 private equity firms in Tokyo, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/tokyo-japan/