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Venture capital firms in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

422
Venture capital firms in Japan
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
7
Other types here
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Global Brain Corporation Tokyo, Japan 804 246 119 83
2 Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Tokyo, Japan 721 76 112 0
3 SMBC Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 666 31 98 0
4 Mizuho Capital Tokyo, Japan 545 31 82 0
5 SBI Investment Minato, Japan 425 113 71 13
6 Incubate Fund Tokyo, Japan 389 137 49 10
7 JAFCO Tokyo, Japan 387 145 86 14
8 Nissay Capital Tokyo, Japan 370 116 53 2
9 MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC) Tokyo, Japan 345 51 42 0
10 ANRI Tokyo, Japan 304 78 29 10
11 CyberAgent Capital Shibuya, Japan 297 98 52 3
12 Nippon Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 224 44 45 0
13 Globis Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 219 95 42 9
14 Genesia Ventures Shibuya, Japan 211 90 4 12
15 UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 211 78 25 0
16 Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Tokyo, Japan 199 85 46 2
17 Samurai Incubate Tokyo, Japan 191 59 13 3
18 ITOCHU Corporation Tokyo, Japan 188 70 54 11
19 NTT DOCOMO Ventures Minato, Japan 182 54 46 0
20 DBJ Capital Otemachi, Japan 182 33 32 0
21 GMO VenturePartners Tokyo, Japan 170 14 32 1
22 ANOBAKA Shibuya, Japan 167 37 16 0
23 DG VENTURES Tokyo, Japan 165 39 35 0
24 Miraidoa Kyoto, Japan 163 27 8 0
25 STRIVE Tokyo, Japan 151 52 29 2
26 Daiwa Corporate Investment Tokyo, Japan 146 25 26 0
27 UntroD Capital Sumida, Japan 134 58 7 5
28 Mobile Internet Capital Tokyo, Japan 134 30 27 1
29 Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures) Tokyo, Japan 128 46 18 13
30 Beyond Next Ventures Tokyo, Japan 126 49 4 14
31 Shinkin Capital Tokyo, Japan 123 10 4 0
32 Energy & Environment Investment Higashi-shinagawa, Japan 118 20 15 0
33 IT-Farm Tokyo, Japan 114 12 23 4
34 Skyland Ventures Tokyo, Japan 113 28 6 4
35 Deepcore Tokyo, Japan 112 22 2 5
36 ITOCHU Technology Ventures Tokyo, Japan 107 43 32 1
37 Resona Bank Osaka, Japan 107 21 5 1
38 JIC Venture Growth Investments Marunouchi, Japan 104 42 5 1
39 Kyoto University Innovation Capital Kyoto, Japan 104 25 4 0
40 Archetype Ventures Tokyo, Japan 102 13 9 5
41 XTech Ventures Tokyo, Japan 95 36 7 0
42 Mirai Creation Fund Tokyo, Japan 93 42 21 0
43 Mistletoe Tokyo, Japan 93 28 7 6
44 Spiral Capital Tokyo, Japan 93 28 5 0
45 Monex Ventures Minato, Japan 93 13 8 0
46 Fundinno Tokyo, Japan 89 64 1 1
47 Coral Capital Tokyo, Japan 89 26 3 7
48 B Dash Ventures Tokyo, Japan 89 23 17 0
49 Osaka University Venture Capital Osaka, Japan 86 30 8 0
50 Keio Innovation Initiative Tokyo, Japan 86 26 8 5
51 FFG Venture Business Partners Fukuoka, Japan 86 9 5 0
52 Resona Capital Koto, Japan 84 4 13 0
53 Shinsei Corporate Investment Otemachi, Japan 79 9 11 0
54 UTokyo Innovation Platform Tokyo, Japan 78 28 10 9
55 Drone Fund Tokyo, Japan 77 20 4 3
56 Japan Post Capital Tokyo, Japan 77 20 16 0
57 DG Daiwa Ventures Marunouchi, Japan 77 13 2 11
58 Venture Labo Investment Tokyo, Japan 75 12 12 0
59 Fast Track Initiative, Inc. Hongo, Japan 74 20 8 0
60 D4V Minato, Japan 74 9 6 4
61 Delight Ventures Shibuya, Japan 73 23 0 11
62 Shizuoka Capital Shimizu, Japan 71 3 7 0
63 VOYAGE VENTURES Shibuya, Japan 70 13 10 0
64 Kepple Africa Ventures Tokyo, Japan 69 16 5 1
65 Monozukuri Ventures Kyoto, Japan 69 8 2 4
66 Lifetime Ventures Yokohama, Japan 68 44 0 0
67 Senshu Ikeda Capital Osaka, Japan 64 3 9 0
68 Chiba Dojo Tokyo, Japan 63 6 5 0
69 AG Capital Shiba, Japan 63 2 13 0
70 Marubeni Tokyo, Japan 60 27 9 46
71 NOW Japan Tokyo, Japan 59 18 4 0
72 Hiroshima Venture Capital Hiroshima, Japan 57 3 6 0
73 iSGS Investment Works Tokyo, Japan 56 6 9 0
74 NEC Capital Solutions Tokyo, Japan 55 7 10 0
75 Tohoku University Venture Partners Sendai-shi, Japan 53 27 4 0
76 QB Capital Fukuoka, Japan 53 11 2 0
77 DOGAN beta Fukuoka, Japan 51 5 3 1
78 MIRAI SOUZOU Tokyo, Japan 50 12 5 2
79 F Ventures Fukuoka, Japan 50 11 1 0
80 Miyako Capital Kyoto, Japan 50 10 4 2
81 DIMENSION Tokyo, Japan 50 4 6 1
82 Yokohama Capital Yokohama, Japan 50 4 3 0
83 Sansei Capital Investment Koto, Japan 50 3 15 0
84 Hyperithm Tokyo, Japan 49 12 0 0
85 Money Forward Venture Partners Tokyo, Japan 47 19 1 4
86 JA Mitsui Leasing Tokyo, Japan 46 6 8 0
87 Iyogin Capital Matsuyama, Japan 46 5 4 0
88 KSP Kawasaki, Japan 46 3 7 0
89 Saison Ventures Tokyo, Japan 46 3 4 0
90 Yamaguchi Capital Yamaguchi, Japan 46 2 5 0
91 JR East Start Up Tokyo, Japan 45 13 9 0
92 Yasuda Enterprise Development Tokyo, Japan 45 2 19 0
93 TBS Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 43 6 12 0
94 Gree Minato, Japan 42 10 14 0
95 GREE Ventures Tokyo, Japan 42 9 5 1
96 Accord Ventures Tokyo, Japan 42 2 5 0
97 Seibu Shinkin Capital Shioya, Japan 41 6 7 0
98 First Light Capital Tokyo, Japan 40 10 1 3
99 Mint Higashi, Japan 40 5 0 0
100 Kyoto Capital Partners Kyoto, Japan 40 3 2 4

Table 1. Venture capital firms in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 422.

Investment stages

Among these 422
Early stage investors328 Seed investors218 Late stage investors147 Venture investors128 Private equity investors22 Convertible note investors12 Debt investors7 Post IPO investors5

Other investors in Japan

Angel investors128 Corporate venture capital93 Private equity firms72 Investment partners64 Startup accelerators38 Startup incubators31 Micro VC funds22

Venture capital firms elsewhere

United States9,355 China1,577 United Kingdom1,325 Germany831 Canada644 India601 Singapore590 France480 South Korea415 The Netherlands351 Switzerland334 Australia332 Israel331 Spain323 Hong Kong313 Brazil290 Sweden259 United Arab Emirates258 Italy197 Belgium142 Poland133 Turkey132 Luxembourg126 Norway104
Cite: FundingWatcher, 422 venture capital firms in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/japan/