GMO Venture Partners

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GMO Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Japan, investing in Finance & Blockchain, Software & Developer Tools and Commerce & Marketing, 17 tracked investments.

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About GMO Venture Partners

GMO Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Japan. Brouky tracks 17 investments associated with the firm.

GMO Venture Partners invests across Finance & Blockchain, Software & Developer Tools, Commerce & Marketing and Financial Technology. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Seed, Series A and Series B rounds.

Focuses on early-stage investments in India. Primarily invests in the Fintech and Blockchain sectors, supporting B2C business models.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus

seedseries-aseries-b

Sectors

Finance & BlockchainSoftware & Developer ToolsCommerce & MarketingFinancial TechnologyFinTechglobal tradehealthtechIdentity & Access Management (IAM)

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage investments in India. Primarily invests in the Fintech and Blockchain sectors, supporting B2C business models.

GMO Venture Partners Portfolio Companies

16 tracked holdings.

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BureauUnited States MobikwikIndia PlumUnited States KredivoIndonesia Plum InsuranceIndia GullakIndia KlubIndia TransbnkGermany beatBreadUnited States 8vdXUnited States Plum LivingUnited Kingdom Jai KisanIndia RentomojoIndia DPDzeroIndia TazapaySingapore PeakfloSingapore

Portfolio outcomes

76 active1 acquired1 defunct1.1% exit rate

Team

Neil Davidson

Founder of Coda Payments. GMO VenturePartners invested in Coda Payments at early stage and supported through difficult periods.

Akshay Garg

Founder of Kredivo (formerly FinAccel). GMO VenturePartners invested in the company and provided debt financing support.

Doktor GursonFounder

Founder of RadAI, a generative AI SaaS for radiologists. Company raised Series C of $50M led by Khosla in 2024.

Upasana TakuCo-founder, CFO

Co-founder and CFO of a fintech company. Persevered through PayTM competition, currency demonetization, COVID-19, and regulatory challenges in India.

Bipin Preet SinghCo-founder, CEO

Co-founder and CEO of a fintech company with 150 million users. Led IPO after overcoming multiple crises in emerging market.

Takayuki AkehiExecutive Officer / Administrative Affairs

Previously worked at Orix and Tokyo Century handling corporate sales, audits, accounting, and tax compliance. Joined GMO VenturePartners in December 2022.

Kota UnoPrincipal, Japan

Joined Abee M&A Consulting in 2009 for business due diligence. Later worked at M3 Inc. Joined the fund in April 2017 for domestic investment execution.

Satoru OgawaSenior Associate, Global

Analyst at Goldman Sachs Securities covering semiconductors and precision equipment sectors. Later worked at Japan GLP on real estate fund operations.

Shintaro KawanoValue-Up Specialist / Investment Officer, Japan

Joined Slogan in 2009 for HR recruitment support. Worked as executive officer. Seconded to REAPRA Ventures in Singapore. Joined GMO VenturePartners in 2020.

Makie ShinotoSenior Analyst, Global

Worked at Chiyoda Corporation on consolidated accounting and corporate finance. Joined GMO VenturePartners in 2025 for overseas investment support.

Kazuyasu SugiyamaRepresentative Director, President

Worked at SoftBank Investment and Japan Venture Capital on fund composition and investment law. Became CEO of GMO VenturePartners in October 2016.

Tomoya HoritaBusiness Development Officer

Worked in sales/business development at Intel and AI startups. Later created research database for overseas startups. Joined AWS startup support before GMO VenturePartners in 2025.