VC Activity in Japan — 2026

SoftBank Vision Fund II

VC · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Finance & Blockchain

Softbank

corporate_vc · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Finance & Blockchain

Makai VC

VC · Finance & Blockchain · Finance & Blockchain, Consumer, Lifestyle & Services

World Innovation Lab

VC · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Consumer, Lifestyle & Services

Global Brain

VC · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence & Data

Coral Capital

VC · Energy, Environment & Mobility · Energy, Environment & Mobility, Consumer, Lifestyle & Services

KDDI Open Innovation Fund

corporate_vc · Consumer, Lifestyle & Services · Consumer, Lifestyle & Services, Software & Developer Tools

ANRI

VC · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence & Data

MUFG

bank · Finance & Blockchain · Finance & Blockchain, Energy, Environment & Mobility

SBI Group

private_company · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence & Data

Utokyo Innovation Platform

accelerator · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Healthcare & Life Sciences, Software & Developer Tools

SMBC Venture Capital

corporate_vc · Consumer, Lifestyle & Services · Consumer, Lifestyle & Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences

Globis Capital Partners

VC · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Commerce & Marketing

Rakuten Capital

corporate_vc · Finance & Blockchain · Finance & Blockchain, Commerce & Marketing

Rebright Partners

VC · Software & Developer Tools · Software & Developer Tools, Commerce & Marketing

Yamaha Motor Ventures

corporate_vc · Industry & Hardware · Industry & Hardware, Energy, Environment & Mobility

Tokio Marine

VC · Finance & Blockchain · Finance & Blockchain, Energy, Environment & Mobility

Beyond Next Ventures

VC · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Healthcare & Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence & Data

Honda

VC · Energy, Environment & Mobility · Energy, Environment & Mobility, Software & Developer Tools

Itochu

private_company · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Healthcare & Life Sciences, Finance & Blockchain

Onward

series-a · Software & Developer Tools · 2018

Karakuri

series-a · Industry & Hardware

Cyber Owl

series-a · Software & Developer Tools

Orus

seed · Software & Developer Tools

Peppy

series-b · Healthcare & Life Sciences

Astroscale

series-c-plus · Industry & Hardware · 2018

株式会社Synspective

series-c-plus · Industry & Hardware

Medmain

series-b · Healthcare & Life Sciences

Sakana AI

series-a · Artificial Intelligence & Data · 2023

AI Medical Service Inc.

series-c-plus · Healthcare & Life Sciences · 2017

Canopus

series-a · Software & Developer Tools

Curbside

series-b · Software & Developer Tools · 1997

Yaqumo

series-c-plus · Artificial Intelligence & Data

Cluster

series-b · Consumer, Lifestyle & Services · 2014

One Concern

seed · Software & Developer Tools · 2015

Paidy

series-c-plus · Finance & Blockchain

Renesas Electronics

series-c-plus · Industry & Hardware · 1959

Tandems

series-c-plus · Software & Developer Tools

Cloverse

series-c-plus · Software & Developer Tools

ThinkCyte

series-b · Healthcare & Life Sciences · 2018