🇯🇵 Startup investors in Japan
103 startup investors in Japan, from the Open Ecosystem Atlas — Angel, VC and CVC. Most are based in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. 1 of them offers free access.
Open in the Atlas mapStartup investors in Japan
Taizo Son
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
Serial entrepreneur and one of Japan’s best-known angel investors, founder of Mistletoe.
Offers: investment
Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
Prominent angel investor, founder of the Chiba Dojo angel community and DRONE FUND.
Offers: investment
Shinji Kimura
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
One of Japan’s most active individual angels, behind early bets on Gunosy and Akatsuki.
Offers: investment
Keisuke Honda
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
Professional footballer turned prolific angel investor through KSK Angel Fund and X&KSK.
Offers: investment
Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
DeNA co-founder and one of the most prolific individual angels in the Japanese ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
Mercari founder who angel-backed a generation of startups before building his own unicorn.
Offers: investment
Takafumi Horie
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
Livedoor founder, investor and media figure backing new ventures from rockets to restaurants.
Offers: investment
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
GREE founder, early backer of the next generation of Japanese internet companies.
Offers: investment
East Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Coral Capital
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Incubate Fund
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Beyond Next Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Samurai Incubate
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
ANRI
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
STRIVE
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
QB Capital
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Femto Partners
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
One Capital
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Delight Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
W Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Genesia Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Deep Core
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Full Commit Partners
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Plug and Play Japan
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
D4V
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Global Brain
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
JAFCO
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Globis Capital Partners
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
WiL
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Scrum Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
SBI Investment
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
DIMENSION
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Global Hands-On
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Techstars
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Digital Garage
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Headline Asia
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Egg Forward
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
FIRSTLIGHT
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
W-inc
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
MetaCap Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Ant Capital Partners
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Golden Egg Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
500 Global
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Eight Roads
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Venture capital firm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Japan Angels
Angel · Tokyo, Japan
Angel investor network active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
SoftBank Vision Fund
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Sony Innovation Fund
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Toyota Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Woven Capital
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
NTT Docomo Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Rakuten Capital
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
KDDI Open Innovation Fund
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
CyberAgent Capital
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Z Venture Capital
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Dentsu Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Fujitsu Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
DG Daiwa Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
LOTTE H&B CVC
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Persol Venture Partners
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Mercuria Investment
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
MCP Asset Management
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Yanmar Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
ENEOS Innovation Partners
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
MUFG Innovation Partners
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Canal Ventures
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
First CVC
CVC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate venture capital arm active in the Japan ecosystem.
Offers: investment
Ikuo Hiraishi
Angel · Tokyo, Japan · Free access
CEO at SunBridge Global Ventures. Confirmed personal angel investor (Infarm, and others) alongside his VC role; also a Founder Institute Japan mentor.
Offers: mentoring, investment
Loyal VC
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Early-stage fund investing in immigrant and cross-border founders, active FI Japan partner.
Offers: investment
Founder Capital
VC · Global
Fund-of-funds backing accelerator graduates, active FI Japan partner.
Offers: investment
Co-Capital.co
VC · Tokyo, global
Curated investor community connecting vetted founders to capital, part of the Openfor ecosystem alongside Founder Institute Japan.
Offers: investment, community
UB Ventures
VC · Tokyo, Japan
Corporate innovation VC, FI Japan partner.
Offers: investment
UTokyo IPC
VC · Tokyo, Japan
University of Tokyo’s innovation platform and venture fund, FI Japan partner.
Offers: investment, info
SMBC Venture Capital
VC · Tokyo
Bank-affiliated VC and the most active investor in Japanese startups.
Offers: investment
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC · Tokyo
MUFG's venture arm, among Japan's most active investors.
Offers: investment
Mizuho Capital
VC · Tokyo
Mizuho's venture arm, among Japan's most active investors.
Offers: investment
Nissay Capital
VC · Tokyo
Nippon Life's venture arm.
Offers: investment
MSIVC (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance VC)
VC · Tokyo
Insurance-backed corporate VC.
Offers: investment
DBJ Capital
VC · Tokyo
Development Bank of Japan's venture arm.
Offers: investment
UntroD Capital
VC · Tokyo
Deep-tech VC, the most active in Japanese manufacturing startups.
Offers: investment
Future Venture Capital
VC · Kyoto
Regional VC.
Offers: investment
Nippon Venture Capital
VC · Tokyo
Japanese VC.
Offers: investment
UTEC
VC · Tokyo
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners, deep-tech VC.
Offers: investment
Spiral Capital
VC · Tokyo
Early and growth VC.
Offers: investment
Osaka University Venture Capital
VC · Osaka
University VC.
Offers: investment
DNX Ventures
VC · Tokyo
US-Japan cross-border VC in enterprise SaaS.
Offers: investment
ANOBAKA
VC · Tokyo
Seed fund.
Offers: investment
Archetype Ventures
VC · Tokyo
Seed fund.
Offers: investment
XTech Ventures
VC · Tokyo
Seed and early VC.
Offers: investment
F Ventures
VC · Fukuoka
Fukuoka seed fund.
Offers: investment
B Dash Ventures
VC · Tokyo
Seed and early VC.
Offers: investment
Mobile Internet Capital
VC · Tokyo
Early VC.
Offers: investment
GMO VenturePartners
VC · Tokyo
GMO Group's VC.
Offers: investment
VOYAGE VENTURES
VC · Tokyo
Corporate VC.
Offers: investment
BEENEXT
VC · Tokyo
Founder-led seed fund in Asia.
Offers: investment
Chiba Dojo
VC · Tokyo
Kotaro Chiba's seed fund and founder community.
Offers: investment
Money Forward Venture Partners
VC · Tokyo
Money Forward's corporate VC.
Offers: investment
Real Tech Fund
VC · Tokyo
Deep-tech fund.
Offers: investment
Drone Fund
VC · Tokyo
Drone and air-mobility fund.
Offers: investment
Mirai Creation Fund
VC · Tokyo
Fund backed by Toyota and SPARX.
Offers: investment