QXLV
Independent Tokyo VC that invests in pre-seed and seed startups in all sectors and aims to lead rounds.
🇯🇵 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo · Founded 2019
Checks Up to ¥100M·Pre-seed to Seed·Leads rounds
QXLV is the brand of Quantum Leaps Ventures Corp., an independent venture capital firm in Tokyo founded in March 2019. INITIAL describes it as a spin-off by Kentaro Furuya from Quantum Leaps, the company led by former Sony chairman Nobuyuki Idei. It invests at pre-seed and seed, in some cases before the company is founded, and aims to lead its rounds. Its first fund of ¥1.02 billion backed 21 startups. It also runs LEAPS, a short programme for founders who plan to go global.
What they invest in
We are an independent venture capital firm focused on seed. We support the rapid growth of founders who take on a challenge, starting from the phase before the company is founded.
- Check size
- Up to ¥100M
- Stage
- Pre-seed to Seed
- Role in a round
- Leads rounds
- Fund
- Fund II (announced March 2023)
- All sectors
- Japan
How to pitch
Openfor introduces founders whose company fits the criteria above.
Open to
- Mentoring founders
QXLV runs LEAPS, a short programme of online lectures and mentoring for founders and pre-founders who plan to work in overseas markets. It ends with a demo day. In batch 2 the firm said it would consider investing ¥30 million to ¥50 million in teams. Batch 2 applications closed on 31 August 2024.
Portfolio
INITIAL lists 43 portfolio companies and CB Insights counts 48 investments since 2019. PitchBook counts 72 investments in 52 companies. Most are pre-seed and seed rounds in Japanese startups, in fields such as business software, healthcare and education.
Some of the companies they have backed
The portfolio at a glance · 24 companies · 2025–2026 · 4 exits · led 4
Sectors
- Business software8%
- Audiobooks4%
- Construction tech4%
- Diagnostic equipment4%
- Other25%
Stage when they invested
- Seed21%
- Series A8%
Where the companies are
- 🇯🇵 Japan46%
24 companies found in INITIAL, PitchBook, CB Insights, Caplight and press, as of Oct 2026. The fund has made more; its own portfolio page has the full list.
Co-investors and partners
Funds that invested in the same rounds.
