SBI Investment CO., LTD
Venture capital arm of Japan's SBI Group, backing AI, blockchain, fintech, IT, biotech and energy startups
🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Tokyo · Founded 1996
Seed to Series C+·Leads or follows
SBI Investment is the venture capital arm of Japan's SBI Group. It was founded in 1996 and is based in Tokyo. It was formerly known as Softbank Ventures. It runs venture funds, including the JPY 100B SBI 4+5 Fund, and corporate venture funds for companies such as Nikon, Subaru and Ricoh. It invests in private companies in Japan and overseas, from early to later stages, and gives hands-on support through to IPO.
What they invest in
We invest in innovative technology and services across a wide range of industries. Our criteria are the quality and vision of the management, the growth rate and size of the market, and the innovativeness of products and services.
- Stage
- Seed to Series C+
- Role in a round
- Leads or follows
- Fund
- SBI 4+5 Fund · JPY 100B (established April 2020)
- AI
- Blockchain
- Fintech
- IT services
- Life sciences
- Japan
- Asia
- North America
- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
How to pitch
They read inbound pitches that match the criteria above.
Open to
- Pitches from founders
- Co-investment
Startups can send an inquiry through the firm's contact form for startups. The firm says it may not reply to every inquiry.
Portfolio
SBI Investment says it has backed 1,314 companies as of March 2025: 1,053 in Japan and 261 overseas. 219 have exited by IPO or M&A. It invests from seed to later stages in AI, blockchain, fintech, IT, life sciences and environmental energy.
Some of the companies they have backed
The portfolio at a glance · 30 companies · 2021–2026 · 15 exits · led 1
Sectors
- Inc.10%
- Financial services7%
- Space7%
- Aerospace3%
- Other57%
Stage when they invested
- Series A10%
- Series B20%
- Series C+13%
30 names from the firm's own IPO list and from PitchBook, Seedtable and Caplight, as of Oct 2026. The firm has backed over 1,300 companies; its site has the full list.
Co-investors and partners
Funds that invested in the same rounds.
