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Corporate venture capital in Tokyo

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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Corporate venture capital in Tokyo
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66 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Tokyo, Japan 721 76 112 0
2 SMBC Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 666 31 98 0
3 Nippon Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 224 44 45 0
4 Sony Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 196 31 22 0
5 DG VENTURES Tokyo, Japan 165 39 35 0
6 YJ Capital Tokyo, Japan 124 27 32 0
7 Colopl Next Tokyo, Japan 114 13 17 0
8 KDDI Open Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 95 21 25 0
9 Z Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 95 18 2 0
10 MUFG Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 64 11 6 0
11 Aozora Corporate Investment Tokyo, Japan 62 13 5 0
12 Rakuten Capital Setagaya, Japan 60 23 9 0
13 Dentsu Ventures Tokyo, Japan 59 6 13 0
14 Canal Ventures Toyosu, Japan 38 2 2 0
15 Asahi Media Lab Ventures Tokyo, Japan 36 2 0 0
16 Bricks Fund Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 23 4 2 0
17 MOL PLUS Tokyo, Japan 22 2 0 0
18 Sumisho Venture Partners Tokyo, Japan 21 4 0 0
19 Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. Tokyo, Japan 21 1 3 0
20 aSTART Tokyo, Japan 19 3 2 0
21 ENEOS Innovation Partners Tokyo, Japan 19 2 2 0
22 CAC CAPITAL Tokyo, Japan 17 3 2 0
23 SPARX Innovation for the Future Tokyo, Japan 13 5 5 0
24 Kuroneko Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 12 6 1 0
25 Obunsha Ventures Tokyo, Japan 12 3 3 0
26 Innovation Growth Ventures Tokyo, Japan 12 1 0 0
27 Monex Group Tokyo, Japan 10 1 4 0
28 Persol Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 10 0 2 0
29 Takeda Digital Ventures Tokyo, Japan 9 4 0 0
30 JFR MIRAI CREATORS Fund Tokyo, Japan 9 0 0 0
31 Shochiku Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 3 1 0
32 Japan Airlines Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 8 2 0 0
33 Double Sharp Partners Akasaka, Japan 8 1 1 0
34 EPSON X Investment Tokyo, Japan 8 1 1 0
35 Adways Ventures Tokyo, Japan 8 0 0 0
36 Fujitsu Ventures Toranomon, Japan 8 0 1 0
37 Aflac Ventures Japan Tokyo, Japan 7 2 0 0
38 Paramount Bed Healthcare Fund Koto, Japan 7 0 0 0
39 DMM Ventures Tokyo, Japan 6 5 0 0
40 Toyo Kanetsu Corporate Venture Investment Partnership Tokyo, Japan 6 3 0 0
41 Heart Driven Fund Tokyo, Japan 6 0 0 0
42 Tb Innovations Tokyo, Japan 6 0 2 0
43 DAN Venture Capital Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 0
44 Life Design Fund Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
45 Mizuho Securities Principal Investment Tokyo, Japan 5 1 3 0
46 Ono Digital Health Investment Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
47 POLA ORBIS CAPITAL Tokyo, Japan 5 1 0 0
48 GENIEE Tokyo, Japan 4 3 0 0
49 LOGLY INVESTMENT Akasaka, Japan 4 1 0 0
50 Marubeni Ventures Tokyo, Japan 4 1 0 0
51 Aristotle Partners Tokyo, Japan 4 0 0 0
52 BG Ventures Setagaya, Japan 3 2 0 0
53 AN0 Capital Akasaka, Japan 3 0 0 0
54 Safie Ventures Higashi-shinagawa, Japan 3 0 0 0
55 EP-GB Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
56 Anicom Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
57 Kulture Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
58 Maxell Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
59 Ryobi AlgoTech Capital Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
60 Hoya Corporate Venture Capital Group Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
61 Shinkukan Tokyo, Japan 1 1 0 0
62 AIX Tech Ventures Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
63 fermata Roppongi, Japan 1 0 0 0
64 Shoei Chemical Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
65 TOKAI Venture Capital & Incubation Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
66 ME Innovation Fund Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in Tokyo, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 66.

Investment stages

Among these 66
Early stage investors50 Late stage investors29 Seed investors26 Venture investors21 Convertible note investors4 Debt investors2 Secondary market investors1

Other investors in Tokyo

Venture capital firms299 Angel investors107 Private equity firms57 Investment partners54 Startup accelerators25 Startup incubators23

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

California184 New York91 England70 Central Region66 Ile-de-France36 Illinois33 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi32 Massachusetts28 Texas28 Beijing27 Dubai23 Noord-Holland22 Nordrhein-Westfalen22 New South Wales21 Sao Paulo21 Istanbul20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 66 corporate venture capital in Tokyo, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/tokyo-japan/