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Startup incubators in Japan

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

31
Startup incubators in Japan
31
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
7
Other types here
31 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Samurai Incubate Tokyo, Japan 191 59 13 3
2 NTT DOCOMO Ventures Minato, Japan 182 54 46 0
3 DG VENTURES Tokyo, Japan 165 39 35 0
4 Beyond Next Ventures Tokyo, Japan 126 49 4 14
5 Skyland Ventures Tokyo, Japan 113 28 6 4
6 Deepcore Tokyo, Japan 112 22 2 5
7 Dream Incubator Tokyo, Japan 95 17 28 3
8 UTokyo Innovation Platform Tokyo, Japan 78 28 10 9
9 Lifetime Ventures Yokohama, Japan 68 44 0 0
10 i-nest capital Tokyo, Japan 44 9 7 0
11 Open Network Lab Tokyo, Japan 39 21 3 1
12 DG Incubation Tokyo, Japan 30 8 2 2
13 inclusion japan Higashi-shinagawa, Japan 28 10 0 3
14 Tokyo University of Science Investment Management Tokyo, Japan 18 3 0 0
15 HAKOBUNE Tokyo, Japan 11 3 0 2
16 U-Tokyo Entrepreneur Supporter's Club Incubation Fund Tokyo, Japan 11 2 0 0
17 Aflac Ventures Japan Tokyo, Japan 7 2 0 0
18 GX Incubate Tokyo, Japan 5 2 0 3
19 Team Cool Japan Kyoto, Japan 4 4 0 0
20 NodeRise Capital Hamamatsucho, Japan 4 1 0 0
21 CUEBiC Ventures Tokyo, Japan 3 1 0 0
22 GOB Incubation Partners Tokyo, Japan 3 1 1 0
23 Quantum Leaps Capital Partners Tokyo, Japan 2 1 0 0
24 Technology Seed Incubation Kyoto, Japan 2 1 0 0
25 Trailhead Tokyo, Japan 2 0 0 0
26 Interactive Media Lab Ikoma, Japan 1 1 0 0
27 Allchaineed China, Japan 1 0 0 0
28 MINAMI INCUBATE Onojo, Japan 1 0 0 0
29 SGcapital Tokyo, Japan 1 0 0 0
30 Flmoat Inc. Tokyo, Japan 0 0 0 0
31 Sunswap Osaka, Japan 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Startup incubators in Japan, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 31.

Investment stages

Among these 31
Seed investors26 Early stage investors21 Late stage investors7 Venture investors7 Private equity investors4 Convertible note investors2 Secondary market investors1 Non equity assistance1

Other investors in Japan

Venture capital firms422 Angel investors128 Corporate venture capital93 Private equity firms72 Investment partners64 Startup accelerators38 Micro VC funds22

Startup incubators elsewhere

United States458 India108 United Kingdom88 Canada66 Germany57 China47 Singapore46 France44 Spain33 United Arab Emirates28 Israel27 Hong Kong25 Italy25 Australia24 Switzerland22 The Netherlands20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 31 startup incubators in Japan, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/incubators/japan/