Colopl Next
Corporate VCTokyo · Seed–Growth · 16 people tracked
Investment thesis
Colopl Next invests without restriction to industry, spanning both startups and public equities. On the startup side it backs companies in frontier technology, consumer (B2C), and entertainment across Japan, the US, and Korea, with an emphasis on young, next-generation founders. For listed equities, it draws on its capitalists' understanding of global trends to select stocks based on growth potential and integrity toward shareholders, concentrating primarily on Japanese companies. The firm aims to make everyday life more enjoyable and remarkable, leveraging the knowledge and culture of the Colopl group to support the companies it backs.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 16 people
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What they invest in
from 76 of 173 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24Consumer ×20AI & Machine Learning ×17Media & Entertainment ×14Marketplaces ×13Gaming ×12Enterprise Software ×10B2B Marketplaces ×7
HQs:Japan×33South Korea×12United States×9Vietnam×2France×1Malaysia×1
Investments · 173 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathWunderbar is a Japanese company focused on expanding the value and possibilities of intellectual property (IP) using technology.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSTokyo, JP
長尾 慶人(代表取締役CEO)
Adds Brand helps Korean brand owners expand into the US e-commerce market, primarily Amazon, through product launch support, data-driven advertising automation, new product research, and brand localization.
AdTechE-commerceRetail Tech
김효성(CEO)황재철(CTO)
AKUODIGITAL provides AI-OCR SaaS that converts invoices, forms, and handwritten documents into structured data, along with timestamp services for electronic bookkeeping compliance, intellectual property proof, and document management.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Alice.style is an online shopping platform selling brand-name consumer products across categories such as beauty, fitness, kitchen, home, AV/IT, hobby, bags, baby goods, jewelry, and golf.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Kabushiki Kaisha ALL in is a Japanese company whose main service is funeral arrangements offered as fixed set plans at an appropriate scale and price, aimed at people unfamiliar with organizing funerals.
Consumer
Wonder Technologies develops "Wonder," a cloud-based software platform for veterinary clinics that handles functions such as patient intake questionnaires, client communication, patient acquisition, unmanned reception, and online consultations, integrating with veterinary electronic medical record systems.
Cloud ComputingHealthtechSaaS
CACH develops IoT-based measurement and monitoring systems for construction and civil engineering, including battery-free sensors and communication devices (ST-COMM) that send displacement, stress, and load data to a cloud server for viewing via a web app.
Construction TechHardwareIoTTokyo, JP
鈴木良昌(代表取締役 (Representative Director / CEO))
Channel.io offers Team Chat, a messaging app for internal team communication that supports direct messages, group chats, and remote team collaboration.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Cloudike is a white-label software solution that lets mobile carriers and OEMs offer a personal cloud storage service to their subscribers, with billing, authentication, and provisioning integrations.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Coagulant Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company, formed in 2019, developing biologics with a focus on hematology and coagulation-related therapeutics.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Terry Hermiston(Founder & CEO)Derek Sim(CSO)Frank Booth(Chief Medical Officer)Daekyeong Bae(Senior Director, Operations)
ConnexioH (코넥시오에이치) builds a Graph RAG and ontology-based data intelligence engine that structures fragmented e-commerce data into knowledge graphs to reduce LLM hallucination.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintech
Coopel provides a cloud-based RPA (robotic process automation) service for businesses to automate work tasks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTokyo, JP
橋本 久茂(代表取締役 (CEO))
Borong (Dropee) is a neutral B2B eProcurement platform connecting enterprises, government-linked companies, and SMEs with verified wholesale suppliers, offering purchasing workflow automation, an open supplier marketplace, embedded trade financing, and AI-powered price benchmarking.
B2B MarketplacesFintechSaaS
K-TOP (KPOP Training Online Program) offers structured online K-pop training in dance, vocal, expression, and stage, based on the Keens Seoul curriculum, aimed at international students who want to train toward becoming K-pop idols.
ConsumerEdTechMedia & EntertainmentSeoul, KR
Jae Shim(Founder (former SM Entertainment Performance Director))
Epigno provides a workforce management solution built specifically for medical and nursing care institutions, covering staff evaluation, training, and improvement of organizational engagement and motivation.
Digital HealthHR TechSaaS
Evrika offers a tutoring and learning school with courses developed by University of Tokyo and Kyoto University instructors, covering mental arithmetic, individualized academic instruction, English pronunciation, programming, calligraphy, and speed reading.
EdTech
Catan VR is a virtual reality adaptation of the Catan board game, offering an immersive version with online multiplayer and cross-play for tabletop and new players.
Gaming
Flitto creates, refines, and validates large-scale multilingual and multimodal datasets (text, speech, and image) for training AI models, sourced through its crowd platform Flitto Arcade with 14 million users across 173 countries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Fril is a Japanese consumer-to-consumer marketplace app where individuals list and sell items such as fashion, electronics, hobby goods, and food.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
The site presents Cox Automotive, an automotive services provider that unites multiple brands (including Autotrader, Manheim, Dealertrack, vAuto, VinSolutions, Xtime, and NextGear Capital) covering vehicle wholesale, dealership management, financing, transport, digital marketing, and EV battery services.
B2B MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US
Greg Papadopoulos(Director)Stefan J.J. Holzer(Director)Stephen D. Miller(Director)Ted Yamamoto(Director)Radu B. Rusu(Executive Officer, Director)
GS2 is a backend-as-a-service platform providing game server infrastructure and microservices for game developers.
Cloud ComputingGamingSaaS
HealthHub is a digital healthcare SaaS platform providing medical information tools for both healthcare providers and patients.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Colopl Next invest at?
- Colopl Next invests at the Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Colopl Next focus on?
- Colopl Next focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Direct to Consumer, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, Gaming, Marketplaces, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Colopl Next located?
- Colopl Next is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
- Does Colopl Next lead rounds?
- Colopl Next typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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