DD Holdings Venture Capital
Corporate VCTokyo · Series A · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
As a corporate venture capital arm of DD Group, DDHDVC seeks to serve as a connection point between startups and the group's operating companies. It aims to combine the group's management resources with startups' technology and novel ideas to expand the business domains of group companies and create new business pillars for the group. The firm offers the group's assets and data as a proving ground to help startups grow, and leverages the incubation capabilities of a food-service company to support innovation through co-creation and collaboration with portfolio companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 8 of 15 portfolio companiesFoodTech ×4Consumer ×3B2B Marketplaces ×2Logistics & Supply Chain ×2Fintech ×1HR Tech ×1Impact & Social Good ×1Marketing Tech ×1
HQs:Japan×8
Investments · 15 tracked
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Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.basepartnersDIMENSIONi Cubed Venturesi-nest capitalKintetsu Venture Partners+7 more
DD Group is a Japanese holding company operating and managing food and amusement businesses (cafés, restaurants, izakaya, billiards, darts, and complex cafés) as well as hotel and real estate operations.
ConsumerTravel & HospitalityTokyo, JP
松村 厚久(代表取締役社長 CEO)斉藤 征晃(代表取締役副社長 COO)坂本 聡(取締役副社長 CFO グループ管理本部長)
Co-investorsPolaris Capital Group
Co-investorsANOBAKA
DDプラス is a Japanese wholesale trading and food-service supply company that supplies restaurants with vegetables from contracted farms, products from Toyosu and Shibaura market brokers, and general goods such as rice, cooking oil, imported meat and fish, seasonings, and consumables sourced directly from manufacturers.
B2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain
GINKAN develops SyFu, a next-generation fintech platform that visualizes daily transaction and consumption data as "consumption achievements" and converts them into gaming experiences, digital assets, and future credit opportunities.
ConsumerFintech
Tomochika Kamiya(Founder)in
Co-investorsAPOLLO CAPITALE-CrowdGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation Fund
Co-investorsGMO VenturePartners
OFFICE DE YASAI is a Japanese corporate benefit service that installs an office refrigerator and regularly delivers fresh salads, fruit, prepared dishes, and snacks that employees can buy from 100 yen per item.
FoodTechHR TechLogistics & Supply ChainWellness & FitnessJapan, JP
渡邉(Founder & CEO (株式会社KOMPEITO 代表))
Co-investorsHiroshima Venture Capital Co. Ltd.JIC Venture Growth InvestmentsShizuoka Capital
Operator of TABETE, a Japanese food-sharing app that lets restaurants and shops sell surplus food to consumers to reduce food loss, alongside a TABETE rescue-deli service and pattern-language/creative-cooking workshop business mainly for corporate clients.
B2B MarketplacesFoodTechImpact & Social GoodMarketplacesTokyo, JP
Taichi Isaku(Co-Founder & VP of Product (Executive Officer))Kazuma Kawagoe(Representative Director & CEO)Saori Shinoda(VP of Sales (Executive Officer))
Co-investorsJR East Start UPNOW Japan
DDグループ (Diamond Dining) operates a nationwide chain of restaurants, bars, entertainment dining venues, and amusement/billiards spaces across Japan, including themed concept restaurants and izakaya.
ConsumerFoodTech
Co-investorsCARTA VENTURES, Inc.Seibu Shinkin Capital
Shonan Label operates self-storage container rental facilities (Room Mart Container) in the Shonan area of Kanagawa, Japan, including locations near Hiratsuka Station.
PropTech
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has DD Holdings Venture Capital made?
- DD Holdings Venture Capital has 15 tracked investments.
- What stage does DD Holdings Venture Capital invest at?
- DD Holdings Venture Capital invests at the Series A stage.
- What sectors does DD Holdings Venture Capital focus on?
- DD Holdings Venture Capital focuses on FoodTech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is DD Holdings Venture Capital located?
- DD Holdings Venture Capital is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
- Who does DD Holdings Venture Capital co-invest with?
- DD Holdings Venture Capital most often shares deals with ANOBAKA, Global Brain, JIC Venture Growth Investments, among 27 tracked co-investors.
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