Dentsu Ventures

Twist Bioscience develops a silicon-based synthetic DNA manufacturing platform that produces high-quality DNA, genes, and NGS reagents for customers in medicine, agriculture, and industrial chemicals.

BiotechDeep TechSemiconductorsSouth San Francisco, US

William Charles Banyai(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)BJBill James Peck(Executive Officer, Promoter)ELEmily Leproust(Founder)inEMEmily M. Leproust(Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board)inPFPatrick Finn(President and Chief Operating Officer)inALAdam Laponis(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investors+N+ND Capital3E3E Bioventures CapitalARARCH Venture PartnersASAsset Management CompanyBABay City CapitalBLBlack Opal Ventures+8 more

Implicit is an AI-powered knowledge platform that aggregates technical content from manuals, tickets, and procedures to provide cited answers to both human workers and AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsAAAAF Management Ltd.CECerity Partners VenturesM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)POPoint72 VenturesPRPrime PartnersTETensility Venture Partners+5 more

Astrocade appears to be a gaming platform that hosts games and features creators with follower or player counts.

Creator EconomyGamingSocial

ASAmir Sadeghian, PhD(Founder)inAli Sadeghian(Founder)in

Co-investorsCHChaac VenturesLGLG Technology VenturesPRPrime PartnersTHThe Venture Reality Fund

Cheddar is a business and financial news media outlet that produces video interviews and coverage on markets, technology, the economy, and corporate earnings.

Media & Entertainment

Co-investorsCOComcast Ventures

Clear Labs develops fully automated next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms that process genomic data into insights for research and surveillance applications across infectious disease, food safety, and oncology.

BiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Carlos, US

SASasan Amini(Co-founder & CEO)inRKRamin Khaksar(Executive Officer)inEdward Fan(Executive Officer)inBrodie Flanders(Executive Officer, Director)Kazutaka Ohno(Executive Officer)Farzad Naimi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsMEMenlo VenturesKHKhosla VenturesNINimble VenturesCACastor VenturesFEFelicis VenturesNINimble Partners+8 more

CSClint Sever(Founder)in

Co-investorsACACME CapitalDADarwin CapitalDEDecheng CapitalFOForesite CapitalPRPrime PartnersCACAVU Consumer Partners+1 more

double jump.tokyo is an enterprise Web3 infrastructure company offering four solutions—corporate wallets, stablecoin payments, AI agent payments, and crypto asset accounting—for companies' authentication and payment needs.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechTokyo, JP

HUHironobu Ueno(Director)Yukinori Matsuya(Director)inTakashi Fujishima(Director)Ryo Manzoku(Director)Hiroyuki Kawamoto(Director)Guo Yihong(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsFEFenbushi CapitalPRPrime PartnersZ Z Venture CapitalSBSBI Investment

EXO produces protein bars and cricket powder supplements made from acheta (cricket) protein.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsPRPrime PartnersWAWakestream Ventures

Fiddler AI provides an AI observability and control platform offering experiments, monitoring, guardrails, and governance for enterprise AI agents and compound AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

KGKrishna Gade(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundAVaVentureBEBenhamou Global VenturesCICisco InvestmentsDADallas Venture CapitalE1E12 Venture Capital, Llc+20 more

FOLIO is an AI-powered robo-advisor that automatically manages investment portfolios by predicting market trends and dynamically adjusting asset allocation monthly.

AI & Machine LearningFintech

Co-investorsCOCoreline VenturesDNDnx VenturesPRPrime Partners

Forest Inc. is a Japanese company that acquires and operationally manages e-commerce brands and Japanese original products, focusing on businesses with over 100 million yen in sales or growth potential through online channels.

B2B MarketplacesDirect to ConsumerE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticTokyo, JP

Yuki Kato(Founder & CEO)SYShingo Yuhara(Representative Director & CEO)in

Co-investorsDBDBJ CapitalJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.NONordstarPRPrime PartnersUTUTEC

FUNDiT acquires and operates small to mid-sized IT businesses using AI and big data analysis for M&A targeting and operational improvement.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareShinagawa, JP

Co-investorsSHShizuoka CapitalDUDual Bridge CapitalJAJapan Post Insurance NEXT PartnersMIMitsubishi UFJ CapitalMIMitsui Sumitomo Insurance CapitalNANANKAI NEXT Ventures+2 more

infobox is a B2B sales intelligence platform that integrates company data (covering 2.55 million invoice-registered Japanese corporations) with a company's own sales data and uses AI to analyze it, helping teams build targeted prospect lists using 200+ attribute tags.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Kaito Hiranuma(Founder)in

Inworld AI provides a full-duplex audio streaming platform that enables real-time conversational AI interactions with intelligent turn-taking, function calling, and multi-model routing capabilities for developers building conversational applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US

Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in

Co-investorsBIBitkraft Esports VenturesBRBrave CapitalCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)DIDisney AcceleratorFIFirst Spark Ventures, LlcINIntel Capital+11 more

Kaka Creation develops AI-powered tools for anime production, enabling individual creators to produce anime with improved speed and efficiency.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentTokyo, JP

竹原康友(代表取締役CEO)Takehara(Representative)飯塚直道(CCO/プロデューサー)

Co-investorsAPAPOLLO CAPITAL

Minato, JP

Shinya Kawanaka(Founder)

Co-investorsGLGlobal Brain

Kognitos builds an agentic AI automation platform that lets business users write automation logic in plain English, executed deterministically by a patented neurosymbolic engine across 130+ enterprise integrations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US

BGBinny Gill(Founder)in

BoardASAshmeet Sidana(Director)in

Co-investorsCLClear VenturesENEngineering CapitalFIFin CapitalKHKhosla VenturesPRPrime PartnersPRProsperity7 Ventures+2 more

LiveLike develops interactive digital engagement tools for sports and entertainment audiences.

Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York, US

MWMiheer Walavalkar(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOComcast VenturesCOCourtside VenturesPRPrime PartnersSCScrum VenturesBIBigfoot CapitalELElysian Park Ventures+1 more

LiveLike is a New York-based fan engagement platform providing interactive and gamification tools for sports broadcasters and media companies.

New York City, US

Co-investorsTETechstarsCOCourtside VenturesELElysian Park VenturesGRGreycroft PartnersTPTPG

LoomAi builds real-time personalized 3D avatars from a single selfie for video calls, messaging and games; acquired by Roblox in 2020.

Co-investorsGFGFR FundPRPresence Capital

MacroFab operates a software platform for contract electronics manufacturing, connecting businesses to a network of manufacturing facilities and generating itemized quotes and production-ready orders from uploaded design files.

Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesHardwareSaaSHouston, US

Mikhail Govshteyn(Director)Christopher Church(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJSJason Seats(Director)in

Co-investorsATATX Venture PartnersBMBMW i VenturesCACathexis VenturesEDEdison PartnersEXExposition VenturesFOFoundry+2 more

Mysten Labs builds infrastructure and tools for web3, focusing on making decentralized systems secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.

Cloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

AAAdeniyi Abiodun(Founder)inKostas Kryptos Chalkias(Founder)inSBSam Blackshear(Founder)inECEvan Cheng(Founder)in

Co-investorsA1a16z cryptoALAlumni VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzARArrington CapitalBABasecamp FundBIBig Brain Holdings+22 more

Narvar provides AI-powered software for post-purchase customer experiences, offering delivery estimates, tracking, returns management, and fraud prevention for retailers and e-commerce brands.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSan Mateo, US

ASAmit Sharma(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBrian O'Malley(Director)

Co-investorsACAccelBABattery VenturesCOCommerce VenturesCRCrosscut VenturesHIHigh AlphaHOHomebrew+6 more

NEW STANDARD is a "meaning design" company that focuses on creating new meanings and broadening perspectives, publishing knowledge on meaning-centered design and the evolving values of Millennial, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha audiences.

Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSector Agnostic

Co-investorsTOTOPPAN HoldingsGLGlobis Capital PartnersSOSony Ventures Corporation

Operates a cross-border business platform.

THTomonari Hamano(Founder)in

Co-investorsDNDnx VenturesGLGlobis Capital PartnersJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.PAPayforwardPRPrime Partners

OpenWeb builds a community and engagement platform that helps publishers and brands manage online conversations and audience interaction across the open internet.

AdTechMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSocialNew York, US

NSNadav Shoval(Founder)inJDJim Dailyin

Co-investorsINInsight PartnersGEGeorgianINIndex VenturesSASamsung NextTHThe New York TimesWTWTI+5 more

Overtime creates and operates new sports leagues and media IP — including OTE and OT Select in basketball and OT7 and OT Nationals in football — while producing over 150 weekly pieces of original sports content for its global audience of next-generation fans and athletes.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US

Daniel Porter(Executive Officer, Director)ZWZachary Weiner(Founder)inZWZack Weiner(Founder)in

Co-investors35359 CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzBEBezos ExpeditionsBLBlack CapitalSPSpark CapitalWIWinslow Capital+18 more

MUSCAT GROUP is a Japanese company that engages in brand production and strategy.

AdTechConsumerData & InfrastructureE-commerceMarketing TechSaaSTokyo, JP

大久保 遼 (Ryo Okubo)(代表取締役 (Representative Director / CEO))in

Roforco connects games with influencers and secures brand and IP partnerships, having worked with creators such as Flamingo, ItsFunneh and Meganplays and brands including Cosmopolitan, Unilever and Sunsilk.

ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingMarketing TechSan Francisco, US

BXBrain Xiang(Founder)inTom Middleton(Founder)

Co-investorsY Y Combinator

Shoma Takeo(Founder)

Co-investorsFIFIRSTLIGHT CapitalGMGMO VenturePartners

Skyflow provides a data privacy vault delivered via an API that lets companies store, protect, and manage sensitive customer information such as financial, healthcare, and other personal data.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

ASAnshu Sharma(Co-founder & CEO)inRSRoshmik Saha(Co-founder)inAMAmruta Moktali(Chief Product Officer)inKLKen Laversin(Chief Revenue Officer)inDWDaniel Wong(Head of Security Engineering)in

Co-investorsCACanvas VenturesFIFirestreak VenturesFOFoundation CapitalINInsight PartnersMOMouro CapitalMSMS&AD Ventures+2 more

JustPark Insights is a parking data platform that centralizes information from equipment, payments, and applications to provide real-time visibility into parking metrics.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMobility & TransportationSaaSSan Francisco, US

WSWen Sang(Founder/CEO)inMLMaokai Lin(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsGOGovtech FundOYOyster VenturesY Y CombinatorKHKhosla Ventures

Solsten builds an audience-understanding platform that uses psychometrics and AI to profile the psychological makeup of a company's users, primarily to help game studios and brands design more engaging experiences.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureGamingMarketing TechBerlin, DE

BBBastian Bergmann(Co-founder)inJSJoe Schaeppi(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesGFGFR FundKOKonvoy VenturesPRPrime PartnersSISisu Game VenturesSUSupernode Global+4 more

Survios is a video game studio that develops and publishes immersive VR and action games, including licensed titles set in the Alien universe and Rocky/Creed boxing franchises.

Gaming

JIJames Iliff(Founder)in

Co-investorsEAEastward Capital PartnersLULux CapitalPRPrime PartnersQUQualcomm VenturesSASamsung NextSHShasta Ventures

Techtouch provides a no-code Digital Adoption Platform that overlays on-screen operation guides and navigation onto existing web systems and applications to reduce input errors and support workload.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTokyo, JP

井無田 (Imuda)(Co-founder)日比野 (Hibino)(Co-founder)NINaka Imuta(Founder)in

Co-investorsDNDnx Ventures3131VenturesDBDBJ CapitalPRPrime PartnersSOSony Ventures CorporationAOAozora Corporate Investment

Tsukuruba uses internet and technology to enable people to freely own and change their housing multiple times throughout their lives, expanding possibilities rather than treating housing as a lifelong constraint.

B2B MarketplacesMarketplacesPropTech

HMHiroki Murakami(Founder)in

Co-investorsMIMIRAI SOUZOU

Company working on fully autonomous driving technology, presenting itself under the slogan "We Overtake Tesla." The page is a recruitment section seeking team members to work on self-driving vehicle development.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationRoboticsTokyo, JP

IYIssei Yamamoto(Founder & CEO (代表取締役CEO))inDTDaisuke Tanaka(取締役COO)inMasato Morishima(取締役CFO)inYYYu Yamaguchi(執行役員 兼 CTO)inYTYugo Tokuchi(執行役員 兼 CSO)in

Co-investorsBOBonds Investment GroupGLGlobal BrainKDKDDI Open Innovation FundSHShochiku VenturesSPSpiral CapitalZ Z Venture Capital

STEAM Carnival is a traveling, high-tech carnival that combines science, technology, engineering, art, and math into midway games and attractions.

ConsumerEdTechGamingMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US

EGEric Gradman(Executive Officer, Director)inBBBrent Bushnell(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRMRyan McIntyre(Director)inMark Solon(Director)

Co-investorsJAJAZZ Venture PartnersPRPrime PartnersFOFoundryINIntel Capital

Tynker is a digital learning platform providing coding curriculum and courses for children through schools and parents.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechChicago, US

KCKelvin ChonginKVKrishna VedatiinSMSrinivas Mandyamin

Co-investors50500 GlobalFEFelicis VenturesGSGSV VenturesNENew Ground VenturesPRPrime PartnersXGXG Ventures+3 more

Account engagement platform helping B2B organizations achieve predictable revenue growth.

Amanda Kahlow(Founder)inJZJason Zintakin

Co-investorsB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalBABase Venture Management, Inc.BABattery VenturesFIField VenturesHAHarmony Partners+12 more

San Francisco, US

Zachary Apte(Executive Officer, Director)Jessica Richman(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJoseph Lonsdale(Director)Witt Wisebram(Director)

Co-investorsMIMilliways Ventures8V8VCOSOS FundSLSlow VenturesY Y Combinator

Ubiquity6 develops multiplayer technology and infrastructure for shared, collaborative experiences.

Deep TechDeveloper ToolsGamingSocialSan Francisco, US

Anjney Midha(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)Ankit Kumar(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardPhineas Barnes(Director)

Co-investorsINIndex VenturesBEBenchmarkFIFirst Round CapitalGRGradient VenturesKLKleiner PerkinsLDLDV Partners+2 more

Upside Foods produces cultivated meat using cell-based technology.

BiotechFoodTechSan Francisco, US

UVUma Valeti(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsALAlwyn CapitalCPCPT CapitalFIFifty YearsFUFuture VenturesJOJoyance PartnersMCMcWin Capital Partners+10 more

Vidmob provides software to help brand marketing teams discover top-performing creative requirements, maintain consistent brand guidelines across advertising platforms, and manage creative data at scale.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechNew York, US

ACAlex Collmer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inSBStephanie Bohn(Executive Officer)inGLGreg Lieber(Executive Officer)inJason Donnell(Executive Officer, Director)George Rose(Director)Craig Coblenz(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBUBuildGroupEGeGateway CapitalINInterlock PartnersJDJDS SportsPRPROOFSHShamrock Capital+2 more

WOTA develops small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous water treatment control systems.

CleantechClimate TechHardwareImpact & Social GoodTokyo, JP

Yosuke Maeda(代表取締役 (Representative Director))

Co-investorsDEDEEPCORE Inc.DEDevelopment Bank of JapanMIMitsubishi UFJ Asset ManagementSMSMBC Nikko SecuritiesSOSoftBank GroupSUSumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank+4 more

Kauche Farm is a gamified mobile app feature integrated into the Kauche app where users nurture virtual crops through daily watering and quests to earn free product coupons.

ConsumerGamingMarketplacesSocialTokyo, JP

Kempei Monna(Founder)in

Co-investorsDEDelight VenturesGLGlobal BrainMOMobile Internet Capital, Inc.NENew Commerce VenturesPRPrime PartnersSOSony Ventures Corporation

Kakehashi develops digital transformation software for pharmacies in Japan, serving the country's roughly 60,000 dispensing pharmacies.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Takashi NakagawaYNYutaka NakaoSatoshi EbiharaShingo Ito

Co-investors50500 GlobalAOAozora Corporate InvestmentCOCoral CapitalDNDnx VenturesGLGlobis Capital PartnersJIJIC Venture Growth Investments+3 more

Japanese manga publisher and Webtoon studio producing original vertical-scroll comics distributed in 11 countries.

前田儒郎(Founder)in

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.DBDBJ CapitalFUFunds StartupsGLGlobal BrainKDKDDI Open Innovation FundPRPrime Partners+2 more

Metagen Therapeutics (メタジェンセラピューティクス) is a biotech venture developing fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) therapies and medical services based on gut microbiome research, including an FMT drug candidate (MGT-006) for ulcerative colitis.

BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthTsuruoka, JP

Taku Nakahara(代表取締役社長CEO (President & CEO))Jun Terauchi(CSO)

Co-investorsFAFast Track InitiativeGLGlobal BrainMIMIRAI SOUZOUNINippon Venture Capital

Yoani Group is the parent holding company for the Yoani anime production group, responsible for strategic planning and management support across its subsidiary companies.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentTokyo, JP

Masashi Kurata(Representative Director)

Co-investorsGLGlobal BrainGLGlobis Capital PartnersSHShizuoka CapitalSKSkyland VenturesTBTBS Innovation PartnersW W Inc.+1 more

Innovative Space Carrier (将来宇宙輸送システム株式会社) is a Japanese company developing future space transportation systems.

Deep TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechTokyo, JP

畑田 (Hatakuta)(CEO)畑康畑田 康二郎(代表取締役社長 兼 最高経営責任者 (CEO))in野村 (Nomura)(COO)

Co-investorsANAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.MIMiyako CapitalXTXTech Ventures

Mellow operates a platform that matches mobile shops such as food trucks (kitchen cars) with vacant spaces, connecting mobility-business operators with locations like offices and neighborhoods.

FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationTokyo, JP

石石澤(代表取締役社長兼CEO (President & CEO))

Co-investorsOPOpen Network LabPKPKSHA Technology CapitalPRPrime Partners

HERALBONY is a Japanese art and lifestyle brand that licenses and commercializes artwork created by artists with disabilities (including intellectual disabilities and autism), turning their work into products under an "artist first" model that fairly compensates the artists and welfare facilities.

ConsumerCreator EconomyImpact & Social GoodMedia & EntertainmentMorioka, JP

松田文登(Co-founder)松田崇弥(Co-founder)

Co-investorsJRJR East Start UPMPMPower