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)inEmily Leproust, PhD(CEO and Co-Founder of Twist)PFPatrick Finn(President and Chief Operating Officer)in

Co-investors+N+ND Capital3E3E Bioventures CapitalARARCH Venture PartnersASAsset Management CompanyATATEL VenturesBABay City Capital+10 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

Alan Jacobson(Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAAAAF Management Ltd.BABasecamp FundCECerity Partners VenturesM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)POPoint72 VenturesPRPrime Partners+8 more

Apto Payments offers a developer-friendly card issuing platform that lets fintech companies launch physical debit, virtual, corporate, and crypto card programs.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

GKGreg Kidd(Founder)inMNMeg Nakamura(Founder)inCJCharles Jung(Executive Officer)inMaureen Higgins(Executive Officer)David Tanner McGraw(Executive Officer, Director)Traci A. Snowden(Executive Officer, Promoter)

Co-investorsBABaroda VenturesFEFenway Summer VenturesGEGeneral CatalystKAKapor CapitalNTNTT DOCOMO VenturesPEPeak XV Partners+11 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 VenturesPAPamir VenturesPRPrime PartnersTHThe Venture Reality Fund

Cheddar provides a mobile banking platform that offers checking accounts and debit cards with transparent pricing and features designed as an alternative to traditional banks.

FintechNew York, US

AFAlex Fryer(Founder/CEO)inBBBrian Brunner(Founder)inJonathan Steinberg(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJeremy Liew(Director)

Co-investorsCOComcast VenturesY Y CombinatorGOGoldman SachsRARaine Venture Partners

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 VenturesRARaine

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 VenturesALAlumni VenturesCACastor VenturesFEFelicis Ventures+12 more

Roof/exterior inspection app; also builds drone-based construction management and view-photography apps.

Co-investorsAGAG Capital Co. Ltd.CACanal VenturesDEDelight VenturesDIDIMENSIONDRDRONE FUNDENEnergy & Environment Investment+7 more

Covid test maker that went public at a $2.3 billion valuation.

CSClint Sever(Founder)in

Co-investorsACACME CapitalDADarwin CapitalDEDecheng CapitalFOForesite CapitalMOMothership VCPRPrime Partners+4 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 CapitalGUgumi IncPRPrime PartnersTATaisu VenturesZ Z Venture CapitalSBSBI Investment

EGO AI builds conversational AI and voice agents designed to create human-like interactions, with a focus on emotional resonance and user experience.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US

VHVishnu Hari(Founder)inVHVishnu H(Founder)in

Co-investorsOROrange CollectiveY Y Combinator46468 CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzBABalaji RollingBOBoost VC+13 more

Operates short-drama app 'BUMP'.

Co-investorsANAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.PRPrime PartnersSASamurai IncubateAOAozora Corporate 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)inAPAmit Paka(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRJRaviraj Jain(Director)inBZBilal Zuberi(Director)inGMGeorge Mathew(Director)in

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundAVaVentureBEBenhamou Global VenturesBLBloomberg BetaCICisco InvestmentsDADallas Venture Capital+22 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 PartnersRARakuten Capital

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-investorsMIMitsui Sumitomo Insurance CapitalSHShizuoka CapitalDUDual Bridge CapitalJAJapan Post Insurance NEXT PartnersMIMitsubishi UFJ 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-investorsA-A-Force VenturesBIBitkraft Esports VenturesBRBrave CapitalCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)DIDisney AcceleratorFIFirst Spark Ventures, Llc+16 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 CAPITALFUFull Commit PartnersPAPARTNERS FUNDAMAMUSEFFFFG Venture Business PartnersMIMIXI+2 more

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 VenturesALAlumni VenturesPRPrime Partners+2 more

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

Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York City, US

MWMiheer Walavalkar(Founder)in

Co-investorsBIBigfoot CapitalCOComcast VenturesCOCourtside VenturesPRPrime PartnersSCScrum VenturesTETechstars+4 more

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 CapitalSASamsung Venture Investment Corporation

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

Moots provides software to optimize attendee introductions and networking outcomes at high-value events such as brand activations, retreats, and fundraising gatherings.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

TBTonjé Bakang Tonje(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsY Y Combinator8I8i VenturesCRCresset CapitalEIEight CapitalGRGraph VenturesKIKima Ventures+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+35 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+7 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

Developed cloud-first smartphone 'Robin'.

Co-investorsACAccelGVGV (Google Ventures)PRPrime PartnersDEDentsu

An NFT-based marketing platform for enterprises

Co-investorsCACanal VenturesJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.

Operates a cross-border business platform.

THTomonari Hamano(Founder)in

Co-investorsDIDIMENSIONDNDnx VenturesGLGlobis Capital PartnersJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.JIJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsNTNTT DOCOMO Ventures+2 more

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 PartnersDEDentsuGEGeorgianINIndex VenturesSASamsung NextTHThe New York Times+7 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.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US

ZWZachary Weiner(Founder)inZWZack Weiner(Founder)inDPDan Porter(Founder & CEO)

Co-investors35359 CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzBEBezos ExpeditionsBLBlack CapitalSPSpark CapitalWIWinslow Capital+28 more

Pelica Health builds an AI operating system for value-based care, helping healthcare organizations close care gaps and manage operations across multiple vendor systems.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

LKLalit Kundu(Founder)inCZCatherine Zhao(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorANAndreessen HorowitzLLLlama venturesMAMatador FundPRProgressive VenturesSISixty Degree Capital+2 more

Poko provides payment infrastructure that connects traditional payment methods to blockchain networks, allowing cryptocurrency wallets, games, and applications to let users buy crypto or digital assets with local currency.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechGamingSingapore, SG

GSGeoffrey See(Founder)inSASean Ang(Founder)inVTVan Tran(Founder)in

Co-investorsNANazcaSOSoma CapitalY Y CombinatorAGAgrolimen VenturesAMAmasiaGLGlobal Founders Capital+4 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-investorsPIPioneerY Y Combinator

A platform for streamlining and maximizing revenue for subscription businesses

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 FundUTUtopian VenturesY Y Combinator8C8capitaAGAgrolimen VenturesAPApplied Angels+11 more

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 FundINInventureKOKonvoy VenturesMIMilkbox PartnersPRPrime Partners+6 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)inNBNathan Burba(Founder)inGraham Matuszewski(Founder)ASAlex Silkin(Founder; Chief Technology Officer)inSeth Gerson(Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsEAEastward Capital PartnersLULux CapitalPRPrime PartnersQUQualcomm VenturesSASamsung NextDADanhua Capital+2 more

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 CapitalNTNTT DOCOMO VenturesPRPrime PartnersSOSony Ventures Corporation+1 more

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 GroupDIDIMENSIONGLGlobal BrainKDKDDI Open Innovation FundNTNTT DOCOMO VenturesSHShochiku Ventures+2 more

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 GlobalCECervinFEFelicis VenturesGSGSV VenturesNENew Ground VenturesPRPrime Partners+4 more

Account engagement platform helping B2B organizations achieve predictable revenue growth.

Amanda Kahlow(Founder)inJZJason Zintakin

Co-investorsB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalBABain Capital VenturesBABase Venture Management, Inc.BABattery VenturesFIField Ventures+13 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 VenturesBEBenchmarkDIDisney AcceleratorFIFirst Round CapitalGRGradient VenturesKLKleiner Perkins+3 more

Upside Foods produces cultivated meat using cell-based technology.

BiotechFoodTechSan Francisco, US

UVUma Valeti(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsALAlwyn CapitalBOBoxGroupCPCPT CapitalFIFifty YearsFUFuture VenturesJOJoyance Partners+12 more

Victorious is an SEO agency that develops search engine optimization strategies for businesses in San Francisco and beyond, covering traditional search and AI-driven search experiences.

AdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSPhiladelphia, US

MTMichael Transon(CEO)inDBDave Burton(CFO)inLSLaurel Stewart(COO)in

Co-investorsKAKarlin VenturesKLKleiner PerkinsLOLowercase CapitalMAMarkerRERedpoint Ventures

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-investors3S3Spoke CapitalBUBuildGroupDRDrive by DraftKingsEGeGateway CapitalINInterlock PartnersJDJDS Sports+4 more

Voice x technology company aiming to build an exciting society.

Co-investorsGLGlobal BrainPRPrime PartnersTBTBS Innovation Partners

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-investorsAGAG Capital Co. Ltd.DEDelight VenturesGLGlobal BrainMOMobile Internet Capital, Inc.NENew Commerce VenturesPRPrime Partners+1 more

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+5 more

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

Tokyo, JP

前田儒郎(Founder)in

Co-investorsATAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.CYCyberAgent CapitalDBDBJ CapitalFUFunds StartupsGLGlobal BrainKDKDDI Open Innovation Fund+3 more