DG Ventures, Inc.
Corporate VCTokyo · Seed–Growth · 5 people tracked
Also known as 株式会社DGベンチャーズ
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Team · 5 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 29 of 47 portfolio companiesSaaS ×9AI & Machine Learning ×8Enterprise Software ×7Marketplaces ×7Mobility & Transportation ×6Fintech ×5Crypto & Web3 ×4Logistics & Supply Chain ×4
HQs:United States×17Japan×6India×2Indonesia×1Kenya×1Cayman Islands×1
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 12020 · 12019 · 25 dated
ThredUp operates an online marketplace where consumers buy and sell secondhand clothing, and provides resale-as-a-service solutions for fashion brands seeking to incorporate circular commerce into their business models.
Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
James Reinhart(Executive Officer)inChris Homer(Founder)inSean Sobers(Chief Financial Officer)in
BoardDan Nova(Director)Tim Haley(Director)inPatricia Nakache(Director)in
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveHDS CapitalNextView VenturesRedpoint VenturesRitual CapitalTrinity Ventures+4 more
BetterEngage is an employee experience platform (EXP) that integrates and visualizes scattered HR data in real time, giving HR staff and managers a cross-cutting view of employee and organizational conditions.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSTokyo, JP
石原史章(代表取締役 (CEO))
Co-investorsSMBC Venture CapitalANOBAKAOpen Network Lab
Talentbook connects people exploring their careers with real professional role models through shared stories and career narratives.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSocialTokyo (Shibuya), JP
Board大堀 航大堀 海
Co-investorsJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.ABC Dream VenturesHakuhodo DY VenturesMizuho CapitalMonex VenturesShizuoka Capital+1 more
Akili Interactive develops digital therapeutics that use video game-based interventions to target attentional control deficits in patients with ADHD, delivered through proprietary technology featuring adaptive difficulty algorithms.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGamingHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesEvidity Health CapitalJAZZ Venture PartnersMachina VenturesRevelation PartnersWalnut Venture Associates+1 more
The Algorand Foundation supports and grows the Algorand blockchain ecosystem by improving the developer experience, contributing to core protocol infrastructure and standards, and enabling decentralized governance.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechQuantum Computing
Silvio Micali(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Candle CapitalBixin Capital+27 more
Anifie is a messaging platform that enables users to chat while viewing multimedia content such as videos, photos, and designs, powered by AI that links messages to content and blockchain technology for data ownership.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Social
Co-investorsPKSHA Technology CapitalSand Hill AngelsCyberAgent CapitalSPARX Group
Blockstream builds infrastructure and products for the Bitcoin ecosystem, including a wallet app for managing bitcoin and Liquid assets and a hardware wallet for self-custody.
Crypto & Web3FintechHardwareMontreal, KY
Adam Back(Co-founder & CEO)inAustin Hill(Director, President and Chief Executive Officer)inErik Svenson(Founder)inHammie Hill(Director and Chief Financial Officer)in
BoardReid Hoffman(Director)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Blockchain CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)DG Daiwa VenturesDigital Currency GroupFulgur Ventures+6 more
Chartbeat provides real-time content intelligence and analytics tools for digital publishers, newsrooms, and media organizations to optimize editorial decisions and monetize content.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York, US
Tony Haile(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn Saroff(Executive Officer)inAntonia Abraham(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardSaul Klein(Director)inAndrew McLaughlin(Director)inJosh Stein(Director)in
Co-investorsBetaworksEvolution VC PartnersFounder CollectiveHarmony PartnersLerer HippeauNorth Atlantic Capital+6 more
Cloudian provides S3-native object storage and data management software for AI, analytics, and backup workloads, with immutable storage for ransomware protection and high-throughput storage for GPU cloud providers.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureSan Mateo, US
Michael M. Tso(Executive Officer, Director)inHiroshi Ohta(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJonathan Epstein(Director)David Milstein(Director)Ken Yasunaga(Director)Gregory Bryant(Director)
Co-investorsFoothill VenturesGlobal Hands-On VCNTT DOCOMO VenturesEight Roads VenturesFoundation CapitalGoldman Sachs+3 more
Diffbot operates a web-scale knowledge graph using AI to extract and structure facts from billions of web pages through techniques like natural language processing, entity linking, and image recognition.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMenlo Park, US
Mike Tung(CEO)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersBloomberg BetaFelicis VenturesWebb Investment NetworkMatrix
FundersClub is a venture capital platform that sources early-stage investment opportunities in seed and series A rounds through direct relationships, referrals, and connections to top incubators and VC firms, offering accredited investors access to vetted startups.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Mittal(Founder/CEO)inBoris Silver(Founder/President)in
Co-investorsY Combinator500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzHigh AlphaSaama CapitalSOSV+22 more
Glow Energy provides software that helps rental property owners operate their buildings as virtual power plants, enabling them to participate in distributed energy management while generating financial and environmental benefits.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechLos Angeles, US
Greg Sirotek(Founder)inRoss Gruber(Founder)in
Co-investorsCool Climate CollectiveY CombinatorBeagle VenturesClimate CapitalGlobal Founders CapitalGMO VenturePartners+2 more
Gojek offers on-demand services in Indonesia, including ride-hailing and delivery, digital payments (top-ups, bill payment, QRIS, transfers), and food and grocery delivery.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationJakarta, ID
Kevin Aluwi(Founder)inNadiem Makarim(Founder)in
Co-investorsAllianz XGestio CapitalJDACK3 VenturesK3V VenturesMarketX Ventures+5 more
GrubMarket is a food tech company operating a B2B and B2C marketplace in the U.S. and Canada, offering both wholesale produce delivery at discounted prices and AI-powered SaaS software solutions for food supply chain businesses including inventory management, warehouse operations, and eCommerce platforms.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mike Xu(Founder/CEO, , President)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBascom VenturesBattery VenturesBuilders + BackersCastor VenturesCeltic House Asia Partners+49 more
HackerEarth offers an AI Practice Agent, a training tool that lets developers practice mock interviews and coding problems while receiving automated feedback from AI models.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Sachin Gupta(Founder)inVivek Prakashin
Co-investors500 GlobalGSF AcceleratorPrime Venture Partners
Co-investors137 VenturesAmplo Ventures
Lime operates a shared micromobility service offering short-term rentals of electric bikes and scooters.
CleantechConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Wayne Ting(CEO)in
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesAkkadian VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen HorowitzATEL VenturesAtomico+33 more
LinkedIn is the professional network — profiles, connections, job listings and a feed built around work rather than friendship.
Sunnyvale, US
Reid Hoffman(Co-founder & Chairman)inAllen Blue(Co-founder & VP Product Management)inKonstantin Guericke(Co-founder & VP Marketing)inEric Ly(Co-founder & CTO)inJean-Luc Vaillant(Co-founder & VP Engineering)inLee Hower(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsGreylock PartnersSapphire VenturesAccelBessemer Venture PartnersCrosslink CapitalFreestyle Capital+2 more
Luup operates an electric micro-mobility sharing service providing electric kick scooters and pedal-assist bicycles for short urban trips in Japan.
ConsumerMobility & TransportationSaaSTokyo, JP
Co-investorsChishima Real Estate — Startup InvestmentDG IncubationG-STARTUPGlobal Braini-nest capitalIgnition Point Venture Partners+9 more
Airtime (formerly mmhmm) makes video communication tools for professionals working live and asynchronously, including a camera, recorder, creator, and stacks.
Creator EconomyFuture of WorkMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Co-investorsCleo CapitalScrum VenturesWorklife VenturesWorld Innovation Lab (WiL)G Vision CapitalHuman Capital+5 more
NoBroker is an online rental platform that connects tenants directly with property owners, eliminating brokers and brokerage fees.
FintechMarketplacesPropTechBangalore, IN
Akhil Gupta(Founder)inAmit Kumar Agarwal(Founder)inSaurabh Garg(Founder)in
Co-investorsElevation CapitalQualgroRocketship.vcTrifecta Capital Advisors
Paperspace provided cloud GPU infrastructure and a machine learning development platform, Gradient, for training and deploying AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareMedical DevicesNew York City, US
Dillon Erb(Founder/CEO)inDaniel Kobran(Founder)inOuwen Huang(CEO)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalBoxGroupDCVC (Data Collective)FusionInitialized CapitalLudlow Ventures+21 more
Playco creates games designed to be played instantly across social platforms and messaging services like Facebook, LINE, Zoom, Microsoft, and Discord, without requiring downloads or app installations.
Gaming
Michael Carter(Co-founder)Justin Waldron(Co-founder)Takeshi Otsuka(Co-founder)Teddy Cross(Co-founder)
Co-investorsDreamers VCKortschak Investments L.P.Caffeinated CapitalDigital GarageMakers FundSozo Ventures
Quantstamp provides smart contract and blockchain security audits and verification services for Web3 and Web2 projects.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Richard Ma(Founder/CEO)inSteven Stewart(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCDragonflyFifty YearsFJ LabsLegalTechManhattan Venture Partners+22 more
Repro provides web performance optimization tools, specifically Repro Booster, which improves website page load speeds for e-commerce and other platforms through minimal implementation overhead.
AdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSTokyo, JP
Co-investorsCARTA VENTURES, Inc.DG Daiwa VenturesGlobal BrainKDDI Open Innovation FundNTT DOCOMO VenturesVOYAGE VENTURES+1 more
Pronto builds off-road autonomous haulage systems (AHS) designed for rugged industrial environments such as mines and quarries.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationRoboticsSunnyvale, US
Bibhrajit Halder(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardAlexei Andreev(Director)in
Co-investorsEmbark VenturesFoundamentalMonta Vista CapitalAutotech VenturesBain Capital VenturesBrick Mortar Ventures+10 more
SafeBoda operates a mobile app for ride-hailing (motorcycle "boda boda" rides and car rides) and door-to-door package delivery, serving individuals and businesses with trained, certified riders and drivers.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationNairobi, KE
Maxime Dieudonné(Founder)in
Co-investorsAllianz XWind VentureGlobal Innovation FundMusha Ventures
San Francisco, US
Sondre Rasch(Executive Officer, Director)Sarah Sandnes(Executive Officer, Director)Hans Nyvold Kjellby(Executive Officer, Director)Mads Haneborg(Executive Officer)
BoardCarl Fritjofsson(Director)inEric Lagier(Director)
Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.
Christopher Yeo(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesPrimitive VenturesUntroD CapitalArrington CapitalCanonical CryptoEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.+10 more
SpotHero is a parking reservation app that helps drivers find and book affordable parking at garages, lots, and valet services across North American cities.
ConsumerLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationChicago, US
Mark Lawrence(Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer)inLarry Kiss(Co-Founder, Chief Architect Officer)inJeremy Smith(Executive Officer, Director)Sam Guren(Director)
BoardSam Yagan(Director)inMichael Gamson(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalAutotech VenturesBlossom Street VenturesBullpen CapitalChicago VenturesCorazon Capital+18 more
STYLY, Inc. (formerly Psychic VR Lab) develops STYLY, a platform for creating and distributing VR/AR/XR content.
Creator EconomyDeep TechMedia & EntertainmentTokyo, JP
Masahiro Yamaguchi(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inNobuhiko Watanabe(Senior Vice President / COO, co-founder of Psychic VR Lab)in
Co-investorsColopl NextDG Daiwa VenturesOpen Network Lab
Twitter, Inc. was the San Francisco social media company behind the Twitter microblogging service, merged into X Corp. in 2023.
Elon Musk(Owner (acquired 2022; merged into xAI 2025))inParag Agrawalin
BoardFei-Fei Li(Board of Directors)in
Co-investorsAdventure FundAlpha Wave GlobalAvant Global LLCBetaworksBezos ExpeditionsFloodgate+21 more
San Francisco, US
Heini Zachariassen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
BoardJohan Brenner(Director)inMartin Hauge(Director)Suranga Chandratillake(Director)inNiels Vejrup Carlsen(Director)Lars Andersen(Director)in
Co-investorsArmada Investment AGBalderton CapitalKinnevikPSVSEED Capital DenmarkSprints Capital+2 more
KAKI4D is an Indonesian-language online gambling site promoting access links, account login, and games including slots (Slot88), sportsbook, and live casino.
Co-investorsAC VenturesAgaeti VenturesVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Z Venture CapitalEast VenturesInsignia Ventures Partners
Goodpatch is a design company; the page is a company-overview navigation index and does not describe its products or services in detail.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSTokyo, JP
Naofumi Tsuchiya(代表取締役社長 (President & CEO))in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesSMBC Venture Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Algo CapitalChowlyCopadoCrowdworksDroomIdeiniRidgeMonstarlabRalaliWHILL
Exits · 7
1 IPOs · 6 acquisitions · showing 4ThredupNASDAQ: TDUPLinkedInacq. by MicrosoftPaperspaceacq. by DigitalOceanSafeAIacq. by Pronto
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLinkedIn · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 3, 2026
Quantstamp · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has DG Ventures, Inc. made?
- DG Ventures, Inc. has 47 tracked investments, 7 of which have exited.
- What stage does DG Ventures, Inc. invest at?
- DG Ventures, Inc. invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does DG Ventures, Inc. focus on?
- DG Ventures, Inc. focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is DG Ventures, Inc. located?
- DG Ventures, Inc. is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
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