JERA
Corporate VCTokyo · Seed–Growth
Also known as 株式会社ＪＥＲＡ
Investment thesis
JERA Ventures is JERA's strategic corporate venture initiative deploying a total of USD 300 million across three focus areas. Energy Transformation targets advancement of existing energy businesses, hydrogen and ammonia value chains, renewable energy, and other decarbonization technologies. Customer Centric focuses on digital technologies — digital energy platforms, AI, and blockchain — that deliver new value to customers. Corporate targets technologies contributing to employee well-being and corporate value creation, including femtech. The program aims to connect JERA with the world, exceed conventional norms, and act as a sandbox for people who genuinely want to change the world.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 10 of 16 portfolio companiesCleantech ×8Energy ×8Climate Tech ×6Deep Tech ×3SaaS ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Hardware ×1IoT ×1
HQs:Japan×4United States×3
Investments · 16 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 24 dated
Advanced Ionics develops electrolyzer technology for producing green hydrogen, using its Symbiotic water vapor electrolysis that operates at intermediate temperatures and taps into existing industrial steam to lower electricity and capital costs.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMilwaukee, US
Chad W. Mason(President and CEO)William Murray(Vice President)
BoardJohn Bobrowich(Director)in
Co-investorsAster CapitalClean Energy VentureGVP ClimateSWAN Impact NetworkClean Energy Ventures
Co-investorsMOL SwitchYara Growth Ventures
Earthene provides an AI-powered platform for measuring, reducing and reporting CO2 emissions and ESG data across enterprise supply chains.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechSaaSTokyo, JP
Co-investorsDAIKIN INDUSTRIESEnergy & Environment InvestmentGMO VenturePartnersMetaProp VenturesRicohSony Ventures Corporation+3 more
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)Robert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunner(Executive Officer)Bob Mumgaard(Founder)in
BoardMassimiliano Pieri(Director)Katie Rae(Director)in
Co-investorsAdvection Growth CapitalArmada Investment AGBay Bridge Ventures ClimateBeni Venture CapitalBrainstorm VenturesBreakthrough Energy Ventures+38 more
Co-investorsBtomorrow VenturesEmerald Technology Ventures AgSABIC Ventures
Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm that connects entrepreneurs with large corporations to fund and support companies working on transforming the global economy toward decarbonization.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Lindsay Luger(Founder)inHans Kobler(Founder)in
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesEvergy VenturesMOL SwitchAmazon Alexa FundBlindspot Ventures Management CoBreakthrough Energy Ventures+9 more
Granular Energy provides software for energy suppliers, traders and buyers to manage and trade Energy Attribute Certificates (RECs, I-RECs, GOs, REGOs) and to build clean power products including hourly-matched and 100% renewable offers.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Toby Ferenczi(Co-Founder & CEO)Bruno(Co-Founder)Sam(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesKickstart InnovationNorrsken VCReventSpinLabValo Ventures+1 more
Immaterial develops monolithic metal-organic frameworks (m-MOFs), a nanoporous material platform, and scales them from lab to industrial production for gas separation applications such as carbon capture.
CleantechClimate TechNew Materials
David Fairen-Jimenez(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAP VenturesEnergy Revolution VenturesFinindus
Kyoto Fusioneering develops fusion energy technology and related engineering solutions to enable carbon-neutral power generation and advanced chemical processes such as hydrogen production and carbon capture.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyKyoto, JP
Taka Nagao(Founder)inShutaro Takeda, Ph.D.(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoral CapitalDBJ CapitalGlobal BrainJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsKyoto University Innovation CapitalSumitomo Mitsui Trust nvestment Co. Ltd.+2 more
Asia's first venture fund specialized in femtech and women's well-being (JERA invested as an LP).
Develops and manufactures anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers for low-cost hydrogen production.
Co-investorsAir Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD)MOL Switch
Quaise Energy develops superhot geothermal drilling technology using millimeter-wave powered drilling to access deep geothermal energy sources at unprecedented depths and temperatures for large-scale clean power generation globally.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHouston, US
Carlos Araque(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Houde(Founder)in
BoardColleen Calhoun(Director)inVinod Khosla(Director)William Restrepo(Director)Frohman Anderson(Director)
Co-investorsCollaborative FundFine Structures VenturesHelium-3 VenturesPrelude VenturesTechEnergy VenturesXplorer Capital+5 more
Shizen Connect develops an IoT platform and proprietary hardware for virtual power plant (VPP) operators, aggregators, and retail electricity providers, supporting grid-scale batteries and residential demand response (DR).
CleantechEnergyIoT
TeraWatt Technology develops and mass-produces next-generation lithium-ion batteries designed to be lighter, smaller, more powerful, and safer, operating manufacturing facilities in Japan.
CleantechEnergyHardwareShizuoka, JP
Co-investorsCoral CapitalDRONE FUNDJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsAozora Corporate InvestmentTemasek
Plant engineering company developing equipment and systems for fusion energy plants.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAsuene · smartbuildinginsight.substack.com · Aug 16, 2026
Energy Impact Partners · esgtoday.com · Aug 13, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion Systems · techcrunch.com · Jul 30, 2026
Kyoto Fusioneering · forbes.com · Jul 15, 2026
Immaterial · pulse2.com · Oct 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has JERA made?
- JERA has 13 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does JERA invest at?
- JERA invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does JERA focus on?
- JERA focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Energy, FemTech, Sector Agnostic, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is JERA located?
- JERA is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
- Who does JERA co-invest with?
- JERA most often shares deals with MOL Switch, Collaborative Fund, Global Brain, among 57 tracked co-investors.
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