Prime Partners

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)inEmily Leproust, PhD(CEO and Co-Founder of Twist)PFPatrick Finn(President and Chief Operating Officer)inALAdam Laponis(Chief Financial 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)Mohamed AlTantawy(Founder)Sage Wohns(Founder)

Co-investorsAAAAF Management Ltd.BABasecamp FundCECerity Partners VenturesDEDentsu VenturesM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)POPoint72 Ventures+8 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 VenturesDEDentsu VenturesLGLG Technology VenturesPAPamir VenturesTHThe Venture Reality Fund

bemyfriends provides fandom business solutions that combine IT platforms with consulting services, helping creators and brands build sustainable businesses around their fan communities.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSocial

Co-investorsCLCleveland AvenueCRCrit VenturesSPSpark Labs Korea Accelerator Fund 4AMAMUSE

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(Founder)inRKRamin Khaksar(Founder)inEdward Fan(Executive Officer)inBrodie Flanders(Executive Officer, Director)Kazutaka Ohno(Executive Officer)Farzad Naimi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsMEMenlo VenturesKHKhosla VenturesNINimble VenturesALAlumni VenturesCACastor VenturesDEDentsu Ventures+13 more

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

Co-investorsAGAG Capital Co. Ltd.CACanal VenturesDEDelight VenturesDEDentsu VenturesDIDIMENSIONDRDRONE FUND+7 more

CreditEngine (クレジットエンジン株式会社) is a Japanese company that provides online lending and credit technology services.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSTokyo, JP

内誓内山 誓一郎(代表取締役 (Representative Director/CEO))in向裕向山 裕介(取締役CPO)in新顕新色 顕一郎(取締役COO)in神麗神谷 麗(執行役員CFO / Finance and Strategy Lead)in阿誠阿藤 誠一(執行役員 / Lending Team Lead)in

Co-investorsCACARTA VENTURES, Inc.DGDG IncubationFRfreebit investmentSHShizuoka Capital50500 Global

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

CSClint Sever(Founder)in

Co-investorsACACME CapitalDADarwin CapitalDEDecheng CapitalDEDentsu VenturesFOForesite CapitalMOMothership VC+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-investorsDEDentsu VenturesFEFenbushi CapitalGUgumi IncTATaisu VenturesZ Z Venture CapitalJAJAFCO Group+1 more

Operates short-drama app 'BUMP'.

Co-investorsANAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.DEDentsu VenturesSASamurai IncubateAOAozora Corporate Investment

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

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsDEDentsu VenturesWAWakestream 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)inAPAmit Paka(Founder)in

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

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundAVaVentureBEBenhamou Global VenturesBLBloomberg BetaCICisco InvestmentsDADallas Venture Capital+23 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 VenturesDEDentsu VenturesDNDnx VenturesRARakuten 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(Founder)inMasafumi Nishizawa(Founder)

Co-investorsDBDBJ CapitalDEDentsu VenturesJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.NONordstarUTUTECFEFen Ventures+3 more

Geltor uses a proprietary biodesign and precision fermentation platform to create and commercially produce novel protein ingredients, including collagens, for beauty and personal care formulators.

BiotechFoodTechNew MaterialsWellness & Fitness

ALAlexander Lorestani(Founder)inNONick Ouzounov(Founder)inNicholas Ouzounov(Founder)

Co-investorsAGAgronomicsALAlwyn CapitalARArgonautic VenturesBABaruch Future VenturesBLBlue Horizon CorporationBOBoxGroup+19 more

Operates fragrance platform 'Coloria'.

Co-investorsW W Inc.

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

IGIlya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKGKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMEMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in

Co-investorsA-A-Force VenturesBIBitkraft Esports VenturesBRBrave CapitalCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)DEDentsu VenturesDIDisney Accelerator+16 more

IVRy develops and operates a conversational AI platform called "IVRy" that automates phone responses and workplace interactions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

RORyoga Okunishi(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoral CapitalFEFemto PartnersJIJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsHEHeadline

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 VenturesDEDentsu Ventures+2 more

LayerX offers an Interaction Security Platform that gives security teams visibility and control over how users and on-device AI agents interact with AI tools, SaaS applications, identities, and data at the last mile.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

DVDavid Vaisbrud(Founder)in

Co-investorsDEDell Technologies CapitalDIDIMENSIONGLGlilot Capital PartnersJIJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsCOCoreline VenturesJAJAFCO Group+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 VenturesDEDentsu VenturesSCScrum VenturesTETechstars+4 more

matsuri technologies is a Japanese company building software-driven businesses in the travel and accommodation sector, focused on developing the tourism industry and labor-saving (automation) solutions to address staffing shortages.

PropTechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsDGDG IncubationGLGlobis Capital PartnersJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.NENextblueOPOpen Network LabRERegional Revitalization Solution+1 more

Technology-driven real estate model providing cost-effective vacation rentals and homes completed online.

Co-investorsJIJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsRERegional Revitalization SolutionVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.ZEZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERSJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.MIMitsubishi Estate+1 more

Mill makes an electric food waste recycler for homes that reduces food scraps by 80% and converts them into nutrient-rich grounds for gardens or farms.

Climate TechConsumerHardwareSan Bruno, US

HTHarry Tannenbaum(Founder)inMRMatthew Rogers(Founder)inHarry Tannebaum(Founder)Matt Rogers(Founder)

Co-investorsBRBreakthrough Energy VenturesBUBuckhill CapitalCLCleo CapitalENEnergy Impact PartnersGIGigascale CapitalGVGV (Google Ventures)+9 more

MOSH is a platform connecting creators with customers based on individual reputation and expertise rather than corporate affiliation.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyMarketplacesSaaSTokyo, JP

KYKazuya Yabu(Founder)in籔和籔 和弥(創業者 / CEO)

Co-investorsDBDBJ CapitalGLGlobal BrainJIJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsKDKDDI Open Innovation FundSUSumisho Venture PartnersGEGenesia 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)inGeorge Danezis(Founder)Kostas Chalkias(Founder)

Co-investorsA1a16z cryptoALAlumni VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzARArrington CapitalBABasecamp FundBIBig Brain Holdings+38 more

Nealle operates Park Direct, a mobility SaaS platform that handles parking-lot leasing, contracts, monthly rent collection (with rent guarantee), and customer management online, along with a business-focused version (PDBiz) for corporate fleet and commuter parking and One Day Park, a daily parking reservation service.

Mobility & TransportationPropTechSaaS

YSYota Sato(Founder)in

Co-investorsSHShizuoka CapitalMIMitsubishi Estate

Developed cloud-first smartphone 'Robin'.

Co-investorsACAccelDEDentsu VenturesGVGV (Google Ventures)DEDentsu

Operates a cross-border business platform.

THTomonari Hamano(Founder)in

Co-investorsDEDentsu VenturesDIDIMENSIONDNDnx VenturesGLGlobis Capital PartnersJAJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.JIJIC Venture Growth Investments+2 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)

Co-investors35359 CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzBEBezos ExpeditionsBLBlack CapitalSPSpark CapitalWIWinslow Capital+30 more

Sens.ai measures functional brain age using EEG+ERP assessments and provides personalized training programs to improve cognitive function.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Provides career schools for millennial women.

Eri Fukuda(Founder)in

Co-investorsGLGlobal BrainMPMPower

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(Founder)inRSRoshmik Saha(Founder)inAMAmruta Moktali(Chief Product Officer)inKLKen Laversin(Chief Revenue Officer)inDWDaniel Wong(Head of Security Engineering)inPrakash Khot(Founder)

Co-investorsCACanvas VenturesDEDentsu VenturesFIFirestreak VenturesFOFoundation CapitalINInsight PartnersMOMouro Capital+3 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 VenturesDEDentsu VenturesGFGFR FundINInventureKOKonvoy VenturesMIMilkbox 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)in

Co-investorsDEDentsu VenturesEAEastward Capital PartnersLULux CapitalQUQualcomm 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 CapitalDEDentsu VenturesNTNTT DOCOMO VenturesSOSony Ventures Corporation+1 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-investorsDEDentsu VenturesJAJAZZ Venture 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 GlobalCECervinDEDentsu VenturesFEFelicis VenturesGSGSV VenturesNENew Ground Ventures+4 more

Upside Foods produces cultivated meat using cell-based technology.

BiotechFoodTechSan Francisco, US

UVUma Valeti(Founder)inNicholas Genovese(Founder)Will Clem(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlwyn CapitalBOBoxGroupCPCPT CapitalDEDentsu VenturesFIFifty YearsFUFuture Ventures+14 more

VALT JAPAN provides business process outsourcing services and employment support for people with disabilities, operating the NEXT HERO platform.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechImpact & Social GoodSocialJapan, JP

小貴小野 貴也(代表取締役)

Co-investorsMIMitsubishi UFJ CapitalMIMizuho CapitalSMSMBC Venture CapitalGLGlobal BrainZ Z Venture Capital

Voice x technology company aiming to build an exciting society.

Co-investorsDEDentsu VenturesGLGlobal BrainTBTBS Innovation Partners

ZymoChem develops bio-based materials using proprietary Carbon Conserving (C2) microbes that convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials with increased yields.

BiotechCircular EconomyClimate TechNew MaterialsSan Leandro, US

HCHarshal Chokhawala(Founder & CEO)inLindy Fishburne(Director)Phil Grayeski(Director)Taehong Huh(Director)Timothy Dummer(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsACAccelr8BRBreakout LabsBRBreakout VenturesCACavallo VenturesDUDudley FundFRFreshTracks Capital+7 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 VenturesDEDentsu VenturesGLGlobal BrainMOMobile Internet Capital, Inc.NENew Commerce Ventures+1 more

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

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Takashi Nakagawa(Founder)YNYutaka Nakao(Founder)Satoshi EbiharaShingo Ito

Co-investors50500 GlobalAOAozora Corporate InvestmentCOCoral CapitalDEDentsu VenturesDNDnx VenturesGLGlobis Capital Partners+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 CapitalDEDentsu VenturesFUFunds StartupsGLGlobal Brain+4 more

Lisse provides AI-powered legal document review and legal compliance support services to enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechTokyo, JP

Miki Fujita(Representative Director & CEO)

Co-investorsANAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.GLGlobal BrainMPMPowerSPSpiral CapitalSPSpiral Innovation PartnersAOAozora Corporate Investment

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-investorsDEDentsu VenturesOPOpen Network LabPKPKSHA Technology Capital

Provides robotics-based automation solutions for retail.

Co-investorsDNDnx VenturesUTUTEC