Sumitomo Mitsui Trust nvestment Co. Ltd.

AlgaleX produces "Umamo," an umami-rich microalgae (Aurantiochytrium) cultivated by fermenting unused food resources such as discarded awamori lees, yielding a natural DHA-rich flavor ingredient sold as an alternative to kombu and bonito.

AgTechBiotechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodOkinawa, JP

Co-investorsGlobal Brain

Astroscale develops on-orbit servicing solutions, providing end-to-end services covering mission licensing, spectrum acquisition, insurance, and operations to support the circular space economy.

Circular EconomyDeep TechSpace TechTokyo, JP

Nobu Okada(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsaSTARTSMBC Venture CapitalUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.Energy & Environment Investment

Brave group is a Japanese entertainment company that develops and produces IP and VTuber projects, including virtual talent groups and related media.

Creator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsGlobal BrainShochiku VenturesTokyo University of Science Innovation CapitalCool Japan FundKirin HoldingsSMBC Nikko Securities+2 more

CYBERDYNE develops wearable cyborg technology, including the HAL exoskeleton used for functional improvement and rehabilitation treatment, along with medical vital sensors such as the Cyvis M100 compact Holter electrocardiograph.

HealthtechMedical DevicesRobotics

Co-investorsDBJ Capital

Dream Arts develops cloud software for large enterprises, including SmartDB (a document management and workflow digitization platform), Shopらん (a headquarters-to-store communication service for retail and distribution used by 66,000+ stores), and InsuiteX (a workplace portal/communication platform).

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Enterprise cloud/SaaS accounting software provider.

Co-investorsCoreline VenturesGlobis Capital PartnersHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLC

freee develops an integrated business management platform offering back-office tools such as cloud accounting software for small businesses and freelancers in Japan.

Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Investment from the Circular Economy / Nature Positive No.1 Fund

HarvestX develops agricultural robots that perform fully automated pollination and harvesting of strawberries, using fruit-detection algorithms, flower orientation detection, and fruit ripeness classification for yield prediction.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Co-investorsHulic StartupUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.

Heartseed develops cardiac regenerative medicine, creating heart muscle cells from iPS cells for transplantation to treat heart failure, with its lead pipeline HS-001 nearing clinical trials.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Keiichi Fukuda(代表取締役社長 (President & CEO))

Co-investorsAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.Astellas Venture Management LLCMedical Incubator Japan K.K.SMBC Venture CapitalUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.

Commercializing Keio University technology for cardiac regenerative medicine, with a lead allogeneic iPS-cell-derived cardiomyocyte spheroid product (TSE Growth 219A).

Co-investorsKeio Innovation InitiativeMedical Incubator Japan K.K.UTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.

InvenSense, a TDK Group company, designs MEMS and magnetic sensor solutions—including accelerometers, gyroscopes, microphones, and ultrasonic time-of-flight sensors—paired with proprietary algorithms and firmware.

HardwareIoTSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Joseph Bousaba(CEO)inOmar Abed(CTO)inSteve Berry(CFO)inPavan Gupta(COO)inShauna Zimmerman(Leader of Global HR and Administration, MEMS Business Group)inClaus Stetter(VP, Worldwide Sales and Corporate Marketing)in

Co-investorsQualcomm Ventures

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 CapitalTechstars

LINK-US Co., Ltd. develops, designs, and manufactures devices based on ultrasonic complex vibration and high-power ultrasonic technology, including room-temperature bonding equipment for joining same and dissimilar metal materials.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareTokyo, JP

Jun Mitsuyuki(Representative Director)

Co-investorsMiyako CapitalShizuoka CapitalKepple GroupMitsubishi UFJ CapitalMizuho CapitalSMBC Venture Capital

NOT A HOTEL operates a fractional ownership model for vacation residences across Japan, allowing individuals to purchase annual usage rights (minimum 10 nights per year) with full ownership privileges including resale and inheritance.

B2B MarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsGlobal BrainGMO VenturePartnersHiroshima Venture Capital Co. Ltd.KDDI Open Innovation FundMinerva Growth PartnersOriental Land Innovations+2 more

Rakus provides cloud-based IT services under its "Rakuraku Cloud" brand to help companies improve business efficiency, covering expense management, invoice issuing, sales management, and attendance management for back-office and front-office operations.

Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Sansan builds products that capture and organize business relationship and contact data, using technology to help people understand and act on their professional connections.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaSSales TechTokyo, JP

Chika Terada(Representative Director, CEO, CPO)

Co-investorsCoreline VenturesDnx VenturesGMO VenturePartnersJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.Incubate Fund

Investment from the Circular Economy / Nature Positive No.1 Fund

Kazuya Kawasaki(Executive Director / Creative Director)Kotaro Sano(Design Director)

Co-investorsGOLDWIN VENTURE PARTNERSmint VC

Investment from the Circular Economy / Nature Positive No.1 Fund

Axelspace manufactures microsatellites using onsite cleanroom facilities and develops commercial applications for satellite technology.

Deep TechHardwareSpace TechTokyo, JP

NAKAMURA Yuya(President and CEO)

Co-investorsGlobal BrainSeibu Shinkin CapitalTokyo University of Science Innovation CapitalUntroD CapitalUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.

WealthNavi is a Japanese fintech company that provides robo-advisory investment services and asset management solutions.

FintechTokyo, JP

Kazuhisa Shibayama(Founder)in

Co-investorsDBJ CapitalGlobal BrainSMBC Venture CapitalSTRIVEUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.Sony Ventures Corporation

Circular Economy and Nature Positive Investment Ⅰ Limited Partnership is a Japanese investment fund established in 2025 that invests in and supports startups working on circular economy and nature-positive initiatives.

Circular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social Good

SmartNews operates a news aggregation app that gives users access to articles from around 3,000 media outlets, along with weather information, coupons, and a points reward program.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & EntertainmentTokyo

Kaisei Hamamoto(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Holtman(Executive Officer)Cory Ondrejka(Executive Officer)Masaki Hayashi(Executive Officer)Chao Song(Executive Officer)Yi Ren(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsB CapitalGlobis Capital PartnersGMO VenturePartnersJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.Social Starts

ITmedia is a Japanese media portal that publishes articles and content on various technology topics.

Media & Entertainment

Co-investorsSoftBank GroupWaseda University Ventures

BizReach operates online recruitment and HR technology services in Japan, combining roughly 17 years of job-market data with AI to serve job seekers, corporate HR departments, and executives.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech

Brightpath Bio develops cancer immunotherapies, including an allogeneic iPS-NKT cell therapy that redifferentiates NKT cells from iPS cells to enable large-scale, uniform production from donor-derived master iPS cell banks.

BiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsDBJ Capital

Mercari is a marketplace platform that enables users to buy and sell used and secondhand items, offering a wide selection of products across various categories.

Circular EconomyConsumerMarketplacesTokyo, JP

Tommy Tomishima(Founder)inRyo Ishizuka(Founder)in

Co-investorsGlobal BrainGlobis Capital PartnersGMO VenturePartnersJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.

Mobilus provides AI-driven customer experience (CX) solutions for enterprise contact centers, including live chat products such as MOBI AGENT and operation-support AI, along with CX consulting to design and run customer service.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsSMBC Venture CapitalZ Venture Capital

Synspective develops SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite solutions and geospatial data services for government and commercial clients, with applications in disaster management, environmental monitoring, and national security.

Climate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechGovTechSpace Tech

Dr. Motoyuki Arai(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsaSTARTJapan Post Capital Co. Ltd.Keio Innovation InitiativeMIRAI SOUZOUUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.Abies Ventures+1 more

USEN provides an integrated suite of store-operation services for Japanese businesses, especially restaurants and retail shops, including POS registers, cashless payment (USEN PAY), reservation systems, in-store BGM/music streaming, network/Wi-Fi, IP telephony, security cameras, digital signage, robotics, insurance, and business-opening support.

FintechRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsHiroshima Venture Capital Co. Ltd.