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James Riney

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General Partner at Startups · Head of 500 Startups Japan at 500 Global · Founding Partner & CEO at Coral Capital · Executive Officer at Coral

Japan

Writes $335K – $20.1M checks · typically $100K

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About

James Riney is Founding Partner and CEO of Coral Capital, where he invests in companies building Japan's next 100 years, both within Japan and abroad. Before Coral, he launched 500 Startups' first Japan fund and previously led early-stage investing in Silicon Valley and Asia for DeNA's venture arm. Earlier in his career he was founding CEO of Resupress (now Coincheck) and worked at J.P. Morgan in New York and Tokyo.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

james@coralcap.co

Invests in

Deep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSaaSSector AgnosticSpace Tech

Deals · 98

Oceanic Constellations, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Feb 2026

RampSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Nov 2025

STRACT, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Nov 2024

Nstock株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Sep 2024

PartnerSuccess, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Sep 2024

GitaiSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Nov 2023

Citadel AISolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Jul 2023

大熊ダイヤモンドデバイス株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed May 2023

NutmegLabs Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Feb 2023

MarqVisionSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Jun 2022

株式会社MeshSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Mar 2022

Kyoto FusioneeringSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Feb 2022

Provigate, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Sep 2021

株式会社PolyuseSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Apr 2021

kikitoriSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed May 2020

Point One NavigationSolo GP

via Coral Capital · filed Nov 2017

㈱ShippioSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Albert InventSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Alchemist Material CorporationSolo GP

via Coral Capital

AndurilSolo GP

via Coral Capital

atena株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Aww Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Bizpa.,Co LtdSolo GP

via Coral Capital

CAPS株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

CaTe Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Chompy, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

CoLabSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Cosomil, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

diniiSolo GP

via Coral Capital

FactorySolo GP

via Coral Capital

Fanfare Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

G.U.Group, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

General MatterSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Generation LabSolo GP

via Coral Capital

GenomelinkSolo GP

via Coral Capital

IVRySolo GP

via Coral Capital

Kabuk International Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

KOSKA CorporationSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Lazuli株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Leaner TechnologiesSolo GP

via Coral Capital

newmo株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

noco株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Periodic LabsSolo GP

via Coral Capital

primeNumber Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Recustomer㈱Solo GP

via Coral Capital

RENDEZ-VOUS Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

RoostSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Seibii, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Skysense, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Smart HRSolo GP

via Coral Capital

TeraWatt Technology IncSolo GP

via Coral Capital

TokenzSolo GP

via Coral Capital

VeritusSolo GP

via Coral Capital

WoodstockSolo GP

via Coral Capital

ZehitomoSolo GP

via Coral Capital

カケハシ (Kakehashi)Solo GP

via Coral Capital

コネクテッドロボティクス株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

すむたすSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社 AuthleteSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社 justInCaseTechnologiesSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社CastingONESolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社DioseveSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社EXORPHIASolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社hacomonoSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社HikariQ HealthSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社hokanSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社soucoSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社spaceeSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社TRUSTDOCKSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社インフォステラSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社カナリーSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社カミナシSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社グラファーSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社シェアダインSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社チカクSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社ハイヤールーSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社ファミトラSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社モニクルSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社レターファンSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社レンズSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社ロジレスSolo GP

via Coral Capital

Contrea株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Epicbase, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

HokanSolo GP

via Coral Capital

HQSolo GP

via Coral Capital

paild, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

secondz digital株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

tecture株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

WogoSolo GP

via Coral Capital

WORK HERO株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Yuimedi, Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

Zeroboard Inc.Solo GP

via Coral Capital

スパイスコード株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

ニトエル株式会社Solo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社FaciloSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社movSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社UMedSolo GP

via Coral Capital

株式会社グラフSolo GP

via Coral Capital

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Other disclosed investments

Investor

AwwHolmesjustInCaseLBVMOVPenrose StudiosPocket Concierge京都フュージョニアリング

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Colleagues at Startups

Community Director at Coral Capital

Partner (Ecosystem Team) at Coral Capital

Chihiro Yoshinaga

Executive Assistant at Coral Capital

Advisor at Coral Capital

Haruna Katayama

Senior Associate at Coral Capital

Fund Operations Associate at Coral Capital

Associate at Coral Capital

Kenichi Takahashi

Finance Manager at Coral Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is James Riney?: James Riney is Founding Partner and CEO of Coral Capital, where he invests in companies building Japan's next 100 years, both within Japan and abroad. Before Coral, he launched 500 Startups' first Japan fund and previously led early-stage investing in Silicon Valley and Asia for DeNA's venture arm. Earlier in his career he was founding CEO of Resupress (now Coincheck) and worked at J.P. Morgan in New York and Tokyo.
Where does James Riney work?: James Riney is General Partner at Startups and Head of 500 Startups Japan at 500 Global and Founding Partner & CEO at Coral Capital and Executive Officer at Coral.
What does James Riney invest in?: James Riney invests in Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
What check size does James Riney write?: James Riney typically writes checks of $335K – $20.1M.
What companies has James Riney invested in?: Investments tracked here include Anduril, Authlete, Aww, Contrea, Facilo, General Matter, Holmes, HQ, IVRy, justInCase, Kyoto Fusioneering, LBV, and 13 more.

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