Venture capital firms in Japan

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Salesforce Ventures is the venture capital arm of Salesforce focused on making investments in enterprise cloud companies.

Softbank is a multinational conglomerate holding company that owns stakes in technology, energy, and financial companies. As well, SoftBank invests in technology-focused companies through the Vision Fund.

Bain Capital is a Boston-headquartered global alternative investment firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, and credit products. It was founded in 1984 by Bill Bain, Mitt Romney, Coleman Andrews, and Eric Kriss.

BlackRock is a US-headquartered multinational investment management corporation.

SoftBank Vision Fund is a subsidiary of SoftBank focused on investing in technology companies. It is located in London, England and was founded in 2017.

SoftBank Group is a multinational conglomerate holding company investing in businesses and technologies based in Minato, Tokyo-based company founded in 1981 by Masayoshi Son.

DCM Ventures is a company founded in 1996 by David Chao.

Hashkey Capital invest primarily in blockchain assets traded on exchanges, based on fundamental research and technical analysis.

HarbourVest Partners is a Boston-based private equity investment firm, founded in 1982.

Pegasus Tech Ventures invests in technology companies focused on information technology, health technology, artificial intelligence, IoT, robotics, big data, quantum computing, financial technology, and next generation technologies.

Headline Asia, known previously as Infinity Ventures, is a venture capital company founded in 2008 by Akio Tanaka and Hirofumi Ono.

Eight Roads Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm active in ventures, principal investments and real estate.

Hardware Club Venture Capital (HCVC) is an early-stage venture capital firm focusing on hard technology companies.

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm focused on seed, middle, growth, Series A, and late stage investments.

Headline is a company founded in 1998 by Thomas Gieselmann.

Strive (formerly known as GREE Ventures) is a seed-stage investment firm investing in startups from India, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and other Asian markets.

Social Starts a venture capital firm.

A corporate venture capital firm in Japan that focuses on investing in games, internet advertising, and flexible investment fields.

A venture capital firm in Japan that focuses on investing in early-stage companies in Japan.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm in Tokyo that focuses on investing in seed, early-stage and late-stage companies operating in the e-commerce, software, marketplaces, game, application and information technology sectors

NTT DOCOMO Ventures is a venture capital firm that is interested in early-stage and late-stage ventures.

KDDI is a Tokyo-based company founded in 1984 by Kazuo Inamori.

Fresco Capital is an early-stage venture fund investing in technology companies focused on education, healthcare, and the future of work.

J-Startup is a Tokyo-based company.