venture capital
Tokyo and Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm DNX Ventures has completed the formation of the "4th Japan Annex Fund" with DNX as the general partner, totaling 24.7 billion yen. The 3rd Japan Annex Fund, which announced its final close in 2024, completed its full capital deployment early
venture capital
UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyo IPC) has decided to invest in Abies Ventures Fund II, managed by Abies Ventures, through its Academic Startup Acceleration (ASA) Fund—a university startup support fund operated under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Global Innovation with STARTUPS” initiative. Backing Deep-Tech Champions with Global Execution Capabilities Founded
venture capital
Frontier Innovations announces that SME Support Japan and JA Mitsui Leasing have joined as new Limited Partners (LPs) in the Frontier Innovations Fund 1 operated by the Company as a General Partner. SME Support Japan has agreed to invest up to 2.5 billion yen. This fund is the first
corporate venture capital
KDDI has joined forces with independent venture capital firm Global Brain Corporation to establish the KDDI Open Innovation Fund V, a fund that will invest in companies that have the potential to become seeds for KDDI's new business ventures, particularly in fields such as AI and DeepTech. Since
venture capital
UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyo IPC) has made a limited partner investment in the “Vertex Ventures Japan Fund I,” managed by Vertex Ventures Japan (VVJ). The investment was made through the Academic Startup Acceleration Fund (ASA Fund), operated by UTokyo IPC with support from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government under its startup
venture capital
Vertex Ventures Japan (VVJ) has completed the first closing of its inaugural fund, Vertex Ventures Japan Fund I (“VVJFI”), targeting JPY 10bn. This milestone was achieved with the participation of LP investors representing key sectors across industry, government, and academia, with the support of government institutions. VVJ will commence investments
corporate venture capital
Hitachi has announced the establishment of the fourth fund of the corporate venture capital (CVC) fund "HV Fund" with a purpose to identify startups with the potential to create or disrupt large attractive markets, anticipate the next technological and social turning points, and generate future growth opportunities. The