1) DG Ventures Digital Garage Group's investment affiliate, DG Ventures, provides partnerships for entrepreneurs who are developing new products.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 1995 Founders: Kaoru Hayashi, Yasuhiro Mimura Industries: Incubators, Venture Capital Number of investments: 125 Number of exits: 21 You can find their website here .
2) JAFCO Japan JAFCO Japan is a private equity, venture capital, and incubator firm.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 1973 Founders: Tsuyoshi Ito Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Semiconductor, Venture Capital Number of investments: 267 Number of exits: 70 You can find their website here .
3) Samurai Incubate Samurai Incubate invests in early-stage businesses and assists them with management, marketing, sales, and human resources.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2008 Founders: Hayato Ikegami, Kentaro Sakakibara Industries: Consulting, Finance, Incubators, Internet, Marketing, Venture Capital Number of investments: 136 Number of exits: 7 You can find their website here .
4) Beyond Next Ventures Beyond Next Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Tokyo that specializes in medical and life science startups.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2014 Founders: Tsuyoshi Ito, Tsuyoshi Ito Industries: Financial Services, Life Science, Medical Number of investments: 69 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
5) Deepcore DEEPCORE is an AI-focused incubator that prepares challengers who want to use technology to transform the world as entrepreneurs.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2005 Founders: Yutaka Matsuo Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, Incubators Number of investments: 50 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
6) Emurgo Emurgo is a Cardano-based company that creates, supports, and incubates commercial initiatives.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2017 Founders: Ken Kodama Industries: Blockchain, Finance, FinTech, Incubators Number of investments: 4 You can find their website here .
7) Skyland Ventures Skyland Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps companies with business development, recruitment, and management.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2012 Founders: Yoshihiko Kinoshita Industries: Enterprise Software, Impact Investing, Venture Capital Number of investments: 60 Number of exits: 2 You can find their website here .
8) Dream Incubator Dream Incubator is a strategic consulting and business development agency that assists businesses in their expansion and success.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2000 Founders: Koichi Hori Industries: Consulting, Education, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Professional Services, Venture Capital Number of investments: 85 Number of exits: 20 You can find their website here .
9) Open Network Lab Open Network Lab is a seed accelerator that provides mentorship and money from outside Japan to Japanese companies.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2010 Industries: Finance Number of investments: 37 Number of exits: 3 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 14 You can find their website here .
10) Asahi Media Lab Ventures Asahi Media Lab Ventures is the Asahi Media Group's venture capital arm, with offices in Tokyo and Silicon Valley.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2017 Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital Number of investments: 29 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here .
11) 01booster 01Booster is a seed accelerator that focuses mostly on the Asian market.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2012 Founders: Norifumi Suzuki Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services Number of investments: 18 You can find their website here .
12) Bonds Investment Group Digital Holdings' investment and incubation business is called Bonds Investment Group.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2015 Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Venture Capital Number of investments: 26 Number of exits: 2 You can find their website here .
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13) Fermata Fermata builds a community and a startup ecosystem to help the Femtech industry grow faster.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2019 Founders: Amina Sugimoto, Hiroko Nakamura Industries: Business Development, Education, Finance, Financial Services Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
14) ABBALab - Atom to Bit, Bit to Atom ABBALab is a seed accelerator that helps startups develop Internet of Things hardware and applications.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2013 Industries: Electronics, Internet of Things, Venture Capital Number of investments: 25 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
15) SGcapital SGcapital offers start-up assistance as well as investment consulting.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2018 Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
16) Plug and Play Japan Plug and Play Japan is an innovation platform that connects Japan to the rest of the world's innovation ecosystem.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Industries: Asset Management, Business Development Number of investments: 6 You can find their website here .
17) DG Incubation DG Incubation assists companies with funding and management.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2010 Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Incubators Number of investments: 4 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
18) INDEE Japan Tokyo-based innovation firm. Accelerator for pre-seed and seed. Management of corporate innovation.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2011 Founders: Shingo Tsuda, Shingo Tsuda, Tatsuro Tsushima, Tatsuya Yamada Industries: Consulting, Venture Capital Number of investments: 3 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here .
19) REALITY ACCELERATOR REALITY ACCELERATOR is a startup accelerator focused on SaaS.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2017 Founders: Yuichi Kori Industries: B2B, Business Development, Marketing, SaaS Number of investments: 15 You can find their website here .
20) Tokyo XR Startups Tokyo XR Startups is a virtual reality-focused business incubator run by Gumi, a mobile game company.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2015 Industries: Business Development, Finance Number of investments: 5 You can find their website here .
21) Flmoat Inc. an investment business with a long-term float and a large moat that focuses on African firms.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2021 Founders: Tao Yamamoto, Yo Murofushi Industries: Finance, Financial Services You can find their website here .
22) Studies Studies is a design accelerator that helps companies grow faster.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Social Entrepreneurship Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here .
23) Hitomedia Incubator for educational and transcultural projects
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2006 Industries: Education, Finance, Financial Services Number of investments: 4 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
24) Mainichi Future Creation Laboratory Through seed acceleration, the Mainichi Future Creation Laboratory encourages entrepreneurship and business creation.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2017 Industries: Business Development, Finance Number of investments: 5 You can find their website here .
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25) Next Innovation Next Innovation is a venture capital firm specializing on the education industry.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2011 Industries: Education, Financial Services Number of investments: 4 You can find their website here .
26) Asia Commerce Asia Commerce specializes in the trading and rental of heavy machinery and construction equipment, primarily from Japan.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2001 Industries: Construction, Incubators, Information Technology, Rental You can find their website here .
27) SCALA Partners SCALA Partners provides start-up firms with CSV innovation, CSV incubation, and CSV investment services.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Industries: Financial Services, Incubators Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
28) Tokyu Accelerate Program Tokyu Accelerate Program is a venture capital business based in Tokyo, Japan.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Industries: Finance, Financial Services You can find their website here .
29) Thymos Technologic Thymos Technologic is a company that focuses in business incubation, investment, and basic research in computing technology.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2005 Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Incubators You can find their website here .
30) GX Incubate The Gaiax Group's incubation business is managed by GX Incubate, a subsidiary.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2016 Industries: Finance, Financial Services Number of investments: 5 You can find their website here .
31) canow canow assists startups and ambitious entrepreneurs in their growth and achievement of their objectives.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2020 Industries: Consulting, Digital Marketing, Service Industry Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
32) insprout Insprout focuses in internet service business incubation.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 2006 Founders: Kazuhito Mine Industries: Incubators, Information Technology, Internet Number of investments: 3 You can find their website here .
33) INTERWOOS Interwars is a corporate growth incubator firm that focuses on the launch of new enterprises and the employment of executives.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Started in: 1995 Industries: Business Development, Finance, Recruiting Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here .
34) GOB Incubation Partners GOB Incubation Partners offers assistance with entrepreneurship, human resource development, and business development.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Industries: Business Development, Consulting, Management Consulting Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
35) Open Network Lab Resi-Tech The Open Network Lab Resi-Tech is made up of a group of developers and construction companies.
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Marketing Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 21 You can find their website here .
36) HARADA ACCELERATOR / Japan Entry Program Japan Entry Program / HARADA ACCELERATOR
Details of the startup:
Country: Japan Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 21 You can find their website here .