Japan's startup funding, tracked in English

Who raised what in Japan,
and who backed them.

Japanese venture capital explained in English for the institutions that fund it from abroad. Every round is checked against a Japanese primary source, with yen amounts, investors, and a link to the original Japanese release.

698rounds tracked
671startups
753investors
¥367.93Bverified equity · 298 rounds
¥483.29Btotal capital raised (incl. debt/other) · 387 rounds · how we count
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Japan Top 100 Startups

Japan's private startups ranked by total equity raised to date, with the original yen figure and source for every company. See the full list and how we rank →

Sakana AI logoSA#1 Sakana AI
¥66B raised Alpaca logoA#2 Alpaca
≥ ¥64.8B raised Mujin logoM#3 Mujin
¥59.6B raised Gojo & Company logoGC#4 Gojo & Company
¥46.5B raised NOT A HOTEL logoNA#5 NOT A HOTEL
¥44.7B raised Interstellar Technologies logoIT#6 Interstellar Technologies
¥44.6B raised

Latest rounds

Grey amounts aren't counted in totals. † includes debt or other non-equity.

DateCompanyStageAmountInvestorsSector
16 Oct 2026 NNEXTES Debt ¥2B See source Energy & FusionDeep tech
15 Oct 2026 CC4U Series C ¥1.2B† Daiwa-Taiwan-Japan Biotech Venture FundNissay CapitalFRONTEO +4 BiotechDeep tech
14 Oct 2026 ACIMUS logoAACIMUS Seed ¥65M Link Capital AI
14 Oct 2026 AZOO logoAAZOO Series A — Mobile Internet CapitalDNX CapitalKyoshin Social Capital +1 Travel & Hospitality
14 Oct 2026 WCWhite Crow Undisclosed — See source Robotics
14 Oct 2026 CCocoo Strategic investment ¥100M Yumiru Link Other
13 Oct 2026 esa logoEesa Undisclosed — Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and BankingMitsubishi UFJ CapitalEnvironmental Energy Investment Climate & MaterialsDeep tech
13 Oct 2026 AFASTRA FOOD PLAN Pre-Series B — NCB Venture Capital Other
13 Oct 2026 RTRadionano Therapeutics Series B — Kyoto University Innovation Capital Healthcare
9 Oct 2026 The Phage logoTPThe Phage Series A ¥570M† See source Healthcare
9 Oct 2026 Ocean logoOOcean Series A (2nd close) ¥500M KURONEKO Innovation Fund No. 2Shizuoka Capital Fintech
8 Oct 2026 Iindent Series B ¥1.1B† JAFCO GroupNissay CapitalSimplex Capital Media & Creators

All rounds →

Deep tech

Grey amounts aren't counted in totals. † includes debt or other non-equity.

DateCompanyStageAmountInvestorsSector
16 Oct 2026 NNEXTES Debt ¥2B See source Energy & FusionDeep tech
15 Oct 2026 CC4U Series C ¥1.2B† Daiwa-Taiwan-Japan Biotech Venture FundNissay CapitalFRONTEO +4 BiotechDeep tech
13 Oct 2026 esa logoEesa Undisclosed — Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and BankingMitsubishi UFJ CapitalEnvironmental Energy Investment Climate & MaterialsDeep tech
8 Oct 2026 Helical Fusion logoHFHelical Fusion Series B (2nd close) ¥3.23B Fuji ElectricFujikuraTokyo Gas +3 Energy & FusionDeep tech
5 Oct 2026 TTAIMATSU Debt ¥4B See source Energy & FusionDeep tech
5 Oct 2026 CTCelaid Therapeutics Series B 2nd Close ¥400M Shionogi & Co.Teikoku Ventures BiotechDeep tech
1 Oct 2026 GMGX MINERALS Series A++ ¥460M† See source Climate & MaterialsDeep tech
1 Oct 2026 SSpectronix Series F (extension) ¥518M JAFCO GroupDBJ Capital Semiconductors & PhotonicsDeep tech

Sectors

Other (95)Fintech (91)AI (86)Mobility (86)Software & SaaS (48)Healthcare (46)Robotics (33)Space (31)Biotech (29)Energy & Fusion (28)Media & Creators (17)Climate & Materials (16)Food & Agriculture (14)Consumer (13)Industrial Software (13)Services (12)Semiconductors & Photonics (11)Real Estate & PropTech (8)Travel & Hospitality (6)Logistics (6)Quantum (6)Deep Tech Hardware (2)Social Impact (1)