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Week of 26 Jan 2026

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

DateCompanyStageAmountInvestorsSector
30 Jan 2026 PPowerwave Series A ¥910M Environmental Energy InvestmentArchetype VenturesNOBUNAGA Capital Village +3 Energy & FusionDeep tech
30 Jan 2026 LLOOPARTS Seed — See source Fintech
30 Jan 2026 SSHONAI Undisclosed — See source Mobility
30 Jan 2026 SSpectee Series E ¥1.25B† See source Fintech
30 Jan 2026 IMIllumi Medical Series A ¥410M Meinan Consulting NetworkOKB CapitalSMBC Venture Capital Healthcare
30 Jan 2026 KKukulcan Series A — See source Mobility
29 Jan 2026 CEClaN Entertainment Undisclosed ¥1.15B See source Mobility
29 Jan 2026 AAkari Undisclosed ¥5B See source AI
29 Jan 2026 IIntersect Series A ¥300M ALPHASBI InvestmentMizuho Capital Fintech
29 Jan 2026 SStartale Undisclosed — Sony during the seed round Mobility
28 Jan 2026 SSetsurotech Series A ¥320M See source BiotechDeep tech
28 Jan 2026 Rroute-D Undisclosed ¥330M Coreline VenturesMitsuaki MatsumotoDCM Ventures Fintech
28 Jan 2026 OTOPERA TECH Undisclosed ¥90M Nobuhiro AriyasuHirotoshi TakahashiHiroto Furuhashi +6 Mobility
27 Jan 2026 ASAmateras Space Undisclosed — See source SpaceDeep tech
27 Jan 2026 HHelpfeel Series E ¥2.9B JP Investment also subscribed Fintech
26 Jan 2026 CCraftsmanship Undisclosed — Business Succession Support Fund Mobility
26 Jan 2026 Eenechain Series B — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Energy & FusionDeep tech
26 Jan 2026 RRRENATUS ROBOTICS Undisclosed — See source RoboticsDeep tech
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