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Week of 24 Aug 2026

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

DateCompanyStageAmountInvestorsSector
28 Aug 2026 RRobotstart Undisclosed — See source RoboticsDeep tech
28 Aug 2026 NNekkyou Undisclosed ¥200M† Mizuho Bank Media & Creators
28 Aug 2026 GGamegum Pre-seed ¥30M Incubate Fund Media & Creators
28 Aug 2026 DDnp Undisclosed — See source Other
28 Aug 2026 CCAPER Undisclosed — PKSHA AI
28 Aug 2026 MMirnda Seed — Takanawa Gateway Planet-Benefit FundGlobal BrainMeiji Yasuda Future Co-Creation Fund Healthcare
27 Aug 2026 RResilire Series B ¥1.73B† Salesforce VenturesDNX Ventures Other
27 Aug 2026 LLetara Pre-Series A ¥2.6B JIC Venture Growth InvestmentsFrontier InnovationsSMBC Venture Capital +7 SpaceDeep tech
27 Aug 2026 TTrashTechnologies Undisclosed — Fidea Capital Other
27 Aug 2026 CCapital Seed ¥260M See source AI
27 Aug 2026 HHinoki Undisclosed ¥3.1B Dual Bridge CapitalKampo NEXT PartnersMitsui & Co. Other
27 Aug 2026 QQuantec Undisclosed ¥100M Gogin Capital Semiconductors & Photonics
26 Aug 2026 GGembahub Undisclosed ¥70M D4V AI
26 Aug 2026 LLiLz Undisclosed — See source Industrial Software
26 Aug 2026 MMesotron Pre-seed — Incubate Fund Other
26 Aug 2026 EEllethermo Series A ¥830M JIC Venture Growth InvestmentsSony Innovation FundKeio Innovation Initiative +4 Energy & FusionDeep tech
26 Aug 2026 IIgu Seed ¥25M ANOBAKA Media & Creators
26 Aug 2026 PHProssell Holdings Seed ¥250M Chiba Dojo Fund Industrial Software
26 Aug 2026 HHerp Series C ¥1.9B† JIC Venture Growth InvestmentsDNX VenturesJapan Finance Corporation AI
26 Aug 2026 Optqc logoOOptqc Series A ¥7B BRICKS FUND TOKYOSPARX Asset ManagementSMBC Venture Capital +8 QuantumDeep tech
26 Aug 2026 QSQuantum Solutions Undisclosed ¥494M See source Other
25 Aug 2026 PHPurosseru Holdings Seed — Chiba Dojo Fund Industrial Software
24 Aug 2026 Kyoto Fusioneering logoKFKyoto Fusioneering Series D ¥25.72B See source Energy & FusionDeep tech
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