Makes follow-on investments in promising startups within its portfolio to encourage further growth prior to initial listing. Aims to create unicorns, mainly in the SaaS domain, while providing support for overseas expansion.
With offices in Japan and the U.S., plans to create new businesses in the deep tech field for Society 5.0, including social implementation of deep tech through the introduction of the SaaS model. Supports Japanese startups seeking to expand overseas by leveraging its knowledge of the U.S. market.
EEI Fund 5 Innovation & Impact Investment Limited Partnership
Date announced
September 16, 2022
Amount investedAmount of commitment
JPY6.2 billion (Date of change: December 26, 2023)
Fund summary
As a fund specializing in environment and energy, invests in startups with innovative business models and technologies, contributing to the realization of a sustainable society with a focus on decarbonization in the three investment areas of Energy Transition, Mobility & Transportation, and Smart Society.
Promotes social implementation of technology seeds owned by universities and other institutions through support for deep-tech startups from academia. Promotes global R&D and business development of portfolio startups through collaboration with overseas universities, research institutions, and VCs.
Provides risk capital for deep tech and areas where digital technology promotes the convergence of cyber and physical spaces. Provides human resource support for pre-seed/seed stage R&D startups, and promotes diversity in the ecosystem by fostering female capitalists and entrepreneurs.
Out-licenses promising compounds from domestic pharmaceutical companies and promotes their development on a global scale. Contributes to cultivating a drug discovery startup ecosystem through knowledge sharing and human resource development related to the creation of open innovation through collaboration with drug discovery startups.
GLOBIS 7th FUND Investment Limited Partnership / GLOBIS 7th S FUND Investment Limited Partnership
Date announced
July 5, 2022
Amount investedAmount of commitment
JPY8 billion
Fund summary
Investment strategy seeks to produce leading Japanese startups with enterprise values of several hundred billion to one trillion yen, including those with the potential to become global unicorns. Seeks to function as a role model for domestic VCs who create global unicorns.
GLOBIS 7th FUND Investment Limited Partnership / GLOBIS 7th S FUND Investment Limited Partnership
Date announced
July 5, 2022
Amount investedAmount of commitment
JPY8 billion
Fund summary
Investment strategy seeks to produce leading Japanese startups with enterprise values of several hundred billion to one trillion yen, including those with the potential to become global unicorns. Seeks to function as a role model for domestic VCs who create global unicorns.
Apricot Venture Fund 2 Investment Limited Partnership
Date announced
June 10, 2022
Amount investedAmount of commitment
JPY2 billion
Fund summary
Focuses on investment in pre-seed/seed stage startups and actively supports entrepreneurs who take up the challenge of launching new businesses. Invests in areas that contribute to the creation of new businesses and new industries for Society 5.0, with a focus on digital technology.
Invests in startups in the digital business, healthcare, and deep tech fields, among others. Endeavors to promote open innovation and create new businesses by supporting the establishment of startups through MBOs and spin-outs.
Society
Unicorn
Regional technologies
Business consolidation