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Top 25 Early-stage investment firms based in Japan

RevenueBase identified 67 company matches for early-stage investment firms associated with Japan as of October 2026 and tracks 923 professional contacts across them, including 262 with verified work emails. Tokyo is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for early-stage investment firms associated with Japan, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed October 1, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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67Companies
923Contacts tracked
262Verified emails
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The 25 largest early-stage investment firms based in Japan

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 67 company matches for early-stage investment firms based in Japan, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Oct 1, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchShibuya, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202651-20086 contacts →

Exact match

“Plug and Play is the world's leading accelerator/venture capital.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Oct 1, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5058 contacts →

Exact match

“1,250400 2010Incubate Camp We have built a portfolio of over 400 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.”

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3Exact match港区, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202651-20046 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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4Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5036 contacts →

Exact match

“We invest in winning founders with global aspirations.”

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5Exact matchChuo City, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1025 contacts →

Exact match

“Antler is where outlier founders come to go further, faster.”

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6Exact matchShibuya, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5024 contacts →

Exact match

“About TECHFUND Company vision is "Make entrepreneurs become a major profession".”

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7Exact matchJapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 2026201-50023 contacts →

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“DTVS nurtures startups according to their needs and at all stages of development”

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8Exact matchShibuya, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5021 contacts →

Exact match

“Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed startups in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India.”

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9Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“https://coralcap.co/press/?lang=en”

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10Exact matchShibuya, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1019 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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11Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5018 contacts →

Exact match

“CyberAgent Capital is an early-stage focused corporate venture capital arm of CyberAgent, Inc.”

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12Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5017 contacts →

Exact match

“Our goal is to connect startups with the right people, insights, and opportunities to help them scale beyond expectations.”

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13Exact matchHamamatsu, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5017 contacts →

Exact match

“Based on the growth stage, one-stop support from Startup to Finance PR, Recruitment, and EXIT.”

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14Exact match港区, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5016 contacts →

Exact match

“DNX Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Tokyo and Silicon Valley investing in B2B Startups.”

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15Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1016 contacts →

Exact match

“An incubator and a consulting firm, providing hands-on incubation services for seed-to-early stage startups and supporting new business development for large companies.”

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16Exact match千代田区, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1014 contacts →

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Recorded description not available.

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17Exact matchNaka-ku, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1014 contacts →

Exact match

“Lifetime Ventures is a pre-seed VC in Yokohama and Okinawa, Japan.”

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18Exact matchMinato-ku, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5013 contacts →

Exact match

“We are specializing in Seed/Early stage B2B tech startup.”

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19Exact matchKyoto, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5012 contacts →

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“Monozukuri Ventures: not just a venture capital For startup founders, it takes more than funding to bridge the gap between idea and product/market fit.”

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20Exact matchKyoto, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1012 contacts →

Exact match

“Miyako Capital is the venture capital that manages Kyoto University 2nd Venture Fund (KUVF).”

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21Exact matchMinato, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-1011 contacts →

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“D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups.”

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22Exact match港区, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 202611-5011 contacts →

Exact match

“We are the most largest early stage investors and most committed incubator in Japan.”

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23Exact matchMinato-ku, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“FIRSTLIGHT Capital (ex UB Ventures) is a VC firm committed to driving innovation in a depopulating society, with focus on seed to series-A stage startups in the fields of SaaS…”

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24Exact matchShibuya-ku, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“We are a venture capital firm that invests in seed, early, pre-series A, and series A startups in the lifestyle, entertainment, and sports fields from the early stages.”

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25Exact matchTokyo, JapanHQ recorded Oct 1, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“Minerva Growth Partners is a growth equity firm that focuses on technology and software sectors.”

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Early-stage investment firms based in Japan at a glance

As of Oct 1, 2026
28.4%Verified-email coverage
13.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
34.3%Largest-city concentration · Tokyo
Oct 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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40
11-50
21
51-200
3
201-500
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1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Japan, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Japan, over 67 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Japan whose business descriptions match “early-stage investment firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 262 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on October 1, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “early-stage investment firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many early-stage investment firms are there based in Japan?

RevenueBase identified 67 company matches for early-stage investment firms associated with Japan as of October 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Plug And Play Japan tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most early-stage investment firms?

Tokyo leads with 23 company records, followed by Jing (6) and Shibuya (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 262 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 67 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on October 1, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.