Colopl Next

Est. 2015
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Founded
2015
Focus
Consumer · Media & Entertainment · Technology
Tracked deals
1

About

COLOPL NEXT, Inc. is a Tokyo-based corporate investment firm founded in 2015 and wholly owned by COLOPL, Inc. It invests in startups and publicly listed companies. Its startup investing covers emerging technology, B2C/C2C and entertainment businesses in Japan, the US and Korea, plus young entrepreneurs, with themes spanning lifestyle services, media and content (games, XR, IP) and technology (AI, security, platforms, blockchain). It also concentrates listed-equity investments mainly in Japanese companies. It supports portfolio companies with the Colopl group's expertise in consumer-facing products and a global investor network, and it operates a Korean affiliate, Colopl Next Korea.

Strategies

Public Equity
Generalist strategy
Venture Capital
Generalist strategy
Sources

Profile sources

  1. coloplnext.co.jp — Consumer, Media & Entertainment
  2. coloplnext.co.jp — Consumer, Media & Entertainment, Technology
  3. coloplnext.co.jp — Technology

Investment Criteria

Investment Stages
Stages
Seed Public

Deals & Activity

Tracked Deals
1
Most common deal types
Unknown (1)
Recent tracked deals
Levellr
2026
$2.5M

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