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Most Popular Venture Capital Firms Headquartered in Japan

Browse venture capital firms headquartered in Japan, ranked by FundComb user interest and profile activity.

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About this list

FundComb tracks 3 venture capital firms headquartered in Japan on this page.

The ranking uses FundComb user interest and profile activity. Treat the figures as directional research data, not as a source to rely on for financial or investment decisions.

The first ranked entries currently include DG Daiwa Ventures, Global Brain Corporation and Shochiku Ventures.

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Official pages are researched automatically and independently checked before their claims are used. Each evidence record preserves the source, country connection, capital basis, currency and date. Missing evidence stays unknown.

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DG Daiwa Ventures

DG Daiwa Ventures is a Japanese venture capital firm established by Digital Garage and Daiwa Securities Group that invests in startups with next-generation tech...

Investment Manager Venture Capital Verified venture HQ
Technology stated firm-wide
Unranked
No comparable venture commitments
Venture evidence & capital sources · checked 2026-10-12

Country evidence

  • Venture office · Tokyo, Japan

    Official source

  • Venture headquarters · Tokyo, Japan

    Official source

  • Stated investment focus · Japan

    The fund announcement says Fund III targets domestic and overseas seed- and early-stage startups. In this Japanese firm's announcement, “domestic” refers to Japan; this is a mandate claim, not an office claim.

    Official source 1Official source 2

Reported capital

  • ≥JPY 10B · Reported venture fund size

    DGDV Fund III E.L.P. Cayman · reported 2025-10-21

    Not used in this ranking.

    Official source

Global Brain Corporation

Global Brain Corporation is an independent Tokyo-based venture capital firm investing from seed through growth stages and supporting startups through hands-on s...

Investment Manager Venture Capital Verified venture HQ
Consumer stated firm-wide Education & Workforce stated firm-wide Financial Services stated firm-wide Healthcare & Life Sciences stated firm-wide
Unranked
No comparable venture commitments
Venture evidence & capital sources · checked 2026-10-12

Country evidence

Reported capital

  • JPY 405.2B · Reported venture AUM

    Venture manager · reported 2026-01-06

    Not used in this ranking.

    Official source

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Methodology
How are firms ranked on this list? +

This list is ranked by FundComb user interest and profile activity. FundComb keeps headquarters, office presence and investment geography as separate signals, so a headquarters list and an office list can show different results.

Which capital figures are comparable? +

AUM, aggregate venture commitments and individual closed fund sizes are separate views. Parent assets and cumulative fundraising never count as venture AUM. AUM and commitments need a date within two years; vehicle sizes within three years. Only exact or approximate amounts rank. Foreign currencies use the same dated ECB conversion snapshot. These are manager or strategy totals, not capital available in this country. Unknown, undated, stale, bounded and non-comparable figures remain unranked.

How often is this list updated? +

Profiles update as FundComb ingests public filings, fund websites, official announcements and manual review notes. Rankings can change when new evidence is approved or older data is cleaned.

Does an office mean the firm invests locally? +

An office establishes physical presence only. The investment-evidence view uses stated country mandates or named venture rounds within three years. Founder-linked mandates and dated deals are labelled separately in each source record. Neither proves the firm is currently accepting investments or that all its capital is allocated locally.