Browse investors with venture exposure with a stated country focus or recorded venture investment in Japan, ranked by founding year, with older firms listed first.
FundComb tracks 5 investors with venture exposure with a stated country focus or recorded venture investment in Japan on this page.
The ranking uses founding year, with older firms listed first. 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 Eight Roads, Salesforce Ventures and DG Daiwa Ventures.
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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Venture office · Tokyo, Japan
Stated investment focus · Japan
The current Japan team page states that Eight Roads seeks to partner with founders in Japan.
USD 1.6B · Reported venture AUM
Venture manager · reported 2022-05-17
Not used in this ranking.
Salesforce Ventures is Salesforce’s dedicated venture arm, investing in enterprise software from seed through growth.
Venture office · Tokyo, Japan
Stated investment focus · Japan
The current investment description explicitly includes Japan among the areas where the firm invests.
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...
Venture office · Tokyo, Japan
Venture headquarters · Tokyo, Japan
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.
≥JPY 10B · Reported venture fund size
DGDV Fund III E.L.P. Cayman · reported 2025-10-21
Not used in this ranking.
Antler is a global early-stage venture firm investing at inception and pre-seed; its Antler Elevate fund invests from Pre-A through Series C. Its founder reside...
Venture office · Tokyo, Japan
Stated investment focus · Japan
Antler Japan currently states that it backs Japanese founders at inception.
DBJ Capital Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned venture capital subsidiary of Development Bank of Japan Inc. We will continue striving to take on challenges with entrep...
Venture office · Tokyo, Japan
Stated investment focus · Japan
The company profile states that it invests in domestic startups; in this Japanese company's profile, domestic refers to Japan.
FAQ
This list is ranked by founding year, with older firms listed first. FundComb keeps headquarters, office presence and investment geography as separate signals, so a headquarters list and an office list can show different results.
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.
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.
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.
