Participated · Series A · Mar 2026

CULTA applies a proprietary, non-GMO, AI-powered breeding process that shortens new variety development from the traditional ten years to roughly two, enabling rapid creation of climate-resilient fruit crops. To date the company has produced four strawberry varieties, including its flagship “SAKURA DROPS,” which delivers about 30% higher yield, roughly 40% higher sugar content, and maintains quality for more than ten days even when harvested fully ripe. CULTA contracts growers, buys their entire output, and manages sales and marketing itself, giving it end-to-end control of supply and brand. Production is already scaling in Japan and Malaysia, with berries sold in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand, and over 100 Japanese farms cultivating the varieties. The firm plans to greatly expand Southeast Asian production, enter Australia, and begin sales in Japan while pushing variety registration overseas. Future R&D targets include additional strawberry lines suited to large farms in Australia, North America, and Europe, as well as new grape and apple varieties and eventual work on coffee and banana. Including the current round, CULTA has raised roughly ¥1 billion (~US$7 million) in total funding.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2024

Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Tokyo, NEIGHBOR builds original games and branded metaverse activations on Fortnite Creative and Unreal Editor for Fortnite. The studio first gained notice with a haunted-house world promoting Netflix’s “JUNJI ITO MANIAC,” which drew more than 1.2 million visitors and earned praise from Epic Games. NEIGHBOR has since released an original Fortnite title that has attracted over 2.5 million players and regularly sees 3,000+ concurrent users, demonstrating its ability to surface content through Fortnite’s recommendation algorithms. The company’s core strategy is to export Japanese intellectual property—anime, manga, food, music and more—to Fortnite’s predominantly North American Gen-Z audience. Its global development team collaborates with creators worldwide to secure Epic’s Picks placements and sustain community engagement. Industry recognition includes a 2024 NYX Game Awards Silver for Character Design and Gold for Best Metaverse Game. Recent seed capital positions the company to scale additional Japanese IP integrations and expand its player base.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2024

LOKIAR develops Meech, a platform for inter-company logistics that provides delivery/status visualization and sharing, delivery-destination information, and legal/compliance and variance management features. The company released a beta of Meech in May 2024 based on insights from consulting and contracted system-development work. Meech aims to reduce unnecessary communication, help drivers complete deliveries at unfamiliar locations, and surface on-site work realities to minimize regulatory risk. LO KIAR plans to accelerate product development, add features, strengthen partner relationships, and expand its customer base—particularly among manufacturers and shippers. The company says it will use newly raised funds to speed product development and reinforce its go-to-market and organizational capabilities. Operating metrics such as revenue or user counts were not disclosed in the announcement.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2024

LOOV provides a platform to create and distribute interactive, personalized sales videos whose content changes automatically based on each customer’s attributes. The tool is designed to let teams deliver tailored information without heavy manual effort while collecting viewing and customer data to inform sales activities. LOOV launched its service in April 2023 and has been adopted by more than 70 companies. The company says it will use newly raised funds to accelerate business expansion and to strengthen product functionality, including AI capabilities. LOOV positions itself to fundamentally change buyer–seller communication in B2B sales and marketing. The company is headquartered in Meguro, Tokyo and was founded in April 2022.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2024

60% operates a cross-border fashion e-commerce platform that aggregates brands from over 10 Asian countries, offering more than 1,500 brands and over 110,000 items (as of Feb 2024). The site is skewed to Gen Z: roughly 90% of users are in their teens and twenties. The company runs its own cross-border EC solution covering logistics, language, payments and customer service, enabling brands to begin selling globally within three days of contracting. Since its prior funding round in April 2021, monthly GMV has grown more than fivefold and the number of listed brands has tripled. 60% is rebranding as it begins a “second chapter,” planning accelerated domestic expansion, global rollout and broader hiring across executive, product, engineering and marketing roles. It plans to launch global versions of its product (web and app) in early 2024 to evolve into a global marketplace.