Hokkaido Electric Power
2, Higashi 1-chome, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8677, Japan
Overview
Hokkaido Electric Power Company focuses in electricity generation, electricity distribution, and the sales of electricity. The company also operates on electrical and telecommunications construction work, general management of buildings, civil engineering and general construction work, periodic inspection, maintenance, and repair of power plants. Hokkaido Electric Power Company is headquartered in Sapporo, Japan.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Electrical Distribution
- Energy
- Sales
- Telecommunications
Investment portfolio
- Shizen Energy
Participated · Series A · May 2026
Shizen Connect builds and operates a VPP energy management system that integrates batteries, EVs, heat pumps (eco-cute) and other devices using IoT and AI to enable aggregated control and market transactions. The company develops its own IoT devices, AI-based optimization, and a digital platform for large-scale VPP and DR services, and sells related hardware. Its platform has been adopted by major utilities and energy companies (including Tokyo Gas, Tokyo Electric Power Energy Partner, Hokkaido Electric Power, Hokuriku Electric Power, Osaka Gas, JERA, Tokyu Fudosan and others) across household DR and grid-scale battery control. Independent market research (Fuji Keizai) cited Shizen Connect as No.1 by corporate contract count in DR/VPP platforms and No.1 in AC/RA system corporate contract counts. The company aims to scale via capital-business alliances with 16 partners to become the de facto standard VPP platform. Shizen Connect was founded on October 2, 2023 and is headquartered in Tokyo; it plans to use newly raised funds to hire engineers and invest further in R&D.
- Enechain
Participated · Series B · Apr 2024
enechain provides eSquare Live, an online marketplace where market participants can buy and sell electricity, fuels, and environmental value products. The platform has handled more than ¥3 trn in cumulative wholesale electricity transactions, and its screen‐based trading volume via eSquare Live grew more than 25× year-on-year. To reduce counterparty and settlement risk, the company runs joint ventures eClear (with MUFG Bank) for power-trade clearing and eXstend (with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group) for fuel-price hedging. Following its latest financing, enechain’s paid-in capital has reached roughly ¥10 bn and group-wide funding now totals several hundred billion yen. The new capital will be used to upgrade eSquare Live to global-class UX and reliability standards, aggregate additional products and data, deepen ecosystem integrations, and embed advanced AI capabilities through a newly created AI lab. The company will also invest heavily in cybersecurity and consider M&A to accelerate energy-sector digital transformation.
Team
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