• Peach Cars

  Led · Debt Financing · Aug 2026

  Peach Cars operates an online vehicle marketplace with a catalogue of over 1,500 vehicles. The company has emphasized building a trusted inspection capability — described by a lender as providing Japanese-quality vehicle inspections alongside local operations. Financially, Peach Cars completed a Sh1.42 billion Series A in June 2025 and subsequently secured Sh517.6 million in debt from JFC and Shoko Chukin Bank. The additional financing is intended to expand inspection capacity, increase access to vehicle financing and strengthen the marketplace. Lender due diligence included management interviews and an on-site assessment of Peach’s Nairobi inspection operations, which supported the financing decision.

• Spike Studio

  Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

  Spike Studio builds AI agents designed to function as digital workforce assistants that automate business operations and integrate into core operational workflows. The company provides AI agent development, generative AI consulting, and implementation services for organizations across industries including manufacturing, finance, retail, advertising, and fitness. It emphasizes multi-agent functionality and deeper integration capabilities with existing enterprise systems. Spike Studio was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Following its seed raise of ¥370M, the company plans to expand its engineering team to accelerate product development and deployments. The articles do not disclose revenue, user counts, or other operating metrics.

• M2X

  Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

  Founded in 2022 and based in Tokyo, M2X develops a cloud-based all-in-one system for maintenance operations and AI-powered preventive maintenance. The company serves clients across 40 industries and counts major manufacturers such as Toyota Motor Kyushu, Lotte and Rengo among its customers. Since its previous funding round, M2X has reported 700% revenue growth. M2X articulates a "Zero Downtime Vision" aimed at preventing machinery failures. The recent funding is earmarked to strengthen hiring in both business and product teams as the company scales. These moves are positioned to expand M2X's deployment of its maintenance platform across industrial customers.

• Illumi Medical Inc

  Participated · Series A · May 2026

  Illumi Medical develops the ET-BLIT intravascular light irradiation system, which uses a thin catheter inserted via a transvascular approach to emit light through vessel walls to reach deep-seated tissues. The technology is intended to enable applications of light-based therapies such as photodynamic therapy (PDT) and near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) for cancers and neurological diseases previously inaccessible to external light. The company says the procedure can be performed in existing cardiac catheterization rooms. Illumi Medical was established in February 2023. With the completion of its ¥550 million Series A, the company plans to advance product development, transition manufacturing to mass production, secure supply and quality for clinical trials, and execute global regulatory and insurance strategies. It also intends to expand treatment and diagnostic pipelines through alliances with pharmaceutical companies and pursue international joint clinical trials and overseas approvals.

• New Innovations

  Participated · Series B · Mar 2026

  New Innovations develops OMO (online–merged-with-offline) solutions and robotics products to automate customer-facing and manufacturing workflows. Its product lineup includes the smart unmanned coffee stand root C (operating at about 15 locations), the Kakigori Maker (released 2024), Burger Cooker (released 2025), the Store Meister integrated store operations solution (2025), and the voice-order AI "AI Order Thru" (2025). For manufacturing customers it offers the cloud-based AI drawing-management system "図面バンク" to search and manage past drawings and related documents. The company reports capital of ¥2,840,000,000 (including reserves) and was founded in January 2018. New Innovations plans to scale product manufacturing and business development, expand use cases across industries and pursue overseas deployment while deepening partnerships with large operators such as Starbucks Japan and Mos Food Services.

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