Mizuho Financial Group
Otemachi Tower, 1-5-5 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8176, Japan
Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company which manages and engages in ancillary operations related to the management of its legally–owned subsidiaries as defined by the Japanese Banking Act. Its activities include streamlining group management functions, creating synergies across various business fields and capabilities, and leveraging the defining strengths and characteristics of the Mizuho group.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Banking
- Finance
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- Sakana
Participated · Series A · Sep 2024
Sakana is an AI startup founded in July 2023 by former Google researchers. The roughly 20-person company focuses on AI development and says it will work with strategic partners to address challenges facing Japanese industry and society. That positioning has attracted significant support in Japan. Sakana previously indicated plans to raise over $100 million from firms including Nvidia, New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital. Financially, Sakana announced a roughly ¥30 billion (about $214 million) Series A that values the company at $1.5 billion. Co‑founder David Ha said the company will accelerate collaboration with strategic partners to tackle pressing industrial and societal problems.