Participated · Series B · Aug 2026

Led by CEO Yudai Tsuda and based in Tokyo, Resilire develops and operates a cloud platform that collects and updates data from direct and multi-tier suppliers to visualize and manage supply chain risks. Its product detects risks such as natural disasters and geopolitical issues in real time to enable faster decision-making and improved resilience. The company emphasizes building reliable data infrastructure and applying artificial intelligence to create decision-making value. Resilire is focused on serving manufacturing supply chains and plans to expand its platform adoption overseas. Financially, the company raised 1.73 billion JPY in the first close of its Series B in August 2026, bringing total funding to roughly 3.03 billion JPY.

Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

Jizaie provides a real-time remote operation and automation platform called JIZAIPAD for industries including construction, manufacturing, and logistics. The company offers remote video, AI analysis, and remote control technologies and emphasizes video compression and transmission that performs well in unstable network environments. Jizaie’s mission is to enable people to see, judge, and act on industrial sites without physical presence. It originated from the University of Tokyo’s Inami Lab and is led by CEO Junki Nakagawa. Current plans highlighted by the company include further development of AI video analysis, AI agents for decision support, and advancing remote control and automation for machinery and robots. Jizaie aims to strengthen regional alliances across Japan and expand its product development and business development teams.

Participated · Seed · May 2026

ATOM develops Japan-made bipedal, dual-armed humanoid robots powered by what it calls Physical AI, enabling perception, decision-making, and real-world action. The company builds both the robot hardware and AI foundation models in-house, using data from operations to iterate on design and software. It targets factory and warehouse tasks such as transport, replenishment, and kitting, aiming to address labour shortages in Japan. ATOM was founded by CEO Shunsuke Aoki and is based in Tokyo. Following the ¥3B seed round, the company plans to hire AI engineers and expand its robotics and business infrastructure to move toward deployment. The article notes the sector is capital-intensive and competitive, with commercialization challenges typical of humanoid robotics.

Led · Series A · May 2026

secondz digital is a Yokohama-based startup that builds AI agents to support enterprise customer engagement and AI-native sales processes. It offers end-to-end services from strategy design through AI agent development and implementation for enterprises. The company's agents focus on automating front-end sales tasks such as customer research, hypothesis building, and proposal preparation. secondz digital is described as an early mover in AEO (AI Engine Optimisation) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation). The company aims to work with enterprise clients and, via its Series A backer Sumisho Venture Partners, may gain collaboration opportunities through Sumitomo Corporation's industrial network.

Participated · Series B · Jun 2024

Pale Blue designs, develops, and manufactures propulsion systems for small satellites, having demonstrated water‑based thrusters in space multiple times. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Kashiwa, Chiba. Its core product line focuses on reliable, scalable thrusters for global satellite operators, and it is expanding its portfolio to include Hall thrusters. Pale Blue plans to strengthen production and quality-management systems, establish a production‑technology development site, and scale hiring to meet growing demand. The company will continue R&D and space demonstrations to broaden its product lineup and validate new propulsion technologies. The recent Series C fundraise will support these commercialization and production efforts. Pale Blue is a University of Tokyo–spawned space startup based in Kashiwa, Chiba that researches, develops, and manufactures propulsion systems for small satellites. Its core products are an ultra‑small water ion thruster and a water Hall thruster, both using water as the propellant. The ultra‑small water ion thruster is an electric propulsion system for orbit control and orbital transfers offering higher fuel efficiency than chemical thrusters; the water Hall thruster uses a water‑Hall plasma acceleration effect to achieve high specific impulse with low power consumption. These thrusters are intended for small‑satellite orbit control and attitude control. Pale Blue aims to reduce small‑satellite operating costs, expand launch opportunities, and ultimately apply its technology to deep‑space missions such as lunar or Martian exploration. The company plans to continue development and manufacturing, pursue in‑space demonstrations, establish a production‑technology development base, and strengthen its organization. Pale Blue is a Tokyo-based small-satellite thruster developer focused on water-based propulsion, notably its Resistojet steam thruster. The company tested its Resistojet in orbit in March on a 6U cubesat called Star Sphere, using jets of steam for maneuvering. Pale Blue is building a 2,000-square-meter factory to mass-produce Resistojet thrusters sized for satellites under 10 kilograms and announced $7.5 million in funding in October to start production for customers including Yonsei University. Under a multiphase Japanese government SBIR-3 grant worth up to $27 million, Pale Blue aims to develop water-plasma propulsion and to scale its technology to service spacecraft up to 500 kilograms. The company plans to demonstrate water-fed ion and Hall-effect thrusters, which use electricity and magnetic fields to accelerate propellant, with a demo targeted around 2027–2028 and prototypes due by September 2025 for the first grant phase. Pale Blue positions water as a lower-cost, safer propellant alternative to xenon, though it acknowledges water cannot yet match xenon's thrust performance.