Participated · Series B · Apr 2026

JPYC issues Japanese yen–pegged stablecoins and operates issuance and settlement services for those tokens. The company has been actively raising capital, recently completing an additional close of its Series B that increased cumulative Series B proceeds to about $29.62M. Investors in the recent tranche include a mix of venture funds and financial institutions such as Metaplanet, NCB Venture Capital, Hokuyo Bank and Yokohama Capital. JPYC plans to deploy the new funds toward system and application development, hiring, its stablecoin issuance and settlement operations, and strategic investments. Metaplanet previously announced a planned investment of up to ¥400 million earlier in the year. The articles do not disclose revenue, users, or other operating metrics.

Led · Debt Financing · Dec 2025

Clean Energy Connect supports RE100 participants and other decarbonisation-focused companies with end-to-end green electricity solutions, covering planning, installation, verification and ongoing optimisation. Its core offering is the development and operation of Non-FIT off-site solar power plants that supply renewable electricity and environmental value through long-term corporate PPAs. The firm has already signed bespoke PPA contracts with Amazon, Dai-ichi Life, the NTT Group, Nomura Real Estate, Sugi Holdings, Fujifilm, Google, Mitsubishi Estate, Chiba University and others. Future initiatives include combining solar with battery storage, wind power and BEMS to raise 24/7 renewable energy utilisation rates. Headquartered in Otemachi, Tokyo, the company positions itself as a one-stop provider of cutting-edge decarbonisation solutions. As of the latest financing, Clean Energy Connect’s cumulative capital raised totals ¥611 billion.

Participated · Debt Financing · Dec 2025

Founded in 2011, Tokyo-based Mujin provides MujinOS, a software platform that unifies robot vision, motion planning and real-time digital twin technology to automate complex manufacturing and logistics tasks. The system controls mixed fleets of robotic arms, AGVs and storage robots under a single architecture, eliminating custom system integration and accelerating deployment. Current applications span depalletizing, palletizing, piece picking, truck unloading, warehouse execution and fleet management. With the new funding, the company will pivot from project-based integration to a more scalable product-led model centered on MujinOS, expand its product lineup and accelerate global rollout in Europe and North America. Resources will also go toward enhancing plant- and warehouse-level digital twins and hiring additional world-class engineers to advance next-generation physical-AI capabilities. Including the latest round, Mujin has raised a cumulative ¥596 billion (≈US$4 billion) in equity and debt financing.

Led · Series D · Aug 2024

EV Motors Japan designs, builds and sells commercial electric vehicles—including buses, trucks, trikes and special vehicles—and is developing Level 4 autonomous buses. The company also offers charging equipment, maintenance, leasing/rental and ESCO services, and engages in battery and PV‑based renewable energy businesses. Recent fundraising will support construction of a final assembly plant (phase 2), procurement for received and anticipated bulk orders, prototype and demo vehicle development, and organizational strengthening. The company reports paid‑in capital of ¥6,570,200,000 as of June 28, 2024 and total historical fundraising of roughly ¥6.56 billion. EV Motors Japan intends to expand its mass‑production capability and vehicle lineup to accelerate market adoption and advance toward a zero‑emission society. EVモーターズ・ジャパン designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and charging solutions, including buses, trucks, trikes and special-purpose vehicles, and is developing Level 4 autonomous buses. The company also offers leasing, rental, ESCO services and renewable-energy businesses using batteries and PV. It intends to use recent funding to build a commercial EV final assembly factory (phase 2), finance vehicle procurement for orders, and support prototype and demo-vehicle development and organizational strengthening. The company reported a capital base of ¥6,375,200,000 as of March 29, 2024 and has raised a total of approximately ¥6.36 billion across all rounds. Founded in April 2019 and headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, EVモーターズ・ジャパン is continuing a Series D fundraising process and plans further public announcements.

Participated · Series E · Jul 2024

Yoriso provides consumer-facing end-of-life services including the packaged, nationwide-fee "Yorisou Oshoushiki" funeral service and the "Yorisou Obousan-bin" monk-dispatch service. The company emphasizes price transparency and IT to reduce information asymmetry in the funeral and memorials market. It reports more than 5,500 partnered funeral venues and over 1,500 partnered monks, metrics that have grown year over year. In 2023 Yoriso acquired the "O-haka Sagashi" business and launched "Yorisou Cloud", a cloud service for funeral companies, as part of a push to build a comprehensive "life-ending platform" covering end-of-life, funerals, memorials, and inheritance. The company is focused on DX (digital transformation) of the funeral industry and expanding platform services across the value chain. After the latest raise its cumulative funding stands at about ¥7.5 billion.