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Z Venture Capital

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zvc.vc • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • 1-10 employees • Founded 2018
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • 1-10 employees • Founded 2018
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Venture capital
Investments
231
90 of them startups
Hiring now
72
1,214 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
7
$220.1M raised
Exits
2
1 closed
Focusshare of its companies
IT Service & Asset Management 2%Marketplaces 2%LLM & Generative AI 1%AI Agents 1%Launch Services 1%Financial Data & Market Intelligence 1%Foundation Models 1%Human Resources 1%
Where its companies are
Japan 8%United States 3%Singapore 2%South Korea 1%Indonesia 1%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated 48%Pre-seed & seed 15%Series B 15%Series C and later 12%Series A 9%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 231 investments
LinqAlphaSeries A $22M · 3 mo ago · 20 roles MJOLNIR SPACEWORKSVenture round $11.6M · 3 mo ago · 2 roles CloutedVenture round $7M · 4 mo ago · 9 roles PvX PartnersSeries A $10.5M · 5 mo ago SygaldryVenture round $139M · 5 mo ago · 14 roles AFINITSeries E $23M · 7 mo ago ZUZU HospitalitySeries B $5.9M · 13 mo ago Visual BankSeries B $7.5M · 13 mo ago · 2 roles Chronicle StudiosSeed $11.6M · 15 mo ago HacobuVenture round $4.8M · 16 mo ago · 15 roles RLWRLDSeed $15M · 17 mo ago · 37 roles HopaeSeed $6.5M · 23 mo ago · 6 roles
1,214 open roles at 72 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
LayerX71 new roles in 30 days Amartha47 new roles in 30 days Yappli33 new roles in 30 days Endowus18 new roles in 30 days FreakOut Holdings16 new roles in 30 days Dialpad12 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Global Brain 25 shared Globis Capital Partners 18 shared NTT Docomo Ventures 13 shared JIC Venture Growth Investments 11 shared STRIVE 9 shared Genesia Ventures 8 shared Daiwa Corporate Investment 7 shared Y Combinator 6 shared Atinum Investment 6 shared GMO VenturePartners 6 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Globis Capital Partners Global Brain JAFCO NTT Docomo Ventures GMO VenturePartners STRIVE Skyland Ventures JIC Venture Growth Investments
Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3; 1 rounds in the press that name it

Overview

Z Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of LY Corporation, the Japanese internet group behind LINE and Yahoo Japan. It invests in startups from seed to later stages in Japan, the United States and across Asia, with a focus on internet services, fintech, commerce, media and emerging technologies. Established in 2018 as a subsidiary of the group then known as Z Holdings, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo.

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Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Tokyo Japan
HQ
1-10 est. staff