Sales and marketing tech investors backing startups in Japan
11 investors hold two or more sales and marketing tech startups in Japan each, 28 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are GMO VenturePartners (6), Global Brain (5) and JIC Venture Growth Investments (5). 1 of them are accelerators.
Investors backing startups in Japan
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 GMO VenturePartnersVenture capital · Japan · FreakOut Holdings, GMO Internet Group, YRGLM | 6 | 2 | Jul 2026 |
 Global BrainVenture capital · Japan · amptalk, Repro, GENIEE | 5 | 32 | Oct 2026 |
 JIC Venture Growth InvestmentsVenture capital · Japan · Nyle, UPWARD, Canly | 5 | 6 | Sep 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · BitStar, Godot, awoo | 4 | 155 | Nov 2026 |
 Eight RoadsVenture capital · United Kingdom · Mico, PLAID, Payke | 4 | 10 | Oct 2026 |
 Z Venture CapitalVenture capital · Japan · Repro, GENIEE, FreakOut Holdings | 4 | 7 | Jun 2026 |
 NTT Docomo VenturesVenture capital · Japan · EmotionTech, Repro, FEZ | 4 | 6 | Aug 2026 |
 Genesia VenturesVenture capital · Japan · amptalk, Transfer Data | 2 | 7 | Aug 2026 |
 NVCCVenture capital · Japan · UPWARD, Transfer Data | 2 | 3 | Jul 2026 |
 STRIVEVenture capital · Japan · GENIEE, EmotionTech | 2 | 2 | Jul 2026 |
 Skyland VenturesVenture capital · Japan · Capex, QUEUE logo | 2 | 1 | Apr 2026 |
The most backed startups in Japan
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Repro | 3 |
 GENIEE | 3 |
 amptalk | 2 |
 BitStar | 2 |
 One Media | 2 |
 Transfer Data | 2 |
 FreakOut Holdings | 2 |
 EmotionTech | 2 |
 NOVARCA | 2 |
 UPWARD | 2 |
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Who invests in sales and marketing tech startups in Japan?
11 investors hold two or more sales and marketing tech startups in Japan each, 28 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are GMO VenturePartners (6), Global Brain (5) and JIC Venture Growth Investments (5). 1 of them are accelerators.
How is this list built?
From what each investor holds: the portfolio page it publishes, the Y Combinator directory and the announced rounds that name it. An investor counts for Japan when at least two of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,418 portfolios.