# Leading Mark funding: rounds and investors > Leading Mark has raised $13M across 3 rounds since 2013. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/leading-mark (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Leading Mark* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. AI Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$13M** raised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources **$500K** Seed **$1.4M** Series A **$11M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $11M Feb 2025 - **Step-up i:** 7.3× - **Investors:** 7 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$500K** Seed **$1.4M** Series A **$11M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $500K - **Biggest round:** $11M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 years ## The rounds - **Feb 2025** Venture **$11M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) Source recorded - **Feb 2015** Series A **$1.4M** *4 new* [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) [Link and Motivation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/link-and-motivation) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2013** Seed **$500K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2015 **Venture** 2025 [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) [Link and Motivation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/link-and-motivation) ## Everyone who backed them [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **2** rounds [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) VC firm **1** round [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) VC firm **1** round [CyberAgent Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyberagent-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Nippon Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nippon-venture-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [Link and Motivation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/link-and-motivation) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=leading-mark). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Leading Mark as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [UTokyo Innovation Platform](https://millionrounds.com/fund/utokyo-innovation-platform) Growth equity Per its own site [Legend Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/legend-partners-japan) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Leading Mark ### Who invested in Leading Mark? Leading Mark's investors include SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, East Ventures and CyberAgent Capital, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Leading Mark raised? Leading Mark has raised $13M across 3 rounds since 2013. ### When did Leading Mark last raise? Leading Mark's most recent round was a Venture of $11M in Feb 2025. ### What was Leading Mark's biggest round? Its most recent round, $11M in Feb 2025, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Leading Mark first? Leading Mark's first round on record, in Feb 2015, was backed by SMBC Venture Capital, Mizuho Capital and Nippon Venture Capital and 1 others. ### What stage is Leading Mark at? Leading Mark's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2025. ### Where is Leading Mark based? Leading Mark is based in Japan. ## Companies like Leading Mark In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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