# Startup Class funding: rounds and investors

> Startup Class has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include SMBC Venture Capital and Mizuho Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/startup-class (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Startup Class*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

HR Tech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.0M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Venture, $1.0M May 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **May 2025** Venture **$1.0M** [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) Investment bank **1** round

[Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Startup Class as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[TOKAI Venture Capital & Incubation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tokai-venture-capital-and-incubation) Corporate VC 2023, per its site

## Quick answers about Startup Class

### Who invested in Startup Class?

Startup Class's investors include SMBC Venture Capital and Mizuho Capital.

### How much has Startup Class raised?

Startup Class has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Startup Class last raise?

Startup Class's most recent round was a Venture of $1.0M in May 2025.

### What was Startup Class's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0M in May 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Startup Class first?

Startup Class's first round on record, in May 2025, was backed by SMBC Venture Capital and Mizuho Capital.

### What stage is Startup Class at?

Startup Class's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2025.

### Where is Startup Class based?

Startup Class is based in Japan.

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