# Beyond Next Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Beyond Next Ventures is an accelerator based in Japan. 69 investments on record, 15 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# Beyond Next Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 69 cheques on record.

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Deploying now Accelerator

Seed Series A Series B Deep Tech Healthcare Climate

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**68%** of best year **15** **cheques in 12 months**, 69 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 69** Sole investor **6 rounds** Mostly in **Japan, 95%**

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## Beyond Next Ventures highlights

- 01 15 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 63% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $1.2M

## What they do

> typically first investing at the Seed stage From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Deep Tech Healthcare Climate
- **Based in:** Chuo City, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **69 appearances**

- **2026** 13 rounds
- **Sept** **[Ark](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark)** Series A **$8.3M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[EF Polymer](https://millionrounds.com/company/ef-polymer)** Venture · JP **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[AlgaleX](https://millionrounds.com/company/algalex)** Series A · JP **$2.2M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Scohia Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/scohia-pharma)** Venture · JP **$443M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Atom](https://millionrounds.com/company/atom)** Seed · JP **$19M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Secai Marche](https://millionrounds.com/company/secai-marche)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Acompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/acompany)** Debt · JP **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Anaut](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaut)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Elephantech](https://millionrounds.com/company/elephantech)** Series F · JP **$25M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Photo Electron Soul](https://millionrounds.com/company/photo-electron-soul)** Venture · JP **$5.7M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Imbesideyou](https://millionrounds.com/company/imbesideyou)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Aqua Theon](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-theon)** Seed · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Secai Marche](https://millionrounds.com/company/secai-marche)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2025** 16 rounds
- **Dec** **[FullDepth](https://millionrounds.com/company/fulldepth)** Series D · JP **$61M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[GramEye](https://millionrounds.com/company/grameye)** Series B · JP **$3.6M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Neautech](https://millionrounds.com/company/neautech)** Series B · JP **$7.4M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Regional Fish](https://millionrounds.com/company/regional-fish)** Series D · JP **$13M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[EF Polymer](https://millionrounds.com/company/ef-polymer)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Boston Medical Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/boston-medical-sciences)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[SAKANA Dream](https://millionrounds.com/company/sakana-dream)** Series A · JP **$6.7M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Fermelanta](https://millionrounds.com/company/fermelanta)** Series A · JP **$14M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[FELIQS](https://millionrounds.com/company/feliqs)** Series A · JP **$8.3M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[HITOTSU](https://millionrounds.com/company/hitotsu)** Series A · JP **$746K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Anaut](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaut)** Debt · JP **$1.4M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[BiPSEE](https://millionrounds.com/company/bipsee)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **May** **[Towing](https://millionrounds.com/company/towing)** Series B · JP **$14M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Emium](https://millionrounds.com/company/emium)** Seed · JP **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Volt14](https://millionrounds.com/company/volt14)** Seed · HK **$1.9M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Equmenopolis](https://millionrounds.com/company/equmenopolis)** Seed · JP **$1.7M** With 3 others
- **2024** 15 rounds
- **Dec** **[MabGenesis](https://millionrounds.com/company/mabgenesis)** Venture · JP **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Aillis](https://millionrounds.com/company/aillis)** Series D · JP **$3.3M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[KOALA Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/koala-tech)** Series B · JP **$3.7M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Rhinoflux](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhinoflux)** Seed · JP **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Red Arrow Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-arrow-therapeutics)** Series A · JP **$55M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Gourmet Garden](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmet-garden)** Venture **$539K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Symbiobe](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbiobe)** Series A · JP **$5.7M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[The Ethical Spirits](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ethical-spirits)** Venture · JP **$2.7M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Libero Thera](https://millionrounds.com/company/libero-thera)** Venture · JP **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[N.B.Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/n-b-medical)** Series B · JP **$14M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[GRA&GREEN](https://millionrounds.com/company/gra-and-green)** Series C · JP **$4.1M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **29** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**37** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Acompany A cloud-based](https://millionrounds.com/company/acompany)[Aillis Medical devices](https://millionrounds.com/company/aillis)[Alchemedicine Proprietary compound](https://millionrounds.com/company/alchemedicine)[BiPSEE Development of](https://millionrounds.com/company/bipsee)[CureApp Japan's first](https://millionrounds.com/company/cureapp)[EF Polymer Private](https://millionrounds.com/company/ef-polymer)[Elephantech Cutting-edge printed](https://millionrounds.com/company/elephantech)[ElevationSpace Space Environment](https://millionrounds.com/company/elevationspace)[Feliqs](https://millionrounds.com/company/feliqs)[Fermelanta Production of](https://millionrounds.com/company/fermelanta)[FullDepth Developing specilised](https://millionrounds.com/company/fulldepth)[GRA&GREEN Development of](https://millionrounds.com/company/gra-and-green)[GigIndia Operates a](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigindia)[Gojo & Company,](https://millionrounds.com/company/gojo-and-company)[GramEye Manufacture and](https://millionrounds.com/company/grameye)[HITOTSU Services for](https://millionrounds.com/company/hitotsu)[I'mbesideyou Multimodal Emotional](https://millionrounds.com/company/imbesideyou)[Icare](https://millionrounds.com/company/icare)[IntegriCulture Cutting edge](https://millionrounds.com/company/integriculture)[KOALA Tech Development](https://millionrounds.com/company/koala-tech)[LIFESCAPES Medical device](https://millionrounds.com/company/lifescapes)[METCELA Fibroblast-based therapies](https://millionrounds.com/company/metcela)[MabGenesis Providing therapeutic](https://millionrounds.com/company/mabgenesis)[Myelin Foundry AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/myelin-foundry)[Myoridge Drug discovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/myoridge)[OryLab OriHime, Interactive](https://millionrounds.com/company/orylab)[Phasorz Technology One](https://millionrounds.com/company/medibuddy)[Photo electron Soul](https://millionrounds.com/company/photo-electron-soul)[SAKANA Dream Develop](https://millionrounds.com/company/sakana-dream)[SECAI MARCHE Online](https://millionrounds.com/company/secai-marche)[SUSMED Blockchain enabled](https://millionrounds.com/company/susmed)[Sonoligo Deployment of](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonoligo)[Symbiobe Biomass and](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbiobe)[The Ethical Spirits](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ethical-spirits)[UMAMI UNITED Research,](https://millionrounds.com/company/umami-united)[Visban Developing AI-driven](https://millionrounds.com/company/visban)[Volt14 Silicon Anodes](https://millionrounds.com/company/volt14) ALY Developing data Anaut Deploying AI Ark Bighaat Biomoneta Developed tech Boston Medical Sciences Emium Development of Equ Exmed Faunatechsolutions FinalLayer AI Agents Generic Aadhaar Providing GroMo FinTech marketplace IZANA Ultra-high-sensitivity magnetic ImpactGuru India's biggest LabBase Human resource MAILNEWS MEDFIN Offering the N.B.Medical Cerebrovascular stent OPExPARK State of PRECISION Assisting healthcare QD Laser Cutting RIVERFIELD Surgery robots and 5 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$4.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.2M**

Led 0 of 69 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 6 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *27*
- Seed said *12*
- Series A said *9*
- Series B said *6*
- Debt *5*
- Series D *3*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) 22
- [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) 14
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) 8
- [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) 8
- [Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kyoto-university-innovation-capital-co-ltd) 6
- [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Beyond Next Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)[**SMBC Venture Capital** Investment bank **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**IVC** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc)[**Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kyoto-university-innovation-capital-co-ltd)[**ANRI** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri)[**Miraidoa** Investment firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/miraidoa)[**SBI Investment** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment)[**Japan Finance Corporation** Investment firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation)[**Mizuho Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)[**Aozora Corporate Investment** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment)[**JAFCO** Company **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jafco)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Beyond Next Ventures put money into.

[**Ark** $8.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark)[**AlgaleX** $2.2M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/algalex)[**Atom** $19M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/atom)[**Acompany** $6.0M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/acompany)[**Anaut** Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaut)[**Elephantech** $25M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/elephantech)

## Quick answers about Beyond Next Ventures

### What does Beyond Next Ventures invest in?

Beyond Next Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep Tech, Healthcare and Climate.

### How active is Beyond Next Ventures?

69 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Beyond Next Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ark (Series A, Sept 2026), EF Polymer (Venture, Jul 2026) and AlgaleX (Series A, Jul 2026).

### How big are Beyond Next Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.3M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Beyond Next Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 69 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Beyond Next Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (95%).

### Is Beyond Next Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Beyond Next Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (22 rounds together), SMBC Venture Capital (14 rounds together) and Global Brain Corporation (8 rounds together).

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