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Delight Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 45 cheques on record.

Deploying nowVC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BEnterprisePredictive AnalyticsVenture Capital & Private Equity

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59%of best year10cheques in 12 months, 45 on record
Since the last cheque22days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$3.2MRounds led0 of 45Sole investor2 roundsMostly inJapan, 95%
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Delight Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    10 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 59% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $548K

What they do

Delight Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded by entrepreneur Tomoko Namba.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
EnterprisePredictive AnalyticsVenture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
Shibuya, Japan
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first45 appearances

  1. 2026

    10 rounds

  2. Oct
    OceanSeries A · JP · The Bridge$3.2MWith 7 others
  3. Sept
    InformAIGrant · US$1.0MWith 3 others
  4. Sept
    10pct.Series A · JP$2.5MWith 1 other
  5. Jun
    Zaimo.aiVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 4 others
  6. Mar
    CUSTASeed$4.3MWith 1 other
  7. Mar
    AstermindsSeed · JP$697KWith 1 other
  8. Feb
    SotasSeries A · JP$6.5MWith 6 others
  9. Feb
    CosomilVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 2 others
  10. Feb
    DishwillVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 2 others
  11. Feb
    VALANCESeed · JP$1.7MWith 1 other
  12. 2025

    15 rounds

  13. Oct
    ShippioSeries C · JP$12MWith 5 others
  14. Oct
    CraftBankSeries B · JP$15MWith 5 others
  15. Oct
    OptQCSeries A · JP$9.9MWith 2 others
  16. Oct
    EX-FusionSeries A · JP$2.6MWith 4 others
  17. Jul
    LogomixVenture · JP$19MWith 7 others
  18. Jul
    A-SEEDSSeries A · JP$15MWith 3 others
  19. Jun
    KAUCHEDebt · JP$6.9MWith 4 others
  20. Jun
    NaLaLysSeed · JP$1.7MWith 1 other
  21. May
    InformAIGrant · US$465KWith 3 others
  22. Mar
    Tensor EnergyVenture · JP$667KWith 4 others
  23. Mar
    AbabaSeries B · JP$8.4MWith 3 others
  24. Mar
    OSHIAISeed · JP$473KSole investor
  25. Feb
    Zaimo.aiSeed · JP$649KWith 3 others
  26. Feb
    STRACTVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 5 others
  27. Jan
    PartnerPropVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 4 others
  28. 2024

    11 rounds

  29. Nov
    StriemoSeries A · JP$3.3MWith 2 others
  30. Oct
    CoopelSeed · JP$939KWith 2 others
  31. Sept
    Luca JapanVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 4 others
  32. Aug
    CloudbaseVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 3 others
  33. Aug
    FoodcodeSeries B · JP$6.0MWith 2 others
  34. Aug
    Trans-NPre-seed · JP$1.1MWith 1 other
  35. Jul
    Mirai no GenbaSeed · JP$1.1MWith 4 others
  36. Jun
    NatureSeries D · JP$7.6MWith 3 others
  37. May
    WoodstockSeries A · JP$4.8MWith 6 others
  38. May
    YOUTRUSTVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 3 others
  39. Jan
    Memory LabSeed · JP$610KWith 2 others
  40. 2023

    5 rounds

  41. Dec
    M&A BazaarSeed · JP$577KWith 1 other
  42. Jul
    RunetaleSeed · JP$623KSole investor
  43. Mar
    Snaq meSeries D · JP$4.0MWith 2 others
  44. Feb
    ZeroboardSeries A · JP$18MWith 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 11 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)

27 of 60 we have independently watched raise

A-SEEDSAnise HealthAnyplaceBeatrustCUSTACasieCloudbaseCoopelEX-FusionFOODCODELogomixMEMORY LABNaLaLysOSHIAIOptQCOuterportROUTE06RunetaleSALESCORESTRACTShippioSotasTensor EnergyVALANCEZENKIGENimmedionoteABABAANCHICLUEChompyColorSingEight LabFuseGlidelyHubbitLUCAジャパンMomentorNatureOLTAOTOEARTHOceanOtomo HealthTHATYPICA HoldingsTenpctVenture Builder 新しいタブで開きますVoxelaWoodstockYOUTRUSTZaimozoobaものレボカウシェクラフトバンクコウソミルストリーモスナックミースマート修繕ゼロボードand 14 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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Delight Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Delight Ventures

What does Delight Ventures invest in?

Delight Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise, Predictive Analytics and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is Delight Ventures?

45 investments on record, 10 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Delight Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ocean (Series A, Oct 2026), InformAI (Grant, Sept 2026) and 10pct. (Series A, Sept 2026).

How big are Delight Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.2M.

Does Delight Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 45 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Delight Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (95%) and the United States (5%).

Is Delight Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Delight Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Mitsubishi UFJ Capital (13 rounds together), Mizuho Capital (8 rounds together) and SMBC Venture Capital (8 rounds together).

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