What does Development Bank of Japan Inc. invest in?
Development Bank of Japan Inc. invests most often at Series A and Series C (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Bank, Lending and Paytech.

Japan · Investor
Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 4 cheques on record.
Deploying nowGovernment
2 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Series A and Series C: 67% of its rounds
Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $38M
Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances
2 rounds
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Funds they back
Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.
Most recent commitments
The latest companies Development Bank of Japan Inc. put money into.
Development Bank of Japan Inc. invests most often at Series A and Series C (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Bank, Lending and Paytech.
4 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Feb 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Rapidus (Feb 2026), CesiumAstro (Series C, Feb 2026) and ispace (Series A, Dec 2017).
The median round it joins is $280M.
Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
Development Bank of Japan Inc. is a government based in Tokyo, Japan.
Development Bank of Japan Inc. was founded in 1951.
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