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Hitachi Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 59 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $400M, Feb 2025Corporate VC

SeedSeries ASeries BAdditive ManufacturingMedical DevicesManufacturing

Deploying now
100%of best year25cheques in 12 months, 59 on record
Since the last cheque16days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$31MCheque size, as they say$2.0M – $10MRounds led3 of 59Sole investor6 roundsMostly inUnited States, 63%
Pitch Hitachi Ventures

Hitachi Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    25 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Series A: 43% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $11M

What they do

Hitachi Ventures is setting new standards for corporate ventureFrom their own website
Type
Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$2.0M – $10M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
Sectors
Additive ManufacturingMedical DevicesManufacturing
Based in
Munich, Germany
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first59 appearances

  1. 2026

    22 rounds

  2. Oct
    RapidCanvasSeries B · US · The Economic Times: startups$29MWith 6 others
  3. Oct
    ScimplifySeries C · IN · AgFunderNews$25MLed
  4. Sept
    Precision NeuroscienceGrowth · US · AlleyWatch$250MWith 12 others
  5. Sept
    EmaSeries B · US · Inc42$77MWith 6 others
  6. Sept
    Arcee AISeries B · US · Ventureburn$150MWith 10 others
  7. Sept
    StrikeReadyVenture · US$12MSole investor
  8. Sept
    SirenOptVenture · US$19MWith 2 others
  9. Aug
    ZenitySeries C · IL · TechStartups$125MWith 10 others
  10. Aug
    Cyclic MaterialsVenture · CA$75MWith 2 others
  11. Jul
    HarmonySeed · US · TechStartups$34MWith 6 others
  12. Jul
    Thea EnergyGrant · US · TechCrunch$20MWith 4 others
  13. Jul
    CapturaVenture · US$54MWith 2 others
  14. Jun
    SOPHiA GENETICSUS$58MWith 4 others
  15. Jun
    InvisixSeed · NL · Ventureburn$24MLed
  16. May
    Thea EnergySeries B · US · TechCrunch$100MWith 16 others
  17. May
    ClearOpsSeries A · DE$10MSole investor
  18. May
    GraphonSeed · US$8.3MWith 1 other
  19. Feb
    TemSeries B · GB · TechCrunch$75MWith 7 others
  20. Feb
    Trustwise AIVenture · US$12MSole investor
  21. Jan
    CVectorSeed · US · TechCrunch$5.0MWith 5 others
  22. Jan
    Cyclic MaterialsSeries C · CA$75MWith 2 others
  23. Jan
    Tem-EnergySeries B · GB$75MWith 3 others
  24. 2025

    18 rounds

  25. Dec
    NovoLINCSeed · US$10MWith 2 others
  26. Nov
    Archetype AISeries A · US · TechStartups$35MLed
  27. Nov
    InfravisionSeries B · US · Crunchbase News$91MWith 4 others
  28. Sept
    AmplioSeries A · US$11MWith 4 others
  29. Sept
    RegScaleSeries B · US$30MWith 2 others
  30. Aug
    Aalo AtomicsSeries B · US · TechCrunch$100MWith 15 others
  31. Jul
    Arcee AIVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  32. Jul
    MakersiteSeries B · DE$70MWith 2 others
  33. Jul
    Provectus AlgaeGrant · AU$2.6MWith 2 others
  34. Jun
    Tibo EnergySeed · NL · Silicon Canals$7.0MWith 4 others
  35. Jun
    Ascend ElementsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  36. May
    AvicenaSeries B · US · Prosperity7 Ventures$65MWith 8 others
  37. Apr
    XabaSeed · CA$6.0MWith 1 other
  38. Apr
    OpseraSeries B · US$20MWith 4 others
  39. Mar
    ProsciaSeries D · US$50MWith 4 others
  40. Jan
    BioptimusSeed · FR · Silicon Canals$76MWith 9 others
  41. Jan
    BioptimusSeries A · FR$41MWith 4 others
  42. Jan
    BeZero CarbonSeries C · GB$32MWith 4 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 17 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.

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Hitachi Ventures's funds

Funds
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The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

13 of 44 we have independently watched raise

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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 Hitachi Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Hitachi Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Hitachi Ventures

What does Hitachi Ventures invest in?

Hitachi Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series A (43% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Additive Manufacturing, Medical Devices and Manufacturing.

How active is Hitachi Ventures?

59 investments on record, 25 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Hitachi Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: RapidCanvas (Series B, Oct 2026), Scimplify (Series C, Oct 2026) and Precision Neuroscience (Growth, Sept 2026).

How big are Hitachi Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $31M. It says it writes cheques of $2.0M to $10M.

Does Hitachi Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 59 investments on record (5%).

Where does Hitachi Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (63%), Canada (8%) and the United Kingdom (8%).

Is Hitachi Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 25 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Hitachi Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (8 rounds together), Lightspeed Venture Partners (5 rounds together) and Samsung Next (5 rounds together).

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