# Innovation Engine: portfolio, investments and team > Innovation Engine is a vc firm based in Japan. 1 investment on record, latest Oct 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-engine (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Innovation Engine Last cheque observed Oct 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email VC firm Quiet Series B Information Technology Internet Venture Capital & Private Equity Follow Innovation Engine and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Finnovation-engine) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record Since the last cheque **393** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$8.0M** Rounds led **0 of 1** Pitch Innovation Engine ## Innovation Engine highlights - 01 1 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > We promote investments to create and grow promising business areas born from technology. Translated from Japanese, from their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Information Technology Internet Venture Capital & Private Equity - **Based in:** Minato-ku, Japan - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances** - **2025** 1 round - **Oct** **[Openverse](https://millionrounds.com/company/openverse)** Series B · ES · Ventureburn **$8.0M** 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 **3** 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. ## The cheque Series B Median round joined **$8.0M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Innovation Engine?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Innovation Engine put money into. [**Openverse** $8.0M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/openverse) ## Quick answers about Innovation Engine ### What does Innovation Engine invest in? Innovation Engine invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology, Internet and Venture Capital & Private Equity. ### How active is Innovation Engine? 1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2025. ### What has Innovation Engine invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Openverse (Series B, Oct 2025). ### How big are Innovation Engine's cheques? The median round it joins is $8.0M. ### Is Innovation Engine investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2025. ### What kind of investor is Innovation Engine? Innovation Engine is a VC firm based in Minato-ku, Japan. ### Does Innovation Engine take cold pitches? Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches. ### Where does this information on Innovation Engine come from? From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=innovation-engine) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=innovation-engine)