# JR East Start Up: portfolio, investments and team > JR East Start Up is a vc firm based in Japan. 4 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # JR East Start Up Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 4 cheques on record. Deploying now VC firm Seed Series A Series B Data Webtools Smart Clothes Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record Since the last cheque **12** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$6.8M** Rounds led **0 of 4** Pitch JR East Start Up ## JR East Start Up highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > JR East Startup Co., Ltd. is implementing a new initiative called "STARTUP ON DEMAND" that presents challenges faced by the JR East Group and promotes matching with startups that have excellent ideas and advanced technologies. Translated from Japanese, from their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Data Webtools Smart Clothes - **Based in:** Tokyo, Japan - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Oct** **[ACIMUS Co., Ltd.](https://millionrounds.com/company/acimus-co-ltd)** Seed · JP · The Bridge **$410K** With 2 others - **2019** 1 round - **May** **[WAmazing](https://millionrounds.com/company/wamazing)** Series B · JP · Thebridge **$8.5M** With 5 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[Metro Engines](https://millionrounds.com/company/metro-engines)** JP · Thebridge **$6.3M** With 7 others - **May** **[Akippa](https://millionrounds.com/company/akippa)** JP · Thebridge **$7.4M** With 6 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. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **18** of 60 we have independently watched raise [CBcloud株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/cbcloud)[Hmcomm株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/hmcomm)[LiLz株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/lilz)[WAmazing株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/wamazing)[YADOKARI株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/yadokari)[akippa株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/akippa)[コネクテッドロボティクス 株式会社](https://millionrounds.com/company/connected-robotics)[株式会社BONX](https://millionrounds.com/company/bonx)[株式会社Liberaware](https://millionrounds.com/company/liberaware)[株式会社Malme](https://millionrounds.com/company/malme)[株式会社NEWLOCAL](https://millionrounds.com/company/newlocal)[株式会社Photosynth](https://millionrounds.com/company/photosynth)[株式会社SIRC](https://millionrounds.com/company/sirc)[株式会社Showcase Gig](https://millionrounds.com/company/showcase-gig)[株式会社TBM](https://millionrounds.com/company/tbm)[株式会社TENT](https://millionrounds.com/company/tent)[株式会社eMoBi](https://millionrounds.com/company/emobi)[株式会社find](https://millionrounds.com/company/find) BLOG CalTa株式会社 DetaLabs株式会社 GOOD AID株式会社 MODE, Inc. 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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 **$6.8M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *1* - Series B said *1* - Series A said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 **Pitching JR East Start Up?** 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 JR East Start Up put money into. [**WAmazing** $8.5M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/wamazing)[**Metro Engines** $6.3M · Aug 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/metro-engines)[**Akippa** $7.4M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/akippa) ## Quick answers about JR East Start Up ### What does JR East Start Up invest in? JR East Start Up invests most often at Seed and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Data, Webtools and Smart Clothes. ### How active is JR East Start Up? 4 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has JR East Start Up invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: ACIMUS Co., Ltd. (Seed, Oct 2026), WAmazing (Series B, May 2019) and Metro Engines (Undisclosed round, Aug 2018). ### How big are JR East Start Up's cheques? The median round it joins is $6.8M. ### Is JR East Start Up investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is JR East Start Up? JR East Start Up is a VC firm based in Tokyo, Japan. ### Does JR East Start Up take cold pitches? Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches. ### Where does this information on JR East Start Up come from? 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