# Monozukuri Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Monozukuri Ventures is a vc firm based in Japan. 25 investments on record, 6 in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/monozukuri-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Monozukuri Ventures Last cheque observed Apr 2026; 25 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund, Oct 2022 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Space Tech Big Data Industrial Revolution Follow Monozukuri Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fmonozukuri-ventures) Deploying now **60%** of best year **6** **cheques in 12 months**, 25 on record Since the last cheque **214** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$3.2M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $350K** Rounds led **0 of 25** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 52%** Pitch Monozukuri Ventures ## Monozukuri Ventures highlights - 01 6 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 82% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $4.7M ## What they do > Monozukuri Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan and North America specializing in hard tech. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $350K as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Space Tech Big Data Industrial Revolution - **Based in:** Kyoto, Japan - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **25 appearances** - **2026** 5 rounds - **Apr** **[Ugo](https://millionrounds.com/company/ugo)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Magic Shields](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-shields)** Series B · JP **$6.5M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Edgecortix](https://millionrounds.com/company/edgecortix)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Mar** **[LENZO](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenzo)** Seed · JP **$3.2M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[REVORN](https://millionrounds.com/company/revorn)** Venture · JP **$2.7M** With 2 others - **2025** 7 rounds - **Nov** **[Vertiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertiq)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Oct** **[Proteus Motion](https://millionrounds.com/company/proteus-motion)** Venture · US **$7.7M** With 1 other - **Oct** **[Maxwell Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-labs)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Mui Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/mui-lab)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Rutilea](https://millionrounds.com/company/rutilea)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Apr** **[S-Mat](https://millionrounds.com/company/s-mat)** Series C · JP **$2.7M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Seasats](https://millionrounds.com/company/seasats)** Venture · US **$9.1M** Sole investor - **2024** 4 rounds - **Nov** **[Arieca](https://millionrounds.com/company/arieca)** Debt · US **$500K** With 2 others - **Sept** **[Forest Devices](https://millionrounds.com/company/forest-devices)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Log build](https://millionrounds.com/company/log-build)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[ESTAT Actuation](https://millionrounds.com/company/estat-actuation)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **2023** 4 rounds - **Nov** **[Melody International](https://millionrounds.com/company/melody-international)** Venture · JP **$748K** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Enowa](https://millionrounds.com/company/enowa)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Apr** **[OhmniLabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/ohmnilabs)** Crowdfunding · US **$332K** Sole investor - **Jan** **[Hava Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/hava-health)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others - **2022** 3 rounds - **Nov** **[SeaSatellites Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/seasatellites-inc)** US · Monozukuri Ventures **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Mar** **[FingerVision](https://millionrounds.com/company/fingervision)** Seed · JP **$826K** With 1 other - **Jan** **[MonoLets](https://millionrounds.com/company/monolets)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 2 others - **2021** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Mira](https://millionrounds.com/company/mira)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Edge Case Research](https://millionrounds.com/company/edge-case-research)** Series A · US **$12M** With 1 other 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 **16** 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) **22** of 41 we have independently watched raise [Arieca](https://millionrounds.com/company/arieca)[Atmoph](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmoph)[Brelyon](https://millionrounds.com/company/brelyon)[Cleanrobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleanrobotics)[Digitaldreamlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-dream-labs)[Earthgrid](https://millionrounds.com/company/earthgrid)[Ecr](https://millionrounds.com/company/edge-case-research)[Everykey](https://millionrounds.com/company/everykey)[Fingervision](https://millionrounds.com/company/fingervision)[Forestdevices](https://millionrounds.com/company/forest-devices)[Ima-create](https://millionrounds.com/company/imacreate)[Lenzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenzo)[Log-build](https://millionrounds.com/company/log-build)[Magicshields](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-shields)[Maxwell-labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-labs)[Proteusmotion](https://millionrounds.com/company/proteus-motion)[Revorn](https://millionrounds.com/company/revorn)[Rutilea](https://millionrounds.com/company/rutilea)[S-mat](https://millionrounds.com/company/s-mat)[Seasats](https://millionrounds.com/company/seasats)[Stimscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/stimscience)[Vertiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertiq) 16lab Arblet Denshindo Enecoat Hibersense Kidou Mitatezeptotechnica Orphe Sana Sembient Teplotea Waqua arintechnologies.xyz cink.jp estat.tech mui.jp teams.tokyo ugo.plus veldt.jp 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. New fund on file **Raised** a new fund in Oct 2022 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$3.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.7M** Led 0 of 25 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $100K – $350K - **Sole investor:** 4 rounds - **Last cheque:** Apr 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *15* - Seed said *3* - Series A said *2* - Crowdfunding *1* - Series B *1* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) 5 - [Innovation Works](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-works) 4 - [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) 2 - [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) 2 - [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) 2 - [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) 2 **Pitching Monozukuri Ventures?** 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 *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Monozukuri Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**National Science Foundation** Government **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Innovation Works** Government **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-works)[**Incubate Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund)[**Mitsubishi UFJ Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)[**Mizuho Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital)[**Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) ## Recently backed The latest companies Monozukuri Ventures put money into. [**Magic Shields** $6.5M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-shields)[**Edgecortix** Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/edgecortix)[**LENZO** $3.2M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenzo)[**Vertiq** Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/vertiq)[**Proteus Motion** $7.7M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/proteus-motion)[**Maxwell Labs** Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-labs) ## Quick answers about Monozukuri Ventures ### What does Monozukuri Ventures invest in? Monozukuri Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Space Tech, Big Data and Industrial Revolution. ### How active is Monozukuri Ventures? 25 investments on record, 6 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2026. ### What has Monozukuri Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Ugo (Venture, Apr 2026), Magic Shields (Series B, Apr 2026) and Edgecortix (Venture, Apr 2026). ### How big are Monozukuri Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $3.2M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $350K. ### Does Monozukuri Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 25 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Monozukuri Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (52%) and Japan (48%). ### Is Monozukuri Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 6 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Monozukuri Ventures invest alongside? Most often National Science Foundation (5 rounds together), Innovation Works (4 rounds together) and Incubate Fund (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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