Japan · Investor

Skyland Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 71 cheques on record.

Deploying nowAccelerator

Pre-seedSeedSeries ABankingNon-fungibleFintechs

Deploying now
39%of best year7cheques in 12 months, 71 on record
Since the last cheque6days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$1.6MRounds led0 of 71Sole investor10 roundsMostly inJapan, 62%
Pitch Skyland Ventures

Skyland Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    7 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 78% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $835K

What they do

Skyland Ventures (SV) invests in domestic and international startups as a pre-seed, seed, and early-stage venture capital (VC) firm.Translated from Japanese, from their own website
Type
Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
BankingNon-fungibleFintechs
Based in
Shibuya City, Japan
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first71 appearances

  1. 2026

    6 rounds

  2. Oct
    X PayAI Insider$1.0MWith 3 others
  3. Sept
    AkiyaSeed · JP$2.4MSole investor
  4. Aug
    NexusAdvisorsSeed · JP$317KWith 2 others
  5. Aug
    Neutral TradeSeed · GB$500KWith 1 other
  6. Apr
    PictoriaVenture · JP$2.1MWith 4 others
  7. Jan
    IntersectSeed · JP$3.0MWith 2 others
  8. 2025

    7 rounds

  9. Nov
    FlightsSeries A · JP$2.5MWith 5 others
  10. Aug
    AgelessSeries A · JP$3.8MWith 2 others
  11. Jul
    OPTEMOVenture · JP$3.5MWith 4 others
  12. Jul
    PropallySeed · JP$760KWith 1 other
  13. May
    Neutral TradeSeed · GB$2.0MSole investor
  14. Apr
    M&A CloudSeries D · JP$3.6MWith 5 others
  15. Mar
    Driver TechnologiesSeries A · US$3.7MWith 4 others
  16. 2024

    18 rounds

  17. Dec
    DuckChainSeed · SG$5.0MWith 1 other
  18. Nov
    FondiVenture · JP$2.4MWith 2 others
  19. Nov
    JiraffeSeries E · JP$3.3MWith 5 others
  20. Nov
    AlyaumSeed · JP$30MWith 2 others
  21. Oct
    bitSmileyVenture · SG$10MWith 6 others
  22. Aug
    FioClubSeed · JP$1.5MWith 2 others
  23. Aug
    400FVenture · JP$7.9MWith 4 others
  24. Aug
    EmunitasSeed · JP$349KWith 2 others
  25. Jul
    OwltoVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  26. Jun
    RevoxSeed · FR$6.0MWith 1 other
  27. May
    Aperture FinanceSeries A · US$6.7MWith 3 others
  28. May
    PictoriaVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 3 others
  29. May
    KaimakVenture · JP$461KSole investor
  30. Apr
    AarkSeed · US$6.0MWith 3 others
  31. Apr
    RootDataSeed · SG$1.3MWith 1 other
  32. Feb
    TripiSeed · JP$697KWith 3 others
  33. Feb
    SuperfluidSeed · GB$5.1MWith 4 others
  34. Jan
    KEKKAISeed · JP$1.6MWith 4 others
  35. 2023

    7 rounds

  36. Sept
    EnowaVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 3 others
  37. Aug
    BlinkPre-seed · GB$1.8MWith 2 others
  38. Jul
    OlaVM TechnologySeed · SG$3.0MWith 2 others
  39. Apr
    ClustermarketVenture · GB$739KWith 2 others
  40. Apr
    NFTGoSeries A · SG$4.0MWith 4 others
  41. Mar
    NanameueVenture · JP$5.0MWith 4 others
  42. Feb
    DesoulSeed · JP$395KSole investor
  43. 2021

    6 rounds

  44. Nov
    AidemyVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 3 others
  45. Sept
    CapexSeed · JP$1.2MWith 2 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 9 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)

17 of 53 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 Skyland Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Skyland Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Skyland Ventures

What does Skyland Ventures invest in?

Skyland Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (78% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Banking, Non-fungible and Fintechs.

How active is Skyland Ventures?

71 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Skyland Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: X Pay (Oct 2026), Akiya (Seed, Sept 2026) and NexusAdvisors (Seed, Aug 2026).

How big are Skyland Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.6M.

Does Skyland Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 71 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Skyland Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Japan (62%), the United Kingdom (13%) and Singapore (13%).

Is Skyland Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Skyland Ventures invest alongside?

Most often East Ventures (23 rounds together), Japan Finance Corporation (9 rounds together) and Global Brain Corporation (6 rounds together).

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