# Manufacturing investors in Japan (2026 list)

> 63 manufacturing investors in Japan, 100% active in the last 12 months. Led by FJ Labs, Salesforce Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Ranked by what they funded.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/manufacturing-investors-in-japan (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Manufacturing investors in Japan

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a manufacturing company in Japan in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

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**63** investors on the list *+1* this week

**1,473** cheques in 12 months *-7%* against the market

**$11M** median round they joined *+32%* against the market median

**100%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**46%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **849** **$11M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · United States **649** **$26M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **493** **$4.7M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **480** **$7.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 5 [SMBC Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smbc-venture-capital-2) *Deploying now* Investment bank · Japan **443** **$5.1M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 6 [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **397** **$6.5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 7 [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **330** **$8.7M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 8 [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **307** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [Morgan Stanley Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-stanley-investment-management) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **288** **$56M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 10 [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) *Deploying now* VC firm · Taiwan **282** **$3.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 11 [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **275** **$5.4M** median round **Apr 2026** last seen
- 12 [Japan Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation) *Deploying now* Investment firm · Japan **247** **$2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 13 [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **245** **$2.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Nissay Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nissay-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **221** **$3.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **217** **$9.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 16 [Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **215** **$30M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Japan **200** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **189** **$4.2M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 19 [Lakestar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakestar) *Deploying now* VC firm · Switzerland **168** **$18M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Japan **158** **$159M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 21 [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) *Deploying now* Investment firm **139** **$43M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [Infinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infinity-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **130** **$6.8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 23 [Genesia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/genesia-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **125** **$1.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [Seraphim Space](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seraphim-space) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **125** **$6.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **124** **$11M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**38 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **5** Nov **[CesiumAstro](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro)** Series D+ · $730M *With* [Woven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/woven-capital)
- **5** Nov **[Zipline](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)** Growth · $1.5B *With* [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)
- **5** Nov **[Pay2o](https://millionrounds.com/company/pay2o)** Seed *Led by* [X Tech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xtech-ventures)
- **5** Nov **[Fact Base](https://millionrounds.com/company/factbase)** Series D+ · $29M *With* [Artemis Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artemis-ventures)
- **5** Nov **[Simulacra](https://millionrounds.com/company/simulacra)** Pre-seed *Led by* [ANRI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anri)
- **2** Nov **[BionicM](https://millionrounds.com/company/bionicm)** Series B *With* [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-ufj-capital-co-ltd)

## Stages This Year

914 rounds

- Venture **24%**
- Seed **16%**
- Series A **15%**
- Debt **13%**
- Series B **9%**
- Other **23%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **276**
- Fintech **63**
- Aerospace & Space **52**
- Energy **50**
- Healthcare **44**
- Big Data & Analytics **40**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

371 Q1 25

402 Q2 25

461 Q3 25

465 Q4 25

414 Q1 26

490 Q2 26

347 Q3 26

64 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=industrial).

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## Quick answers about manufacturing investors in Japan

### Who are the most active manufacturing investors in Japan?

By cheques observed, the most active are FJ Labs, Salesforce Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Global Brain Corporation and SMBC Venture Capital.

### How many manufacturing investors in Japan are there?

63 are on record. 100% made an investment in the last 12 months and 46% have led a round.

### Which stages do manufacturing investors in Japan back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (23%) and Series A (22%).

### How big are the rounds manufacturing investors in Japan join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $7.6M.

### Which sectors do manufacturing investors in Japan back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Fintech and Aerospace & Space.

### Which manufacturing investors in Japan lead the most rounds?

Headline (24 led), SoftBank BB Corp (23 led) and Atomico (19 led).

### Where are manufacturing investors in Japan based?

Among the most active, most are based in Japan (14), the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (2).

### What have manufacturing investors in Japan invested in recently?

Recent rounds include CesiumAstro (Series D+, Nov 2026, with Woven Capital), Zipline (Growth, Nov 2026, with Salesforce Ventures) and Pay2o (Seed, Nov 2026, with X Tech Ventures).

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