Monthly roundup · Japan · October 2026
Monthly roundup · Japan · October 2026Startup funding in Japan, October 2026: Global Trust Networks (GTN)'s $225M Growth leads 25 rounds
We read 25 equity rounds raised in Japan and announced in October 2026, raising $555M between them: 3% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 1% of the money. The largest was Global Trust Networks (GTN)'s $225M Growth, led by Globis Capital Partners and Minerva Growth Partners. The median seed round was $410K, against $5.5M over the last twelve months worldwide; at Series A it was $3.2M.
Equity rounds25raised in Japan, 15 with an amount
Raised$555Macross those rounds
Lead named52%of rounds say who led
Share of the world3%of rounds; 1% of the money
The biggest rounds
- 1GGlobal Trust Networks (GTN)Growth · led by Globis Capital Partners, Minerva Growth Partners$225M
- 2
Mujin, Inc.Series D · led by SK Square$224M
- 3
KinishSeries A$31M - 4
Helical FusionSeries B$20M - 5
KaminashiSeries C · led by Incubate Fund, IF Growth 1$14M - 6
FlyleSeries A$12M - 7EEvery WiLLSeed · led by ON&BOARD$8.2M
- 8
indentSeries B · led by JAFCO$7.0M - 9TThe PhageSeries A · led by ITOCHU Technology Ventures$3.6M
- 10OOceanSeries A · led by Sanlam Private Wealth Pty Ltd$3.2M
Day by day
Equity rounds raised in Japan and announced each day of October. The busiest day was 9 October, with 4.
1 October31 October
By stage, against the year
Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: Japan's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.
In what
AI was the busiest sector in Japan.
Against the world
- Rounds, Japan25
- Rounds, worldwide733
- Raised, Japan$555M
- Raised, worldwide$59B
281 roundsUnited States→
74 roundsIndia→
56 roundsUnited Kingdom→
31 roundsChina→
24 roundsSouth Korea→
18 roundsCanada→
17 roundsFrance→