Investors / Japan / ant innovations
ant innovations
Venture capital · Chiyoda, Japan · Asia Pacific
ant innovations is a venture capital firm that manages funds investing in startups. It combines private equity methods such as growth secondary transactions, carve-outs and M&A roll-ups with venture capital investing, and offers hands-on and M&A support to portfolio companies.
Invests inEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
In its own wordsgrowth secondarycarve-outm&aroll-updeeptechip content
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Or find every investor that fitsant innovations lists 2 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Enterprise Software (50%), AI & Machine Learning (25%) and Space & Defense (25%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside BRICKS FUND TOKYO, DG Daiwa Ventures and DIMENSION.
No funding round on record names ant innovations yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| BRICKS FUND TOKYO | 1 |
| DG Daiwa Ventures | 1 |
| DIMENSION | 1 |
| Global Brain | 1 |
| Globis Capital Partners | 1 |
| JP LIFE NEXT FUND | 1 |
| Shizuoka Capital | 1 |
| Shochiku Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Software | 50% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 25% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with BRICKS FUND TOKYO
Compare ant innovations head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
2 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tellus Global provides a satellite data platform for various business applications. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Yoyogi Animation Group recruits staff and manages its group companies | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- antinnovations.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 2
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