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Coreline
Venture capital · Redwood City, CA, United States · North America
Coreline is a boutique venture capital firm that invests early in founders in Japan and the US. It presents itself as a partner to entrepreneurs building category-defining companies.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsCoreline lists 33 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 29% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Healthcare & Biotech (13%) and Fintech (11%). 69% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Antler, DCM and Firstlight Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Coreline, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Coreline's whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 33. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 29% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 29% |
| Growth | 29% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 7 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 71th | 33 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 61th | 29% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 30th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Antler | 2 |
| DCM | 2 |
| Firstlight Capital | 2 |
| GMO VenturePartners | 2 |
| Incubate Fund | 2 |
| JAFCO | 2 |
| JIC Venture Growth Investments | 2 |
| Japan Post Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers33100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Coreline head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Coreline| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Round Led | |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 1 Sept 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Coreline
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Coreline's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
33 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides cloud services for architecture design and technology solutions for the construction industry. | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides educational services, including private tutoring and online lessons, to help students prepare for exams and achieve their academic goals. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| CADDi partners with manufacturers to accelerate physical innovation | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Carepatron provides healthcare practice management software | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Clear Current reads and analyzes energy bills, meters, and rates to find and recover overcharges for its clients. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides technology solutions for sales, accounting, contract management, and customer data management | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates Japan's largest energy trading market place, providing opportunities for wholesale electricity and environmental value trading, as well as additional services to support energy trading. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Jan 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| EVERSTEEL is a startup that tackles the decarbonization of the steel industry | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Fish Audio creates voices that capture the complexity of every conversation, from the first word to the last. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Flagship connects visual merchandising decisions to in-store revenue and provides an AI teammate to help act on them | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FOLIO provides investment services, including AI-powered investment and robo-advisory services. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Freee develops and provides an integrated management platform for small businesses | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Hanji JP develops and provides an AI tutor called Knock for junior high and high school students | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Happy Elements develops and operates games | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides various services related to recruitment and hiring, including recruitment management systems, AI-powered recruitment tools, and talent pool management. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Jamm provides online payment services that allow users to pay directly from their bank accounts without the need for cards. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| LayerX provides digital solutions for various industries, including AI, fintech, and security | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Sept 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| The company develops and provides software for governance, risk, compliance, and security management | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online medical services, including online diagnosis and treatment, and sells healthcare products through an online platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| LTV.ai US provides an AI-native email service provider platform for ecommerce email marketing | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- coreline.vc
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 33
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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