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CREST Skill Partners
Venture capital · Japan · Asia Pacific
CREST Skill Partners is a matching-platform venture capital firm that connects seed and early-stage entrepreneurs with skilled professionals. It invests between 10 million and 100 million yen and provides free mentoring from former entrepreneurs and skill partners.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsmentoringmatching platformseed stageearly stagejapan
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Or find every investor that fitsCREST Skill Partners lists 34 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Fintech (11%) and Healthcare & Biotech (11%). 100% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside ANOBAKA, W inc. and Canal Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name CREST Skill Partners, 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 CREST Skill Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 34. 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 | 33% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 33% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 72th | 34 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| ANOBAKA | 8 |
| W inc. | 5 |
| Canal Ventures | 4 |
| Spiral Capital | 4 |
| Asahi Media Lab Ventures | 3 |
| Darwin Ventures | 2 |
| Global Brain | 2 |
| JAFCO | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3397%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 CREST Skill Partners 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 CREST Skill Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 2 Apr 2026 | Series A |
Round details for CREST Skill Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in CREST Skill Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
34 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIONA develops and provides AI-driven design solutions for manufacturing industries | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| AironWorks provides a platform for AI agents that help keep an enterprise ready for various risks and disruptions. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| ALGO ARTIS provides planning optimization services using AI to support decision-making for companies | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Amplified AI, Inc. organizes global patent and scientific information and provides a platform for research, documentation, and sharing of technical intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered logistics and supply chain management services | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Bestat-data provides a 3D data AI cloud service that generates 3D models from data and utilizes them for business purposes | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Dricos designs healthcare automation for people to become healthy, and develops customized supplement servers for the fitness industry. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Emole creates and distributes short drama content through its app BUMP and provides a platform for creators to showcase their work. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides custom-made business wear for men and women. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides IT services and products for families, including banking, payment, and account services. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a service that fully backs up the operation of physical stores, specializing in unmanned and labor-saving operations. | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Fondi provides a metaverse for language learning | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides local tours and develops activity plans for accommodation providers | Enterprise SoftwareLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| GINKAN develops and operates a next-generation FinTech system called SyFu, which visualizes daily payment data as consumption records and connects them to new game experiences, digital assets, and future credit. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Glocalist provides a regulatory intelligence platform for global business operations | Legal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides services to improve the construction industry through the use of IT and human resources. | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| HANOWA operates a platform for part-time jobs in the dental industry | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ikura provides real estate selling and buying services, including quick and easy appraisals and high-value transactions. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| IssueHunt provides DevSecOps, vulnerability diagnosis, bug bounty, and other security services | CybersecurityDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides career training and support for individuals in their 40s and 50s | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- cspfund.jp
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 34
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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