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Daiwa Corporate Investment
Venture capital · Tokyo, Japan · Asia Pacific
Daiwa Corporate Investment is a venture capital firm wholly owned by the Daiwa Securities Group that manages private equity investment funds. It raises capital from external investors and invests it in startups and venture businesses, with a history dating back to Nippon Investment & Finance in 1982.
Invests inIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsbiotechhealthcareconsumerdeep techcrossoverasia
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Or find every investor that fitsDaiwa Corporate Investment lists 68 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (16%), Healthcare & Biotech (13%) and AI & Machine Learning (12%). 99% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Global Brain and SMBC Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Daiwa Corporate Investment, 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 Daiwa Corporate Investment's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 68. 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 | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 90th | 69 companies |
| Recent activity | 77th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 53th | 1% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 41th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 16% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| NTT DOCOMO Ventures | 6 |
| Global Brain | 5 |
| SMBC Venture Capital | 5 |
| Shizuoka Capital | 5 |
| Spiral Capital | 5 |
| Hakuhodo DY Ventures | 4 |
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital | 4 |
| ANOBAKA | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6799%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with NTT DOCOMO Ventures
Compare Daiwa Corporate Investment 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 Daiwa Corporate Investment| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 11 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Daiwa Corporate Investment
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Daiwa Corporate Investment's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
68 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akomo develops services to increase efficiency in the tourism industry, such as a touchless check-in system for hotels and a cloud-based B2B reservation and ordering system | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides AI-based software for medical diagnosis, particularly for gastrointestinal cancer, to assist doctors in their diagnosis. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aristol creates services necessary for future society using data science and marketing as its core | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops technology and products, including motors | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AstroX develops small rockets for satellite launch and other space-related activities. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company provides services and solutions for digital transformation using technologies such as image recognition, barcode, RFID, and sensor technologies, as well as mobile devices and artificial intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures chemical sensing products, including ultra-micro water meters and small gas chromatographs. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| BHI develops services to simplify life by systemizing choices and decisions and providing necessary information based on the situation | FintechOther | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and customizes SOY CMS, provides support, and develops other related systems and services. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and operates a gourmet concierge app called Pecotter. | Food & AgricultureConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a health management app called Calomeal. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cardio Intelligence develops AI-based medical devices to support heart disease diagnosis and treatment. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a service. | Other | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures medical equipment for boron neutron capture therapy, a treatment for cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company manufactures and researches next-generation batteries and energy storage systems. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| CREWT Medical Systems, Inc. develops and provides medical equipment for eye care and vision examination | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyfuse develops and manufactures bio 3D printers and other products for regenerative medicine | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and supplies synthetic diamond materials for various applications, including jewelry, semiconductors, and cutting tools. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides various services including tech camps, engineer training, and personnel introduction services. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides video services and solutions to customers | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- daiwa-inv.co.jp
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 68
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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